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1. If the consumer's budget constraint is given by 10F + 5S = 100 where F is food and S is shelter, what is the opportunity cost of food in terms of shelter?

A. 5 B. 2 C. 15 D. 10

2. Say a consumer considered soy milk and skim milk perfect substitutes of each other at a ratio of 1:1. If the skim milk is cheaper than soy milk this consumer would buy________

A.some of both goods, but more skim milk.

B.just skim milk

C.some of both goods but more soy milk.

D.we can't really say with the information given

3.Say a consumer is choosing between wine and cheese. The price of wine is 10 and the price of cheese is 5. If the marginal rate of substitution is 4, and if wine is on the horizontal axis and cheese is on the vertical axis then the consumer is purchasing _____________

A. Too much cheese

B. Too much wince

C. Just the right amount of both goods.

D. Purchasing more than what her income would allow.

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Related questions

1.

Suppose all consumers are maximizing utility with convex indifference curves. All face the same prices, and are perfectly rational. According to microeconomic models, at the maximization bundle they should

A. All have the same marginal rate of substitution

B. All buy more of the least expensive good

C. All end up with the same bundle of goods

D. All have the same level of satisfaction

2.

Consider an indifference map with food on the vertical axis and shelter on the horizontal axis.

If a consumer is willing to give up 3 units of food in exchange for 1 unit of shelter and food is priced at $5 per unit and shelter at $10 per unit, then the consumer is:

A. Purchasing too much food for utility maximization

B. Purchasing too much shelter for utility maximization

C. Purchasing just the right amount of each good for utility maximization

D. Purchasing less than the budget would allow

3.

If a consumer with convex indifference curves moves along her budget line, closer and closer to the horizontal axis, as she is moving:

A. The marginal utility she gets from good Y declines.

B. The marginal utility she gets from good X declines.

C. The marginal utility she gets from good X increases.

D. The price ratio of the two goods changes.

1. Economists use ____________ as a measure of the relative level of satisfaction when someone consumes a good or service.

Ā  consumer happiness
Ā  utility
Ā  a happiness index
Ā  a satisfaction index

2. Sue likes brownies. However, Sue notices that the more brownies she eats the less satisfaction she receives from each extra brownie. We can say that Sue is experiencing ___________________ from each extra brownie.

Ā  sugar sickness
Ā  total utility
Ā  diminishing marginal utility
Ā  increasing marginal utility

3. When total utility is maximized, the marginal utility will be

Ā  positive.
Ā  zero.
Ā  negative.
Ā  none of these.

4. Consider Dirk and Lee. They are both eating pizza. Which of the following statements is true regarding their satisfaction and utility?

Ā  Dirk and Lee both receive 10 utils from eating pizza.
Ā  Dirk and Lee both receive the same level of satisfaction from eating pizza.
Ā  Dirk gets more twice as much satisfaction as Lee from eating pizza.
Ā  It is difficult to determine because the utility is subjective.

5. For many products, the total utility curve is

Ā  strictly increasing because of increasing marginal utility.
Ā  strictly decreasing because of diminishing marginal utility.
Ā  increasing initially because of increasing marginal utility, but eventually decreases.
Ā  increasing initially at a decreasing rate because of diminishing marginal utility but eventually decreases.

6. When consumers get the biggest bang for the buck, we say they

Ā  used the loudest gun in hunting season.
Ā  reached a consumer optimum.
Ā  minimized consumer satisfaction.
Ā  maximized marginal utility.

7. By choosing to consume at the consumer optimum, consumers will

Ā  maximize their total utility.
Ā  minimize their total utility.
Ā  maximize the amount they spend on each good.
Ā 

minimize the amount they spend on each good.

8. A consumer is in equilibrium when consuming two goods when which of the following holds?

Ā  MUa/ Pa = MUb/ Pb
Ā  MUa/ Ph =MUb/ Pa
Ā  Pa/ MUa = Pb/ MUb
Ā  MUa x Pa = MUbxPb

9. If the marginal utility of good 1 is 15 and its price is $3, and the marginal utility of good 2 is 12, and its price is $4, then the consumer

Ā  has achieved a consumer optimum.
Ā  should increase his or her consumption of good 1.
Ā  should increase his or her consumption of good 2.
Ā  should decrease his or her consumption of good 1.

