2026 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers | New Update
All sellers face capacity or supply constraints. Hard constraints are -
ANSWER ✔✔Constraints that cannot be violated at any price in the
short term
Soft constraints are - ANSWER ✔✔Constraints that can be violated
at some price
When supply is constrained, the seller can - ANSWER ✔✔Do
nothing, raise the price until demand meets supply, or favor some
customers with the limited supply
, The runout price is the price at which - ANSWER ✔✔Demand equals
supply
Let d(p) be the demand price response function, c the incremental cost
and b the constrained supply. The constrained contribution maximization
problem consists of finding a price PC* such that - ANSWER
✔✔(PC*- c) d(PC* ) = Max (p-c)d(p) subject to d(p) <= b
In a constrained supply environment, the total opportunity cost is -
ANSWER ✔✔The amount the seller would be willing to pay to
eliminate the constraint
If the price response function is given by d(p)=50000-2500p, c=$10 and
the constrained supply b = 10,000, what is the optimum price that
maximizes total contribution - ANSWER ✔✔$16
If the price response function is given by d(p)=50000-2500p, c=$10 and
the constrained supply b = 10,000, what is the total opportunity cost? -
ANSWER ✔✔$2500
The marginal opportunity cost is - ANSWER ✔✔The amount the
supplier would be willing to pay for one more unit of capacity or supply