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A surplus exists in a market if:

a. There is an excess demand for the good.

b. The situation is such that the law of supply and demand would predict an increase in the price of the good from its current level.

c. The current price is above its equilibrium price.

d. None of the above is correct.

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1. According to the law of demand, an increase in the price of a good causes Select one:

a. a downward movement along the demand curve for that good.

b. a rightward shift of the demand curve for that good.

c. an upward movement along the demand curve for that good.

d. a leftward shift of the demand curve for that good.

2.The relative price of a textbook is

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b. the money price of the textbook divided by the money price of some other good.

c. what the author earned for writing the textbook.

d. the price of the textbook compared with what students think it should cost.

3.Which of the following best represents the law of demand?

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b. As the demand for a good increase, the price of that good increases.

c. As the price of a good decrease, the demand curve for that good shifts to the right.

d. As the price of a good decrease, the demand for the good increases.

4. The absolute price of a good is its

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5. The fact that when the price of a good goes up, people buy less of it is known as the

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a. law of demand.

b. concept of market equilibrium.

c. need for inferior goods.

d. law of supply.

6.The price of a commodity in terms of another commodity is

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a. the law of demand.

b. the money price.

c. a substitute.

d. the relative price.

7.Other things being equal, an increase in the price of a good leads to an increase in the amount produced. This is known as

Select one:

a. the law of supply.

b. the law of demand.

c. ceteris paribus.

d. equilibrium.

8.he direct relationship between changes in price and changes in quantity supplied is

Select one:

a. shown by a shift in the supply curve.

b. the law of relative production.

c. the law of supply.

d. a change in supply.

9. The law of supply states that other things being equal,

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a. supply creates its demand.

b. supply will increase if productivity increases.

c. supply will increase to meet demand if demand increases.

d. as price increases, quantity supplied increases.

10. a price increase will lead to an increase in quantity supplied. This statement is

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a. a normative statement.

b. untrue always.

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11.All of the following will cause a shift in the supply of jeans EXCEPT

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a. an increase in the cost of producing jeans.

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c. a decrease in the number of jean manufacturers.

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