10.Suppose the price of an iPod decrease and the price of HD TVs remains the same; what noticeable effect(s) occur(s)?

Ā  the substitution effect only
Ā  the real-income effect only
Ā  the substitution effect and real-income effect, if there is a noticeable change in purchasing power
Ā  the substitution effect and real-income effect, if there isnĆ¢Ā€Ā™t a noticeable change in purchasing power

11. The ______________ paradox was described by Adam Smith in 1776.

Ā  diamond-carbon
Ā  diamond-water
Ā  diamond-life
Ā  water-utility

12. What is the key to solving the diamond-water paradox?

Ā  more water and fewer diamonds
Ā  marginal utility
Ā  total utility
Ā  consumer demand

13. When solving the diamond-water paradox we notice that the marginal utility of

Ā  diamonds are equal to the marginal utility of water.
Ā  diamonds are greater than the marginal utility of water.
Ā  diamonds are less than the marginal utility of water.
Ā  water is equal to its price, and therefore lower than the marginal utility of diamonds.

14. The consumer surplus for water is

Ā  greater than that for diamonds because water is nonessential.
Ā  greater than that for diamonds because water is essential.
Ā  less than that for diamonds because water is nonessential.
Ā  less than that for diamonds because water is essential.

15. Suppose a consumer consumes only diamonds and water, and the price of diamonds increases. All else being equal, a consumerĆ¢Ā€Ā™s marginal utility for diamonds

Ā  decreases and the marginal utility for water stays the same.
Ā  increases and the marginal utility for water decreases.
Ā  decreases and the marginal utility for water increases.
Ā  increases and the marginal utility for water stays the same.

Question 26 pts

Which of the following is not a reason why specialization and trade are beneficial to society?

Specialization fosters learning by doing, thus lowering the unit-costs of products

Firms and workers become less dependent on others for producing goods and services

The total output of economic goods may be increased even without any increase in resources

Scarce resources are utilized more efficiently by exploiting differences among them

Question 27 pts

Laissez-faire capitalism limits the government's economic functions to the following, except:

Protecting private property rights

Establishing a legal environment to enforce contracts among individuals

Setting prices of individual goods and services

Preventing individuals and firms from coercing others

Question 28 pts

A production system where various workers concentrate on different specialized tasks to contribute towards a whole product is referred to as:

Roundabout production

A coincidence of wants

Freedom of enterprise

Division of labor

Question 29 pts

The market system is said to be characterized by "consumer sovereignty." This is because:

A sovereign government determines which consumer goods will be produced

Firms must match their production decisions to the consumers' choices

The prices of consumer goods are regulated by a sovereign government

Consumer goods are considered to be more important than capital goods

Question 30 pts

Consumers express self-interest when they:

Seek the lowest price for a product

Reduce business losses

Exclude others in their thinking

Collect economic profits

Question 311 pts




Refer to the above graph with three demand curves. An "increase in quantity demanded" would be illustrated by a change from:

Point 5 to point 1

Point 4 to point 1

Point 2 to point 5

Point 4 to point 6

Question 32 pts

The table below shows the weekly demand for hamburger in a market where there are just three buyers.



Refer to the above table. At a price of $6, the weekly market quantity demanded for hamburger is:

17

23

24

18

Question 33pts

If farmers withhold some of their current corn harvest from the market because they anticipate a higher price of corn in the near future, then this would cause a(n):

Movement up along the current supply curve of corn

Movement down along the current supply curve of corn

Leftward shift in the current supply of corn

Rightward shift in the current supply of corn

Question 34 pts

Which of the following will not cause the supply curve to shift?

A technological change in the production of the good

A change in the prices of other goods that producers could be producing

A change in the costs of resources needed to produce the good

A change in the price of the good

Question 35 pts

All of the following would affect the position of the supply curve for cranberries, except the:

Price of agricultural land for cranberries

Cost of fertilizers for cranberry production

Popularity of cranberry drinks

Development of a new pest control for cranberries

Question 36 pts

When high-school and college graduates apply for jobs in the labor markets,

Job applicants and employers are both "buyers".

