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WorksheetsFinal Exam Review - Economics
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 21mins
Which of the following is a possible cause of diseconomies of scale?
similar businesses in the area
easy access to suppliers
greater distance between senior staff and shop floor workers
abundance of skilled labour
What of the following is a feature of a monopoly?
There is plenty of competition
Price is set freely by the consumers
The product sold is unique
There are very few barriers to entry
The term "economies of scale" refers to ...
the average costs of production decreasing as a firm expands
the average costs of production rising as a firm expands
the average costs of production remaining the same as a firm expands
the average costs of production at first decreasing, then increasing, as a firm expands
A market dominated by a few large firms is called:
Oligopoly
Labour Market
Monopoly
Government intervention
ΔTR/ΔQ = _____
Profit/Loss
P x Q = _____
Product differentiation refers to
Features that make one product appear different from competing products in the same market.
The selling of identical products in different markets.
Which of the following usually results from colluding firms?
Less is produced
Profit decreases
Prices are higher
Going to the Dallas Farmers Market to buy apples, you will find this type of market structure.
Monopoly
Perfect Competition
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
Since the airline industry is controlled by only a few very big companies, which type of market structure would best describe it.
Monopoly
Perfect Competition
Oligopoly
Define collusion
When two cars collide on the road
a secret agreement between two competing firms to sell their similar products at the same price
The total product is...
Only the minimum quantity of labour
The past expenditure on something that has no resale value
The maximum output that a given quantity of labour can produce
The time frame in which the quantities of ALL factors of production can be varied is...
Short run
Long run
Sunk Cost
Medium Run
The minimum efficient scale is ...
The largest output quantity at which the long-run cost reaches its highest level
The smallest quantity of output at which the long-run average cost reaches its lowest level
Technology that leads to constant long-run average cost output that increases
Perfect competition is an industry with...
a few firms producing identical goods
many firms producing goods that differ somewhat
many firms producing identical goods
The image above shows a firm making
Economic Profit
Economic loss
Breaking even
Shutting down
What is the profit maximizing condition?
MR = D
MR = MC
MC = D
D = Profits
What is the goal of a firm?
to make profits
to maximize profits
to maximize revenue
none of the above
Total Revenue (minus) Explicit and Implicit cost =
Accounting Profit
Economic Profit
Economic Cost
Total Profit
A firm in the long run will make
Losses
Economic Profit
Profits greater than MC
none of the above
MC crosses the ATC and AVC
where you draw it
at its lowest point
where MR=MC
None of the above
If Q is increasing but so is ATC then it must be
Economies of Scale
Constant returns to scale
Diseconomies to scale
bad
Should the following firm shutdown?
Yes
No
Not enough information present
Based on this graph, this firm will:
make positive short-run profits
incur losses in the short-run
shut-down in the short run
Firms are incurring short-run losses in a perfectly competitive firm. What will happen in the long-run?
New firms will enter and price will increase
New firms will enter and price will decrease
Firms will exit and price will increase
Firms will exit and price will decrease
If P < ATC, a firm should
shut down in the short run
stay open in the short run
stay open in the short run if P > AVC
shut down in the short run if P > AVC
Short-run losses encourage firms to...
enter the industry
leave the industry
stay in the industry
In monopolistic competition, the demand curve for a firm is....
relatively elastic
relatively inelastic
unit elastic
In monopolistic competition producers....
have a full ability to set prices
have some ability to set prices
have no ability to set prices
