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PCIS 12th Economics - Demand and Supply

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

When a consumer is able and willing to buy a good or service, he or she creates which of the following:

a)

Consumption

b)

Demand

c)

Elasticity

d)

Allocation

2.

What are inferior goods?

a)

Goods that are not well produced

b)

Goods that no one wants to buy

c)

Goods for which the demand rises when income rises

d)

Goods for which the demand falls when income rises

3.

What does it mean when the demand for a product is inelastic?

a)

People will not buy any of the product when the price goes up

b)

A price increase does not have a significant impact on buying habits

c)

Customers are very sensitive to the price of the product

d)

There are very few satisfactory substitutes for the product

4.

What do sellers do if they expect the price of goods they have for sale to increase dramatically in the near future?

a)

Sell the goods now and try to invest the money instead of resupplying

b)

Sell the goods now but try to get the higher price for them

c)

Store the goods until the price rises

d)

Store the goods indefinitely regardless of when the prices rise

5.

What does elasticity of demand measure?

a)

an increase in the quantity available

b)

a decrease in the quantity demanded

c)

how much buyers will cut back or increase their demand when prices rise or fall

d)

the amount of time consumers need to change their demand for a good

6.

Which item was once considered a luxury has now become a necessity in America?

a)

Property

b)

Cars

c)

Telephone

d)

Fresh Water

7.

Demand for life-saving medicine is usually  ______.

a)

Higher in price

b)

Inelastic

c)

Elastic

d)

Luxury

8.

If the elasticity of demand of a good is equal to 1, it is described as _____?

a)

Normal good

b)

Unitary elastic

c)

Complements

d)

Equal

9.

Which of the following is the best example of the law of supply?

a)

A sandwich shop increases the number of sandwiches they supply every day when the price is increased

b)

A food producer increases the number of acres of wheat he grows to supply a milling company

c)

A catering company buys a new dishwasher to make their work easier

d)

A milling company builds a new factory to process flour to export

10.

When the selling price of a good goes up, what is the relationship to the quantity supplied?

a)

The cost of production goes down

b)

The profit made on each item goes down

c)

It becomes practical to produce more goods

d)

There is no relationship between the two

11.

You would refer to a(n) _____ to find the quantity that a person would purchase at each price that could be offered in a market.

a)

Possibility curve

b)

Elasticity curve

c)

Supply curve

d)

Demand curve

12.

Which of these is the best example of diminishing marginal utility?

a)

A shortage of bike paths makes bicycles less useful

b)

Bicycles become less useful as the get old and start to rust

c)

Someone who has one bicycle will have less use for another

d)

People with cars have less use for bicycles than people without cars

13.

Technological process has reduced the cost of manufacturing computers. If demand is unchanged,

a)

More computers will be sold at a higher price

b)

Fewer computers will be sold at a higher price

c)

More computers will be sold at a lower price

d)

Fewer computers will be sold at a lower price

14.

What categories of costs combine to create a firm’s total cost?

a)

Fixed and variable costs

b)

Facility costs

c)

Fixed and defined costs

d)

Salary and facilities

15.

All of the following are examples of variable costs except __________.

a)

Rent

b)

Electricity

c)

Labor

d)

Heat

16.

Which of the following best describes the ideal level of output?

a)

Marginal revenue is more than marginal cost:

MR > MC

b)

Marginal revenue is more than total cost:

MR > TC

c)

Marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost:

MR = MC

d)

Marginal revenue is less than total cost:

MR < TC

17.

The change in output from hiring one more worker is known as ______.

a)

Labor output

b)

Increasing marginal return

c)

Marginal product of labor

d)

Diminishing margin return

18.

Using the sample image attached, what is a market supply schedule?

a)

It is a table that lists the quantity supplied for a good or service at different prices throughout the economy.

b)

It is a table that lists the quantity supplied for a good or service at different prices in one local area.

c)

It is a table that lists the quantity supplied for a good or service at a single price.

d)

It is a schedule of when markets will demand goods and services throughout the year.

19.

Which of the following leads to a decrease in supply?

a)

an increase in the cost of raw materials

b)

diminishing marginal returns

c)

a decrease in the cost of raw materials

d)

a change in the law of supply

20.

The main goal for the firm is to maximize profits. How many beanbags should they produce to maximize profits?

a)

10

b)

8

c)

7

d)

9

21.

In the short-run, a firm would remain in business as long as which one of the following costs is covered?

a)

Total costs

b)

Fixed costs

c)

Variable costs

d)

Operating costs

22.

The following graphs illustrate the "effect of rising costs". Explain in your own words what those effects are based on price and supply:

4 lines
23.

________ is government intervention in a market that affects the production of a good.

a)

Excise tax

b)

Regulation

c)

Subsidies

d)

Inflation

24.

In your own words, what is the difference between supply and demand?

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25.

Economics is not just about money, it's about _________?

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