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Production Costs

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Wages and salaries paid to workers are an example of implicit costs of production.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which of the following is a variable cost in the short run?

a)

rent of the factory

b)

wages paid to factory workers

c)

interest payments on borrowed financial capital

d)

salaries paid to upper management

3.

If marginal costs equal average total costs,

a)

average total costs are falling.

b)

average total costs are rising.

c)

average total costs are maximized.

d)

average total costs are minimized.

4.

The efficient scale of production is the quantity of output that minimizes

a)

average fixed cost.

b)

average total cost.

c)

average variable cost.

d)

marginal cost.

5.

"Economies of Scale" is the phase of increasing long run average total costs

a)

True

b)

False

6.

A cost that is included in economic profit

a)

Implicit Cost

b)

Marginal Cost

c)

Average Cost

d)

Economic Cost

7.

Average Total Costs are calculated by dividing Total Costs by

a)

Price

b)

Quantity or units produced

c)

Average Variable Costs

d)

Revenue

8.

If a firm does not produce any output, its total cost in the short run is equal to

a)

Zero

b)

Its fixed costs

c)

Its variable costs

d)

Its marginal cost

9.
Variable Cost/Quantity = _______
a)
Marginal Variable Cost
b)
Average Fixed Cost
c)
Average Variable Cost
d)
Marginal Total Cost
10.
The main difference between the SR and the LR is that 
a)
the law of diminishing returns applies in the LR
b)
all resources are variable in the LR
c)
fixed costs are more important to decision making in the LR
d)
in the SR all resources are fixed 
11.
The average fixed cost of producing 3 units of output is
a)
$8
b)
$7.40
c)
$5.50
d)
$6
12.

For a large firm that produces and sells automobiles, which of the following costs would be a variable cost?

a)

the $20 million payment that the firm pays each year for accounting services

b)

the cost of the steel that is used in producing automobiles

c)

the rent that the firm pays for office space in a suburb of St. Louis

d)

All of the above are correct.