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Antitrust Policy & Regulation Section 1 Antitrust Laws

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

The four particular pieces of federal legislation that constitute the basic law relating to monopoly structure and conduct.

a)

Industrial regulation, Social regulation, Legal Cartel Theory of Regulation, and Public Interest Theory of Regulation

b)

Sherman Act, Clayton Act, Federal Trade Commission Act, and Celler-Kefauver Act

c)

Standard Oil case, U.S. Steel case, Alcoa case, and Dupont Cellophane case

d)

Horizontal merger, Vertical merger, Diagonal merger, and Conglomerate merger

2.

Evidence of this by even small firms will bring antitrust action, as well as other collusive activities. Also known as per se violations

a)

Price-Fixing

b)

Tying contracts

c)

Conglomerate mergers

d)

Price discrimination

3.

_________was found guilty in 2002 of violating the Sherman Act by taking several unlawful actions designed to maintain its monopoly for personal computers

a)

Intel

b)

Apple

c)

IBM

d)

Microsoft

4.

___________created the five-member Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has joint federal responsibility with the U.S. Justice Department for enforcing the antitrust laws.

a)

Clayton Act of 1914

b)

Wheeler-Lea Act of 1938

c)

Sherman Act of 1890

d)

None of the above

5.

__________ is a merger between two competitors that sell similar products in the same geographic market

a)

Conglomerate merger

b)

Horizontal merger

c)

Tying contract

d)

Natural monopoly

6.

Section 3 of the Clayton Act prohibits tying contracts which are?

a)

When a producer requires that a buyer purchase another of its products as a condition for obtaining a desired product.

b)

A business deal between two companies that merge them together.

c)

A merger between two competitors that sell similar products in the same geographic market.

d)

Merger between two firms at different stages of the production process.

7.

What is a vertical merger?

a)

A combination of firms in different industries or firms in different geographic locations.

b)

A merger that combines two competitors that produce similar products

c)

A merger between two companies that produce similar product during different stages of the production process

8.

Antitrust policy are antitrust laws that prevent competition and economic efficiency.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The rule of reason states that the size and possession of monopoly power are not by themselves illegal

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What is a conglomerate merger?

a)

A merger that combines two competitors that produce similar products.

b)

A combination of firms in different industries or firms in different geographic locations.

c)

A merger between two companies that produce similar product during different stages of the production process

11.

Does pineapple belong on pizza?

a)

Yes, but only on Hawaiian.

b)

I’m going to puke

c)

Absolutely!

d)

Skip the pizza just give me the pineapple

12.

Creative destruction is a process in which monopolies are eventually destroyed by technology and products.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

________say highly concentrated industries will always be monopolists.

a)

Behavioralists

b)

Industrialists

c)

Structuralists

d)

Naturalists

14.

What does p=mc represent?

a)

Profit = marginal cost

b)

Price = marginal cost

c)

Profit = monopoly companies

d)

Price = money changes

15.

What is a regulatory agency?

a)

An agency that was established to reduce technology within a company

b)

An agency trying to make a company smaller

c)

They control economic behavior for natural monopolies.

d)

Controls economic behavior for formed monopolies