ECON1101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Ceteris Paribus, Marginal Utility, Demand Curve

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PRAC QU for quiz 2 (incl quiz 1)

State and Illustrate the law of demand in words. What causes the demand curve to be

negatively sloped?

The law of demand occurs when the quantity demanded of a good or service in a given time

period declines as the price rises, and increases as the price falls, ceteris paribus.

The law of downward sloping demand is based on the law of diminishing marginal utility.

The more supply of a good available, the less utility consumers derive from using it. As

supply of those same good increases, consumers will get less utility of each additional good

purchased.

The typical demand curve is graphed sloping downwards from left to right, illustrating the

same relationship between price and demand as stated in the law of demand – as prices

increase, ceteris paribus, demand decreases. In a real multi-person economy, the graph

is a curve. However, in a simplified, hypothetical economy, the graph is straight line with

negative gradient. Price is plotted along the vertical axis and quantity is illustrated on the

horizontal axis. For example,

The substitution effect also causes the demand curve to be negatively sloped. The substitution

effect occurs when the change in the quantity of a good or service caused by a change in

price, results because of the change in price of a substitute. A substitute is a good that

consumers may choose to buy in place of another, such as butter and margarine, or tea and

coffee.

Explain the income and the substitution effect. What impact do they have on the demand

curve?

Both the substitution and income effect, where changes in the quantity of a good or service is

caused by a change in price impacts the demand of that particular good or service. Whilst the

substitution effect is related to price of substitutes, expanding or contracting the demand

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Prac qu for quiz 2 (incl quiz 1) State and illustrate (cid:1688)the law of demand(cid:1689) in words. The law of demand occurs when the quantity demanded of a good or service in a given time period declines as the price rises, and increases as the price falls, ceteris paribus. The law of downward sloping demand is based on the law of diminishing marginal utility. The more supply of a good available, the less utility consumers derive from using it. As supply of those same good increases, consumers will get less utility of each additional good purchased. The typical demand curve is graphed sloping downwards from left to right, illustrating the same relationship between price and demand as stated in the law of demand as prices increase, ceteris paribus, demand decreases. In a real multi-person economy, the graph is a curve. However, in a simplified, hypothetical economy, the graph is straight line with negative gradient.

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1. According to the law of demand, an increase in the price of a good causes Select one:

a. a downward movement along the demand curve for that good.

b. a rightward shift of the demand curve for that good.

c. an upward movement along the demand curve for that good.

d. a leftward shift of the demand curve for that good.

2.The relative price of a textbook is

Select one:

a. the amount it cost to make the textbook.

b. the money price of the textbook divided by the money price of some other good.

c. what the author earned for writing the textbook.

d. the price of the textbook compared with what students think it should cost.

3.Which of the following best represents the law of demand?

Select one:

a. As the price of good increases, the quantity demanded of that good decreases.

b. As the demand for a good increase, the price of that good increases.

c. As the price of a good decrease, the demand curve for that good shifts to the right.

d. As the price of a good decrease, the demand for the good increases.

4. The absolute price of a good is its

Select one:

a. subjective price.

b. money price.

c. relative price.

d. projected price.

5. The fact that when the price of a good goes up, people buy less of it is known as the

Select one:

a. law of demand.

b. concept of market equilibrium.

c. need for inferior goods.

d. law of supply.

6.The price of a commodity in terms of another commodity is

Select one:

a. the law of demand.

b. the money price.

c. a substitute.

d. the relative price.

7.Other things being equal, an increase in the price of a good leads to an increase in the amount produced. This is known as

Select one:

a. the law of supply.

b. the law of demand.

c. ceteris paribus.

d. equilibrium.

8.he direct relationship between changes in price and changes in quantity supplied is

Select one:

a. shown by a shift in the supply curve.

b. the law of relative production.

c. the law of supply.

d. a change in supply.

9. The law of supply states that other things being equal,

Select one:

a. supply creates its demand.

b. supply will increase if productivity increases.

c. supply will increase to meet demand if demand increases.

d. as price increases, quantity supplied increases.

10. a price increase will lead to an increase in quantity supplied. This statement is

Select one:

a. a normative statement.

b. untrue always.

c. the law of supply.

d. the law of demand.

