1st MICROECON Exam
The term human capital refers to
people's knowledge and skill.
In the figure above, which movement could be the result of an increase in the wages paid to oil workers?
point a to point d
In the above figure, a change in quantity demanded with unchanged demand is represented by a movement from
point a to point e.
In the above figure, a change in quantity supplied with unchanged supply is represented by a movement from
point b to point a.
The figure above shows supply curves for soft drinks. Suppose the economy is at point a. An increase in the price of a soft drink is shown as a movement from point a to
point d
The quantity of CDs that firms plan to sell this month depends on all the following EXCEPT the
quantity of CDs that people plan to buy.
In mid-2012 Delta increased the price of a New York to LA ticket by 10 percent. As a result of this price hike, there was a ________ shift in the demand curve for a ticket on Continental because the price of a ________ had risen.
rightward; substitute
You observe that an increase in the price of salsa decreases the demand for tortilla chips and increases the demand for potato chips. You can conclude that
salsa and tortilla chips are complements.
The wage rate paid by Walkman producers falls and at the same time the price of raw materials used in the production of Walkmans rises. You predict that the supply curve of Walkmans will
shift either leftward or rightward.
The above table shows the demand schedule and supply schedule for chocolate chip cookies. If the price is $4.00 per pound, there is a
shortage of 3 pounds of chocolate chip cookies.
In the above figure, a price of $15 per dozen roses would result in a ________ so that the price of roses will ________.
shortage; rise
People buy more of good 1 when the price of good 2 rises. These goods are
substitutes.
In the above figure, if the price is $8 then there is a
surplus of 200.
Microeconomics is the study of
the choices that individuals and businesses make
In 2006, the base price of a Hummer SUV was about $30,000. By 2008 as gasoline prices increased,
the demand curve for Hummers shifted leftward and Hummer prices decreased.
Which of the following is a macroeconomic issue?
the effect of increasing the money supply on inflation
For consumers, goods A and B are complementary goods. The cost of a resource used in the production of A decreases. As a result
the equilibrium price of B will rise and the equilibrium price of A will fall.
In the above figure, if the demand curve is D2, then
the equilibrium price will be P1 and the equilibrium quantity will be Q2.
Using the above figure, suppose that roses are a normal good. If there is an increase in income
the equilibrium price will rise above $25 per dozen roses.
Laura is a manager for HP. When Laura must decide whether to produce a few additional printers, she is choosing at the margin when she compares
the extra revenue from selling a few additional printers to the extra costs of producing the printers.
Each point on the demand curve reflects
the highest price consumers are willing and able to pay for that particular unit of a good.
Each point on a supply curve represents
the lowest price for which a supplier can profitably sell another unit.
A supply curve shows the relation between the quantity supplied and
the price of the good. Usually a supply curve has positive slope.
Which of the following is a microeconomic topic?
the reasons why Kathy buys less orange juice
Human capital is
the skill and knowledge of workers.
Farmers can use their land to grow soy beans or corn. If the price of corn rises,
the supply of soybeans decreases and the soybean supply curve shifts leftward.
Which of the following is NOT a factor of production?
the wages paid to workers.
In terms of dollars, the marginal benefit of working five days a week instead of four days a week is
the wages received for the fifth day of work.
Suppose the equilibrium price for soft drinks is $1.00. If the current price in the soft drink market is $1.25 each
there will be a surplus of soft drinks
All economic questions arise because we
want more than we can get.
On Saturday morning, you rank your choices for activities in the following order: go to the library, work out at the gym, have breakfast with friends, and sleep late. Suppose you decide to go to the library. Your opportunity cost is
working out at the gym.
The fact that people with higher incomes get to consume more goods and services addresses the ________ part of one of the two big economic questions.
"for whom"
An art museum decides to offer tours by having visitors listen to cassette tapes rather than have tour guides. The museum is answering the ________ part of one of the two big economic questions.
"how"
If Taco Bell decides to produce more tacos and fewer burritos, Taco Bell is answering the ________ part of one of the two big economic questions.
"what"
When a firm decides to produce more electric cars and conventional gas powered cars, it is most directly answering the ________ part of one of the two big economic questions.
"what"
When an economy produces more houses and fewer typewriters, it is answering the ________ part of one of the two big economic questions.
"what"
When firms in an economy start producing more computers and fewer televisions, they are answering the ________ part of one of the two big economic questions.
"what"
During the summer you have made the decision to attend summer school, which prevents you from working at your usual summer job in which you normally earn $6,000 for the summer. Your tuition cost is $3,000 and books and supplies cost $1,300. In terms of dollars, the opportunity cost of attending summer school is
$10,300.
