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Here You can read ECO402 midterm 2013 latest solved questions answers for preparation of Mid Term Exam fall 2016.</div>
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ECO402 midterm Paper 2013 Sample 1:</h3>
Total Questions: 27</div>
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 Total MCQs of 1 Mark: 22</div>
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 Total Short Subjective Question of 3 Marks:3</div>
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 Total Long Subjective Question of 5 Marks:2 
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<li>What are consumer surplus and its benefits?</li>
<li>How would the learning curve influence your decision?</li>
<li>What is the short-run market supply curve?</li>
<li>What does the point show which is above the indifference curve?</li>
<li>Which type of probability has been discussed in the scenario subjective or objective?</li>
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ECO402 midterm Paper 2013 Sample 2:</h3>
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what would be condition of profit max. when a firm is working in perfect competition in: <ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>marginal cost and marginal revenue</li>
<li>total cost and total revenue </li>
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(1.5+1.5=3 marks). Consumer spends all his income on two goods; food and clothing then: 
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<li>what is the shape of budget line</li>
<li>what be the change in budget line when the price of clothing increase from 10 to 20</li>
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(show graphically) (1.5+1.5=3 marks) Calculate expected value (3 marks) What other shapes of isoquants are possible, and why, explain graphically.</div>
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(1+2+2=5 marks) A table was given in which some values were to be found..(MP of variable input, total output, average output) (5 marks)</div>
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ECO402 midterm Paper 2013 Sample 3:</h3>
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3 Question of 3 Marks each: 
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<li>Differentiate between arc elasticity and point elasticity with formulas.</li>
<li>Differentiate between the slope of budget line and the slope of indifference curve.</li>
<li>A table was given with Price, Quantity and Total Cost and the Revenue cost was supposed to find.</li>
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2 Questions of 5 Marks each: <ol style="text-align: left;">
<li>The question was to find the learning curve equation.</li>
<li>Theoretical question about elasticity of demand.</li>
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ECO402 midterm Question no. 1:</h3>
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Define the Diminshing Marginal Utility & Equi-Marginal Utility.(3) Diminshing Marginal utility: A law of economics stating that as a person increases consumption of a product - while keeping consumption of other products constant Equi-Marginal Utility: This theory states that a rational consumer spent his total budget between or among the goods he will derived marginal utility from the last money purchased of goods.</div>
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Define Consumer Surplus and describe its benefits briefly. (3) Consumer surplus is a measure of the welfare that people gain from the consumption of goods and services, or a measure of the benefits they derive from the exchange of goods. Consumer surplus is the difference between the total amount that consumers are willing and able to pay for a good or service (indicated by the demand curve) and the total amount that they actually do pay (i.e. the market price for the product). The level of consumer surplus is shown by the area under the demand curve and above the ruling market price as illustrated in the diagram below: 
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Describe the followings: a) Marginal Cost and Marginal Revenues Marginal cost: The marginal cost of production is the increase in total cost as a result of producing one extra unit. Marginal Revenues: Marginal revenue is the increase in revenue from selling one more unit of a product. It differs from the price of the product because it takes into account the effect of changes in price. b) Total Cost and Total Revenues Total cost: Total cost is an economic term that refers to the sum of all costs, including the fixed costs and variable costs. Total Revenues: The total amount of a company's sales and other sources of income Total sales revenue and other revenue for a particularperiod.</div>
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ECO402 midterm Question no. 4:</h3>
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 When do the economics of scope exits? Spout your answer with the help of Example. How can u measure the degree of economics of scope? Explain with the help of Formula. Ans: Economies of scale exist when the average cost of producing output falls a the level of output increases.</div>
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ECO402 midterm Question no. 5:</h3>
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define snob effect and bandwagon effect. + what is NETWORK EXTERNALITIES ? (marks 5) snob effect: Situation where the demand for a product by a high incomesegment varies inversely with its demand by the lowerincome segment. bandwagon effect: the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity "in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity"; "polls are accused of creating a bandwagon effect to benefit their candidate" othwer deifnation: This is the major objective of marketing and advertising campaigns (e.g. toys, clothing). Network externalities: Up to this point we have assumed that people’s demands for a good are independent of one another. If fact, a person’s demand may be affected by the number of other people who have purchased the good. If this is the case, a network externality exists. Network externalities can be positive or negative. A positive network externality exists if the quantity of a good demanded by a consumer increases in response to an increase in purchases by other 
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A. How do we calculate the user cost of capital? The User Cost of Capital User Cost of Capital = Economic Depreciation + (Interest Rate)(Value of Capital) B. Why isocost lines are straight lines? The isocost line represents all possible combinations of labor and capital that may be purchased for a given total cost. The slope of the isocost line is the ratio of the input prices of labor and capital. If input prices are fixed, then the ratio of these prices is clearly fixed and the isocost line is straight. (Marks: 1+2) 
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ECO402 midterm Question no. 7:</h3>
define risk neutral and explain it with graph (3) Risk Neutral – A person is said to be risk neutral if they show no preference between a certain income, and an uncertain one with the same expected value 
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define probability.. intrepreting objective and subjective probability...what are main point to measure the risks? (5) subjective probability: Subjective • Based on perception or experience with or without an observed frequency – Different information or different abilities to process the same information can influence the subjective probability 
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ECO402 midterm Question no. 9:</h3>
Define risk. by how many ways a consumer can reduce risk? marks =3 Three ways consumers attempt to reduce risk are: 1) Diversification 2) Insurance 3) Obtaining more information 
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ECO402 midterm Question no. 10:</h3>
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if MC of production > AVC, does this tell you whether the AVC is increasing or decreasing. explain marks=3 marks With increasing returns, output is increasing relative to input and variable cost and total cost will fall relative to output. – Decreasing returns and cost •With decreasing returns, output is decreasing relative to input and variable cost and total cost will rise relative to output. 
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How can diversification reduce the risk of investing in the stock market? give example. marks It is almost impossible to predict how the financial markets will perform - if we could predict sudden corrections in the share market or changes in the value of the Australian dollar we'd all be millionaires. But diversifying your investments can help you take advantage of the 'ups' while moderating the 'downs'. 
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can an isoquant be other than convex to origin. if yes then which shapes of isoquant are possible and why? mahparanoor: define with diagrams if there any. marks=5 Isoquants Curves showing all possible combinations of inputs that yield the same output. 
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ECO402 Final Term Solved Quiz Part 4

