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Supply and Demand

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
  1. When there is not enough of a product to satisfy the amount demanded by the consumer, there is a: 

a)

Surplus

b)

Equilibrium

c)

Shortage

2.
  1. The point of balance where demand and supply come together: 

a)

Excess Supply

b)

Equilibrium

c)

Shortage

d)

Disequilibrium

3.
  1. When there is too much of a product than what is needed or used, there is a: 

a)

Surplus

b)

Shortage

c)

Equilibrium

4.
  1. This occurs when the quantity supplied is not equal to the quantity demanded: 

a)

Perfect Supply

b)

Equilibrium

c)

Disequilibrium

5.
  1. What are government imposed, legal minimum and maximum price levels that can be charged for a good or service? 

a)
  1. Equilibrium; Disequilibrium

b)
  1. Elastic Supply; Inelastic Supply

c)
  1. Variable Costs; Total Costs

d)
  1. Price Floor; Price Ceiling

6.
  1. Which of the following best describes when suppliers can easily increase or decrease their quantity supplied in the short-run? 

a)

Price Ceiling

b)

Elastic Supply

c)

Price Floor

d)

Inelastic Supply

7.
  1. Costs that rise or fall depending on the quantity produced: 

a)

Total Costs

b)

Variable Costs

c)

Marginal Costs

d)

Secondary Costs

8.
  1. The fixed costs and variable costs added together is the: 

a)

Marginal Cost

b)

Negative Return

c)

Total Cost

d)

Positive Return

9.
  1. What is the person or organization that provides a good or service in the marketplace called?  

a)

Supplier

b)

Regulator

c)

Consumer

d)

Buyer

10.
  1.  Which law states that high prices give businesses an incentive to produce; low prices cause producers to reduce production? 

a)

Law of Thermodynamics

b)

Law of Demand

c)

Law of Taxation

d)

Law of Supply

11.
  1.  What represents the cost of producing the good; the increases/decreases based on the materials necessary to produce, such as dough for pizza? 

a)

Input Costs

b)

Output Costs

c)

Variable Costs

d)

Total Costs

12.
  1.  ____________ improves the ability to produce and increases ability to supply. 

a)

Opportunity Costs

b)

Market Cap

c)

Technological Innovation

d)

Market Costs

13.
  1.  Which of the following is a government payment that supports a business or a market? 

a)

Loan

b)

Sales Tax

c)

Market Price

d)

Subsidy

14.
  1.  __________ is when the government increases rules, which reduces the ability to supply. 

a)

Deregulation

b)

Regulation

c)

Privatization

d)

Market Equilibrium

15.
  1.  Increases in human capital such as ____________ can increase the ability to produce. 

a)

Education

b)

Equipment

c)

Land

16.
  1.  Which of the following is the correct term for when natural disasters such as an earthquake, hurricane, etc. disrupts supply? 

a)

Demand Shift

b)

Price Floor

c)

Market Equilibrium

d)

Supply Shock

17.
  1.  What is the value of a product as established by supply and demand, and serves as a link between producers and consumers? 

a)

Law of Statistics

b)

Price

c)

Revenue

d)

Supply

18.
  1.  Which of the following does NOT show disequilibrium? 

a)

QD > QS

b)

QD = QS

c)

QD < QS

19.
  1.  With _____________, the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied at the current price. 

a)

Insufficient Demand

b)

Price Floor

c)

Excess Demand

d)

Price Ceiling

20.
  1.  Which law states that the price of any good adjusts to equilibrium? 

a)

Law of Opportunity Costs

b)

Law of Elasticity

c)

Law of Diminished Returns

d)

Law of Supply and Demand

21.
  1.  During one of the videos we watched, a man was arrested for selling generators and violating which law? 

a)

Price Gouging

b)

Price Floor

c)

Price Inequality

d)

Price Stabilizer

22.
  1.  Which of the following is a well-known price floor? 

a)

Minimum Wage

b)

Maximum Wage

c)

Overtime Pay

d)

Market Pay Increase

23.
  1.  When suppliers have difficulty changing the quantity supplied, this is an example of: 

a)

Elastic Supply

b)

Inelastic Supply

c)

Equilibrium Supply

d)

Balanced Supply

24.
  1. The amount of “stuff” that is produced by firms and offered for sale: 

a)

Demand

b)

Supply

c)

Price

d)

Subsidy