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Demand, Supply & Equilibrium Quiz

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the law of demand state?

a)

Price ↑, Quantity demanded ↑

b)

Price ↑, Quantity demanded ↓

c)

Price ↓, Quantity demanded ↓

d)

Price remains constant, Quantity demanded varies

2.

Which of the following causes a movement along the demand curve?

a)

Change in price

b)

Change in preferences

c)

Change in income

d)

Change in number of buyers

3.

How does an increase in income affect the demand for normal goods?

a)

Increases demand

b)

Decreases demand

c)

No change in demand

d)

Shifts demand to the left

4.

Which of these is an example of a substitute good?

a)

Tennis rackets and tennis balls

b)

Coca-Cola and Pepsi

c)

Bread and butter

d)

Laptops and chargers

5.

What happens when buyers expect future prices to increase?

a)

Current demand decreases

b)

Current demand increases

c)

Future demand decreases

d)

Future supply increases

6.

Which curve represents the summation of all individual demand curves?

a)

Individual demand curve

b)

Market demand curve

c)

Aggregate supply curve

d)

Individual supply curve

7.

What is the shape of the demand curve due to the substitution effect and diminishing marginal utility?

a)

Upward sloping

b)

Downward sloping

c)

Horizontal

d)

Vertical

8.

What does the law of supply state?

a)

Price ↑, Quantity supplied ↑

b)

Price ↑, Quantity supplied ↓

c)

Price ↓, Quantity supplied ↑

d)

Price and quantity supplied are unrelated

9.

Which of these factors directly increases supply?

a)

Increase in input prices

b)

Increase in taxes

c)

Technological advancement

d)

Decrease in subsidies

10.

How does an increase in the number of sellers affect supply?

a)

Supply decreases

b)

Supply remains constant

c)

Supply increases

d)

Supply curve shifts leftward

11.

Which government policy reduces supply?

a)

Subsidy increase

b)

Quotas

c)

Relaxing licensing restrictions

d)

Decreasing input costs

12.

What happens when producers expect prices to rise in the future?

a)

Current supply increases

b)

Current supply decreases

c)

Future supply decreases

d)

Price equilibrium falls

13.

What is the effect of removing a subsidy on supply?

a)

No effect

b)

Increases supply

c)

Decreases supply

d)

Shifts demand curve rightward

14.

Which curve represents the summation of individual supply curves?

a)

Aggregate demand curve

b)

Market supply curve

c)

Producer curve

d)

Individual demand curve

15.

Which of these is not a determinant of supply?

a)

Input prices

b)

Preferences

c)

Technology

d)

Taxes

16.

What is market equilibrium?

a)

Quantity supplied > Quantity demanded

b)

Quantity supplied < Quantity demanded

c)

Quantity supplied = Quantity demanded

d)

Prices fluctuate constantly

17.

What results from excess demand?

a)

Surplus

b)

Shortage

c)

Price decrease

d)

Supply increase

18.

What is the effect of a surplus in the market?

a)

Prices increase

b)

Prices decrease

c)

Quantity demanded decreases

d)

Demand shifts leftward

19.

What does the intersection of supply and demand curves represent?

a)

Disequilibrium

b)

Shortage

c)

Surplus

d)

Equilibrium price and quantity

20.

What happens to equilibrium price when demand increases?

a)

Price decreases

b)

Price increases

c)

Price remains constant

d)

Price fluctuates randomly

21.

What is consumer surplus?

a)

Difference between price received and minimum price sellers accept

b)

Difference between maximum price buyers will pay and actual price paid

c)

Total production cost of goods

d)

Market price of goods

22.

What happens to consumer surplus when prices decrease?

a)

Surplus increases

b)

Surplus decreases

c)

Surplus remains unchanged

d)

Supply curve shifts leftward

23.

What is producer surplus?

a)

Difference between total supply and total demand

b)

Difference between market price and production cost

c)

Excess demand in the market

d)

Price equilibrium

24.

Which of these scenarios increases producer surplus?

a)

Market price decreases

b)

Input costs increase

c)

Market price increases

d)

Demand shifts leftward

25.

How is total surplus calculated?

a)

Market price minus total production cost

b)

Consumer surplus minus producer surplus

c)

Sum of consumer and producer surplus

d)

Difference between supply and demand

26.

