ECON 201 Test 2 Practice Questions

12. _____________ is calculated by taking the quantity of everything that is sold and multiplying it by the sale price. A. Total revenue B. Total profits C. Average profit margin D. Total cost

Answer: A

10. The term "constant returns to scale" describes a situation where A. expanding all inputs does not change the average cost of production. B. a larger-scale firm can produce at a lower cost than a smaller-scale firm. C. expanding all inputs changes the average cost of production. D. the quantity of output rises and the average cost of production falls.

Answer: A

19. The economies-of-scale curve is a long-run average cost curve, because A. it allows all factors of production to change. B. fixed costs cannot be changed. C. only variable costs are allowed to change. D. only marginal costs are allowed to change

Answer: A

20. Accounting profit is ________. A. revenue minus explicit costs B. revenue minus implicit costs C. revenue plus explicit costs D. revenue plus implicit costs

Answer: A

22. The cost of purchasing an oven for a pizza shop is an example of a ________. A. fixed cost B. variable cost C. revenue-maximizing cost D. cost-push inflation cost

Answer: A

28. An ______________________ is calculated by subtracting the firm's costs from its total revenues, ______________________. A. accounting profit; excluding opportunity cost B. accounting profit; including opportunity cost C. economic profit; excluding opportunity cost D. opportunity cost; including economic profit

Answer: A

1. In economics, a firm that faces no competitors is referred to as _________________. A. an oligopoly B. a monopoly C. a perfect competitor D. an oligopolizor

Answer: B

15. I'MaPizzaCo. produces and sells specialty pizzas. Last year, it produced 8,000 mushroom, sausage and spinach pizzas and sold each one for $8. To produce these 8,000 specialty pizzas, the company incurred variable costs of $24,000 and a total cost of $40,000. I'MaPizzaCo's average fixed cost to produce 8,000 specialty pizzas was A. $3.00 B. $2.00 C. $1.80 D. $1.60

Answer: B

16. The marginal cost curve is generally ______________, because diminishing marginal returns implies that additional units are ________________________. A. downward-sloping; more costly to produce B. upward-sloping; more costly to produce C. downward-sloping; less costly to produce D. upward-sloping; less costly to produce

Answer: B

17. Which of the following should typically be ignored because spending has already been made and cannot be changed? A. variable costs B. sunk costs C. marginal costs D. average marginal costs

Answer: B

21. Lebron James giving up his salary playing professional basketball to open up a taco stand is an example of an ________. A. explicit cost B. implicit cost C. explicit revenue D. implicit revenue

Answer: B

40. For a perfectly competitive firm, the marginal cost curve is identical to the firm's _________. A. demand curve B. supply curve C. average total cost curve D. average variable cost curve

Answer: B

57. Which of the following is most likely to be a monopoly? A. local fast-food restaurant B. local electricity distributor C. local bathroom fixtures shop D. local television broadcaster

Answer: B

7. In order to determine the average variable cost, the firm's variable costs are divided by _______________________. A. its' fixed costs B. the quantity of output C. its' average costs D. diminishing marginal costs

Answer: B

74. Refer to Figure 9.2. The profit-maximizing price for this monopoly firm is equal to _________________. A. A dollars per unit B. B dollars per unit C. C dollars per unit D. D dollars per unit

Answer: B

83. If a monopoly or a monopolistic competitor raises their prices, then _______________. A. decline in quantity demanded will be larger for the monopoly B. decline in quantity demanded will be larger for the monopolistic competitor C. the quantity demanded for the monopoly product falls to zero D. the quantity demanded for the monopolistic competitor will fall to zero

Answer: B

85. The typical slope of the demand curve as perceived by a monopolistic competitor will _________________. A. be steeper than the demand curve perceived by a monopolist B. reflect that firm's ability raise its price without losing all of its customers C. show less of a decline in demand than would a monopoly that raised its prices D. be reflective of a perfectly competitive firm and all of the above

Answer: B

96. Cartels can reach the outcome that maximizes total profits when ______________. A. each member follows its own self-interest B. the government regulates the cartel C. new firms can easily enter the market D. cartel members cannot communicate with each other

Answer: B

Table 8.1 Q P TC TR MR MC Profit 0 $5 $9 1 $5 $10 2 $5 $12 3 $5 $15 4 $5 $19 5 $5 $24 6 $5 $30 7 $5 $45 ------------------------------------------------------------- 37. Given the data provided in Table 8.1, the marginal cost (MC) for production at quantity (Q) level 4 equals ______. A. $5.00 B. $4.00 C. $1.00 D. $3.00

