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