What causes a shift in the demand curve to the right?

a)

Increase in price

b)

Increase in preferences

c)

Decrease in income for normal goods

d)

Decrease in number of buyers

27.

What causes a shift in the supply curve to the left?

a)

Decrease in taxes

b)

Decrease in input costs

c)

Quotas imposed by the government

d)

Technological advancements

28.

What happens when both demand and supply increase simultaneously?

a)

Price always increases

b)

Price always decreases

c)

Quantity increases, but effect on price is uncertain

d)

Quantity decreases, but effect on price is uncertain

29.

Which good is an example of a complement?

a)

Tea and coffee

b)

Bread and butter

c)

Apples and oranges

d)

Cars and bicycles

30.

What happens to equilibrium quantity when demand increases and supply decreases?

a)

Quantity increases

b)

Quantity decreases

c)

Quantity remains constant

d)

Effect is uncertain

31.

The law of demand states that a decrease in the price of a good:

a)

decreases the quantity supply of that good

b)

increases the supply of that good

c)

increases the quantity demanded for that good

d)

decreases the demand for that good

32.

A change in the price of a good or service leads to a ________ that leads to a ________.

a)

change in demand; movement along the demand curve

b)

change in demand; shift in the demand curve

c)

change in quantity demanded; shift of the demand curve

d)

change in quantity demanded; movement along the demand curve

33.

Which factors below are holding constant when derived demand curve?

a)

income, tastes, and the prices of other goods.

b)

income, tastes, and the price of the good.

c)

only income and tastes.

d)

only tastes and the price of other goods.

34.

If a decrease in consumer income leads to an increase in the demand for good Y, then good Y is

a)

an inferior good.

b)

a normal good.

c)

substitute good.

d)

complementary good.

35.

In response to news reports that taking oil fish daily can reduce an individual's risk of a stroke, there will most likely be a(n)

a)

increase in the quantity demanded of a fish oil.

b)

decrease in the supply of fish oil.

c)

increase in the demand for fish oil.

d)

increase in the supply of fish oil.

36.

A change in future price, prices of other goods or services, income or preferences, leads to a ________ that causes a ________.

a)

change in demand; shift of the demand curve

b)

change in quantity demanded; movement along the demand curve

c)

change in demand; movement along the demand curve

d)

change in quantity demanded; shift of the demand curve

37.

Suppose the demand for good X goes down when the price of good Y goes down. We can say that these two goods are

a)

unrelated goods.

b)

substitutes.

c)

complements.

d)

perfect substitutes.

38.

If the demand curve for a good shift leftward,

a)

demand is greater at each price.

b)

quantity demanded is greater at each price.

c)

quantity demanded remains constant at each price.

d)

quantity demanded is less at each price.

39.

Which of the following shifts the demand for TV set to the right?

a)

a decrease in the price of TV set.

b)

an increase in the price of TV set.

c)

an increase in consumer income if TV set is a normal good

d)

a decrease in consumer income if TV set is a normal good.

40.

Pepsi and cola are generally considered ________, an increase in the price of pepsi should ________ the demand for cola, ceteris paribus.

a)

complements; increase

b)

substitutes; decrease

c)

substitutes; increase

d)

complements; decrease

41.

What is the equilibrium quantity?

a)

Quantity at which buyers and sellers agree on price

b)

Quantity demanded minus quantity supplied

c)

Quantity demanded equals quantity supplied

d)

Maximum quantity supplied

42.

What occurs when there is excess supply in the market?

a)

Shortage

b)

Surplus

c)

Equilibrium

d)

Disequilibrium

43.

At what price level does a surplus occur?

a)

Above equilibrium price

b)

Below equilibrium price

c)

At equilibrium price

d)

At any price

44.

What condition describes a market shortage?

a)

Quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded

b)

Quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied

c)

Price is above equilibrium

d)

Supply equals demand

45.

Disequilibrium in a market can occur when:

a)

Price is at equilibrium

b)

Quantity demanded equals quantity supplied

c)

There is either surplus or shortage

d)

Both supply and demand are constant

46.

What is a disequilibrium price?

a)

Price above equilibrium

b)

Price below equilibrium

c)

Price other than equilibrium price

d)

Price that leads to equilibrium