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Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the amount of money for which an item sells in the competitive marketplace?

a)

value

b)

price

c)

market

d)

utility

2.

How much a consumer is willing to pay for a product depends partly on the consumer’s opinion of the product’s

a)

value

b)

production costs

c)

efficiency

d)

target market

3.

What is one factor that will determine how much a customer is willing to pay for a good or service?

a)

production costs

b)

buying power

c)

rationing

d)

incentive

4.

Which of the following is a business comparing when it analyzes the cost of buying wood desks versus the cost of buying metal desks:

a)

incentives

b)

excess demand

c)

inflated price

d)

relative price

5.

How do producers answer the economic question of what to produce in a market economy?

a)

They produce products that are the most profitable

b)

They produce products that provide the least incentives

c)

They produce products that cost them the most to produce

d)

They produce products for which they have the most information

6.

Who gets the goods and services produced in our economy?

a)

Whoever is most efficient

b)

Whoever has the least costs

c)

Whoever is willing and able to pay the price

d)

Whoever obtains the most information and incentives

7.

A store sells T-shirts for $10. Which of the following would be the most likely to occur if all other factors remain the same, and there is a demand for the T-shirts at $10:

a)

If the price is raised, business profits will go up.

b)

If the price is lowered, business profits will go down

c)

If the price is raised, the volume of sales will go up

d)

If the price is lowered, the volume of sales will go up

8.

What usually happens to the demand for a good or service when the price increases?

a)

it increases

b)

it decreases

c)

it varies

d)

it stays the same

9.

Determine a product’s equilibrium price by examining the following table:

a)

$11

b)

$11.50

c)

$12

d)

$12.50

10.

What exists when producers produce more than buyers are willing and able to buy?

a)

Excess supply

b)

Equilibrium price

c)

Normal price

d)

Excess demand

11.

What do producers often do when supply is greater than demand?

a)

Increase prices

b)

Increase quality

c)

Lower prices

d)

Lower quality

12.

After a mild, dry winter, the supply of sleds should be __________ than demanded. Therefore, the price would be __________.

a)

less; increased

b)

less; decreased

c)

greater; increased

d)

greater; decreased

13.

Which of the following is an example of the substitution effect:

a)

The price of Blu-ray Disc players went up recently, so Francis decided to buy a standard DVD player instead.

b)

The mayor recently instituted a price ceiling on the monthly rent that apartment landlords can charge their tenants

c)

The demand price of a ticket at the local amusement park is exactly equal to its supply price.

d)

A candy bar costs $0.50, and the price of a pack of gum is $1.00. The relative price ratio is 1 to 2.

14.

Any factor that causes changes in supply and demand will cause changes in

a)

price

b)

value

c)

utility

d)

usefulness

15.

Prices set higher than the equilibrium price will result in

a)

excess supply

b)

excess demand

c)

decreased supply

d)

increased profits