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81. Deadweight loss refers to: 
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Losses in consumer surplus associated with excess government regulations. 
Situations where market prices fail to capture all of the costs and benefits of a policy. 
Net losses in total surplus. 
Losses due to the policies of labor unions. 
 
82. the marginal product of an input is: 
 
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Total product divided by the amount of the input used to produce this amount of output. 
The addition to total output that adds nothing to profit. 
The addition to total output due to the addition of one unit of all other inputs. 
The addition to total output due to the addition of the last unit of an input, holding all other inputs constant. 
 
83. If the isoquants are straight lines, then: 
 
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Inputs have fixed costs at all use rates. 
The marginal rate of technical substitution of inputs is constant. 
Only one combination of inputs is possible. 
There are constant returns to scale. 
 
84. Consider the following statements when answering this question: I. "In the long run equilibrium of a perfectly competitive market, a firm's producer surplus equals the sum of the economic rents earned on its inputs to production." II. "In the long run equilibrium of a perfectly competitive market, the amount of economic profit earned can differ across firms, but not the amount of producer surplus." 
 
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I and II are true. 
I is true, and II is false. 
I is false, and II is true. 
I and II are false. 
 
85. The amount of output that a firm decides to sell has no effect on the market price in a competitive industry because: 
 
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The market price is determined (through regulation) by the government. 
The firm supplies a different good than its rivals. 
The firm's output is a small fraction of the entire industry's output. 
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86. Producer surplus is measured as the: 
 
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Area under the demand curve above market price. 
Entire area under the supply curve. 
Area under the demand curve above the supply curve. 
Area above the supply curve up to the market price. 
 
