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WorksheetsInternal 2 Question Bank - Basics of Business Economics
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 34mins
A function that describes the input output relationship is known as ____ function
Consumption
Production
Distribution
Exchange
The inputs of factors of production include __________
Land
Labour & capital
Organisation
All the above
The __________ functional relationship assumes that at least one of the units remains unchanged as the output varies.
Long run
Medium term
Short run
Cobb Douglas
The _______ is the result of total product per unit of the variable input
Average product
Variable product
Total product
Marginal product
In law of returns to scale, if proportionate increase in output is greater than the proportionate increase in inputs then it is known as ________________
Increasing returns to scale
Decreasing returns to scale
Constant returns to scale
Negative returns to scale
Formula for Breakeven sales is __________
Fixed Cost/Profit
Fixed Cost /Contribution
Fixed Cost / P/V ratio
Fixed Cost / Desired sales
Opportunity Cost is also known as ________
Real cost
Implicit Cost
Explicit Cost
Indirect Cost
The curve that declines with increase in level of output tends to infinity but never touches the X axis is
TFC
AVC
AFC
TVC
The Long run average cost curve (LAC) is a _______
Tangent curve
Planning curve
Envelope curve
All the above
Larger firms get borrowings from bank at a lower rate of interest. This comes under ______
Managerial economies
Financial economies
Technical economies
Marketing economies
Reasons for increasing returns in Stage I of law of variable proportion is ________
Indivisibility
Specialisation
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
Cobb Douglas production function mainly studies -----------------?
Capital & labour
Labour & Entrepreneur
Land & Labour
Land & capital
The rate at which a firm can substitute capital for labour and hold output constant is the ________.
marginal rate of production
law of diminishing marginal returns
marginal rate of technical substitution
isoquant.
What is Production in Economics:
Creating/Addition of Utility
Production of food grains
Creation of services
Manufacturing of goods
A firm that increases the quantity it produces without any change in per-unit cost is experiencing:
economies of scale
diseconomies of scale
constant returns to scale
none of the above
A Monopolist is a:
Price-maker
Price-taker
Price-adjuster
None of the above
Under monopoly, the degree of control over price is:
None
Some
Very considerable
None of the above
Which market structure is characterized by a few large firms controlling the market?
Monopoly
Monopolistic competition
Oligopoly
Perfect competition
When marginal cost equals average cost, average cost is
Rising
Falling
Minimum
Maximum
Total fixed cost curve is
Upward sloping
Horizontal straight line
Vertical line
U-shaped
A firm is in equilibrium when
MC = MR
AR = AC
TR = TC
AC = MC
If average cost decreases as output increases, the firm experiences
Diseconomies of scale
Constant returns to scale
Economies of scale
Negative returns
Marginal product becomes zero when total product is
Maximum
Minimum
Constant
Increasing at increasing rate
The stage of production in which marginal product is positive but falling is called
Stage I
Stage II
Stage III
Constant stage
The law of diminishing marginal returns applies to the
Short run
Long run
Both
Neither
When average cost is rising, marginal cost must be
Below average cost
Equal to average cost
Break-even point is where
Total cost = Total revenue
Fixed cost = Variable cost
Profit = Revenue
Marginal cost = Marginal revenue
In perfect competition, demand curve faced by a firm is
Upward sloping
Downward sloping
Horizontal
Vertical
In monopoly, price elasticity of demand is generally
Greater than one
Equal to one
Less than one
Infinite
The distinguishing feature of monopolistic competition is
Product differentiation
Homogeneous product
Single seller
No entry
In an oligopoly, price rigidity is often explained by
Demand curve
Kinked demand curve
Isoquant curve
Isocost line
When firms agree not to compete but to fix prices, it is known as
Collusion
Competition
Integration
Regulation
Production is the process where goods and services are ________ and includes various forms of utility.
created
destroyed
ignored
sold
The law of _____________________________comes under long run production function.
returns to scale
diminishing marginal utility
variable proportions
equilibrium price
The __________________curves show the different combinations of two resources with which a firm produces equal or same level of output.
isoquant
indifference
budget
supply
Expand MRTS ______________________________________
Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution
Marginal Return to Scale
Maximum Rate of Technical Substitution
Marginal Ratio of Total Supply
The line which shows different possible combinations of two factors, that a firm can buy with a given expenditure or outlay is known as ______________
iso-cost line
indifference curve
production possibility curve
budget constraint
___________________________is an economic tool that determines how changes in an organization's sales volume affect its costs, revenue, and profit.
CVP Analysis
SWOT Analysis
Break-even Chart
Budgetary Control
Raw materials, Direct labour and overheads are examples of ______________cost.
variable
fixed
semi-variable
sunk
______________economies mean the benefits of large-scale production available to an organisation due to division of labour within its own operation.
Internal
External
Marginal
Social
The curve that implies that the more experienced a company is in manufacturing a specific product, the lower its cost of production is known as ________________.
learning curve
supply curve
demand curve
indifference curve
In economies of scope, when a company produces a ______________ of products the unit cost to produce a product will decline.
Variety
Small number
Single type
Limited range
A market exists where there is ............................ between buyers and sellers.
Interaction
Isolation
Negligence
Conflict
Buying and selling takes place in a ............................
Market place
Library
Hospital
School
The process of ............................ and ............................ takes place simultaneously in market place.
Buying; Selling
Producing; Consuming
Importing; Exporting
Storing; Transporting
A market has existence of buyers and sellers, communication between them and ______________.
commodity
currency
agreement
location
Under perfect competition, the firms are producing ______________ product.
identical products
differentiated products
unique products
inferior products
When the Average revenue of the firm is greater than its average cost, the firm is earning __________.
economic profit
normal profit
zero profit
economic loss
The perfect competitive firms are __________.
price taker
price maker
monopolist
oligopolist
An __________ is a curve on a graph that measures output, and the trade-off between two factors needed to keep that output constant.
isoquant
isobar
isotherm
isocline
An _______ show all combinations of factors that cost the same amount.
isocost
isoquant
budget line
production possibility curve
____________ refer to the cost advantage experienced by a firm when it increases its level of output.
Economies of scale
Diseconomies of scale
Marginal cost pricing
Price discrimination
The cost incurred on the use of self-owned resources is called __________ cost.
implicit
explicit
variable
fixed
The additional output produced by employing one more unit of a variable factor is called __________.
marginal product
average product
total product
fixed product
When total revenue equals total cost, the firm is at __________ point.
break-even
shutdown
profit-maximizing
loss-minimizing
The slope of the total cost curve gives __________ cost.
marginal
average
fixed
variable
When average cost equals marginal cost, both are at their __________ point.
minimum
maximum
equilibrium
break-even
The long-run average cost curve is often called the __________ curve.
envelope
marginal
supply
demand
The difference between total revenue and total variable cost is known as __________.
contribution
profit
gross margin
net income
The shape of the marginal cost curve is generally __________ shaped.
U
L
S
V
The output at which marginal cost equals marginal revenue gives the __________ output level.
equilibrium
maximum profit
shutdown
break-even
Firms in perfect competition can sell any quantity at the __________ market price.
prevailing
discounted
negotiated
variable
A firm earns normal profit when average cost equals __________.
average revenue
marginal cost
total cost
marginal revenue
Price and output determination under monopoly depends upon the firm’s __________ curve.
demand
supply
cost
revenue
The part of total cost that changes with the level of production is called __________ cost.
variable
fixed
sunk
opportunity
If marginal product is greater than average product, average product will __________.
increase
decrease
remain constant
become zero
A horizontal supply curve indicates __________ cost conditions.
constant
increasing
decreasing
variable
