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WorksheetsAP Microeconomics
Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 2hrs 34mins
Represents how goods, services, and money move through our economy.
Circular Flow Diagram
Supply Curve
Demand Curve
Supply and Demand Curve
Consumers will buy more of a good when its prices is lower and less when its price is higher.
Law of Demand
Law of Supply
Price Floor
Price Ceiling
Producers offer more of a good or service as its prices increases and less as its price falls.
Law of Demand
Law of Supply
Price Floor
Price Ceiling
The point at which the quantity demanded for a product or service is equal to the quantity supplied of that product or service.
Equilibrium
Price Stability
Shortage
Supply
A minimum price consumers are required to pay for a good or service.
Price Ceiling
Market Clearing Price
Equilibrium
Price Floor
A maximum price consumers are required to pay for a good or service.
Price Ceiling
Equilibrium
Market Clearing Price
Price Floor
A market in which a single seller dominates.
Monopolistic Competition
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Perfect Competition
A market structure in which a few large firms dominate a market.
Oligopoly
Monopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Perfect Competition
A market structure in which many companies sell products that are similar but not identical.
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
Monopoly
Perfect Competition
A market structure in which a large number of firms all produce the same product and no single seller controls supply or prices.
Monopoly
Monopolistic Comeptition
Oligopoly
Perfect Competition
What is the Profit Maximizing Formula?
Revenue > Expenses
MR > ATC
MR = MC
AFC + AVC = ATC
What is the difference between Accounting (Normal) Profit and Economic Profit?
Merchandise Costs
Opportunity Cost
Labor Cost
Expenses
Bob currently earns $50,000 per year as a financial planner. If he quit his job and opened an ice cream stand on the beach, earning $25,000 per year in accounting profit, what is his Economic Profit?
$25,000
$50,000
$75,000
-$25,000
According to the Profit Maximizing Formula, how many units should this firm produce?
2
3
4
5
Which of the following is the best definition for Marginal Cost?
The cost of producing more units
The cost of producing one additional unit
Fixed costs
Variable Costs
Which costs change based on the number of units produced?
Fixed
Variable
Labor, utilities, and raw materials are an example of which of these?
Fixed Costs
Variable Costs
A change in Fixed Costs affect which of the following? (check all that apply)
AFC
AVC
ATC
MC
A change in Variable Costs affect which of the following? (check all that apply)
AFC
AVC
ATC
MC
Does an increase in Fixed Costs affect a firm's output?
Yes
No
Maybe
Does an increase in Variable Costs affect a firm's output?
Yes
No
Maybe
Which of the following best explains why firms experience Increasing Marginal Returns?
Workers can specialize
Workers reach the limit of fixed resources
Managers motivate workers to produce more
Poor management leads to low motivation
Which of the following best explains why firms experience Decreasing Marginal Returns?
Workers can specialize
Workers reach the limit of fixed resources
Managers motivate workers to produce more
Poor management leads to low motivation
With which worker does this firm begin to experience Diminishing Marginal Returns?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
With which worker does this firm begin to experience Negative Marginal Returns?
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
What is the best definition for Short Run?
A period of time in which at lease one resource is fixed
A period of time in which all resources can change
A period of 1 to 5 years
A period of 5 or more years
What is the best definition for Long Run?
A period of time in which at lease one resource is fixed
A period of time in which all resources can change
A period of 1 to 5 years
A period of 5 or more years
A firm expands its fixed resources and its overall costs of production go down. It is experiencing...
Increasing returns to scale
Constant returns to scale
Negative returns to scale
A firm expands its fixed resources and its overall costs of production go up. It is experiencing...
Increasing returns to scale
Constant returns to scale
Negative returns to scale
Which type of market have we studies in this unit?
Perfect Competition
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
Monopoly
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of Perfectly Competitive markets?
Many small firms
Virtually identical products
High barriers to entry
No need to advertise
Which of these best explains why Mr. Darp is horizontal?
Demand in that market is perfectly elastic
Demand in that market is perfectly inelastic
Firms can sell as many units as they want for the same price
Mr. Darp is taking a nap
If a firm's Marginal Costs increase, its output will...
Increase
Decrease
Stay the Same
Shut down
If a firm's Marginal Revenue increases, its output will...
