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CLEP Microeconomics

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A change in supply that is shown by drawing a new supply curve






2. Marginal Cost






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






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






5. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants






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






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






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






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






10. A cost that requires an outlay of money.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Things that are required in order to live






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied






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






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






30. Total Fixed Cost






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






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






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






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






35. Total Variable Cost






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






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






38. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.






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






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






41. Average Total Cost






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






43. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded






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






45. Average Fixed Cost






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






47. 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






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