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Econ 3251 Exam 1

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Econ 3251 Exam 1
Ted McGraw
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Question 1

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Plastic 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
Answer
  • 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.
  • Nothing to happen to steel because it is only a substitute for plastic.
  • The demand curve for steel to shift to the left.

Question 2

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Which of the following will not cause a shift in the supply of gasoline?
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  • An increase in the wage in the rate of refinery workers.
  • A decrease in the price of gasoline
  • An improvement in oil refining technology.
  • A decrease in the price of crude oil.

Question 3

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A consumer prefers market basket A to market basket B, and prefers market basket B to market basket C. Therefore, A is preferred to C. the assumption that leads to this conclusion is
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  • Transitivity
  • Completeness
  • All goods are good
  • Diminishing MRS
  • Assumption of rationality

Question 4

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The slope of an indifference curve reveals:
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  • That preferences are complete
  • The marginal rate of substitution of one good for another good
  • The ratio of market prices
  • That preferences are transitive
  • None of the above

Question 5

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Refer to the figure below. At any consumption bundle with the quantity of good X exceeding the quantity of good Y (that is, a bundle located below the 45 degree line, like point A) Alvin’s marginal rate of substitution of good X for good Y is
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  • Diminishing
  • Positive
  • Constant and positive
  • Zero

Question 6

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Consider the following three market baskets. If baskets A and B are on the same indifference curve and if indifference curves exhibit diminishing MRS:
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Answer
  • C is preferred to both A and B
  • A and B are both preferred to C
  • C is on the same indifference curve as A and B
  • There is not enough information to determine preferences for
  • C relative to the other goods

Question 7

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If Jill’s MRS of popcorn for candy is 2, Jill would willingly give up:
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  • 2, but no more than 2 units of popcorn for an additional unit of candy.
  • 2, but no more than 2, units of candy for an additional unit of popcorn.
  • 1, but no more than 1 unit of candy for an additional 2 units of popcorn.
  • 2, but no more than, units of popcorn for an additional 2 units of candy.

Question 8

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According to the law of diminishing returns
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  • The total product of an input will eventually be negative
  • The total product of an input will eventually decline
  • The marginal product of an input will eventually be negative
  • The marginal product of an input will eventually decline
  • None of the above

Question 9

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What describes the graphical relationship between average product and marginal product?
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  • Average product cuts marginal product from above, at the maximum point of marginal product.
  • Average product cuts marginal product from below, at the maximum point of marginal product.
  • Marginal product cuts average product from above, at the maximum point of average product.
  • Marginal product cuts average product from below, at the maximum point of average product.
  • Average and marginal product do not intersect.

Question 10

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An examination of the production isoquants in the diagram below reveals that :
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  • Capital and labor must be used in fixed proportions
  • Capital and labor are perfectly substitutable
  • The MRTS is constant along the line
  • The MRTS is constant along the line 7 Capital and labor are perfectly substitutable are
  • None of the above

Question 11

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The isoquant below is illustrating
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  • Two inputs are perfect substitutes
  • Diminishing marginal rate of technical substitution (MRTS)
  • Constant MRTS
  • Increasing MRTS
  • Diminishing Marginal returns.

Question 12

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In a production process, all inputs are increased by 10%, but output increases less than 10%. This means that the firm experiences
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  • Decreasing return to scale
  • Constant returns to scale
  • Increasing returns to scale
  • Negative returns to scale

Question 13

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Refer to the figure. The situation pictured is one of..
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  • Constant returns to scale, because the line through the origin is linear
  • Decreasing returns to scale, because the isoquants are convex.
  • Decreasing returns to scale, because doubling inputs results in less than double the amount of output.
  • Increasing returns to scale, because the isoquants are convex.
  • output.

Question 14

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14. Constantine purchased 100 shares of IBM stock several years ago for $150 per share. The price of these shares has fallen to $55 per share. Constantine’s investment strategy is “buy low, sell high.” Therefore he will not sell his IBM stock until the price rises above $150 per share. If he sells at a price lower than 150 per share he will have “bought high and sold low.” Constantine’s decision:
Answer
  • Is correct and shows solid command of the nature of opportunity cost
  • Is incorrect because the original price paid for he shares is a sunk cost and should have no bearing on whether the shares should be held or sold.
  • Is incorrect because when the price of a stock falls, the law of demanded states that he should buy more shares.
  • Is incorrect because it treats the price of the shares as an explicit cost.

Question 15

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The difference between the economic and accounting costs of a firm are
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  • The accountant’s fees
  • The corporate tax on profits.
  • The opportunity costs of the factors of production that the firm owns.
  • The sunk costs incurred by the firm.
  • The explicit costs of the firm.

Question 16

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When marginal product is increasing, which of the following is true?
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  • Marginal cost is decreasing
  • Average cost is decreasing
  • Average product is decreasing
  • Marginal Cost is increasing
  • Average product is increasing

Question 17

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Consider the following statements when answering this question. I---Whenever a firim’s average variable costs are falling as output rises, marginal costs must be falling oo. II----Whenever a firms average total costs are rising as output rises, average variable costs must be rising too.
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  • I is true, II is false
  • I is false, and II is true
  • I and II are both true
  • I and II are both false

Question 18

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In the long run,
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  • ATC>AVC
  • All inputs and costs are variable
  • Fixed cost is a positive constant
  • AVC>ATC
  • AFC>AVC

Question 19

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Which of the following is always true along the isoquant curve?
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  • MRTS-slope of the isoquant
  • MRTS=MPl/MPk
  • MRTS=w/r
  • All of the above
  • Only MRTS-slope of the isoquant & MRTS=MPl/MPk are correct

Question 20

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If a firms average cost decreases as the produce more outputs, the firm is experiencing
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  • Economies of scale
  • Diseconomies of scale
  • Constant return to scale
  • Diminishing marginal returns
  • None of the above
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