ECON 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8-12: Marginal Utility, Utility, Economic Equilibrium

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1.	_____	The satisfaction or benefit that consumers receive from consuming goods or services.
2.	________________ _	A particular combination of specific quantities of goods or services
3.	________________ _	Consumers can rank all conceivable bundles of goods or services
4.	_____	If A is preferred to B, and B is preferred to C, then A is always preferred to C.
5.	_____	Equation showing a consumerâs perception of the total utility forthcoming from consuming each bundle of goods and services.
6.	_____	A set of consumption bundles each and every one of which provides a consumer with exactly the same level of total utility.
7.	_____	The number of units of Y that must be given up for total utility to remain the same when one more unit of X is consumed.
8.	_____	The addition to total utility attributable to consuming one more unit of a good, holding the consumption of all other goods constant.
9.	_____	The line showing all bundles of goods that can be purchased at given prices if the entire income is spent.
10.	_____	The change in the consumption of a good that would result if the consumer remained on the original indifference curve after the price of the good changes.
11.	_____	The change in consumption of goods results strictly from the change in purchasing power after the price of a good changes.
12.	________________ _	The sum of the substitution and income effects.
13.	_____	A good for which quantity demanded varies directly with price, causing an upward sloping demand curve.
14.	_____	A list of prices and the corresponding quantity consumers are willing and able to purchase at each price.

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The following table shows a hypothetical total utility schedule for a consumer of chocolate candy bars

. Number consumed /Total Utility

0/ 0

1/ 9

2 /19

3/ 27

4/ 35

5/ 42

6 /42

7 /40

This consumer beings to experience diminishing marginal utility when he consumes the a. First candy bar b. Second candy bar c. Third candy bar d. Fourth candy bar

Marginal utility becomes negative with the consumption of the a. Fourth candy bar b. Fifth candy bar c. Sixth candy bar d. Seventh candy bar

Based on the data, you can conclude that the a. Marginal utility of the fourth unit is 6 b. Marginal utility of the second unit is 27 c. Total utility of 5 units is 42 d. Total utility of 3 units is 55

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1. If marginal utility is negative, total utility is

a. Positive

b. Negative

c. Decreasing

d. Constant

e. Increasing

2. If utility-maximizing consumers face identical prices, they will have identical

a. Marginal utilities for each good

b. Ratio of marginal utilities for each good

c. Preferences

d. Ratios of total utilities for each good

e. Total utilities for each good

3. The substitution effect

a. Always increases quantity demanded of a good whose relative price has fallen

b. Is opposite in sign to the income effect for all normal goods

c. Is opposite in sign to the income effect for all normal goods

d. May cause demand curves to be upward sloping

e. Is always dominated by the income effect for normal goods

4. Demand curves for normal goods slope downward because

a. The substitution effect of a price change is greater than the income effect

b. Substitution and income effects work in the same direction

c. The income effect is always greater than the substitution effect

d. The income effect is always less than the substitution effect

e. None of the above

5. The idea that a consumer derives less additional satisfaction from consuming successive units of a good is called

a. Diminishing consumer surplus

b. The paradox of value

c. Diminishing marginal utility

d. Diminishing total value of consumption

e. Diminishing total utility

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