Answer: B

9. The term __________________ describes a situation where the quantity of output rises, but the average cost of production falls. A. diminishing marginal returns B. marginal cost output C. economies of scale D. diseconomies of scale

Answer: C

90. In monopolistic competition, the end result of entry and exist is that firms end up with a price that lies ____________________. A. on the upward-sloping portion of the average cost curve B. at the very bottom of the AC curve C. on the downward-sloping portion of the average cost curve D. at the very top of the AC curve

Answer: C

93. A cartel is a group of firms that try to act ____________. A. in the public interest B. as if they were a competitive market C. as if they were a monopoly D. to maximize the total surplus in its market

Answer: C

47. Refer to Figure 8.2. In this instance, the marginal revenue curve A. reflects a perfectly competitive firm B. is equal to the price of the good C. is a horizontal straight line D. reflects each of the above

Answer: D

55. Intellectual property law is a body of law that includes _________________. A. the right of inventors to produce their inventions B. the right of inventors to sell their inventions C. trademark, patent and trade secret legislation D. copyright legislation, as well as all of the above

Answer: D

11. If a firm is experiencing _____________________, then as the quantity of output rises, the average cost of production rises. A. decreasing returns to scale B. consent returns to scale C. economies of scale D. increasing returns to scale

Answer: A

13. Marcella operates a small, but very successful art gallery. All but one of the following can be classified as a variable cost arising from the physical inputs Marcella requires to operate her business. Which is it? A. physical space for the gallery B. costs of purchasing art work to sell in the gallery C. wages paid to three part-time employees D. accountant's fees for preparing tax returns

Answer: A

14. If a paper mill shuts down its operations for three months so that it produces nothing, its __________________ will be reduced to zero? A. variable costs B. fixed costs C. opportunity costs D. total cost

Answer: A

18. When __________________ exist, doubling of all inputs will result in more than doubling output, which means __________________________________________. A. economies of scale; a larger factory can produce at a lower average cost than a smaller company. B. economies of scale; a smaller factory can produce at a lower average cost than a larger company. C. low labor inputs; larger scale of production leads to higher costs. D. labor inputs; economies-of-scale curve is U-shaped.

Answer: A

27. ___________ refers to the additional revenue gained from selling one more unit. A. Marginal revenue B. Total revenue C. Economic profit D. Accounting profit

Answer: A

3. A firm's ___________ consist of expenditures that must be made before production starts that typically, over the short run, _______________ regardless of the level of production. A. fixed costs; do not change, B. variable costs; are constantly changing, C. fixed costs; are consistently changing, D. variable costs; do not change,

Answer: A

31. If a perfectly competitive firm is a price taker, then A. pressure from competing firms will force acceptance of the prevailing market price. B. it must be a relatively small player compared to its competitors in the overall market. C. it can increase or decrease its output without affecting overall quantity supplied in the market. D. quality differences will be very perceptible and will play a major role in purchasers' decisions.

Answer: A

32. If the quality differences of similar products are mostly imperceptible to the average consumer's eyes, which of the following will most likely play a major role in influencing the decisions of purchasers? A. price of competing products B. size of competing products C. purchaser's opportunity cost D. geographic origin of products

Answer: A

50. Refer to Figure 8.3. The marginal cost curve slopes upwards at larger quantities because of ___________. A. diminishing returns B. increasing returns C. diminishing capital D. increasing capital

Answer: A

52. Government __________ regulations specify that inventors will maintain exclusive legal rights to their respective inventions for __________. A. patent; a limited time B. trademark; an unlimited time C. copyright; a limited time D. trade secret; an unlimited time

Answer: A

58. A firm that holds a monopoly position in the market place is ______________. A. a price maker B. a price taker C. monopolistically competitive D. subject to infinite market forces

Answer: A

63. Following the assumption that firms maximize profits, how will the price and output policy of an unregulated monopolist compare with ideal market efficiency? A. output will be too small and its price too high. B. output will be too large and its price too high. C. output will be too small and its price too low. D. output will be too large and its price too low.

