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Question 91

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When the price of a good increases and the quantity demanded decreases,this demonstrates:

A) efficiency
B) the law of demand
C) the supply schedule
D) the production possibilities frontier

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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Question 92

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Which factor is NOT a determinant of supply?

A) expectations regarding future prices
B) the technology of production
C) the cost of production
D) consumer tastes

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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Use the following to answer questions : -(Table: The Market for Chocolate-Covered Peanuts) Use Table: The Market for Chocolate-Covered Peanuts.If the price of chocolate-covered peanuts is $0.50,there is a:

When the price of desks increases,the:

The demand curve for season tickets for the Toronto Raptors is the graphical representation of the number of season tickets consumers want to buy at any given price.

Which statement illustrates the law of demand?

Use the following to answer questions : Figure: Supply of Coconuts -(Figure: Supply of Coconuts) Use Figure: Supply of Coconuts.An improvement in the technology used to harvest coconuts (e.g. ,a faster,less expensive coconut picker) would be represented in the figure as a movement from:

If coffee and tea are viewed as substitutes in consumption,then an increase in the price of coffee will increase the demand for tea.

For consumers,pizza and hamburgers are substitutes.A rise in the price of a pizza causes a _____ in the equilibrium price of a hamburger and a(n) _____ in the equilibrium quantity of hamburgers.

Rice and potatoes are substitutes in consumption.If the price of rice rises and there is a bumper crop of potatoes,in the market for potatoes one would expect the equilibrium price to _____ and the equilibrium quantity to _____.

Use the following to answer questions : Figure: Shifts in Demand and Supply -(Figure: Shifts in Demand and Supply) Use Figure: Shifts in Demand and Supply.The figure shows how supply and demand might shift in response to specific events.Suppose a fall frost destroys one-third of the nation's apple crop.Which panel BEST describes how this will affect the market for apples?

The market price of airline flights increased recently.Some economists suggest that the price increased because of an increase in the number of business travelers.They believe that,in the market for flights:

Use the following to answer questions : Figure: Shifts in Demand and Supply III -(Figure: Shifts in Demand and Supply III) Use Figure: Shifts in Demand and Supply III.The figure shows how supply and demand might shift in response to specific events.Suppose a wet and sunny year increases the nation's corn crop by 20%.Which panel BEST describes how this will affect the market for corn?

Suppose that public utilities burned oil to generate electricity.If the price of oil increases,we expect a shift to the _____ in the _____ curve for _____ and a _____ price for electricity.

If there is an excess supply of a good,the problem of scarcity does not apply to that good.

If the quantity of housing supplied in a community is greater than the quantity of houses demanded,the existing price:

French fries and hamburgers are complements in consumption.Suppose the cost of the ingredients used to make hamburgers rises,so that the price of a hamburger rises.Then the equilibrium price of french fries _____ and the equilibrium quantity _____.

Use the following to answer questions : Figure: Four Markets for Online Movie Rentals -(Figure: Four Markets for Online Movie Rentals) Use Figure: Four Markets for Online Movie Rentals.Which of the graphs shows what may happen if D₁ or S₁ is the original curve and D₂ or S₂ is the new curve,and if some of the online stores that rent online movie rentals close?

According to the law of demand,if the price of steak increases in Alberta,the demand for steak will decrease in Alberta.

Use the following to answer questions : Figure: Shifts in Demand and Supply -(Figure: Shifts in Demand and Supply) Use Figure: Shifts in Demand and Supply.The figure shows how supply and demand might shift in response to specific events.Suppose the population increases.Which panel BEST describes how this will affect the market for apples?