The Economics of Microeconomics - Test
  • 1. What is the primary focus of microeconomics?
A) Individual markets and consumer behavior
B) National monetary policies
C) Global economic growth
D) International trade policies
  • 2. Which of the following describes a perfectly competitive market?
A) One seller dominating the market
B) Many buyers and sellers with identical products
C) Products that are vastly different
D) A few large companies controlling the market
  • 3. What is meant by elasticity of demand?
A) The responsiveness of quantity demanded to price changes
B) The relationship between price and income
C) The total quantity demanded at a fixed price
D) The stability of demand over time
  • 4. What are externalities?
A) Economic benefits limited to direct participants
B) Internal costs of production
C) Transactions with no consequences
D) Costs or benefits affecting third parties not involved in a transaction
  • 5. What does the term 'opportunity cost' refer to?
A) The monetary cost of production
B) The value of the next best alternative foregone
C) The cost of the goods produced
D) The total cost including fixed and variable costs
  • 6. What do we call the situation where a single firm controls the entire market supply?
A) Perfect competition.
B) Oligopoly.
C) Monopolistic competition.
D) Monopoly.
  • 7. What is consumer surplus?
A) The total utility derived from a product
B) The profit earned by sellers
C) The difference between what consumers are willing to pay and what they actually pay
D) The total amount spent by consumers
  • 8. Which concept describes diminishing marginal returns?
A) As more of a variable input is added, the additional output decreases
B) Returns increase indefinitely with scaling
C) Total output remains constant
D) More inputs always result in more output
  • 9. What is a complementary good?
A) A good that serves the same purpose as another
B) A good whose demand is unrelated to other goods
C) A good that is always purchased together in fixed quantities
D) A good whose demand increases when the price of another good decreases
  • 10. What is the function of a subsidy?
A) To enhance government profits
B) To encourage production or consumption by lowering costs
C) To control the market price directly
D) To increase tax revenue from consumers
  • 11. What does the term 'market failure' refer to?
A) Stable market prices
B) Guaranteed profits for all firms
C) Perfect allocation of resources
D) Inefficient distribution of goods in the market
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