You decide to take a vacation and the trip costs you $2,000. While you are on vacation, you do not go to work where you could have earned $750. In terms of dollars, the opportunity cost of the vacation is
$2,750.
In the above figure, what is the minimum supply price for the fourth gallon of ice cream?
$5.00
Bill Bonecrusher graduates from college with a choice of playing professional football at $2 million a year or coaching for $50,000 a year. He decides to play football, but eight years later, though he could continue to play football at $2 million a year, he quits football to make movies for $3 million a year. His opportunity cost of playing football at graduation was ________ and eight years later the opportunity cost of making movies was ________.
$50,000; $2 million
The equilibrium price in the above figure is
$6
Suppose you are working four nights per week at your courses and your grade point average is 3.5. You want a higher grade and decide to study an extra night each week. Your GPA now rises to 3.8. What is your marginal benefit from studying for one additional night a week?
0.3
Jerry is studying three nights per week and his grade point average is 3.1. He wants a higher GPA and decides to study an extra night each week. His GPA now rises to 3.5. Had Jerry not decided to study an extra night, he would have spent this night with his friends. Jerry's marginal benefit from studying for one additional night a week is _____________ and his marginal cost of increasing the study time by one night per week is _____________.
0.4; a night spent with his friends that he gives up
Which of the following is NOT a factor of production?
175 shares of Microsoft stock
The Miami Dolphins play football in Joe Robbie Stadium which holds 76,500 seats. In 2009, attendance averaged about 70,000 fans per game. This means that the quantity supplied of seats is
76,500.
Which of the following is consistent with the law of demand?
An increase in the price of a soda causes a decrease in the quantity of soda demanded.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an opportunity cost?
Because Mary is now being paid a higher wage, she can afford to buy a new car even though she is moving into a bigger apartment.
The figure above shows the market for airline tickets. If airline tickets are a normal good, then the recession in 2008 that caused people's incomes to decrease lead to a shift from
D0 to D1.
The above figures show the market for hamburger meat. Which figure(s) shows the effect of a new report by the U.S. Surgeon General that beef consumption is healthier than previously believed?
Figure A
What will happen to the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity of ice cream cones when consumers' incomes decrease?
If ice cream cones are a normal good, then the equilibrium price and quantity of ice cream cones will decrease.
In the U.S. economy, which of the following statements is TRUE?
More services are produced than goods.
In economics we learn that
None of these answers is correct.
The figure above shows the market for airline tickets. In early 2008 firms negotiated lower wages with their workers. This change is shown in the figure as a shift from
S0 to S1.
The figure above shows the market for airline tickets. In early 2008 the price of jet fuel rose. This change is shown in the figure as a shift from
S1 to S0.
In 2014, the price of peanuts was rising, which lead peanut butter sellers and peanut butter buyers to expect the price of peanut butter would rise in the future. Consequently, in the current market for peanut butter there was ________ which resulted in a ________ in the price of peanut butter and ________ in the quantity of peanut butter.
a decrease in supply of peanut butter and an increase in demand for peanut butter; rise; an increase, decrease or possibly no change
A changes in which of the following shifts the demand curve for hamburgers?
a fall in the price of french fries, a complement for hamburgers
Which of the following raises the price of a used car and increases the equilibrium quantity sold?
a new 8 percent federal excise tax placed on all new car purchases
General Electric (GE) produces wind turbines that generate wind power. Over the past 10 years, the advances in technology used to produce wind turbines has resulted in
a rightward shift in the supply curve for wind-generated power.
In the above figure, a price of $15 per dozen for roses would result in
a shortage
If the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied, then there is
a shortage and the price is below the equilibrium price.
Ticket scalpers at the NCAA basketball tournament last year charged prices high above the printed ticket price. This observation is evidence of
a shortage at printed ticket prices.
A market research team has come up with the demand and supply schedules for gasoline in Motorville in the table above. Use these data to analyze the situation in the market for gas in Motorville.Suppose the price is 330 cents per gallon. There is
a surplus and the price will decrease to restore equilibrium.
The marginal benefit is the
additional gain from one more unit of an activity.
Which of the following shifts the supply curve for good X leftward?
an increase in the cost of the machinery used to produce X
In the market for magazines, the "income effect" means that
an increase in the price of magazines will reduce the total purchasing power of magazine readers, making them able to afford fewer magazines.
