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Demand

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

Demand means

a)

the amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy.

b)

is the amount of a good or service produced.

c)

is the price that is demanded by consumers.

d)

None of the above.

2.

What does the law of demand say

a)

consumers will buy less of something when price goes down.

b)

consumers will buy more of something when price increases.

c)

consumers will buy more of something when prices go down.

d)

None of the above.

3.

If the price of a good or service decreases what will happen to the demand for it?

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

d)

who knows

4.

If the price of a good or service increases what will happen to the demand for it?

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

d)

who knows

5.
What does this curve represent?
a)
supply
b)
equilibrium
c)
demand
d)
surplus
6.

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

a)

Supply increases.

b)

Supply decreases.

c)

Demand increases.

d)

Demand decreases

7.

What goes on the horizontal axis (x axis) of a demand graph?

a)

price

b)

quantity demanded

c)

quantity supplied

d)

change in demand

8.
Price goes on ________
a)
the vertical axis
b)
the horizontal axis
c)
at the origin
d)
the z axis
9.
The price of petrol/gas is expected to increase next week. Then today the demand for petrol/gas will
a)
increase
b)
decrease
10.
In a market economy, who decides on the prices of goods and services?
a)
government
b)
buyers and sellers
c)
firms
d)
local leaders
11.
Market demand curves are obtained by
a)
determining the price each consumer is willing to pay for the good & summing those prices across all consumers
b)
observing the prices and quantities sold in a market over time and plotting those price-quantity combinations in a graph
c)
summing the quantities every consumer is willing to buy at each different price
d)
observing the behavior of an individual consumer in a market
12.

If Mary used to buy 10 units at $4 each and now buys 15 units when the price is $3, her

a)

quantity demanded has increased

b)

quantity demanded has decreased

c)

supply has increased

d)

supply has decreased

13.

Which of these best describes the law of demand?

a)

if prices go up, quantity demanded will fall and if prices go down, quantity demanded will go up

b)

if prices go up, quantity demanded will also go up and if prices go down, quantity demanded will also go down

c)

there is no law of demand, each situation is unique and demand and prices cannot be predicted

d)

prices will go up for certain goods when quantity demanded goes up and vice versa

14.

Demand Curves

a)

slope upward from left to right

b)

slope downward from left to right

c)

show a positive relationship

d)

slope downward from right to left

15.

In economics, demand means

a)

willingness and desire to buy a good

b)

willingness and ability to buy a good

c)

ability to buy a good

d)

willingness to buy a good

16.

This image best represents:

a)

An increase in demand

b)

A decrease in demand

c)

A decrease in quantity demanded

d)

An increase in quantity demanded