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CLEP Microeconomics

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (Production Possibilities Frontier) A graph that shows the possibilities of combinations of goods and services






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. A cost that requires an outlay of money.






12. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied






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






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






15. Total Variable Cost






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






17. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.






18. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants






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






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






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






22. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded






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






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






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






26. Average Total Cost






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






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






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






30. Average Fixed Cost






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






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






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






34. Things that are required in order to live






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






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






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






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






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






40. Marginal Cost






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






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






43. Total Fixed Cost






44. 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






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






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






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






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