When the price of an inferior good falls, the substitution effect leads to ________ in the quantity purchased and the income effect leads to ________ in the quantity purchased.
an increase; a decrease
Consider the demand curves for soft drinks shown in the figure above. Initially the economy is at point a. If people come to expect that the price of a soft drink will increase in the future, there will be a movement to a point such as
b.
Which of the following pairs of goods are most likely substitutes?
cola and lemon lime soda
An incentive
could be either a reward or a penalty.
Cupcakes and granola bars are substitutes in consumption. The price of a granola bar increases so the demand for
cupcakes will increase, that is, the demand curve will shift rightward.
Ham and eggs are complements. If the price of ham rises, the demand for eggs will
decrease and the demand curve for eggs will shift leftward.
A decrease in the expected future price of cars
decreases the current demand for cars, that is, there is a leftward shift of the demand curve for cars.
The above figure shows the market for oil. Because of the development of a new deep sea drilling technology the
demand curve does not shift, and the supply curve shifts from S1 to S2.
The above figure shows the market for bicycles. When there is a physical fitness craze so that everyone wants to exercise the
demand curve for bicycles shifts from D1 to D2.
There are 72,922 seats in Lambeau Field where the Green Bay Packers play football. The Packers have sold out their season tickets since 1960. There were about 70,000 people on the waiting list to buy season tickets in 2010. Packers tickets are a normal good. As a result of the economic recession in 2010 during which people's incomes decreased, the
demand for Packers tickets decreased.
Macroeconomics is concerned with
economy-wide variables.
Which factor of production earns profit?
entrepreneurship
Human resources that perform the functions of organizing, managing, and assembling the other resources are called
entrepreneurship.
When there is a shortage in the market, the quantity sold is
equal to the quantity supplied.
If the price of a movie download falls, the rental rate of DVDs ________ and the equilibrium quantity of DVDs rented ________.
falls; decreases
The figure above shows the demand for fruit snacks. Which movement reflects a decrease in population?
from point a to point c
The figure above shows the demand for fruit snacks. Which movement reflects how consumers would react to an increase in the price of a fruit snack that is expected to occur in the future?
from point a to point d
From 8 to 11 p.m., Sam can either attend a basketball game, a hockey match or the symphony. Suppose that Sam decides to attend the hockey match and thinks to herself that if she did not go to the match she would go to the symphony. Then the opportunity cost of attending the hockey match is
going to the symphony.
All economic questions are about
how to cope with scarcity.
Joy is training to become a chef. The skills she is obtaining from her training and education will increase Joy's ________.
human capital
When an economist talks of scarcity, the economist is referring to the
inability of society to satisfy all human wants because of limited resources.
An increase in the demand for computers and a decrease in the number of sellers of computers will definitely ________.
increase the price of a computer
Which of the following best defines capital as a factor of production?
instruments, machines, and buildings used in production
When the government chooses to spend the tax dollars that it collects on homeland security, its choice
involves a tradeoff of other goods and services such as education for more homeland security.
Suppose Company A's profits increase by $10 million and nobody is made worse off. The CEO of Company A keeps all $10 million for herself. This situation
is definitely efficient.
A student athlete is deciding whether to work out for an extra hour. Her marginal benefit from another hour of exercise
is the benefit she receives from exercising the additional hour.
The "gifts of nature" are included as part of which factor of production?
land
Factors of production include
land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship.
If the price of aluminum used to make bicycles increases, the price of a bicycle rises because of a
leftward shift of the supply curve of bicycles.
In every economic system, choices must be made because resources are ________ and our wants are ________.
limited; unlimited
Economics is best defined as the study of how people, businesses, governments, and societies
make choices to cope with scarcity.
Scarcity requires that people must
make choices.
In broad terms the difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics is that
microeconomics studies decisions of individual people and firms and macroeconomics studies the entire national economy.
Studying the determination of prices in individual markets is primarily a concern of
microeconomics.
Studying the effects choices have on the individual markets within the economy is part of
microeconomics.
When the price of a good falls, the income effect for a normal good implies that people buy
more of that good because they can afford to buy more of all the things they previously bought.
People must make choices because
of scarcity
People must make choices because
of scarcity.
The loss of the highest-valued alternative defines the concept of
opportunity cost.
When the government hires people to serve in the army, these people are no longer available to do other work. This choice illustrates the concept of
opportunity cost.
Scarcity exists because
our wants exceed the resources available to satisfy them.
Fundamental economic problems basically arise from
our wants exceeding our scarce resources.
In 2012 Nike reduced the price of its running shoes by 20 percent. As a result, the substitution effect caused
people to switch from Adidas shoes and buy more Nikes.
