This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Economics > Microeconomics > Demand And Supply Analysis > Demand And Supply Analysis – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Demand And Supply Analysis Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A major natural disaster occurs. A) Shift in Supply. B) Shift in Demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shift in Supply. 2. The amount a producer spends on producing a good or service is the ..... A) Loss. B) Profit. C) Cost. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cost. 3. What is the meaning of market equilibrium? A) A state where demand and supply are equal. B) A state where supply is higher than demand. C) A state where demand and supply are irrelevant. D) A state where demand is higher than supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A state where demand and supply are equal. 4. Assuming the economy is starting at the natural rate of output and everything else held constant, the effect of ..... in aggregate ..... is a rise in both inflation and output in the short-run, but in the long-run the only effect is a rise in inflation. A) A decrease; supply. B) An increase; demand. C) An increase; supply. D) A decrease; demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An increase; demand. 5. What is the effect of an increase in incomes on the demand for cars? A) Shifts the demand curve to the right. B) No effect on the demand curve. C) Shifts the demand curve to the left. D) Shifts the supply curve to the right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shifts the demand curve to the right. 6. A change in consumer tastes and preferences. A) Shift in Supply. B) Shift in Demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shift in Demand. 7. Which of the following is not true about AD in a two-sector economy? A) AD= consumption + saving. B) AD curve starts from some point above the origin. C) AD=consumption + investment. D) AD curve has a positive slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AD= consumption + saving. 8. An individual's demand for onions is given by the following equation:$Q_o^d=3-0.05P_o+0.009I-0.16P_t$ $Q_o^d$ $P_o$ $I$ $P_t$ A) -1.0597. B) -0.0242. C) -0.0081. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -0.0242. 9. The government has put a ban on all items that are unhealthy. No store can legally sell soda over 24 ounces. The supply of anything over 24 ounces becomes non-existent. What supply factor is this? A) Change in Technology. B) Change in Cost of Factors of Production. C) Government Action. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government Action. 10. The quantity of a good or service that producers are able and willing to offer for sale at a specified price in a given period of time is A) Supply. B) Quantity sold. C) Demand. D) Quantity demanded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply. 11. When the selling price is less than the cost, the producer goes in a ..... A) Loss. B) Profit. C) Cost. D) Price. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loss. 12. State True or FalsePrice low X Demand high A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. Everything else held constant, when output is ..... the natural rate level, wages will begin to ....., increasing short-run aggregate supply A) Above; fall. B) Below; fall. C) Above; rise. D) Below; rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Below; fall. 14. Producers usually price their products ..... A) Lower than the cost. B) Higher than the cost. C) Same as the cost. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Higher than the cost. 15. The minimum price that can be charged for a good or service. A) Equilibrium. B) Price floor. C) Price ceiling. D) Shortage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Price floor. 16. The price of coffee beans decreases significantly. How will this impact the supply side of the market for coffee beans? A) Supply will not change, but quantity supplied will decrease. B) Supply will not change, but quantity supplied will increase. C) The supply will increase. D) The supply will decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply will not change, but quantity supplied will decrease. 17. Suppose the economy is producing below the natural rate of output and the government is suffering from large budget deficits. To deal with the deficit problem, suppose the government takes a policy action to reduce the size of the deficits. This policy action will cause ..... in the unemployment rate in the short run and ..... in inflation in the short run, everything else held constant. A) An increase; an increase. B) An increase; a decrease. C) A decrease; an increase. D) A decrease; a decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An increase; a decrease. 18. The production relationship between the number of machine hours and totalproduct for a company is presented below.Diminishing marginal returns first occur beyond machine hour: A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 19. If the price elasticity coefficient of the demand curve for paper clips is equal to-1, demand is: A) Elastic. B) Inelastic. C) Unit elastic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unit elastic. 20. The expectations-augmented Phillips curve implies that as expected inflation increases, nominal wages ..... to prevent real wages from ..... A) Rise; rising. B) Rise; falling. C) Fall; falling. D) Fall; rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rise; falling. 21. Situation created when the quantity supplied is less than the quantity demanded. A) Shortage. B) Disequilibrium. C) Surplus. D) Equilibrium price. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shortage. 22. Nature of demand curve is ..... A) Left to right upward. B) Left to right downward. C) Parallel to the X-axis. D) Parallel to Y-axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left to right downward. 23. State True or FalsePrice low X Demand medium A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. The willingness and ability to sell something in a given time period. A) Supply. B) Demand. C) Law of supply. D) Law of demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply. 25. A company is experiencing economies of scale when: A) Cost per unit increases as output increases. B) It is operating at a point on the LRAC curve where the slope is negative. C) It is operating beyond the minimum point on the long-run average total cost curve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is operating at a point on the LRAC curve where the slope is negative. 26. What is the relationship between different markets where one product complements another? A) Joint supply. B) Derived demand. C) Alternative demand. D) Joint demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint demand. 27. What happens when there is a decrease in supply of a product? A) Rise in price and extension in demand. B) Fall in price and extension in demand. C) Rise in price and contraction in demand. D) Fall in price and contraction in demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rise in price and contraction in demand. 28. The maximum price that can be charged for a good or service. A) Price floor. B) Price ceiling. C) Minimum wage. D) Equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Price ceiling. 29. In the long run, following a combination of a negative demand shock and a temporary negative supply shock, A) Both inflation and output return to the original long-run equilibrium values. B) Inflation is permanently increased, while output returns to potential output. C) Output returns to potential output, while inflation may be higher or lower than its initial value. D) Inflation is permanently reduced, while output returns to potential output. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inflation is permanently reduced, while output returns to potential output. 30. A change in producer expectations. A) Shift in Supply. B) Shift in Demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shift in Supply. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMicroeconomics QuizzesEconomics QuizzesDemand And Supply Analysis Quiz 1Demand And Supply Analysis Quiz 2Demand And Supply Analysis Quiz 4Demand And Supply Analysis Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books