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Principles Of Economics by Alfred Marshall
Contributed by: Cope
  • 1. What concept refers to the responsiveness of quantity demanded to price changes?
A) Income elasticity of demand
B) Supply elasticity
C) Price elasticity of demand
D) Cross elasticity of demand
  • 2. What indicates that a good is a luxury good?
A) Price elasticity less than 1
B) Total expenditure increases as price rises
C) Income elasticity greater than 1
D) Demand is perfectly inelastic
  • 3. In Marshall's view, what is the 'margin'?
A) The additional unit of production or consumption
B) The total quantity produced
C) The maximum amount a producer can charge
D) The average cost of production
  • 4. What does the term 'consumer surplus' refer to?
A) The total revenue generated by sales
B) The difference between what consumers are willing to pay and what they actually pay
C) The cost of production for producers
D) The area under the demand curve
  • 5. What does the term 'opportunity cost' mean?
A) The value of the next best alternative foregone
B) The total cost of production
C) The fixed costs in decision making
D) The marginal cost of production
  • 6. What is the role of utility in consumer choice?
A) To ensure market prices are set fairly
B) To guide consumers in maximizing satisfaction
C) To regulate consumer behavior
D) To determine production costs
  • 7. What theory did Marshall integrate into economics?
A) The Monetarist theory
B) The theory of supply and demand
C) The theory of general equilibrium
D) The Keynesian economic theory
  • 8. According to Marshall, what determines the supply of goods?
A) Government regulations only
B) The cost of production and market demand
C) Natural resources alone
D) Simply consumer preferences
  • 9. What is 'monopoly' in the context of Marshall's economics?
A) Multiple sellers with no influence on price
B) A market regulated by government
C) A market structure with a single seller
D) Many sellers of identical products
  • 10. Which market structure is characterized by a few large suppliers?
A) Monopoly
B) Perfect competition
C) Monopolistic competition
D) Oligopoly
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