87. price ceilings: 
 
Select correct option: 
Always increase consumer surplus. 
May decrease consumer surplus if demand is sufficiently elastic. 
May decrease consumer surplus if demand is sufficiently inelastic. 
Always decrease consumer surplus. 
 
88. An individual consumes only two goods, X and Y. Which of the following expressions represents the utility maximizing market basket? 
 
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MRSxy is at a maximum. 
Px/Py = money income. 
MRSxy = money income. 
MRSxy = Px/Py. 
 
89. In the long run, a firm’s producer surplus is equal to the: 
 
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Economic rent it enjoys from its scarce inputs. 
Revenue it earns in the long run. 
Positive economic profit it earns in the long run. 
Difference between total revenue and total variable costs. 
90. The marginal product of an input is: 
 
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Total product divided by the amount of the input used to produce this amount of output. 
The addition to total output that adds nothing to profit. 
The addition to total output due to the addition of one unit of all other inputs. 
The addition to total output due to the addition of the last unit of an input, holding all other inputs constant. 
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91. Assume that two investment opportunities have identical expected values of $100,000. Investment A has a variance of 25,000, while investment B's variance is 10,000. We would expect most investors (who dislike risk) to prefer investment opportunity: 
 
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A because it has less risk. 
A because it provides higher potential earnings. 
B because it has less risk. 
B because of its higher potential earnings. 
 
92. The price elasticity of demand for a demand curve that has a zero slope is: 
 
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Zero. 
One. 
Negative but approaches zero as consumption increases. 
Infinity. 
 
93. A firm's producer surplus equals its economic profit when: 
 
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Average variable costs are minimized. 
Marginal costs equal marginal revenue. 
Fixed costs are zero. 
Total revenues equal total variable costs. 
 
94. The long run supply curve in a constant-cost industry is linear and: 
 
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Upward-sloping. 
Downward-sloping. 
Horizontal. 
Vertical. 
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95. Prospective sunk costs: 
 
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Are relevant to economic decision-making. 
Are considered as investment decisions. 
Rise as output rises. 
Do not occur when output equals zero. 4th 
 
96. An isoquant: 
 
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Must be linear. 
Cannot have a negative slope. 
Is a curve that shows all the combinations of inputs that yield the same total output. 
Is a curve that shows the maximum total output as a function of the level of labor input. 
3rd 
 
97. Which of the following would cause a shift to the right of the supply curve for gasoline? I. A large increase in the price of public transportation. II. A large decrease in the price of automobiles. III. A large reduction in the costs of producing gasoline. 
 
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I only. 
II only. 
III only. 
II and III only. 
2nd 
 
98. If price is between AVC and ATC, the best and most practical thing for a perfectly competitive firm to do is: 
 
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Raise prices. 
Lower prices to gain revenue from extra volume. 
Shut down immediately, but not liquidate the business. 
Continue operating, but plan to go out of business. 
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99. The amount of output that a firm decides to sell has no effect on the market price in a competitive industry because: 
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The market price is determined (through regulation) by the government. 
The firm supplies a different good than its rivals. 
The firm's output is a small fraction of the entire industry's output. 
The short run market price is determined solely by the firm's technology. 
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100. The law of diminishing returns applies to: 
 
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The short run only. 
The long run only. 
Both the short and the long run. 
Neither the short nor the long run. 
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101. In an unregulated, competitive market consumer surplus exists because some: 
 
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Sellers are willing to take a lower price than the equilibrium price. 
Consumers are willing to pay more than the equilibrium price. 
Sellers will only sell at prices above equilibrium price (or actual price). 
Consumers are willing to make purchases only if the price is below the actual price. 
 
102. Which of the following is a positive statement? 
 
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The minimum wage should not be increased, because to do so would increase unemployment. 
Smoking should be restricted on all airline flights. 
All automobile passengers should be required to wear seatbelts in order to protect them against injury. 
None of the given options. 
 
103. Which of the following is true concerning the income effect of a decrease in price? 
 
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It will lead to an increase in consumption only for a normal good. 
It always will lead to an increase in consumption. 
It will lead to an increase in consumption only for an inferior good. 
It will lead to an increase in consumption only for a Giffen good. 
 
