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Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Questions
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Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Questions
Demand
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Which best describes a demand curve?
The quantity consumers would like to buy in an ideal world
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The quantity consumers are willing to sell
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The quantity consumers are willing and able to buy at each and every income all other things unchanged
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The quantity consumers are willing and able to buy at each and every price all other things unchanged
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A fall in price:
Will cause an inward shift of demand
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Will cause an outward shift of supply
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Leads to a movement along a demand curve
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Leads to a higher level of production
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Demand for a normal product may shift outwards if:
Price decreases
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The price of a substitute rises
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The price of a complement rises
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Income falls
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According to the law of diminishing marginal utility:
Utility is at a maximum with the first unit
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Increasing units of consumption increase the marginal utility
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Marginal product will fall as more units are consumed
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Total utility will rise at a falling rate as more units are consumed
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If marginal utility is zero:
Total utility is zero
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An additional unit of consumption will decrease total utility
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An additional unit of consumption will increase total utility
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Total utility is maximized
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A decrease in income should:
Shift demand for an inferior product inwards
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Shift demand for an inferior product outwards
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Shift supply for an inferior product outwards
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Shift supply for an inferior product inwards
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An increase in the price of a complement for product A would:
Shift demand for product A outwards
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Shift demand for product A inwards
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Shift supply for product A outwards
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Shift supply for product A inwards
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An increase in price, all other things unchanged, leads to:
Shift demand outwards
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Shift demand inwards
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A contraction of demand
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An extension of demand
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If a product is a Veblen good:
Demand is inversely related to income
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Demand is inversely related to price
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Demand is directly related to price
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Demand is inversely related to the price of substitutes
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If a product is an inferior good:
Demand is inversely related to income
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Demand is inversely related to price
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Demand is directly related to price
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Demand is directly related to the price of substitutes
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