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CLEP Microeconomics

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Things that are required in order to live






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






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






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






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






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






7. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants






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






9. 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






10. Average Total Cost






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






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






13. Average Fixed Cost






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Total Variable Cost






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






25. Marginal Cost






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. A cost that requires an outlay of money.






37. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded






38. Total Fixed Cost






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






40. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.






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






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






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






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






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






46. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied






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






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