104. Generally, long-run elasticities of supply are: 
 
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Greater than short-run elasticities, because existing inventories can be exploited during shortages. 
Greater than short-run elasticities, because consumers have time to find substitutes for the good. 
Greater than short-run elasticities, because firms can make alterations to plant size and input combinations to be more flexible in production. 
Smaller than short-run elasticities, because the firm has made long-term commitments it cannot easily modify. 
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ECO402 Final Term Solved Quiz Part 4

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51. Compared to a tariff, an import quota, which restricts imports to the same amount as the tariff, will leave the country as a whole: 
 
Worse off than a comparable tariff. 
Not as bad off as a comparable tariff. 
About the same as a comparable tariff. 
Any of the above can be true. 
 
52. Any combination of products inside the production possibility frontier is: 
 
Allocatively inefficient 
Consumer inefficient 
Productively inefficient 
None of the given option. 
 
53. : In the long run, which of the following is considered a variable cost? 
 
Expenditures for wages. 
Expenditures for raw materials. 
Expenditures for capital machinery and equipment. 
All of the given options. 
54. Two firms, each producing different goods, can achieve a greater output than one firm producing both goods with the same inputs. We can conclude that the production process involves: 
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: Diseconomies of scope. 
Economies of scale. 
Decreasing returns to scale. 
Increasing returns to scale. 
 
55. The change in the quantity demanded of a good resulting from a change in relative price with the level of satisfaction held constant is called the ______________ effect. 
 
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Giffen 
Real price 
Income 
Substitution 
 
56. If a competitive firm's marginal cost always increases with output, then at the profit maximizing output level, producer surplus is: 
 
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Zero because marginal costs equal marginal revenue. 
Zero because price equals marginal costs. 
Positive because price exceeds average variable costs. 
Positive because price exceeds average total costs. 
 
57. The concept of a risk premium applies to a person that is: 
 
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Risk averse. 
Risk neutral. 
Risk loving. 
All of the given options. 
 
58. Governments may successfully intervene in competitive markets in order to achieve economic efficiency: 
 
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At no time; competitive markets are always efficient without government intervention. 
In cases of positive externalities only. 
In cases of negative externalities only. 
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59. What happens in a perfectly competitive industry when economic profit is greater than zero? 
 
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Existing firms may get larger. 
New firms may enter the industry. 
Firms may move along their LRAC curves to new outputs. 
All of the given options. 
 
60. Which of the following is NOT true about price floors? 
 
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Consumer surplus is always lower than it would be in the competitive equilibrium. 
Producer surplus could be lower, higher, or the same as it would be in competitive equilibrium. 
Producer surplus could be negative as the result of a price floor. 
Producers will often respond to a price floor by cutting production to the point at which price equals marginal cost. 
 
61. Indifference curves that are convex to the origin reflect: 
 
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An increasing marginal rate of substitution. 
A decreasing marginal rate of substitution. 
A constant marginal rate of substitution. 
A marginal rate of substitution that first decreases, then increases. 
 
62. Which of the following statements is true regarding the differences between economic and accounting costs? 
 
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Accounting costs include all implicit and explicit costs. 
Economic costs include implied costs only. 
Accountants consider only implicit costs when calculating costs. 
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63. Rabia and Samina are shopping for new cars (one each). Rabia expects to pay $15,000 with 1/5 probability and $20,000 with 4/5 probability. Samina expects to pay $12,000 with 1/4 probability and $20,000 with 3/4 probability. Refer to the above scenario, Rabia's expected expense for his car is: 
 
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$20,000. 
$19,000. 
$18,000. 
$17,500. 
 
64. A decreasing-cost industry has a downward-sloping: 
 
Select correct option: 
Long-run marginal cost curve. 
Short-run average cost curve. 
Short-run marginal cost curve. 
Long-run industry supply curve. 
 
65. Producer surplus is measured as the: 
 
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Area under the demand curve above market price. 
Entire area under the supply curve. 
Area under the demand curve above the supply curve. 
Area above the supply curve up to the market price. 
 
