Economics - Supply and Demand

What does this curve represent?

• demand
• supply
• equilibrium
• shortage

What does this curve represent?

• supply
• equilibrium
• demand
• surplus

An increase in the price of aspirin is likely to be paired with a(n) ___________________ in the demand for Tylenol because the two goods are __________________.

• increase; complements
  
• increase; substitutes 
•  decrease; complements 
•  decrease; substitutes

If the price of printers goes down, what happens in the market for ink cartridges?

• Supply increases.
• Supply decreases.
• Demand increases.
• Demand decreases

Printers and ink cartridges are typically purchased together.  Economists would call these

• Stubstitues
• Complements
• Elastic
• Inelastic

Assume the image is showing the market for apples.  Which of the headlines could indicate the pictured shift is occurring in the market?

• Pesticides on apples linked to mouth cancer.
• Storms destroy apple orchards.
• An apple a day really does keep the doctor away.
• New genetic strain leads to apple trees that produce twice as many apples.

The following is a factor that will not cause the demand curve to shift:

• Advertising
• Population
• Price
• Consumer expectations

A table that lists the quantity of a good that a single person will buy at each price in a market.

• demand schedule
• market demand schedule
• elasticity chart
• supply and demand graph

If a consumer knows that a product will be going on sale this week, how will his/her CURRENT demand be affected?

• it will go up
• it will go down
• it will stay the same
• what does this have to do with the price of tea in China?

In a market economy, who decides on the prices of goods and services?

• government
• buyers and sellers
• firms
• local leaders