This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Economics > Market Dynamics > Market Structures > Market Structures – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Market Structures Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What kind of products. are sold in a perfectly competitive market? A) Products are identical. B) Products are similar but not identical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Products are identical. 2. An economic system in which people are free to start their own businesses or to do whatever work they want. Also called capitalism or free market system A) Bank Account. B) Free Enterprise System. C) Trade Agreement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Enterprise System. 3. This is an unsavory practice that big businesses can take part in which results in higher costs for consumers. A) Price fixing. B) Collision. C) Law of demand. D) Economies of scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Price fixing. 4. The amount of something available to consumers is ..... A) Supply. B) Demand. C) Surplus. D) Shortage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply. 5. A monopoly created by economies of scale is known as a A) Natural monopoly. B) Monopoly without barriers to entry. C) Monopoly with a patent. D) Non-regulated monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural monopoly. 6. If Farmer John expresses a desire to sell his corn at a local farmer's market, he must be aware that the product is standardizedand that he will have no control over the market price. The market structure he is MOST likely participating in is A) Monopolistic competition. B) Perfect competition. C) Differentiated oligopoly. D) Pure oligopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perfect competition. 7. For a competitive market, the supply curve will be closely related to A) The company's production costs. B) Preferences of consumers who buy the company's products. C) Income tax rates imposed by the government. D) The interest rate offered for government bonds. E) Taxes imposed by the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The company's production costs. 8. These are disadvantages of what type of business organization? Unlimited liabilty, burden of responsibility on owner, and limited life A) Partnership. B) Sole Proprietorship. C) Cooperation. D) Limited liability company. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sole Proprietorship. 9. Low barriers to entry, but differentiated products give businesses some control over prices. A) Monopolistic competition. B) Oligopoly. C) Perfect competition. D) Monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monopolistic competition. 10. An industry with a large number of firms, differentiated products, and free entry and exit is called A) Oligopoly. B) Monopolistic competition. C) Monopoly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monopolistic competition. 11. Which market structure has very high product differentiation levels? A) Oligopoly. B) Perfect Competition. C) Monopoly. D) Monopolistic Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oligopoly. 12. The cost added by producing one additional product or service. A) Relative cost. B) Marginal revenue. C) Marginal cost. D) Relative revenue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marginal cost. 13. Imagine Benjamin, Ethan, and Nora are playing a game of 'Market Masters'. They are trying to identify the type of market where there are many sellers offering differentiated products. Can you help them out? A) Oligopoly. B) Monopolistic competition. C) Perfect competition. D) Monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monopolistic competition. 14. Which condition is NOT required for perfect competition? A) Many buyers and sellers. B) Identical products. C) Informed market. D) High barriers of entry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High barriers of entry. 15. All of the following may lead to market failure EXCEPT A) Insufficient information. B) Prices do not reflect cost of production. C) Inadequate competition. D) Buyers and sellers acting independently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buyers and sellers acting independently. 16. What is a collusive oligopoly? A) Firms that act together to determine price or output. B) Firms produce homogeneous products. C) Firms that cheat to maximise profits. D) Firms that compete with each other in determining output. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Firms that act together to determine price or output. 17. What is one kind of monopoly that the U.S. government generally permits? A) The electric company. B) Professional sports leagues. C) Computer companies. D) Standard Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The electric company. 18. Which of the following is an example of nonprice competition? A) American Eagle raises the price of all of their jeans. B) Burger King adds items to their dollar menu. C) Wal-Mart has a sale on sugar. D) Nike designs a purple pair of Jordans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nike designs a purple pair of Jordans. 19. Exists when the business controls a manufacturing method or an invention protected by a patent A) Natural monopoly. B) Geographic monopoly. C) Government monopoly. D) Technological monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Technological monopoly. 20. The Government seeks to encourage ..... Externalities. A) Negative. B) Neutral. C) Positive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive. 21. Definition:Market power A) Important features of a market, including the number of buyers and sellers, product uniformity across sellers, ease of entering the market, and forms of competition. B) The ability of a firm to raise its price without losing all sales to rivals. C) Restrictions on the entry of new firms into an industry. D) The sole supplier of a product with no close substitutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ability of a firm to raise its price without losing all sales to rivals. 22. Priya is studying different market structures in her economics class. She came across a scenario where a single company, say 'X', controls the entire market for a particular product. What is this market structure called? A) Pure Competition. B) Oligopoly. C) Monopolistic Competition. D) Monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monopoly. 23. What type of a monopoly the government owns and operates? A) Technological Monopoly. B) Government Monopoly. C) Geographic Monopoly. D) Natural Monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government Monopoly. 24. A benefit someone receives who was not involved in the activity that generated the benefit. A) Neutral externalities. B) Positive externalities. C) Negative externalities. D) Primary externalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive externalities. 25. In the 1990s, AT&T controlled 80% of the phone industry and was the ONLY provider of long distance phone service. This is an example of A) Perfect Competition. B) Monopolistic Competition. C) Oligopoly. D) A monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A monopoly. 26. What are some examples of corporations? A) Apple Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Coca-Cola Company tagsSSEMI3. B) Google Inc. C) Facebook Company. D) Amazon Corporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apple Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Coca-Cola Company tagsSSEMI3. 27. A market structure with a few large firms A) Perfect comp. B) Monopolistic comp. C) Oligopoly. D) Monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oligopoly. 28. Gordon lists his old Lionel electric trains on eBay and sets a minimum acceptable price at $ 75. He received three bids after five days on eBay:$ 25, $ 50, and $ 75. He accepts the latter. His producer surplus is: A) $ 50. B) $ 75. C) $ 25. D) $ 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $ 0. 29. Promotes wise decision making when using resources A) Efficiency. B) Security. C) Freedom freedom. D) Stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Efficiency. 30. A merger of corporations involved in different steps of manufacturing is known as ..... ? A) Horizontal merger. B) Conglomerate. C) Vertical merger. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertical merger. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMarket Dynamics QuizzesEconomics QuizzesMarket Structures Quiz 1Market Structures Quiz 2Market Structures Quiz 3Market Structures Quiz 4Market Structures Quiz 5Market Structures Quiz 6Market Structures Quiz 7Market Structures Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books