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Market Structures

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A philosophy that government should not interfere with commerce or trade.

a)

Competitive-price theory

b)

Perfect competition theory

c)

Laissez-faire

d)

Monopoly theory

2.

Which of the following is NOT a condition for a perfect market?

a)

A large number of buyers and sellers

b)

Buyers and sellers deal in identical products

c)

Each buyer and seller acts independently

d)

Buyers and sellers are reasonably well informed

e)

Buyers and sellers must stay in their business unless authorized by the government to get out of that markets-ace

3.

The cost added by producing one additional product or service.

a)

Marginal cost

b)

Marginal revenue

c)

Relative cost

d)

Relative revenue

4.

The additional revenue that will be generated by increasing product sales by one unit.

a)

Profit

b)

Marginal Revenue

c)

Relative Revenue

d)

Profit Maximization

5.

Mark has just hired a new employee and his output has increased from 105 to 119. His marginal cost was $4.19 but his revenue was $18. What should mark do?

a)

Keep the amount of employees he has since he is making a profit.

b)

Fire his new employee due to the new marginal cost being to high.

c)

Hire more employees until marginal cost equals marginal revenue

d)

Fire several employees to keep production costs down

6.

What must be true to reach profit maximization?

a)

MC > MR

b)

MR > MC

c)

MR < MC

d)

MC = MR

7.

The real or imagined differences between competing products in the same industry.

a)

Nonprice competition

b)

Product differentiation

c)

Marketing differential

d)

Oligopoly

8.

Large firms can work together called _________________. The desire to do so is to raise prices which is called ____________________.

a)

Collusion; price fixing

b)

Cartels; price setting

c)

Teamwork; price-fixer-upper

d)

Oligopolies; price determination

9.

Which of the following is most likely an example of a monopoly?

a)

A Starbucks across from Dunkin Donuts

b)

A gas station in the country by itself

c)

3 fast food restaurants all on the same street

d)

A Kroger 4 miles away from a Walmart

10.

There are 3 types of monopolies identify which of the following answer is correct.

a)

Natural- production of a product from a single firm

Geographical- ownership or control of a

manufacturing method, process, or other scientific

advance.

Technological- monopoly based on the absence of other sellers in a certain geographic area

b)

Natural- production of a product from a single firm

Geographical- monopoly based on the absence of other sellers in a certain geographic area

Technological- ownership or control of a

manufacturing method, process, or other scientific

advance.

c)

Natural- ownership or control of a

manufacturing method, process, or other scientific

advance.

Geographical- production of a product from a single firm

Technological- monopoly based on the absence of other sellers in a certain geographic area

d)

Natural- ownership or control of a

manufacturing method, process, or other scientific

advance.

Geographical- monopoly based on the absence of other sellers in a certain geographic area

Technological- production of a product from a single firm