ECO 204 Week 3 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

ECO 204 Week 3 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University 

Week 3 - Quiz

 

Question 1

If the marginal product is ¬¬¬__________, total product is declining.

 

o   positive

o   increasing

o   negative

o   stable

 

 

Question 2

The principles of production are a foundation for __________.

 

o   Establishing ownership

o   The laws of supply and demand

o   Analyzing costs

o   Entrepreneurship

 

 

Question 3

Entrepreneurs who set up firms typically do NOT __________.

 

o   Allocate resources

o   Acquire assets

o   Establish supply and demand

o   Organize production and distribution

 

 

 

 

 

Question 4Regarding production functions in the short run, __________.

 

o   all inputs are variable

o   some inputs are variable and some are fixed

o   some variable inputs cannot be determined

o   all inputs are fixed

 

 

Question 5

When the marginal product is higher than the average product, the __________.

 

o   total product is decreasing

o   average product is increasing

o   marginal product is negative

o   total product is at its peak

 

 

 

Question 6

Which of the following formulas determines accounting profit?

 

o   total revenue – (explicit costs + implicit costs)

o   total revenue – explicit costs

o   total revenue – opportunity costs

o   total revenue – implicit costs

 

 

Question 7

A company’s profits are greatest when __________ by the largest possible amount.

 

o   short-run profits exceed long-run profits

o   marginal revenue exceeds total revenue

o   explicit costs exceed opportunity costs

o   total revenue exceeds total cost

 

 

Question 8

The short-run marginal cost curve falls and then rises because of __________.

 

o   diseconomies and economies of scale

o   fixed costs

o   the principle of diminishing returns

o   diseconomies of scale

 

 

Question 9

As AdirondackChairsPlus.com’s plant size grew, it became more productive and cost effective to run. However, as its scale increased too much, it became less efficient and incurred higher long-run average costs. This second scenario reflects __________.

 

o   average cost savings

o   economies of scale

o   short-run expenditures

o   diseconomies of scale

 

 

Question 10

Economists define the long run

as the period long enough so that all __________.

 

o   costs are fixed

o   inputs can vary

o   resources are fixed

o   outputs can vary

 

 

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