Answer: A

67. The table below shows a monopolist's demand curve and the cost information for the production of its good. What will their profits equal? ------------------------------------------------------------- Quantity Price per Unit Total Cost 10 $100 $100 20 $80 $400 30 $60 $800 40 $40 $1,400 50 $20 $2,400 ------------------------------------------------------------- A. $1,200 B. $1,600 C. $1,000 D. $600

Answer: A

69. The following table shows a monopolist's demand curve and cost information for the production of its good. What price will it charge? ------------------------------------------------------------- Quantity Price per Unit Total Cost 1 $40 $20 2 $30 $25 3 $25 $28 4 $20 $34 ------------------------------------------------------------- A. $25 B. $30 C. $20 D. $40

Answer: A

73. Refer to Figure 9.2. The profit-maximizing level of output for this monopoly firm is where quantity equals _________________. A. H B. J C. K D. zero

Answer: A

79. Oligopoly firms acting individually may seek to gain profits __________________. A. by expanding levels of output and cutting prices B. by selling products that are distinctive in some way C. by having a mini-monopoly on a particular brand name D. by having a mini-monopoly or through tough competition

Answer: A

87. A monopolistically competitive firm may earn abnormally high profits in the ______________________. A. short term, but the process of entry will drive those profits to zero in the long run B. long term, but the process of entry will drive those profits to zero in the short run C. short run, but after entry occurs, the long term perceived demand curve shifts to the right D. long run, but after entry occurs, the short term perceived demand curve shifts to the right

Answer: A

89. Monopolistic competitors can make a ___________ in the short-run, but in the long run, ____________ will drive these firms toward ______________. A. profit or loss; entry and exit; a zero-profit outcome B. loss; exit; losses on their earnings C. profit or loss; exit; economic profits D. profit; entry; a price that lies at the very bottom of the AC curve

Answer: A

92. A ____________ is an oligopoly with only two firms. A. duopoly B. reactor C. monopolistically competitive firm D. rectangle

Answer: A

94. In cartels __________________. A. the total profits for all members is highest when they cooperate B. the total profits for all members is highest when they compete C. each member takes turns earning the highest profits D. the self-interest of each member will maximize the total profits for all members

Answer: A

99. Refer to Table 11.1. What combination of strategies would yield the highest revenue for the group? A. Saudi Arabia cooperates, Russia cooperates. B. Saudi Arabia cooperates, Russia cheats. C. Saudi Arabia cheats, Russia cooperates. D. Saudi Arabia cheats, Russia cheats.

Answer: A

Table 8.1 Q P TC TR MR MC Profit 0 $5 $9 1 $5 $10 2 $5 $12 3 $5 $15 4 $5 $19 5 $5 $24 6 $5 $30 7 $5 $45 ------------------------------------------------------------- 38. Given the data provided in Table 8.1, the profit for production at quantity (Q) level 7 equals ______. A. -$10.00 B. zero C. -$5.00 D. $1.00

Answer: A

23. Pita Pan produces delicious pita sandwiches. Last month, it produced 1000 sandwiches and sold each one for $5. To produce these 1000 sandwiches, the company incurred variable costs of $2000 and a fixed cost of $1000. Pita Pan's total revenue was _________. A. $3 B. $5000 C. one million dollars D. $3000

Answer: B

24. Brewed Awakening is a coffee shop selling extra-caffeinated coffee. Last month, it produced 10,000 cups of coffee and sold each one for $6. To produce these 10,000 cups of coffee, the company incurred variable costs of $40,000 and a fixed cost of $10,000. The owner of Brewed Awakening also is an expert at knitting blankets and could have made $20,000 last month selling blankets. Brewed Awakening's accounting profits are _________. A. positive $60,000 B. positive $10,000 C. negative $10,000 D. $0

Answer: B

29. Economic profit can be derived from calculating total revenues minus all of the firm's costs, ______________. A. excluding its opportunity costs. B. including its opportunity costs. C. including its marginal revenue. D. excluding its marginal revenue.

Answer: B

4. ______________ include all of the costs of production that increase with the quantity produced. A. Fixed costs B. Variable costs C. Average costs D. Average variable costs

Answer: B

43. Kate's 24-Hour Breakfast Diner menu offers one item, a $5.00 breakfast special. Kate's costs for servers, cooks, electricity, food, etc. average out to $3.95 per meal. Her costs for rent, insurance cleaning supplies and business license average out to $1.25 per meal. Since the market is highly competitive, Kate should ________________________________. A. raise her prices above the perfectly competitive level set by the market. B. keep the business open in the short-run, but plan to go out of business in the long-run. C. keep the business open in the short-run, and plan to expand the business in the long-run. D. lay-off her staff, break her lease, and close the business down immediately.