11.All of the following will cause a shift in the supply of jeans EXCEPT

Select one:

a. an increase in the cost of producing jeans.

b. a per-unit government subsidy on the production of jeans.

c. a decrease in the number of jean manufacturers.

d. a decrease in the prices of jeans.

12.An increase in the price of steel to producers of refrigerators will cause

Select one:

a. the demand for refrigerators to decrease.

b. the supply curve for refrigerators to shift left.

c. the quantity demanded to feel to increase.

d. the quantity supplied of refrigerators to increase.

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1. Which of the following demonstrates the law of demand?

a. Angela buys less gas for her car at $3.00 per gallon than at $3.50 per gallon.

b. Brenda buys more shirts at $25 each since she got a $1 per hour raise at work.

c. Natasha buys fewer Snickers at $0.85 each since the price of Kit Kats fell to $0.70 each.

d. Darlene sells more shirts since the price of shirts rose.

e. Eleanor buys more bran muffins at $1.50 each than at $2.00 each.

2. Assume that Columbia has a comparative advantage in coffee and Mexico has a comparative advantage in peppers. If the two countries specialize and trade according to comparative advantage:

a. Columbia will specialize in coffee production and export coffee.

b. more of each good can be consumed in both countries.

c. individuals in Columbia that produce peppers will be hurt because they will lose jobs.

d. All of the above

e. B and C, only

3. Which of the following statements is (are) correct?

(x) Ceteris paribus, the market price of a good will rise if demand increases.

(y) Ceteris paribus, the market price of a good will decrease if supply increases.

(z) Ceteris paribus, the market price of a good must increase if demand increases and supply decreases.

A. (x), (y) and (z)

B. (x) and (y) only

C. (x) and (z) only

D. (y) and (z) only

E. (z) only

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1. In economics, the demand for a good refers to the amount of the good that people:
a. Will buy at alternative income levels
b. Need to achieve a minimum standard of living.
c. Will buy at various prices
d. Would like to have if the good were free
2. The term ceteris paribus means that:
a. What is for the individual is not necessarily true for the whole
b. All variables except those specified are constant
c. Everything is variable
d. No one knows which variables will change and which will remain constant.
3. When economist talk about supply, they are referring to a relationship between price received for each unit sold and the ____________________.
a. Quantity supplied
b. Demand schedule
c. Demand curve
d. Market price
4. But nearly all supply curves share a basic similarity: they slop______________.
a. Up from left to right
b. Down from left to right
c. Up from right to left
d. Down from right to left
5. The nature of demand indicates that as the price of a good increases:
a. Suppliers wish to sell less of it.
b. Buyers desire to purchase less of it
c. More of it is desired
d. More of it is produced
6. Any given demand or supply curve is based on the certeris paribus assumption that _______.
a. Everything is variable
b. All else is held equal
c. No one knows which variables will change and which will remain constant
d. What is true for the individual is not necessary true for the whole.
7. Economist refer to the relationship that a higher price leads to lower quantity demand as the ______________.
a. Price model
b. Law of demand
c. Market equilibrium
d. Income gap
8. A perfect elastic supply curve is:
a. Vertical
b. Downward sloping to the left
c. Horizontal
d. Upward sloping to the right
9. A 10 percent increase in the price of soda leads to a 20 percent increase in the quantity of iced tea demanded. It appears that:
a. Elasticity of demand for iced tea is 2 and is elastic
b. Cross-price elasticity of demand for iced tea is -2
c. Cross-price elasticity of demand for soda is -0.5
d. Elasticity of demand for soda 0.5 AND IS INELASTIC
10. ___________ is the change in what is on the horizontal axis (quantity) divided by the change in what is the vertical axis (price).
a. Elasticity
b. Supply
c. Demand
d. Revenue
11. A severe freeze has once again damaged the Florida orange crop. The impact on the market for orange juice will be a leftward shift of:
a. The supply curve and the rightward shift of the demand curve resulting in a higher equilibrium price
b. Both the supply and demand curves
c. The supply curve
d. The demand curve, as consumers try to economize because the shortage.
12. Got the answer.
13. A drought decreases the supply of agricultural products, which means that at any given price a lower quantity will be supplied; conversely, especially good weather would shift the _____________.
a. Demand curve to the right
b. Supply curve to the left
c. Supply curve to the right
d. Demand curve to the left
14. Interpret the following statements:

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