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CLEP Microeconomics

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A situation in which quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied






2. Marginal Cost






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






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






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






6. A situation in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied






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






8. Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Total Variable Cost






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






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






20. The price that balances quantity supplied and quantity demanded






21. Land - Capital - Labor - Entrepreneurship.






22. Average Total Cost






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






24. Total Fixed Cost






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. A cost that requires an outlay of money.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Average Fixed Cost






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Things that are required in order to live






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






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






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