ECO 204 Week 4 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

ECO 204 Week 4 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University 



Question 1

 

If a firm is making an economic profit, then productive resources are earning __________.

 

o   their opportunity costs in the short run

o   less than their opportunity costs

o   more than their opportunity costs

o   their opportunity costs in the long run

 

 

Question 2

 

A perfectly competitive market implies that neither buyers nor sellers have any influence over market __________.

 

o   substitutes

o   competition

o   volume

o   price

 

 

Question 3

What kind of profits are a signal for firms to move in or out of an industry?

o   economic

o   capital

o   accounting

o   operating

 

 

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a monopoly that loses money?

 

o   Apple

o   Microsoft

o   the U.S. Postal Service

o   the Olympic Games

 

 

Question 5

Which of the following statements about monopolies is a FACT?

 

o   Monopolies have supply curves.

o   Monopolies charge the highest possible price.

o   Monopolies do not have to worry about demand.

o   Monopolies ultimately face competition.

 

 

Question 6

All of the following are fallacies

about monopolies EXCEPT __________.

 

o   monopolies do not have supply curves

o   monopolies always earn profits

o   monopolies will produce where the demand is inelastic

o   monopolies charge the highest possible price

 

 

 

Question 7

 

What is the theory of rational decision making during a time of uncertainty called?

 

o   firm theory

o   marginal productivity theory

o   prisoners’ dilemma theory

o   game theory

 

 

Question 8

 

Industry studies that employ concentration ratios MOSTLY use __________ firms to measure the ratio.

 

o   three

o   eight

o   four

o   the largest

 

 

Question 9

When firms exit a monopolistically competitive industry, the __________.

 

o   profits of the remaining firms will fall

o   long-run normal profits of the remaining firms will increase

o   demand curves of the remaining firms will shift to the right

o   output of the remaining firms will fall

 

 

 

Question 10

A couple of new nail salons open in a town with similar firms. As new firms enter the market, what will probably happen to the existing firms’ demand curves?

 

o   They will shift down and to the right.

o   They will shift down and to the left.

o   They will shift up and to the left.

o   They will shift up and to the right.

 

 

 

 

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