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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. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A cost that requires an outlay of money.






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






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






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






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






17. Average Fixed Cost






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






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






20. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Average Total Cost






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






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






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






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






33. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.






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






35. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants






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






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






38. Things that are required in order to live






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






40. Total Variable Cost






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






42. Total Fixed Cost






43. Marginal Cost






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






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






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






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






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