Answer: B

44. Neil's Bakery is famous for its giant cinnamon buns. The bakery has fixed costs of $100. Neil must pay each worker a wage of $10.00 per hour and each works an 8 hour shift. He earns $2 for each cinnamon bun that is sold. The following table shows how many cinnamon buns he can sell, depending on the number of workers he hires. Refer to the table below. To maximize his profits in this competitive market, how many workers should he hire? ------------------------------------------------------------- Labor Quantity 1 75 2 140 3 200 4 210 5 215 ------------------------------------------------------------- A. 2 workers B. 3 workers C. 4 workers D. 5 workers

Answer: B

60. A monopolist is able to maximize its profits by ______________. A. setting the price at the level that will maximize its per-unit profit. B. producing output where MR = MC and charging a price along the demand curve. C. setting output at MR = MC and setting price at the demand curve's highest point. D. producing maximum output where price is equal to its marginal cost.

Answer: B

65. In the event that Only1Corp. obtains control of all the natural gas producers in the US, it would most likely _____________________. A. have a patent giving it exclusive legal rights to make, use, and sell for a limited time B. raise prices, cut production, and realize positive economic profits C. have legal protection to prevent copying its methods of production for commercial use D. acquire rights for its investors to produce and sell their product

Answer: B

66. Once I'MaPharmaCo. has received confirmation of the registration for its latest drug patent application, it will have created a monopoly for that product by restricting ________________. A. demand for the product B. entry into the market C. amount of product advertising D. the number of product compliments

Answer: B

71. Refer to Figure 9.1. The total revenue for a monopoly firm begins to decline at larger quantities because _________________. A. of price gouging B. high quantity pushes down the market price C. total cost is increasing D. all of the above

Answer: B

91. The single most common form of competition in the U.S. is __________________. A. perfect competition among firms with differentiated products B. monopolistic competition among firms with differentiated products C. oligopolistic competition in a certain market with similar products D. perfect competition because it displays product and allocative efficiencies

Answer: B

2. ________________________ arises where many firms are competing in a market to sell similar but differentiated products. A. Oligopolistic competition B. Perfect competition C. Monopolistic competition D. Monogopolised competition

Answer: C

25. Brewed Awakening is a coffee shop selling extra-caffeinated coffee. Last month, it produced 10,000 cups of coffee and sold each one for $6. To produce these 10,000 cups of coffee, the company incurred variable costs of $40,000 and a fixed cost of $10,000. The owner of Brewed Awakening also is an expert at knitting blankets and could have made $20,000 last month selling blankets. Brewed Awakening's economic profits are _________. A. positive $60,000 B. positive $10,000 C. negative $10,000 D. $0

Answer: C

26. The term __________ refers to a firm operating in a perfectly competitive market that must take the prevailing market price for its product. A. price setter B. business entity C. price taker D. trend setter

Answer: C

30. It is said that in a perfectly competitive market, raising the price of a firm's product from the prevailing market price of $179.00 to $199.00, ___________________. A. will likely cause the firm to reach its shutdown point immediately B. will cause the firm to recover some of its opportunity costs C. could likely result in a notable loss of sales to competitors D. is a sure sign the firm is raising the given price in the market

Answer: C

34. In the _________, if profits are not possible, the perfectly competitive firm will seek out the quantity of output where _______________. A. long run; increasing production B. short run; fixed costs can be reduced C. short run; losses are smallest D. long run; fixed costs can be eliminated

Answer: C

41. Temperatures have persisted below freezing levels in Florida throughout the months of December and January. As a result, demand for electricity sharply increased and the price of electricity rose sharply. The price of coal also rose. In these circumstances, any resulting shifts in the supply curves for coal miners and electricity producers ________________________. A. will determine what price to produce at given the market demand. B. at all levels of output shifts marginal costs to the right. C. can also be interpreted as shifts of their respective marginal cost curves. D. shifts marginal costs to the right enabling both to produce more at any given market price.

Answer: C

42. If the price that a firm charges is higher than its _________ cost of production for that quantity produced, then the firm will earn profits. A. marginal B. variable C. average D. fixed

Answer: C

46. Refer to Figure 8.1. What will profit be for quantities greater than 100? A. positive B. zero C. negative D. cannot be determined from the graph.

Answer: C

49. Refer to Figure 8.3. Based on the information illustrated in this graph, what is the economic profit for this perfectly competitive firm? A. positive B. zero C. negative D. cannot be determined from the graph.

