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