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Chapter 6 - Prices - Economics

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ________________ is unique because it is the point where the price and amount supplied are equal to the prince and amount demanded.

a)

Equilibrium Price

b)

Excess Demand

c)

Price Ceiling

d)

Rent Control

2.

Nora runs a small bakery. She notices that at the current price of her cupcakes, the quantity she bakes exceeds the quantity her customers want to buy. What term describes this situation?

a)

Surplus

b)

Shortage

c)

Equilibrium

d)

Price Floor

3.

Which of the following is a government-imposed limit on how low a price can be charged for a product?

a)

Price Ceiling

b)

Price Floor

c)

Equilibrium Price

d)

Rent Control

4.

When the market is in equilibrium, what is the relationship between quantity demanded and quantity supplied?

a)

Quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied

b)

Quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded

c)

Quantity demanded equals quantity supplied

d)

Quantity demanded is unrelated to quantity supplied

5.

______________ occurs when the quantity demand is more then quantity supplied. This can occur when actual price in a market is lower than equilibrium price

a)

Excess demand

b)

Price ceiling

c)

Rent control

d)

none of the choices are correct

6.

What is the term for a government-imposed limit on how high a price can be charged for a product?

a)

Price Ceiling

b)

Price Floor

c)

Equilibrium Price

d)

Rent Control

7.

Which of the following describes a situation where the market price is above the equilibrium price?

a)

Surplus

b)

Shortage

c)

Equilibrium

d)

Price Ceiling

8.

What happens to the quantity demanded when the price of a product is set below the equilibrium price?

a)

It increases

b)

It decreases

c)

It remains the same

d)

It becomes zero

9.

_______________ are caused by shifts in the supply curve, which causes quantity supplied to exceed quantity demanded. Surpluses can also occur if consumers demand far less of a good than they did previously.

a)

Surplus

b)

Demands

c)

Search cost

d)

None of the choices are correct

10.

The price at which the quantity of a product demanded by consumers equals the quantity supplied by producers

a)

Price floor

b)

Market Equilibrium

c)

Price ceiling

d)

equilibrium price

11.

When Lily and Michael conduct business without regard to government controls on price or quantity, they are said to do business on the _________________.

a)

black market

b)

brown market

c)

farmers market

d)

green market

12.

Providing compensation to the unemployed and aid to dependent children are ways that the government intervenes in the economy to:

a)

manage yearly spending

b)

protect private property

c)

improve public welfare

13.

A government intervening in a market and imposing an indirect tax is likely to result in:

a)

An increase in demand, shifting the curve to the right and causing an expansion in supply

b)

A decrease in demand, shifting the curve to the left and causing a contraction in supply

c)

An increase in supply, shifting the curve to the right and causing an expansion in demand

d)

A decrease in supply, shifting the curve to the left and causing a contraction in demand

14.

Abigail is shopping for groceries and notices that the government has set a maximum price for milk to ensure it remains affordable. Which term refers to this government-set maximum price?

a)

equilibrium price

b)

price ceiling

c)

price floor

d)

subsidy

15.

What problem can a price floor cause?

a)

excess supply

b)

rent control

c)

rationing

d)

supply shock

16.

Rationing and price based system is used most often in which country's economy?

a)

Cuba

b)

Japan

c)

United States

d)

Germany

17.

A job which is considered part of the informal economy?

a)

Nurse

b)

Baby Sitter

c)

Stay at home mom

d)

Teacher

e)

Head cheC

18.

While working in a local market, Samuel realized that _________________________ is a safety-net workers do not have in the informal/underground economy.

a)

Health care

b)

Rent control

c)

Spillover costs

d)

none of the choices are correct

19.

What is a monopoly?

a)

An agreement among firms to charge one price for the same good

b)

A market in which a single seller dominates

c)

A market structure in which many companies sell products that are similar but not identical

d)

An illegal agreement among firms to divide the market, set prices, or limit production

20.

What is price fixing?

a)

The ability of a company to control prices and total market output

b)

Division of consumers prices into groups

c)

An agreement among firms to charge one price for the same good

d)

An illegal agreement among firms to divide the market, set prices, or limit production

21.

What are the 4 conditions in a perfectly competitive market?

a)

1. Few buyers & Sellers

2. Differentiated Products

3. Informed buyers & sellers

4. Easy market entry and exit

b)

1. Many buyers & Sellers

2. Identical Products

3. Informed buyers & sellers

4. Easy market entry and exit

c)

1. Many buyers & Sellers

2. Similar Products

3. Informed buyers & sellers

4. Hard market entry and exit

d)

1. Many buyers & Sellers

2. Identical Products

3. Lack of product information

4. Easy market entry and exit

22.

According to the learning material, whose work suggests that profit is the incentive?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

John Maynard Keynes

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Milton Friedman

23.

What is another term for the "underground" economy?

a)

Income

b)

Rationing

c)

The black market

d)

Economists' preference

24.

What allows consumers to know what they can afford?

a)

Rationing and shortages

b)

The black market

c)

Income

d)

Economists' preferences

25.

What is a price floor?

a)

A government-imposed limit on how low a price can be charged for a product

b)

The maximum price allowed by law

c)

A recommended retail price set by manufacturers

d)

The equilibrium price in a free market