Increase
Decrease
Stay the Same
Shut down
In the long run, a Perfectly Competitive Firm will..
Earn zero economic profit
Earn an economic profit
Make an economic loss
Shut down
Which of the following best describes Productive Efficiency?
Minimum ATC
Minimum AVC
Minimum MC
Minimum AFC
Which of the following best describes Allocative Efficiency?
D = ATC
D = AVC
D = MC
Run = DMC
What will happen when there is short-term PROFIT in a market?
Firms will enter the market, and prices will rise.
Firms will enter the market, and prices will fall.
Firms will leave the market, and prices will rise.
Firms will leave the market, and prices will fall.
What will happen when there is short-term LOSS in a market?
Firms will enter the market, and prices will rise.
Firms will enter the market, and prices will fall.
Firms will leave the market, and prices will rise.
Firms will leave the market, and prices will fall.
Which of the following would be considered a substitute for a strawberry?
Lemon
Rubber
Oil
Raspberry
If a good or service has a lot of substitutes, it is considered to be.
Elastic
Inelastic
According to the concept of price signals, if skinny jeans are selling at high prices, what will happen?
More skinny jeans will be made
Less skinny jeans will be made
Stephen decided that his job as a doctor is too stressful, even if they do make $125,000 a year. He quit his medical practice and opened up a comic book store.
The start up costs were $20,000 but he made $70,000 his first year.
Overall, what was Stephen's economic profit from making the switch? (Remember to account for opportunity costs)
$75,000 loss
$50,000 loss
$75,000 gain
$50,000 gain
From an economic standpoint, if the explicit and implicit wage and benefits outweigh the explicit and implicit costs of making a decision, you should make the decision.
True
False
For his fast food place, Louie's Sub Shop, Louie decided that he needed to get an oven to make toasted subs since they are all the rage. A new oven to toast his subs will cost $10,000 if he wants a quality one.
In this example, what type of cost is the oven?
Variable Cost
Fixed Cost
Lisa's Pizza Joint has a major problem: this year there is a shortage of tomatoes due to a drought, making the prices for tomatoes skyrocket. Although her customers won't like it, Lisa has to raise the prices on her pizzas.
In this example, what type of cost are the tomatoes?
Variable Costs
Fixed Costs
What is the equation for the Total Cost of something?
Fixed costs + variable costs
Fixed costs - variable costs
If Louie's oven cost $10,000 and he's made 1,000 pizzas since he got it, what is the average cost of the oven so far?
$10/pizza
$100/pizza
$1,000/pizza
$10,000/pizza
A graphic portrayal showing how a change in the amount of a single variable input affects total outputs.
Theory of Production
Law of Variable Proportions
Production Function
Stages of Production
Marginal Product
Production Period long enough to change the amount of variables and fixed inputs used in production.
Diminishing Returns
Long Run
Short Run
Stages of Production
Raw Materials
If a higher level of production allows workers to
specialize in particular tasks, a firm will likely exhibit
________ of scale and ________ average total cost.
economies, falling
economies, rising
diseconomies, falling
diseconomies, rising
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
What is the profit maximizing condition?
MR = D
MR = MC
MC = D
D = Profits
The image above shows a firm making
Economic Profit
Economic loss
Breaking even
Shutting down
Should the following firm shutdown?
Yes
No
Not enough information present
During the winter, theme parks in Orlando close earlier than in the summer. The reason the theme parks close early during the winter is because during that season the marginal revenue from staying open later is ________ the marginal cost.
greater than
less than
equal to
zero compared to
The above figure shows a perfectly competitive firm. If the market price is $15, the firm
is incurring an economic loss.
is making an economic profit.
is making zero economic profit.
will immediately shut down.
might shut down but more information is needed about the AVC.
The above figure shows a perfectly competitive firm. If the market price is more than $20 per unit, the firm
will definitely shut down to minimize its losses.
will stay open to produce and will make zero economic profit.
will stay open to produce and will incur an economic loss.
will stay open to produce and will make an economic profit.
might shut down but more information is needed about the fixed cost.
The figure above shows a perfectly competitive firm. If the market price is $20 per unit, then the firm produces ________ units and makes an economic profit that is ________.
more than 30; more than $100
30; more than $100
20; less than $400
0; zero
30; zero