Answer: C

5. ____________________________ occur when the marginal gain in output diminishes as each additional unit of input is added. A. Diminishing variable returns B. Diminishing average returns C. Diminishing marginal returns D. Diminishing marginal costs

Answer: C

51. The largest cattle rancher in a given region will be unable to have a __________ when sufficient numbers of smaller cattle ranchers provide sources of competition. A. oligopoly B. patent C. monopoly D. monopolistic competition

Answer: C

53. The form of legal protection intended to prevent reproduction of original works is referred to as __________ law. A. patent B. trademark C. copyright D. trade secret

Answer: C

54. In the business world, a ___________ is recognized as a legally acceptable way for any business to keep knowledge of its particular methods of production from being known by competing firms. A. patent B. monopoly C. trade secret D. trademark

Answer: C

56. The use of sharp, temporary price cuts as a form of ______________ would enable traditional US automakers to discourage new competition from smaller electric car manufacturers. A. natural monopoly B. monopolistic competition C. predatory pricing D. oligopolistic competition

Answer: C

61. Which one of the following is the most accurate description of a monopolist? A. a sole producer of a narrowly defined product class, such as brown, Grade A eggs produced in Eagle County, Colorado B. a firm that is very large relative to all its competitors within a narrow product class C. a sole producer of a product for which good substitutes are lacking in a market with high barriers to entry D. a large, multinational firm that produces a single product in a narrow product class

Answer: C

70. The demand curve perceived by a perfectly competitive firm _______________. A. shows that such a firm is a price-maker B. shows economies of scale over a large range of output C. is horizontal D. all of the above

Answer: C

72. Refer to Figure 9.1. The profit-maximizing level of output for this monopoly firm is where _________________. A. the quantity is 7 B. total revenue is the largest C. total revenue is most above total cost D. all of the above

Answer: C

76. The branch of mathematics that analyzes situations in which players must make decisions and then receive payoffs most often used by economists is _______________. A. oligopoly collusion B. prisoner's dilemma C. game theory D. collusion theory

Answer: C

77. Shopping malls typically lease retail space to a large number of clothing stores. When this group of retailers competes to sell similar but not identical products, they engage in what economists call ________________. A. a cartel B. collusion C. monopolistic competition D. perfect competition

Answer: C

81. If a monopoly or a monopolistic competitor raises their prices, the quantity demanded _______________. A. will expand B. stays the same C. will decline D. will decline in the short run

Answer: C

82. The perceived demand for a monopolistic competitor _____________. A. is steep B. is flat C. takes competitors into account D. disregards competitors

Answer: C

84. The demand curve as perceived by a monopolistic competitor is _____________. A. upward-sloping B. U shaped C. downward-sloping D. flat

Answer: C

88. Through the process of exit, monopolistically competitive firms remaining in the market _____________. A. are no longer earning zero economic profits B. will each have ongoing negative earnings C. are no longer earning losses D. have positive earnings

Answer: C

95. An agreement between cartel members to cooperate usually breaks down because ___________. A. they cannot agree on the price that would maximize total profits B. they cannot agree on the quantity that would maximize total profits C. each firm wants a larger share of the market to capture more profit for itself D. each firm wants to charge a higher price to earn higher profits for itself

Answer: C

98. Refer to Table 11.1. If Russia cheats, what is Saudi Arabia's preferred strategy and revenue? A. Cooperate, $400 B. Cooperate, $800 C. Cheat, $600 D. Cheat, $1000

Answer: C

Table 8.1 Q P TC TR MR MC Profit 0 $5 $9 1 $5 $10 2 $5 $12 3 $5 $15 4 $5 $19 5 $5 $24 6 $5 $30 7 $5 $45 ------------------------------------------------------------- 36. Given the data provided in Table 8.1, the marginal revenue (MR) for production at quantity (Q) level 4 equals ______. A. $20.00 B. $15.00 C. $5.00 D. $1.00

Answer: C

100. Refer to Table 11.1. If each country follows its self-interest, what will be the outcome? A. Saudi Arabia cooperates, Russia cooperates. B. Saudi Arabia cooperates, Russia cheats. C. Saudi Arabia cheats, Russia cooperates. D. Saudi Arabia cheats, Russia cheats.

Answer: D

33. In the _________, the perfectly competitive firm will react to profits by ________________. A. short run; increasing quality of products B. long run; tailoring their quality controls C. short run; reducing its labor inputs D. long run; increasing its production

Answer: D

45. Refer to Figure 8.1. Which of the following explains the slope of the total revenue curve illustrated in this graph? A. total revenue shown as a straight line sloping up indicates a perfectly competitive firm B. the slope of the total revenue curve is determined by the price of the goods produced C. at higher levels of output, diminishing returns will cause total cost to slope downward steeply D. the slope of the total revenue curve is explained by both a and b above.

