1. To maximize profits, a firm should produce output up to the point where
A. marginal revenue equals marginal cost
B. price equals marginal cost
C. the gap between the demand curve and the ATC is the greatest
D. all of the above
E. answers a and b, but not c
2. Which statement is false?
A. a profit maximizing firm will increase production when price exceeds marginal cost
B. the lowest point on a firm's short-run supply curve is at the shut-down point
C. A firm will operate at that ouput where MC equals MR only when it is maximizing profits
D. A profit-maximizing firm will decrease production when marginal cost exceeds price.
3. which statement is true?
A. all monopolies are good
B. All monopolies are bad
C. Most natural monopolies are government regulated or government owned
D. None of these statements is true
4. There are _____ limits to monopoly power
A. no
B. some
C. many
5. Which statement is true?
A. the monopolist's most efficient output is her most profitable output as well
B. the monopolist charges a higher price than the perfect competitor in the long run.
C. all monopolists have control over an essential resource.
D. none is true
6. As a firm grows larger
A. economies of scale set in, then diseconomies of scale.
B. diseconomies of scale set in, then economies of scale.
C. economies of scale and diseconomies of scale set in at the same time.
D. neither economies of scale nor diseconomies of scale set in.
7. A monopolist operates at the minimum point of her ATC curve
A. only in the short run
B. only in the long run
C. in both the short run and the long run
D. in neither the short run nor the long run
8. A natural monopoly
A. has an average cost curve that reaches minimum possible average cost at a low level of output.
B. has a marginal cost curve that is steeply upward slopoing.
C. is usually subject to antitrust suits
D is usually allowed to choose its price so as to maximize profits in the United States.
E. occurs when a single firm can supply the entire market demand for a product at a lower average cost than would be possible if two or more firms supplied the market.
9. For a monopolist, the price of the product
A. always equals the marginal revenue
B. is always less than the marginal revenue
C. exceeds the marginal revenue
D. always equals the marginal cost of the product
10. Monopolies are usually viewed with concern from an economic standpoint since
A. size is ingerently dangerous; the larger ther firm, the more likely it is to squeeze out the "little producer"
B. resources may be allocated in an efficient manner.
C. the government may be put at the mercy of several large producers
D. always equals the marginal cost of the product
