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