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Market equilibrium

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the Equilibrium Price?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
2.
What is the Equilibrium Quantity?
a)
50
b)
60
c)
70
d)
80
3.

When quantity supplied is smaller than quantity demanded, you have a ____________.

a)

shortage

b)

surplus

c)

deficit

d)

equilibrium

4.

Point at which supply and demand curve intersect each other

a)

price ceiling

b)

excess demand

c)

equilibrium

d)

disequilibrium

5.
What is the equilibrium quantity in this graph?
a)
$1.50
b)
$1.00
c)
600
d)
800
6.

A situation in which the quantity supplied is greater than the quantity demanded is

a)

a shortage

b)

a surplus

c)

a price floor

d)

a price ceiling

7.

Price is currently above equilibrium. This will create excess__________. We would expect price to ___________.

a)

demand; increase

b)

demand; decrease

c)

supply; increase

d)

supply; decrease

8.

"holding all else equal, when the price of a good rises, suppliers increase their quantity supplied for that good"

a)

law of supply

b)

law of demand

c)

law of equilibrium

d)

opportunity cost

9.

Any price where quantity demanded is not equal to the quantity supplied is known as disequilibrium.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

What is the state in which market supply and demand balance each other, and as a result prices become stable?

a)

Market Price

b)

Market Equilibrium

c)

Market Disequilibrium

11.

What is characterized by changes in conditions where supply and demand are out of balance?

a)

Market Price

b)

Market Disequilibrium

c)

Market Equilibrium

12.

What will happen if there is more supply in the market than there is a demand of the product?

a)

shortage

b)

surplus

c)

equilibrium

13.

Changes in either demand or supply cause changes in market equilibrium

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

What happens when there is excess demand - that is quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied?

a)

Market Surplus

b)

Market Shortage

c)

Market Equilibrium

15.

What happens to the market when the chocolate bars are priced at $4 each?

a)

surplus

b)

shortage

c)

equilibrium

16.

What happens to the market when the chocolate bars are priced at $1 each?

a)

shortage

b)

surplus

c)

equilibrium

17.

What happens to the market when the chocolate bars are priced at $4 each?

a)

surplus

b)

shortage

c)

equilibrium

18.

Refer to Graph 4-5. According to the graph, what are the equilibrium price and quantity?

a)

$7, 20.

b)

$7, 60.

c)

$5, 40.

d)

$3, 60.

19.

Refer to Graph 4-5. According to the graph, What occurs at a price of $7?

a)

there would be a shortage of 40 units.

b)

there would be a surplus of 40 units.

c)

there would be a surplus of 20 units.

d)

the market would be in equilibrium.