66. In a constant-cost industry, an increase in demand will be followed by: 
 
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No increase in supply. 
An increase in supply that will not change price from the higher level that occurs after the demand shift. 
An increase in supply that will bring price down to the level it was before the demand shift. 
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67. The "perfect information" assumption of perfect competition includes all of the following except one. Which one? 
 
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Consumers know their preferences. 
Consumers know their income levels. 
Consumers know the prices available. 
Consumers can anticipate price changes. 
 
68. A Giffen good: 
 
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Is always the same as an inferior good. 
Is the special subset of inferior goods in which the substitution effect dominates the income effect. 
Is the special subset of inferior goods in which the income effect dominates the substitution effect. 
Must have a downward sloping demand curve 
 
69. The object of diversification is: 
 
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To reduce risk and fluctuations in income. 
To reduce risk, but not to reduce fluctuations in income. 
To reduce fluctuations in income, but not to reduce risk. 
Neither to reduce risk, nor to reduce fluctuations in income. 
 
70. A price support may be pictured by: 
 
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Shifting the demand curve to the right by the amount of the government purchase. 
Shifting the demand curve to the left by the amount of the government purchase. 
Shifting the supply curve to the right by the amount of the government purchase. 
Shifting the supply curve to the left by the amount of the government purchase. 
 
71. Ali and Sarah decide to go into business together as economic consultants. Ali believes they have a 50-50 chance of earning $200,000 a year, and that if they don't, they'll earn $0. Sarah believes they have a 75% chance of earning $100,000 and a 25% chance of earning $10,000. Refer to the scenario, the probabilities discussed in the information above are: 
 
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Objective because they are single numbers rather than ranges. 
Objective because they have been explicitly articulated by the individuals involved. 
Subjective because the event hasn't happened yet. 
Subjective because they are estimates made by individuals based upon personal judgment or experience. 
 
72. The law of diminishing returns refers to diminishing: 
 
Select correct option: 
Total returns. 
Marginal returns. 
Average returns. 
All of the given options. 
 
73. The marginal rate of technical substitution is equal to the: 
 
Select correct option: 
Slope of the total product curve. 
Change in output minus the change in labor. 
Change in output divided by the change in labor. 
Ratio of the marginal products of the inputs. 
 
74. Boeing Corporation and Airbus Industries are the only two producers of long-range commercial aircraft. This market is not perfectly competitive because: 
 
Select correct option: 
Each company has annual sales over $10 billion. 
Each company can significantly affect prices. 
Airbus cannot sell aircraft to the United States government. 
All of the given options. 
 
75. In a short run production process, the marginal cost is rising and the average total cost is falling as output is increased. Thus, marginal cost is: 
 
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Below average total cost. 
Above average total cost. 
Between the average variable and average total cost curves. 
Below average fixed cost. 
 
76. In the short run, a perfectly competitive profit maximizing firm that has not shut down: 
 
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Is operating on the downward-sloping portion of its AVC curve. 
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Is operating on the upward-sloping portion of its AVC curve. 
Is not operating on its AVC curve. 
 
77. When the federal government installs a price support program that requires the government to purchase all of a good not bought in the private economy at the support price, changes in producer surplus: 
 
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Are negative. 
Are positive, but more than offset by the cost to consumers and the government. 
Are positive, and not offset by the cost to consumers and the government. 
None of the given options. 
 
78. Rabia and Samina are shopping for new cars (one each). Rabia expects to pay $15,000 with 1/5 probability and $20,000 with 4/5 probability. Samina expects to pay $12,000 with 1/4 probability and $20,000 with 3/4 probability. Refer to the above scenario, Rabia's expected expense for his car is: 
 
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$20,000. 
$19,000. 
$18,000. 
$17,500. 
 
79. Marginal utility measures: 
 
Select correct option: 
The slope of the indifference curve. 
The additional satisfaction from consuming one more unit of a good. 
The slope of the budget line. 
The marginal rate of substitution. 
 
