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CLEP Microeconomics

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A movement along the supply curve that occurs in response to a change in price






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






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






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






5. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants






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






7. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Total Variable Cost






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






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






20. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied






21. Average Total Cost






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






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






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






25. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded






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






27. Total Fixed Cost






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. Things that are required in order to live






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






38. Average Fixed Cost






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






40. A cost that requires an outlay of money.






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






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






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






44. Marginal Cost






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






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






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






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