1. Which of the following is not characteristic of the demand for a commodity that is elastic?
a. The relative change in quantity demanded is greater than the relative in price
b. Buyers are relatively sensitive to price changes
c. Total revenue declines if price is increased
d. The elasticity coefficient is less than one
2. Suppose the price elasticity of demand for bread is 0.20 if the bread falls by 10 percent, the quantity demanded will increase by:
a. 2 percent and total expenditures on bread will rise
b. 2 percent and total expenditures on bread will fall
c. 20 percent and total expenditures on bread will fall
d. 20 percent and total expenditures on bread will rise
3. If a consumer is equilibrium, an increase in money income will:
a. Move him to a new equilibrium on a lower indifference curve
b. Make his indifferent curves steeper, but will not alter the equilibrium position
c. Have no effect on the equilibrium position because product prices have not change
d. Move him a new equilibrium on a high indifferent curve
4. The larger the coefficient of price elasticity of demand for a product, the:
a. Larger the resulting price change for an increase in supply
b. More rapid the rate at which the marginal utility of that product diminishes
c. Smaller the resulting price change for an increase in supply
5. A manufactures of frozen pizzas found that total revenue decreased when price was lowed from $5to $4. It was also found that total revenue decreased when price was raised from $5 to $6. Thus,
a. The demand for pizza is elastic above $5 and inelastic below $5
b. The demand for pizza is elastic both above and below $5
c. The demand for pizza is inelastic above $5 and elastic below$5
d. $5 is not the equilibrium price of pizza
6. The elasticity of demand for a product is likely to be greater
a. if the product is necessity, rather than a luxury
b. the greater the amount good of time over which buyers adjust to a price change
c. The smaller the proportion of one
