1. Most people would prefer to drive a luxury car that has all the options, but more people buy less expensive cars even though they could afford the luxury car because:
A. luxury cars cost a lot more than non-luxury cars.
B. the total utility of less expensive cars is greater than that of luxury cars.
C. car buyers are irrational.
D. the marginal utility per dollar spent on the less expensive car is higher than that spent on luxury cars.
2. The labor market is considered as one of the more important markets in an economy because
A. most people typically earn the bulk of their income from wages and salaries.
B. the usual market forces do not hold in the labor market.
C. the labor market does not reach an equilibrium.
D. most people are concerned that wages determined in the labor market are unfair.
3. Table 17-1
Quantity of Labor Output (units)
1 80
2 170
3 240
4 300
5 350
6 390
7 420
Refer to Table 17-1. The marginal product of the fourth unit of labor is
A. 300.
B. 75.
C. 60.
D. 15.
4. Carolyn spends her income on popular magazines and music CDs. If the price of a CD is four times the price of a magazine and if Carolyn is maximizing her utility, she buys:
A. both goods until the marginal utility of the last CD purchased is four times the marginal utility of the last magazine purchased.
B. both goods until the marginal utility of the last magazine purchased is four times the marginal utility of the last CD purchased.
C. four times as many magazines as CDs.
D. four times as many CDs as magazines.
5. Marginal utility is the:
A. average satisfaction received from consuming a product.
B. total satisfaction received from consuming a given number of units of a product.
C. extra satisfaction received from consuming one more unit of a product.
D. satisfaction achieved when a consumer has had enough of a product.
6. What is behavioral economics?
A. the study of how people behave in the face of scarcity
B. the study of how people make decisions at the margin
C. the study of situations in which people act in ways that are not economically rational
D. the study of how people make wealth-maximizing decisions
7. Suppose a competitive firm is paying a wage of $12 an hour and sells its product at $3 per unit. Assume that labor is the only input. If hiring another worker would increase output by three units per hour, then to maximize profits the firm should:
A. not hire an additional worker.
B. hire another worker.
C. not change the number of workers it currently hires.
D. There is not enough information to answer the question.
8. Consumers have to make tradeoffs in deciding what to consume because:
A. they are limited by a budget constraint.
B. there are not enough of all goods produced.
C. not all goods give them the same amount of satisfaction.
D. the prices of goods vary.
9. Table 17-1
Quantity of Labor Output (units)
1 80
2 170
3 240
4 300
5 350
6 390
7 420
Refer to Table 17-1. If the output price is $3, what is the marginal revenue product of the fifth unit of labor?
A. $1,050
B. $360
C. $210
D. $150
10. At low wages, the labor supply curve for most people slopes upward because:
A. as wages increase income also increases unless hours worked decrease.
B. the demand for labor is perfectly elastic at low wages.
C. as wages increase the opportunity cost of leisure increases.
D. the supply of labor is perfectly inelastic at low wages.
11. A negative externality exists if:
A. the marginal social cost of producing a good or service exceeds the private cost.
B. the marginal private cost of producing a good or service exceeds the social cost.
C. there are quantity controls in a market.
D. there are price controls in a market.
