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CLEP Microeconomics

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A measure of the sensitivity of demand to changes in price






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded






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






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






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






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






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






14. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.






15. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants






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






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






18. Average Total Cost






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






20. Average Fixed Cost






21. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied






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






23. Total Fixed Cost






24. 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






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






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






27. Marginal Cost






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






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






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






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






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






33. Things that are required in order to live






34. Total Variable Cost






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. A cost that requires an outlay of money.






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