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MARKET EQUILIBRIUM MCQs

Total Questions : 28 | Page 1 of 3 pages
Question 1. Price of a product is determined in a free market:
  1.    By demand for the product
  2.    By supply of the product
  3.    By both demand and supply
  4.    By the government
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> By both demand and supply
:
C
Price of a product is determined in a free market by both demand and supply.
Question 2. In the long-run, when there is free entry and exit, the equilibrium price will be equal to the break-even price.
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    there is no shortage or surplus
  4.    all of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> True
:
A
In the long-run, when there is free entry and exit, the market price always tend to approach the break-even price and is constant. This means a horizontalsupply. Hence, the equilibrium price would be equal to the shut-down price.
Question 3. Economic efficiency, or efficiency, occurs when all goods and services in the economy are produced and consumed at their respective socially optimal levels.
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    An increased productivity of domestic labor
  4.    An increased cost of domestic labor
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> True
:
A
True.Economic efficiency, or efficiency, occurs when all goods and services in the economy are produced and consumed at their respective socially optimal levels.
Question 4. When Ownership, Production, and Allocation are mostly controlled in an economy, such a system of organizing the economy is called Communism.
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    An increased productivity of domestic labor
  4.    An increased cost of domestic labor
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B
False. When Ownership, Production, and Allocation are mostly controlled in an economy, such a system of organizing the economy is called Socialism.
Question 5. Lost gains from trade is called deadweight loss. 
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    An increased productivity of domestic labor
  4.    An increased cost of domestic labor
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> True
:
A
True.Lost gains from trade is called deadweight loss.
Question 6. When both demand and supply decrease, the equilibrium quantity falls but the change in equilibrium price is ambiguous.
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    An increased productivity of domestic labor
  4.    An increased cost of domestic labor
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> True
:
A
True.When both demand and supply decrease, the equilibrium quantity falls but the change in equilibrium price is ambiguous.
Question 7. The market demand curve shows
  1.    the effect on market supply of a change in the demand for a good or service.
  2.    the quantity of a good that consumers would like to purchase at different prices.
  3.    the marginal cost of producing and selling different quantities of a good.
  4.    the effect of advertising expenditures on the market price of a good.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> the quantity of a good that consumers would like to purchase at different prices.
:
B
The market demand curve showsthe quantity of a good that consumers would like to purchase at different prices.
Question 8. Market equilibrium refers to a situation in which market price
  1.    is high enough to allow firms to earn a fair profit
  2.    is low enough for consumers to buy all that they want
  3.    is at a level where there is neither a shortage nor a surplus
  4.    is just above the intersection of the market supply and demand curves
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> is at a level where there is neither a shortage nor a surplus
:
C
Market equilibrium refers to a situation in which market priceis at a level where there is neither a shortage nor a surplus.
Question 9. Equilibrium:
  1.    is a state that can never be achieved in economics
  2.    is an important idea for predicting economic changes
  3.    is a stable condition
  4.    is an unstable condition
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> is an important idea for predicting economic changes
:
B
Equilibriumis an important idea for predicting economic changes.Economic equilibriumis defined as the point at which supply equals demand for a product, with theequilibriumprice existing where the hypothetical supply and demand curves intersect.
Question 10. If the price of a good increases while the quantity of the good exchanged on markets decreases, then the most likely explanation is that there has been
  1.    an increase in demand
  2.    a decrease in demand
  3.    an increase in supply
  4.    a decrease in supply
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> a decrease in supply
:
D
If the price of a good increases while the quantity of the good exchanged on markets decreases, then the most likely explanation is that there has beena decrease in supply.

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