Answer: D

48. Refer to Figure 8.2. Based on the information illustrated in this graph, which of the following is an accurate statement? A. production should keep expanding because MR is always less than MC B. because this is a perfectly competitive firm, the profit maximizing rule is not P = MC C. because this is a perfectly competitive firm, the profit maximizing rule is not P = MR D. profits will be reduced by production in the zone where MC exceeds MR

Answer: D

59. If the North American newsprint paper market has barriers to entry, then ____________. A. abnormally high profits will attract the entry of new firms. B. the entry of new firms will eventually cause price to decline. C. surviving firms earn only a normal level of profit in the long run. D. entry will be blocked even if firms are earning high profits.

Answer: D

6. In order to determine ____________, the firm's total costs must be divided by the quantity of its output. A. diminishing marginal returns B. fixed costs C. variable cost D. average cost

Answer: D

62. When a natural monopoly exists in a given industry, the per-unit costs of production will be _________________. A. lowest when there are a large number of producers in the industry B. lower for the smaller firms than for larger firms C. minimized at the output that maximizes the industry's profitability D. lowest when a single firm generates the entire output of the industry

Answer: D

64. If monopolists are able to produce fewer goods and sell them at a higher price than they could under perfect competition, the result will be ________________. A. elimination of barriers to entry B. irregularly high unsustainable profits C. government deregulation D. abnormally high sustained profits

Answer: D

68. The table below shows a monopolist's demand curve and cost information for the production of its good. What quantity will it produce? ------------------------------------------------------------- Quantity Price per Unit Total Cost 1,000 $5.00 $1,000 1,100 $4.50 $1,100 1,300 $2.50 $1,150 1,400 $2.00 $1,200 ------------------------------------------------------------- A. 1,400 B. 1,300 C. 1,100 D. 1,000

Answer: D

75. Refer to Figure 9.2. Economic profit for this monopoly firm is equal to _________________. A. zero B. triangle BAE C. rectangle DCFG D. rectangle CBEF

Answer: D

78. If monopolistic competitors must expect a process of entry and exit like perfectly competitive firms, A. they will be unable to earn higher-than-normal profits in the short run. B. they will wish to cooperate to make decisions about what price to charge. C. they will wish to cooperate to make decisions about what quantity to produce. D. they will be unable to earn higher-than-normal profits in the long run.

Answer: D

8. The term _____________ is used to describe the additional cost of producing one more unit. A. average cost B. fixed cost C. variable cost D. marginal cost

Answer: D

80. In a monopolistic competitive industry, firms can try to differentiate their products by __________________. A. creating optimal perceptions of the product B. choosing optimal locations from which the product is sold C. enhancing the intangible aspects of the product D. enhancing product's physical aspects and all of the above

Answer: D

86. Which of the following represents a difference in the process by which a monopolistic competitor and a monopolist make their respective decisions about quantity and price? A. only the monopolist competitor faces a downward-sloping demand curve B. the monopolist's perceived demand curve is market demand C. the monopolist competitor's perceived demand curve is market demand D. a monopolist need not fear entry and also selection b above

Answer: D

97. Refer to Table 11.1. If Russia cooperates, what is Saudi Arabia's preferred strategy and revenue? A. Cooperate, $400 B. Cooperate, $800 C. Cheat, $600 D. Cheat, $1000

Answer: D

Table 8.1 Q P TC TR MR MC Profit 0 $5 $9 1 $5 $10 2 $5 $12 3 $5 $15 4 $5 $19 5 $5 $24 6 $5 $30 7 $5 $45 ------------------------------------------------------------- 35. Given the data provided in Table 8.1, the total revenue (TR) for production at quantity (Q) level 4 equals ______. A. zero B. $1.00 C. $15.00 D. $20.00

Answer: D

Table 8.1 Q P TC TR MR MC Profit 0 $5 $9 1 $5 $10 2 $5 $12 3 $5 $15 4 $5 $19 5 $5 $24 6 $5 $30 7 $5 $45 ------------------------------------------------------------- 39. Given the data provided in Table 8.1, what will be the fixed costs for production at quantity (Q) level 7? A. $35.00 B. $4.00 C. $36.00 D. $9.00

Answer: D