80. The endpoints (horizontal and vertical intercepts) of the budget line: 
 
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Measure its slope. 
Measure the rate at which one good can be substituted for another. 
Measure the rate at which a consumer is willing to trade one good for another. 
Represent the quantity of each good that could be purchased if all of the budget were allocated to that good.</div>

ECO402 Final Term Solved Quiz Part 3

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21. Indifference curves that are convex to the origin reflect: 
 
An increasing marginal rate of substitution. 
A decreasing marginal rate of substitution. 
A constant marginal rate of substitution. 
A marginal rate of substitution that first decreases, then increases. 
 
22. The endpoints (horizontal and vertical intercepts) of the budget line: 
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Measure its slope. 
Measure the rate at which one good can be substituted for another. 
Measure the rate at which a consumer is willing to trade one good for another. 
Represent the quantity of each good that could be purchased if all of the budget were allocated to that good. 
 
23. Consider the following statements when answering this question: I. "In the long run equilibrium of a perfectly competitive market, a firm's producer surplus equals the sum of the economic rents earned on its inputs to production." II. "In the long run equilibrium of a perfectly competitive market, the amount of economic profit earned can differ across firms, but not the amount of producer surplus." 
 
I and II are true. 
I is true, and II is false. 
I is false, and II is true. 
I and II are false. 
 
24. Suppose that the prices of good A and good B were to suddenly double. If good A is plotted along the horizontal axis: 
 
The budget line will become steeper. 
The budget line will become flatter. 
The slope of the budget line will not change. 
The slope of the budget line will change, but in an indeterminate way. 
 
25. A country's government would like to raise the price of one its most important agricultural crops, coffee beans. Which of the following government programs will result in higher prices for coffee beans? 
 
Select correct option: 
An import quota on coffee beans. 
An acreage limitation program which provides coffee bean farmers financial incentives to leave some of their acreage idle. 
An import tariff on coffee beans. 
All of the given options. 
 
26. Which of the following is NOT a generally accepted measure of the riskiness of an investment? 
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Standard deviation. 
Expected value. 
Variance. 
None of the given options. 
 
27. Which of the following is a positive statement? 
 
Select correct option: 
When the price of a good goes up, consumers buy less of it. 
When the price of a good goes up, firms produce more of it. 
When the Federal government sells bonds, interest rates rise and private investment is reduced. 
All of the given options. 
 
28. Rabia knows average total cost and average variable cost for a given level of output. Which of the following costs can she not determine given this information? 
 
Select correct option: 
Average fixed cost 
Fixed cost 
Variable cost 
Rabia can determine all of the above costs given the information provided. 
 
29. Which of the following is NOT true about price floors? 
 
Select correct option: 
Consumer surplus is always lower than it would be in the competitive equilibrium. 
Producer surplus could be lower, higher, or the same as it would be in competitive equilibrium. 
Producer surplus could be negative as the result of a price floor. 
Producers will often respond to a price floor by cutting production to the point at which price equals marginal cost. 
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30. A production function in which the inputs are perfectly substitutable would have isoquants that are: 
 
Select correct option: 
Convex to the origin. 
L shaped. 
Linear. 
Concave to the origin. 
 
31. For an inferior good: 
 
Select correct option: 
The price elasticity of demand is negative; the income elasticity of demand is negative. 
The price elasticity of demand is positive; the income elasticity of demand is negative. 
The price elasticity of demand is negative; the income elasticity of demand is positive. 
The price elasticity of demand is positive; the income elasticity of demand is positive. 
 
32. The short run is: 
 
Select correct option: 
Less than a year. 
Three years. 
However long it takes to produce the planned output. 
A time period in which at least one input is fixed. 
 
33. Any combination of products inside the production possibility frontier is: 
 
Select correct option: 
Allocatively inefficient 
Consumer inefficient 
Productively inefficient 
None of the given option. 
 
34. Which of the following is NOT an assumption regarding people's preferences in the theory of consumer behavior? 
 
Select correct option: 
Preferences are complete. 
Preferences are transitive. 
Consumers prefer more of a good to less. 
None of the given options. 
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35. In 1970s the federal government imposed price controls on natural gas. Which of the following statements is true? 
 
