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CLEP Microeconomics

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A period of time of sufficient length that all the firm's factors of production are variable






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied






12. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Average Total Cost






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






23. A cost that requires an outlay of money.






24. Average Fixed Cost






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






26. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants






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






28. Things that are required in order to live






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






30. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Total Variable Cost






43. Marginal Cost






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






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






46. 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






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






48. Total Fixed Cost