General multiple choice economics questions
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Question 21 Save
The _____ elastic a firm's demand curve, the greater its _____.
a. less; monopoly power
b. less; output
c. more; monopoly power
d. more; costs
Question 22 Save
Which of the following is not a basic feature of a monopolistically competitive industry?
a. There are many buyers and sellers in the industry
b. Each firm in the industry produces a differentiated product
c. There is free entry and exit into the industry
d. Each firm owns a patent on its product
Question 23 Save
The variance of a probability distribution is used to measure risk because a higher variance is associated with
a. a wider spread of values around the mean.
b. a more compact distribution.
c. a lower expected value.
d. both a and b
Question 24 Save
Encouraging firms to invest in research and development and individuals to engage in creative endeavors such as writing novels is one justification for
a. government-created monopolies.
b. resource monopolies.
c. natural monopolies.
d. monopolistic competition.
Question 25 Save
The most important factor in determining the long-run profit potential in monopolistic competition is
a. free entry and exit.
b. the elasticity of the market demand curve.
c. the elasticity of the firm's demand curve.
d. that it is in the threatener's self interest to act on the threat.
Question 26 Save
In making decisions under risk
a. maximizing expected value is always the best rule.
b. mean variance analysis is always the best rule.
c. the coefficient of variation rule is always best.
d. maximizing expected value is most reliable for making repeated decisions with identical
probabilities.
Question 27 Save
When marginal revenue equals marginal cost, total revenue is equal to total cost, therefore, the firm just "breaks even"
True
False
Question 28 Save
The following payoff matrix shows the various profit outcomes for 3 projects, A, B, and C, under 2 possible states of nature: the product price is $10 or the product price is $20.
Profit
Project P = $10 P = $20
A 20 80
B 40 60
C -26 140
Using the minimax regret rule the decision maker would choose
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. impossible to tell from the information
Question 29 Save
An oligopolistic situation involving the possible creation of barriers to entry would probably best be modeled by
a. Cooperative game.
b. Prisoner's Dilemma game.
c. Battle of the Sexes game.
d. Sequential game.
Question 30 Save
The essential characteristic of a credible threat is
a. that the threatener has a reputation for carrying out threats.
b. that the threatener ignores the costs of carrying out the threat.
c. that the threatener and the threatenee know each other well.
d. that it is in the threatener's self interest to act on the threat.
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The _____ elastic a firm's demand curve, the greater its _____.
c. more; monopoly power
Greater elasticity indicates that consumers will reduce their purchases proportionally more with price changes. So, the less elastic the firm's demand, the greater its degree of market power.
Question 22
Which of the following is not a basic feature of a monopolistically competitive industry?
d. Each firm owns a patent on its product
Monopolistic competition requires free entry and exit, which precludes having patents.
Question 23
The variance of a probability distribution is used to measure risk because a higher variance is associated with
a. a wider spread of values around the mean.
Question 24
Encouraging firms to invest in research and development and individuals to engage ...
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