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CLEP Microeconomics

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The situation in which a good or service is produced at the lowest possible cost






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






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






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






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. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.






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






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






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






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






11. Total Variable Cost






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Things that are required in order to live






27. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants






28. A cost that requires an outlay of money.






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






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






31. Total Fixed Cost






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






33. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied






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






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






36. Marginal Cost






37. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded






38. Average Fixed Cost






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






40. Average Total Cost






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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