Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a condition of a perfectly competitive market?

Accepted Answer

There are barriers to entry and exit in the market.

Question 2

A firm in a perfectly competitive market will maximize profit by producing the quantity where:

Accepted Answer

$$MR = MC$$

Question 3

If the market price falls below a firm's average variable cost, what should the firm do in the short run?

Accepted Answer

Shut down production immediately.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the law of diminishing returns?

Accepted Answer

After a certain point, each additional worker contributes less output than the previous worker.

Question 5

A firm’s total cost is $$\500$ when producing 100 units. If the variable cost is $$\$$300$$, what is the fixed cost?

Accepted Answer

$$\200$

Question 6

Which formula correctly calculates average total cost (ATC)?

Accepted Answer

$$ATC = \frac{Total\ cost}{Total\ output}$$

Question 7

Suppose a bakery can sell as many loaves of bread as it wants at $$\2$ per loaf. If the marginal cost of producing the 101st loaf is $$\$$2$$, what should the bakery do to maximize profit?

Accepted Answer

Produce the 101st loaf, since $$MC = MR at $$this output.

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of an implicit cost?

Accepted Answer

The salary the owner could have earned working elsewhere.

Question 9

If a firm’s total revenue is $$\1$$,000$$, explicit costs are $$\$$700$$, and implicit costs are $$\200$, what is the firm’s economic profit?

Accepted Answer

$$\100$

Question 10

Which of the following statements about producer surplus is correct?

Accepted Answer

It is the difference between the market price and the supply curve.

Question 11

A firm faces the following costs: fixed cost $$= \100$, variable cost $$= \$$200$$, and output $$= 50$$ units. What is the average total cost (ATC)?

Accepted Answer

$$ATC = \frac{100 + 200}{50} = 6$$

Question 12

If the price elasticity of demand for a product is $$-2$$, what does this imply?

Accepted Answer

A 1% increase in price leads to a 2% decrease in quantity demanded.

Question 13

Which of the following best describes the shutdown rule in the short run?

Accepted Answer

If $$Price \u003c Average\ Variable\ Cost$$, the firm should shut down.

Question 14

A firm’s marginal cost of producing the 10th unit is $$\5$, and the market price is $$\$$7. $$What should the firm do?

Accepted Answer

Increase output, since $$MR \u003e MC.$$

Question 15

Which of the following is true about economic profit?

Accepted Answer

It includes both explicit and implicit costs.

Question 16

If a firm’s total revenue is $$\2$$,000$$, total explicit costs are $$\$$1,200$$, and total implicit costs are $$\500$, what is the accounting profit?

Accepted Answer

$$\800$

Question 17

Which of the following would increase the elasticity of supply for a product?

Accepted Answer

The more easily the firm can hire workers.

Question 18

If the cross-price elasticity of demand between two goods is positive, what does this indicate?

Accepted Answer

The goods are substitutes.

Question 19

A firm’s total cost increases from $$\400$ to $$\$$450$$ when output increases from 20 to 25 units. What is the marginal cost of the 21st to 25th units?

Accepted Answer

$$MC = \frac{450 - 400}{25 - 20} = 10$$

Question 20

Which of the following best describes specialization in production?

Accepted Answer

Workers become more efficient when they specialize in production and work together to produce goods.

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