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CLEP Microeconomics

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A legal minimum on the price at which a good can be sold






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






3. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants






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






5. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded






6. Things that are required in order to live






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Total Variable Cost






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






23. Average Fixed Cost






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






25. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.






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






27. Total Fixed Cost






28. Marginal Cost






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied






36. A cost that requires an outlay of money.






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






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






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






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






41. Average Total Cost






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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