Questão 1
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Marginal utility is a measure
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of total utility derived from consuming a given amount of a good
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of the total utility gained from consuming an extra unit of a good
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computed by dividing total utility by the amount of a good consumed
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determined by a production condition in a market
Questão 2
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"the second glass of Evian water was very good. May I have another?" which of the following is necessarily true regarding this statement?
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the marginal utility of the second glass is negative
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the marginal utility of the second glass is less than the marginal utility of the first glass
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the marginal utility of the second glass is positive
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the water is free
Questão 3
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Total utility can be calculated as the
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sum of all marginal utilities
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price paid for one unit of a good
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product of all marginal utilities
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total expenditure on all units of a good the consumer buys
Questão 4
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Demand curves usually slope downward because of the income and substitution effects, and because of the law of diminishing marginal utility
Questão 5
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Newspaper vending machines illustrate that publishers believe
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the average utility of 2 identical papers is 0 or less
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the total utility from 2 identical newspapers is 0 or less
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the marginal utility of a second identical newspaper is 0 or less
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the marginal utility of a second identical newspaper is greater than the marginal utility of the first newspaper
Questão 6
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Diminishing marginal utility means that
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as you consume more of a good, other things constant, the total satisfaction you obtain from consuming this good tends to fall
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as you hire more labor, other things constant, the total amount produced begins to fall
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as you hire more labor, other things constant, the marginal product begins to fall
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as you consume more of a good, other things constant, the additional satisfaction you obtain from each additional unit of the good tends to fall
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as you consume more of a good, other things constant, the extra satisfaction you obtain from each extra good becomes negative
Questão 7
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The marginal utility of a second copy of today's New York Times is
Questão 8
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Which of the following sayings describes the concept of diminishing marginal utility?
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time is money
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penny wise and pound foolish
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absence makes the heart grow founder
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a penny saved is a penny earned
Questão 9
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the reason you don't drink 5 cups of coffee at breakfast is that
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the marginal utility of extra cups of coffee eventually diminishes
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most people cannot afford 5 cups
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the total utility of coffee rises as you consume more cups
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the price of coffee rises as you consume more cups
Questão 10
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Joe the economist tells his wife, Jane, that he wants to spend a weekend fishing with friends. She replies "you don't love me anymore". Just before she hits Joe with a croquet mallet, Joe explains to her that she has confused the concepts of
Questão 11
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In exhibit 6-12, consumer surplus at a price of $2 is the difference between what consumers are willing to
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pay for a quantity of goods and what they actually pay, represented by triangle abc
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pay for a quantity of goods and what they actually pay, represented by triangle dcb
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pay for a quantity of goods and what they actually pay, represented by triangle adc
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receive for a good and what they actually get, represented by triangle abc
Questão 12
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Which area in exhibit 6-13 represents consumer surplus at market equilibrium?
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area a
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area b
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area c
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area a+b+c
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area a+b
Questão 13
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Suppose I am willing to pay $300 for roller blades and I purchase them on sale for $200. My consumer surplus is
Questão 14
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The consumers' surplus derived from the last unit of a good purchased
Questão 15
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The market demand curve is
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any individual's demand curve multiplied by the number of consumers in the market
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the relationship between income and quantity demanded
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the horizontal sum of the individual demand curve for all consumers in the market
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the vertical summation of all individual demand curves
Questão 16
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A measure of consumer surplus in any market is
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total expenditure on the good
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the area above the supply curve and below the price
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the area beneath the demand curve
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the area beneath the demand curve and above the price
Questão 17
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Consumers derive consumer surplus whenever
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the monetary value of total utility equal total expenditure
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the monetary value of total utility is greater than total expenditure
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The monetary value of total utility is less than total expenditure
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marginal utility is greater than total utility
Questão 18
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For any given price, the more elastic the demand for a product is, the greater will be the consumer surplus
Questão 19
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When a service, such as medical care, is provided free of charge,
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most people consume an infinite amount of it
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most people do not much care about getting good value for their money
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people do not derive any consumer surplus from it
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we say that the demand for it is perfectly elastic
Questão 20
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Refer to exhibit 6-17. If D, D', and D" represents the demand curves for the only 3 consumers in the market, then the market quantity demanded at a price of $15 will be
Questão 21
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refer to exhibit 6-17. If D, D', and D" represents the demand curves for the only 3 consumers in the market, then the market quantity demanded at a price of $45 will be
Questão 22
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Refer to exhibit 6-17. If D, D', and D" represent the demand curves for the only 3 consumers in the market, then the market quantity demanded at a price of $30 will be
Questão 23
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refer to exhibit 6-17. If D, D', and D" represent the demand curve for the only 3 consumers in the market, then the market demand curve will be more ____ than each of the 3 individual demand curves
Questão 24
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Suppose Jerry consumers 3 hamburgers at McDonald's one evening. He figured the last one was just worth the price he paid for it. If the hamburgers he buys have a price of $1. then
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her earned no consumer surplus
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he would have earned consumer surplus if he had eaten one more hamburger
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he was irrational
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he may have earned consumer surplus on the first 2 hamburgers
Questão 25
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If you buy a good, its expected marginal value to you
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may be greater than or equal to but not less than its price
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may be less than or equal to but not greater than its price
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is less than its price
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is greater than its price
Questão 26
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When the price is P in exhibit 6-11, the shaded area represents
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a shortage
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producer surplus
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a price floor
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consumer surplus
Questão 27
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Consumer surplus is
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the difference between the maximum amount that a consumer is willing to pay for a given amount of a good and the amount that the consumer actually pays
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the difference between the price of the good paid by the consumer and the costs of production to the seller
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the amount by which quantity supplied exceeds quantity demanded at the current market price
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the amount by which quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied at the current market price
Questão 28
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At point b in exhibit 6-9, total utility is valued at
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$30, consumer expenditure is $20, and consumer surplus is $10
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$26, consumer expenditure is $20, and consumer surplus is $6
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$20, consumer expenditure is $20, and consumer surplus is $0
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$30, consumer expenditure is $4, and consumer surplus is $26
Questão 29
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What happens to consumer surplus as price falls along a given demand curve?
Questão 30
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when price decreases, consumer surplus
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increases
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remains constant
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decreases
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becomes negative
Questão 31
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at point a in exhibit 6-9, consumer surplus is
Questão 32
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Elvis values the first gravy sandwich at $5, the second at $4.50, and the third at $4. If he buys three for $4 each, his consumer surplus is
Questão 33
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On a normal day, Emily Mapai's demand curve for a cup of hot chocolate is initially shown as D in exhibit 6-15. On a day when the high temperature does not get above zero degrees, her demand curve increases to D'. At price P for a cup of hot chocolate, Emily's consumer surplus on a freezing day
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cannot be determined without calculating an exact marginal valuation
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increases a great deal over her consumer surplus on a normal day
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will vary depending on whether hot chocolate is a normal or an inferior good
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increases only if her demand curve is unit elastic