Select correct option: 
These price controls caused a chronic excess supply of natural gas. 
Consumers gained from the price controls, because consumer surplus was larger than it would have been under free market equilibrium. 
Producers gained from the price controls because producer surplus was larger than it would have been under free market equilibrium. 
This episode of price controls was unusual, because it resulted in no deadweight loss to society. 
 
36. A production function defines the output that can be produced: 
 
Select correct option: 
At the lowest cost, given the inputs available. 
With the fewest amount of inputs. 
If the firm is technically efficient. 
In a given time period if no additional inputs are hired. 
 
37. A firm never operates: 
 
Select correct option: 
At the minimum of its ATC curve. 
At the minimum of its AVC curve. 
On the downward-sloping portion of its ATC curve. 
On the downward-sloping portion of its AVC curve. 
 
38. Two firms, each producing different goods, can achieve a greater output than one firm producing both goods with the same inputs. We can conclude that the production process involves: 
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Diseconomies of scope. 
Economies of scale. 
Decreasing returns to scale. 
Increasing returns to scale. 
 
39. In long-run competitive equilibrium, a firm that owns factors of production will have an: 
 
Select correct option: 
Economic profit = $0 and accounting profit > $0. 
Economic and accounting profit = $0. 
Economic and accounting profit > $0. 
Economic and accounting profit can take any value. 
 
40. When a product transformation curve is bowed outward, there are _______________ in production. 
 
Economies of scope 
Economies of scale 
Diseconomies of scope 
Diseconomies of scale 
 
41. The marginal rate of technical substitution is equal to the: 
 
Slope of the total product curve. 
Change in output minus the change in labor. 
Change in output divided by the change in labor. 
Ratio of the marginal products of the inputs. 
 
42. Consider two goods X and Y available for consumption. Assume that the price of X changes while the price of Y remains fixed. For these two goods, the price-consumption curve illustrates the: 
 
Relationship between the price of X and consumption of Y. 
Utility-maximizing combinations of X and Y for each price of X. 
Relationship between the price of Y and the consumption of X. 
Utility-maximizing combinations of X and Y for each quantity of X. 
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43. Assume that two investment opportunities have identical expected values of $100,000. Investment A has a variance of 25,000, while investment B's variance is 10,000. We would expect most investors (who dislike risk) to prefer investment opportunity: 
 
A because it has less risk. 
A because it provides higher potential earnings. 
B because it has less risk. 
B because of its higher potential earnings. 
 
44. The law of diminishing returns refers to diminishing: 
 
: Total returns. 
Marginal returns. 
Average returns. 
All of the given option 
 
45. : If the isoquants are straight lines, then: 
 
: Inputs have fixed costs at all use rates. 
The marginal rate of technical substitution of inputs is constant. 
Only one combination of inputs is possible. 
There are constant returns to scale. 
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46. : The total cost (TC) of producing computer software diskettes (Q) is given as: TC = 200 + 5Q. What is the variable cost? 
 
: 200 
5Q 
5 
5 + (200/Q) 
 
47. The demand curve facing a perfectly competitive firm is: 
 
The same as the market demand curve. 
Downward-sloping and less flat than the market demand curve. 
Perfectly horizontal. 
Perfectly vertical. 
 
48. : The cost-output elasticity is used to measure: 
 
Economies of scope. 
Economies of scale. 
The curvature in the fixed cost curve. 
Steepness of the production function. 
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49. The budget line in portfolio analysis shows that: 
 
The expected return on a portfolio increases as the standard deviation of that return increases. 
The expected return on a portfolio increases as the standard deviation of that return decreases. 
The expected return on a portfolio is constant. 
The standard deviation of a portfolio is constant. 
 
50. A Rolling Stones song goes: “You can’t always get what you want.” This echoes an important theme from microeconomics. Which of the following statements is the best example of this theme? 
 
Consumers must make the best purchasing decisions they can, given their limited incomes. 
Workers do not have as much leisure as they would like, given their wages and working conditions. 
Workers in planned economies, such as North Korea, do not have much choice over jobs. 
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Consumers know their preferences. 
Consumers know their income levels. 
Consumers know the prices available. 
Consumers can anticipate price changes. 
 
