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Given that chicken and beef are substitute goods, if the price of chicken decreases substantially, there would be:

a. no change in the demand for beef.
b. an increase in the demand for beef.
c. a decrease in the quantity demanded of beef.
d. a decrease in the demand for beef.

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Which of the following would NOT shift the demand curve for beef?

a) a widely publicized study that indicated beef increases one's cholesterol.
b) a reduction in the price of beef.
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a) price would go up and quantity would go down
b) price would go down and quantity would go up
c) a lower price and quantity would result
d) a higher price and quantity would result

(2) Demand and supply curves are drawn assuming ceterisparibus.This means that:
a) economists ignore all assumptions
b) economists don't watch for the fallacy of false cause
c) changes will be proportional
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(3) If steak and potatoes are complements, when the price ofsteakgoes up, the demand curve for potatoes:
a) shifts to the right
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d) shifts to the right and then moves back

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a) an increase in the demand for beef
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d) no change in the demand for beef

(5) Every day for the past two years you've had ham and cheese onawhole wheat bagel for lunch at Bungalow Bob's BagelBoutique.However, the price of whole wheat bagels has risen by 10cents sotoday you decide to have ham and cheese on rye bagel. Inthis case,whole wheat and rye bagels are best considered:

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(6) For most goods, purchases tend to rise with increases inbuyers'incomes and to fall with decreases in buyers' incomes. Suchgoodsare known as:

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(7) Economists know that a particular good can be classified asaninferior good if a(n)______ increase in buyers' incomecausesa(n)_____

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a) technology
b) resources prices
c) the number of producers or sellers
d) all of the above

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a) a shift to the left of the entire supply curve
b) moving downward (to the left) along the supply curve withlowerprices
c) less will be demanded at every price
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An increase in the real income of a consumer is one result of an increase in the price of a product that the consumer is buying.

True
False

A consumer is making purchases of products Alpha and Beta such that the marginal utility of product Alpha is 30 and the marginal utility of product Beta is 40. The price of product Alpha is $5 and the price of product Beta is $10. The utility-maximizing rule suggests that this consumer should:

A. Increase in consumption of product Beta and decrease consumption of product Alpha.
B.Increase consumption of product Beta and increase consumption of product Alpha
C.Increase consumption of product Alpha and decrease consumption of product Beta
D.Make no change in the consumption of Alpha or Beta

The marginal rate of substitution of beef for chicken is the:

A. Number of units of chicken the consumer is prepared to give up to obtain one more unit of beef.
B. Number of units of beef the consumer is prepared to give up as income falls
C. Number of units of beef the consumer must sacrifice to obtain one more unit of chicken
D. Rate at which units of beef may be exchanged for units of chicken

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If total utility increases as the consumption of a good increases, then the marginal utility must be increasing also.

True
False

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