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CLEP Microeconomics
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Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. As supply increases - prices go down; as supply decreases - prices go up.
Law of Supply
Cross Elasticity of Income
Wants
Elastic
2. A maximum price that can be legally charged for a good or service
Allocative Efficiency
Wants
Shortage
Price Ceiling
3. A movement along the demand curve that occurs in response to a change in price
PPF Curve
Change in Quantity Demanded
Trade-Off
Equilibrium Price
4. The decision to buy one thing instead of another.
MC
Long Run
Change in Quantity Supplied
Economic Choice
5. Average Total Cost
ATC
Price floor
Cross Elasticity of Income
Law of Increasing Opportunity Cost
6. A period of time of sufficient length that all the firm's factors of production are variable
AVC
Long Run
Productive Efficiency
PPF Curve
7. (Production Possibilities Frontier) A graph that shows the possibilities of combinations of goods and services
MC
Inelastic
Explicit Cost
PPF Curve
8. A model that shows the flow of goods and services and the interaction among households - businesses - and banks
Consumer Utility Maximization
AVC
Circular Flow Model
Inelastic
9. Marginal Cost
MC
Four Factors of Production (Imputs)
Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns
Law of Supply
10. A legal minimum on the price at which a good can be sold
Market Equilibrium
Price floor
Surplus
Types of Economic Systems
11. Describes demand that is not very sensitive to a change in price
AFC
Shortage
Budget Income Limits
Inelastic
12. 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
Price floor
Market Equilibrium
Cross Elasticity of Demand
Change in Quantity Demanded
13. The situation in which a good or service is produced at the lowest possible cost
Circular Flow Model
AFC
Market Equilibrium
Productive Efficiency
14. Average Fixed Costs (Declines as output increases.)
Consumer Utility Maximization
Needs
AFC
Economy of Scale
15. Those things which make our lives more comfortable but are not needed for survival
Price Elasticity of Supply
Budget Income Limits
PPF Curve
Wants
16. A movement along the supply curve that occurs in response to a change in price
Price Elasticity of Supply
Price floor
Change in Quantity Supplied
PPF Curve
17. Free Market - Traditional - Command - Mixed Markets.
Types of Economic Systems
Trade-Off
Circular Flow Model
Productive Efficiency
18. Things that are required in order to live
Productive Efficiency
Needs
MC
Long Run
19. Factors other than price that determine the quantities demanded of a good or service
Change in Quantity Demanded
ATC
Determinants of Demand
AFC
20. The more you produce the less it costs and the cheaper the product is for the consumer.
Explicit Cost
Economy of Scale
Circular Flow Model
Determinants of Supply
21. Total Variable Cost
Allocative Efficiency
Total Revenue
Elastic
TVC
22. The maximum amount an individual is willing to pay in a specific scenario
AVC
Cross Elasticity of Income
Budget Income Limits
Economic Choice
23. As demand increases - prices go up; as demand decreases - prices go down.
Long Run
Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns
Total Revenue
Law of Demand
24. To produce more of one good - a successively larger amount of the other good must be sacrificed
Law of Increasing Opportunity Cost
Implicit Cost
Consumer Utility Maximization
Allocative Efficiency
25. As successive units of a variable input are added to a fixed input - beyond some point the marginal product declines
Change in Supply
Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns
Long Run
Law of Supply
26. A change in supply that is shown by drawing a new supply curve
Change in Supply
Economy of Scale
MC
Equilibrium Price
27. A period during which at least one of a firm's resources is fixed
Change in Supply
Explicit Cost
Short Run
AVC
28. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants
PPF Curve
Long Run
Total Revenue
Scarcity
29. Factors other than price that determine the quantities supplied of a good or service.
Law of Increasing Opportunity Cost
Determinants of Supply
Surplus
Scarcity
30. An opportunity cost incurred by a firm when it uses a factor of production for which it does not make a direct money payment
Law of Increasing Opportunity Cost
MC
Markets
Implicit Cost
31. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.
Price Elasticity of Supply
Four Factors of Production (Imputs)
Markets
TFC
32. A situation in which quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied
Equilibrium Price
AFC
Shortage
Determinants of Supply
33. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied
Market Equilibrium
Surplus
PPF Curve
Total Revenue
34. When the last unit produced costs the same as the benefit recieved by consumers
Price Elasticity of Supply
MC
Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns
Allocative Efficiency
35. An alternative that we sacrifice when we make a decision
Total Revenue
Change in Quantity Demanded
Price floor
Trade-Off
36. Measures the relationship between change in quantity supplied and a change in price.
Price Elasticity of Supply
Total Revenue
Short Run
Law of Supply
37. A change in demand that is show by drawing a new demand curve
Law of Demand
MC
Elastic
Change in Demand
38. Determines and classifies the relationship between income and demand for a good or service.
Total Revenue
Cross Elasticity of Income
Law of Demand
Determinants of Demand
39. Describes demand that is very sensitive to a change in price
Elastic
ATC
Price Elasticity
Short Run
40. The total amount of money a firm receives by selling goods or services
Surplus
Shortage
Cross Elasticity of Income
Total Revenue
41. Total Fixed Cost
Determinants of Demand
Scarcity
TFC
PPF Curve
42. Average Fixed Cost
Law of Increasing Opportunity Cost
Implicit Cost
AVC
Consumer Utility Maximization
43. Divisions of the economy that specialize in certain goods or services
Law of Supply
Price Ceiling
Scarcity
Markets
44. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded
Price Elasticity of Supply
Law of Supply
Equilibrium Price
Types of Economic Systems
45. A measure of the sensitivity of demand to changes in price
Price Elasticity
Change in Quantity Demanded
Needs
Determinants of Supply
46. A cost that requires an outlay of money.
Explicit Cost
AFC
Price Elasticity
Surplus
47. A situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded
Surplus
Price floor
Price Elasticity
Market Equilibrium
48. Allocating one's income so that the marginal utility/price of the last units obtained of each good are equal
Long Run
Consumer Utility Maximization
Elastic
Change in Quantity Supplied