2. Incremental cost is the same concept as ______________ cost. 
 
Average 
Marginal 
Fixed 
Variable 
 
3. A production function assumes a given: 
 
Technology. 
Set of input prices. 
Ratio of input prices. 
Amount of output. 
 
4. Assume that beer is an inferior good. If the price of beer falls, then the substitution effect results in the person buying ______ of the good and the income effect results in the person buying ______ of the good. 
 
More, more 
More, less 
Less, more 
Less, less 
 
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Total profit. 
Variable operating profit plus factor rents. 
Total profit minus factor rents earned by lower cost firms. 
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Baba contracts burger production. 
Baba adds grilled chicken sandwiches to the menu. 
Baba cuts back on the diversity of the menu. 
 
7. The endpoints (horizontal and vertical intercepts) of the budget line: 
 
Measure its slope. 
Measure the rate at which one good can be substituted for another. 
Measure the rate at which a consumer is willing to trade one good for another. 
Represent the quantity of each good that could be purchased if all of the budget were allocated to that good. 
 
8. The "perfect information" assumption of perfect competition includes all of the following except one. Which one? 
 
Consumers know their preferences. 
Consumers know their income levels. 
Consumers know the prices available. 
Consumers can anticipate price changes. 
 
9. The difference between the economic and accounting costs of a firm are: 
 
The accountant's fees. 
The corporate taxes on profits. 
The opportunity costs of the factors of production that the firm owns. 
The sunk costs incurred by the firm. 
 
10. lastic and steel are substitutes in the production of body panels for certain automobiles. If the price of plastic increases, with other things remaining the same, we would expect: 
 
The price of steel to fall. 
The demand curve for steel to shift to the right. 
The demand curve for plastic to shift to the left. 
The demand curve for steel to shift to the left. 
 
 
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MC/AC. 
AC/MC 
(AC)(MC) 
(AC)2(MC) 
 
12. Fixed costs are fixed with respect to changes in: 
 
Output. 
Capital expenditure. 
Wages. 
Time. 
 
13. The presence of a learning curve may induce a decision maker in a startup firm to choose: 
 
Low levels of output to exploit economies of scale. 
High levels of output to exploit economies of scale. 
Low levels of output to shift the average cost curve down over time. 
High levels of output to shift the average cost curve down over time. 
 
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A firm experiencing economies of scope must also experience increasing returns to scale. 
Economies of scale and economies of scope must occur together. 
A firm experiencing increasing returns to scale must also experience economies of scope. 
There is no definite relationship between returns to scale and economies of scope. 
 
15. Salman would prefer a certain income of $20,000 to a gamble with a 0.5 probability of $10,000 and a 0.5 probability of $30,000. Based on this information: 
 
We can infer that Salman is risk neutral. 
We can infer that Salman is risk averse. 
We can infer that Salman is risk loving. 
We cannot infer Salman 's risk preferences. 
 
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16. When the average product is decreasing, marginal product: 
 
Equals average product. 
Is increasing. 
Exceeds average product. 
Is less than average product. 
 
17. Government intervention can increase total welfare when: 
 
There are costs or benefits that are external to the market. 
Consumers do not have perfect information about product quality. 
A high price makes the product unaffordable for most consumers. 
There are costs or benefits that are external to the market and consumers do not have perfect information about product quality. 
 
18. If a competitive firm's marginal cost curve is U-shaped then: 
 
Its short run supply curve is U-shaped too. 
Its short run supply curve is the downward-sloping portion of the marginal cost curve. 
Its short run supply curve is the upward-sloping portion of the marginal cost curve. 
Its short run supply curve is the upward-sloping portion of the marginal cost curve that lies above the short run average variable cost curve. 
 
19. Economies of scope refer to: 
 
Changes in technology. 
The very long run. 
Multiproduct firms. 
Single product firms that utilize multiple plants. 
 
20. Although there are many reasons why a market can be non-competitive, the principal economic difference between a competitive and a non-competitive market is: 
 
The extent to which any firm can influence the price of the product. 
The size of the firms in the market. 
The annual sales made by the largest firms in the market. 
The presence of government intervention. 
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