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CLEP Microeconomics

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. As supply increases - prices go down; as supply decreases - prices go up.






2. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied






3. Average Total Cost






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






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






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






7. Total Fixed Cost






8. Average Fixed Cost






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






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






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






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






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






14. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.






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






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






29. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants






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






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






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






33. Marginal Cost






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






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






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






37. Things that are required in order to live






38. A cost that requires an outlay of money.






39. Total Variable Cost






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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