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CLEP Microeconomics

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Total Fixed Cost






2. An opportunity cost incurred by a firm when it uses a factor of production for which it does not make a direct money payment






3. When the last unit produced costs the same as the benefit recieved by consumers






4. As supply increases - prices go down; as supply decreases - prices go up.






5. As demand increases - prices go up; as demand decreases - prices go down.






6. The decision to buy one thing instead of another.






7. Measures the relationship between change in quantity supplied and a change in price.






8. Total Variable Cost






9. A situation in which quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied






10. A movement along the demand curve that occurs in response to a change in price






11. Things that are required in order to live






12. A movement along the supply curve that occurs in response to a change in price






13. Determines and classifies the relationship between income and demand for a good or service.






14. An alternative that we sacrifice when we make a decision






15. As successive units of a variable input are added to a fixed input - beyond some point the marginal product declines






16. Free Market - Traditional - Command - Mixed Markets.






17. Factors other than price that determine the quantities supplied of a good or service.






18. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.






19. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded






20. To produce more of one good - a successively larger amount of the other good must be sacrificed






21. Average Total Cost






22. A change in supply that is shown by drawing a new supply curve






23. A cost that requires an outlay of money.






24. The more you produce the less it costs and the cheaper the product is for the consumer.






25. (Production Possibilities Frontier) A graph that shows the possibilities of combinations of goods and services






26. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants






27. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied






28. A measure of the sensitivity of demand to changes in price






29. Marginal Cost






30. The impact of price changes on the quantity demand of a good or service by gauging the effect on the total revenue the firm will generate






31. Average Fixed Cost






32. A period during which at least one of a firm's resources is fixed






33. A change in demand that is show by drawing a new demand curve






34. A legal minimum on the price at which a good can be sold






35. Divisions of the economy that specialize in certain goods or services






36. A maximum price that can be legally charged for a good or service






37. Factors other than price that determine the quantities demanded of a good or service






38. Those things which make our lives more comfortable but are not needed for survival






39. The maximum amount an individual is willing to pay in a specific scenario






40. Average Fixed Costs (Declines as output increases.)






41. Allocating one's income so that the marginal utility/price of the last units obtained of each good are equal






42. The total amount of money a firm receives by selling goods or services






43. Describes demand that is very sensitive to a change in price






44. Describes demand that is not very sensitive to a change in price






45. A situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded






46. A period of time of sufficient length that all the firm's factors of production are variable






47. A model that shows the flow of goods and services and the interaction among households - businesses - and banks






48. The situation in which a good or service is produced at the lowest possible cost