Job applicants are the "sellers" while employers are the "buyers".

Job applicants and employers are both "sellers".

Job applicants are the "buyers" while employers are the "sellers".

Question 37 pts




Refer to the figure above, which shows three supply curves for corn. Which of the following would cause the supply of corn to shift from S1 to S2?

A decrease in consumer incomes, assuming corn is a normal good

The development of a more effective insecticide against corn rootworm

An increase in the price of fertilizer

A change in consumer tastes away from cornbread

Question 38 pts

Which is of the following statements is correct?

If demand increases, then price will decrease

If demand decreases, then price will decrease

If price decreases, then demand will decrease

If price increases, then demand will decrease

Question 39 pts

Which would be a likely cause of an increase in the demand for pizza?

A decrease in the price of hamburger sandwiches

A health report showing eating pizza reduces stress

A reduced desire for take-out and fast-food dining

A decrease in the prices of cheese, pepperoni, and mushrooms

Question 40 pts

A market for a product reaches equilibrium when:

Price falls further after there is a shortage

The price rises further after there is a surplus

Buyers intend to buy a quantity equal to the quantity that sellers intend to sell

The actual quantity bought by buyers equals actual quantity sold by sellers

Question 41 pts

A higher price reduces the quantity demanded for a product because:

Individuals can afford less of the product and will switch to substitutes

The financial assets of individuals increase

Individuals will buy more of the product and less of its substitutes

The purchasing power of individuals increases

Question 42 pts

The idea of the Law of Demand, as applied to electric cars, assumes which of the following to be constant?

Price of electric cars

How much sellers are charging customers for electric cars

Price of gasoline cars

Quantity of electric cars demanded by buyers

Question 43 pts

Use the following graph of the demand for coffee:



Refer to the above diagram of three demand curves for coffee. An increase in the price of coffee, other factors constant, would cause a:

Movement from point a to point b

Movement from point b to point a

Shift from D1 to D2

Shift from D1 to D3

Question 44 pts

Which of the following factors will decrease the current demand for a product?

A decrease in the current price of a complementary product

A decrease in the current price of a substitute product

An increase in the current price of a substitute product

An expected increase in the future price of the product

Question 45pts

In competitive markets, a surplus or shortage will:

Cause shifts in the demand and supply curves that tend to eliminate the surplus or shortage

Cause changes in the quantities demanded and supplied that tend to intensify the surplus or shortage

Cause changes in the quantities demanded and supplied that tend to eliminate the surplus or shortage

Never exist because the markets are always at equilibrium

Question 46 pts

Which of the following would cause a leftward shift in the supply curve for car washes?

A decrease in taxes on car washes

An increase in the price of car washing equipment

A decrease in the price of water

An increase in the number of cars in the city

Question 47pts

The market system automatically corrects a surplus condition in a competitive market by:

Raising the price of the commodity in question while decreasing the quantity demanded

Raising the price of the commodity in question while increasing the quantity demanded

Reducing the price of the commodity in question while increasing the quantity demanded

Reducing the price of the commodity in question while decreasing the quantity demanded

Question 48 pts

A leftward shift of the supply curve for oil in the United States is most likely to result from:

A decrease in the world price of oil

An increase in the costs of exploration and drilling for oil

An increase in the subsidy for oil exploration and drilling

A decrease in the fees that oil companies must pay for drilling licenses

Question 49 pts

A fall in the price of milk, used in the production of ice cream, will:

Decrease the supply of ice cream

Have no effect on the supply of ice cream

Increase the supply of ice cream

Cause a movement along the supply curve of ice cream

Question 50 pts




Refer to the above graph, which shows the market for beef where demand shifted from D1 and D2. The change in equilibrium from E1 to E2 is most likely to result from:

An increase in the cost of cattle feed

A decrease in consumer incomes

A decrease in the tax on beef products

An increase in the price of pork

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