ECON101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Demand Curve, Price Controls, Marginal Cost

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You have 75 minutes to answer the following thirty multiple choice questions. Choose the best answer to the questions and put your answers on the scan sheet. The answers to the questions, as well as your grades, will be posted on the course"s webpage. The cans of spam cost . 00 each: positive issues, the entire economy, human behaviour, smaller units of the economy such as firms and households. In the following table, different feasible production combinations are given for funland. If funland is currently producing at point e, the opportunity cost of producing 10 more bicycles is: 1 yo-yo, 10 yo-yos, 100 yo-yos, 1,000 yo-yos. F decrease in the production of other goods. Use the following table to answer questions 16 and 17. $ 5. 00: in a free market economy, the market clearing (equilibrium) price in table 1. 2 would be, suppose that the demand for this product fell so that at every price in the above table, the quantity.

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Microeconomics Multiple choice questions. Please answer all the questions.

1. Scarcity:
A. exists because resources are limited while human wants are unlimited.
B. means we are unable to have as much as we would like to have.
C. will likely be eliminated as technology continues to expand.
D. is not an issue addressed in economics.

2. People are forced to make choices because of:
A. unlimited wants and unlimited resources.
B. limited wants and unlimited resources.
C. unlimited wants and limited resources.
D. limited wants and limited resources.
E. irrational wants and limited resources.

3. Which of the following is closest to the definition of capital?
A. c and e.
B. c and d.
C. Tools, equipment, means of transportation
D. Factories and machinery.
E. Borrowed money.

4. Which one of the following is the most accurate definition of economics?
A. Economics is the study of stocks and bonds.
B. Economics is the study of how people allocate unlimited resources.
C. Economics is the study of how consumers choose to spend their income.
D. Economics is the study of how society chooses to allocate scarce resources.

5. The basic difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics is:
A. microeconomics concentrates on individual markets while macroeconomics focuses primarily on international trade.
B. microeconomics concentrates on the behavior of individual consumers while macroeconomics focuses on the behavior of firms.
C. microeconomics concentrates on the behavior of individual consumers and firms while macroeconomics focuses on the performance of the entire economy.
D. microeconomics explores the causes of inflation while macroeconomics focuses on the causes of unemployment.

6. Which of the following is not a resource?
A. Land.
B. Labor.
C. Money.
D. Capital.

7. Which of the following would an economist classify as capital?
A. 100 shares of Microsoft stock.
B. $50 bill.
C. credit card.
D. lawyer's personal computer.

8. Economics, according to its definition, studies how people:
A. earn and spend money.
B. invest in the stock and bond markets.
C. make choices in the face of scarcity.
D. supply goods in response to demand.

9. Which of the following is the best example of a microeconomic topic?
A. The impact that the money supply has on inflation.
B. The reasons for increases in the price of soft drinks.
C. The effect that federal budget deficits have on the interest rate.
D. The tradeoff between inflation and unemployment.

10. Which of the following is a macroeconomics topic?
A. Wages of textile workers in the Northeast.
B. The cost of producing 10,000 bookcases.
C. The economy's annual growth rate.
D. National demand for fish.
E. Effects of farm subsidies on food prices.

11. An economic theory claims that a rise in gasoline prices will cause gasoline purchases to fall, Ceteris paribus. The phrase "Ceteris paribus" means that:
A. other relevant factors like consumer incomes must be held constant.
B. the gasoline prices must first be adjusted for inflation.
C. the theory is widely accepted but cannot be accurately tested.
D. consumers' need for gasoline remains the same regardless of the price.

12. An economic model is:
A. a plastic scaled version of the economy.
B. a complete depiction of reality.
C. an abstraction from reality.
D. applicable to consumer behavior but not to producer behavior.
E. not an accepted tool of the economics profession.

13. Which of the following sayings best reflects the concept of opportunity cost?
A. "You can't teach an old dog new tricks."
B. "There is no such thing as a free lunch."
C. "I have a baker's dozen."
D. "There's no business like show business."

14. The opportunity cost of watching television is:
A. all of the alternative programs that appear on other stations.
B. zero because there is no money expenditure involved.
C. the alternative use of the time foregone by watching the program.
D. zero if it benefits you.

15. Which of the following does not illustrate opportunity cost?
A. If I study, I must give up going to the football game.
B. If I buy a computer, I must do without a 35" television.
C. More consumer spending now means more spending in the future.
D. If I spend more on clothes, I must spend less on food.

16. When deciding whether to buy a second car, marginal analysis indicates that the purchaser should compare the:
A. benefits expected from two cars with the cost of both.
B. additional benefits expected from a second car with the cost of the two cars.
C. dollar cost of the two cars with the potential income that the cars will generate.
D. additional benefits of the second car with the additional cost of the second car.

17. According to marginal analysis, you should spend more time studying economics if the extra benefit from an additional hour of study:
A. is positive.
B. outweighs the extra cost.
C. exceeds the benefits of the previous hour of study.
D. will raise your exam score.

Let me introduce you to Arlene, Boyd, Charlie, and Danielle. They signed up for a course in managerial economics and they have decided to offer you advice on the right answers to questions. This will work as follows:

First, I give you a question or scenario where you have to decide on an answer. You read it.

Second, take a look at the four answers given by our four intrepid students. Each will offer analysis of the question or scenario.

Third, decide which analyst you think has given the best answer. Choose that answer as your own!

The best answer will get full points. Usually, other answers may receive partial credit, though not all of them!

With that in mind, here is your first scenario!

