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