The Japanese Navy in World War II needed to send reinforcements from Rabaul to Lae. They had a choice. They could sail their troop ships around the island of New Britain on the north side, through the Bismarck Sea, or they could sail on the south side through the Solomon Sea. The American forces know this as well, and must decide whether to deploy scouts to the north (Bismarck Sea) or the south (Solomon Sea). The sailing takes three days either way, but there is rain on the north side of the island, so it would take a day for the Americans to find the fleet.

If the Americans scout north and Japan sails north, the Americans will spend a day finding the Japanese and will get two days of bombing. If the Americans scout south and the Japanese sail north, the Americans will lose a day and only get one day of bombing. The weather is clearer on the south. If the Japanese sail south and the Americans scout north, the Americans get two days of bombing since they lose a day. If the Americans scout south, however, they will get three days of bombing. What should the Japanese commander do? How about the American? Briefly explain.

Each of our analysts offers you an answer. Choose the one you think is best.

Question 3 options:

Arlene has modeled the situation with a matrix game. Based on her analysis, she believes that the United States has a dominant strategy of sending the scouts north, and with that in mind she believes it does not matter whether Japan sails north or south, since there will then be two days of bombing either way. Japan could essentially flip a coin!

B)	Boyd disagrees with Arlene and thinks that the United States has a dominant strategy to scout south, while Japan has a dominant strategy to sail south. They should both choose south and there will then be three days of bombing.

C)	Charlie has decided that both Arlene and Boyd are wrong, and that the United States does not have a dominant strategy at all. Charlie does, however, think Japan has a dominant strategy of sailing north. Based on that, the United States should scout north and there will be two days of bombing.

Danielle doesn't think anyone has a dominant strategy. She has instead identified Japan sailing north and the United States scouting south as a saddle point and therefore as the correct result, with one day of bombing. Unfortunately (for Americans, anyway), that's the best the United States can guarantee.

AEC 316 - Agricultural Marketing
Homework Assignment 2: Chapter 2

Name:____________________ Date:____________________

Multiple choice questions.

There is only one correct answer in multiple choice questions. Please, mark the correct

answer. Each multiple choice question is worth 5 points.

1. A perfectly competitive firmâs demand curve equals its:

Marginal cost curve

Average variable cost curve

Average fixed cost curve

Average revenue curve

None of the above

2. A perfectly competitive firm maximizes profits by setting price equal to:

a. Marginal cost

b. Marginal revenue

c. Average revenue

d. Average total cost

e. Average variable cost

3. In order for a monopoly to continue to be a monopoly:

a. The marginal revenue curve must be downward sloping

b. There must be no close substitutes

c. Marginal revenue must equal marginal costs

d. Average total costs must be decreasing

e. None of the above

4. Marketing strategy which involves dividing a broad target market into subsets of consumers who have, or are perceived to have, common needs, interests, and priorities, and then designing and implementing strategies to target them.

a. Brand name

b. Minor ingredients

c. Market segmentation

d. Product features

e. Packaging

5. What characteristic is indicative of oligopolies?

Low profits

Interdependence of firms

Many firms

Entry is blocked

None of the above

6. At an equilibrium price:

a.The self-interest of consumers is maximized

b.Supply equals demand

c.There is an upward pressure on price

d.There is a downward pressure on price

None of the above

7. When both supply and demand increase, equilibrium quantity will:

a.Decrease

b.Increase

Stay the same

Canât say

None of the above

8. Elasticity is a concept that deals with:

a.Market structure

b.Market equilibrium

c.Perfect competition

d.Consumer and producer sensitivity to changes in prices and income

None of the above

9. A set of competing firms producing similar products or a commodity in a market is called a(n) ___ .

a.Branch

b.Competition

c.Channel

Industry

None of the above

10. A market structure where there is only one buyer of a specific product is called:

a.Monopsony

b.Monopoly

c.Oligopsony

Monopsonistic competition

None of the above

Essay question: 50 points

11. Use the agricultural commodity that you selected in Chapter 1 and choose one agribusiness that buys it. Investigate the agribusiness using the Internet and other resources, and then write an essay addressing all or as many as possible of the following aspects of the agribusiness:

Size

Sales

Scope of product line

Worth (if public)

Number of employees

Locations globally

Market structure

Industry sector

All your answers/discussion should be typed in one essay that is at least 15 lines long (using formal English, correct paragraph and sentence structure, and making sure your ideas flow well from one sentence to another) using Times New Roman, 12 point, double space and 1-inch margins all around. Before submitting the final essay, use the âSpelling & Grammarâ function of the MS Word to correct grammar.

At the end of your essay, provide the full citation record in alphabetical order in your list of references. For examples, visit: http://www.saea.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/reference-style-sheet.pdf. Please, note that the list of references does not count toward the minimum required 15 lines. Include your references in the text as â(Smith, 2015)â when citing at the end of a sentence, or âAccording to Smith (2015)â when citing at the beginning of a sentence. For example,

Negative publicity is a key determinant affecting consumersâ buying decisions (Ahluwalia, Burnkrant, and Unnava, 2000).

According to Cawley and Rizzo (2005), pharmaceutical products in the same therapeutic class experienced negative spillover in terms of lost sales.

Note: Most of the future essay questions will build on this essay question and/or the one agricultural commodity that you choose. This means that if there is little information on the agricultural commodity that you have chosen for this essay question, you should consider choosing a more common agricultural commodity on which ample information is available. In addition, this course will require you to compile all your answers to the essay questions into one term paper to be submitted by the end of the course. This means that the more effort you put into answering essay questions now, the more material you will have accumulated for your term paper by the end of the semester.

TYPE YOUR ANSWER TO THE ESSAY QUESTION 11 BELOW USING AS MUCH SPACE AS YOU NEED. THEN, PRINT THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT AND SUBMIT THE HARD COPY.

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