ECON 2Z03 intermediate microeconomics I Sample and
Practice Questions and answers 2024 for Quiz 2
McMaster University
Sample and Practice Questions for Quiz 2
Econ 2Z03
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(1) As president and CEO of MegaWorld industries, you must decide on some very risky alternative
investments:
Profit if Probability of Probability of
Project Loss if Failure
Successful Success Failure
A $10 million .5 -$6 million .5
B $50 million .2 -$4 million .8
C $90 million .1 -$10 million .9
D $20 million .8 -$50 million .2
E $15 million .4 $0 .6
The highest expected return belongs to investment:
A) A.
B) B.
C) C.
D) D.
(2) The weighted average of all possible outcomes of a project, with the probabilities of the
outcomes used as weights, is known as the:
A) variance.
B) standard deviation.
C) expected value.
D) coefficient of variation.
(3) The variance of an investment opportunity:
A) cannot be negative.
B) has the same unit of measure as the variable from which it is derived.
C) is a measure of central tendency.
D) is unrelated to the standard deviation.
(4) An investment opportunity is a sure thing; it will pay off $100 regardless of which of the
three possible outcomes comes to pass. The variance of this investment opportunity:
A) is 0.
, B) is 1.
C) is 2.
D) is -1.
E) cannot be determined without knowing the probabilities of each of the outcomes.
Practice Questions and answers 2024 for Quiz 2
McMaster University
Sample and Practice Questions for Quiz 2
Econ 2Z03
Please refrain from publishing this question set on any online platform.
Try to solve all questions yourself, consulting with the book, materials provided in lecture notes, and
handout. If you solve it and send it back to me, I’ll provide you with the solutions.
(1) As president and CEO of MegaWorld industries, you must decide on some very risky alternative
investments:
Profit if Probability of Probability of
Project Loss if Failure
Successful Success Failure
A $10 million .5 -$6 million .5
B $50 million .2 -$4 million .8
C $90 million .1 -$10 million .9
D $20 million .8 -$50 million .2
E $15 million .4 $0 .6
The highest expected return belongs to investment:
A) A.
B) B.
C) C.
D) D.
(2) The weighted average of all possible outcomes of a project, with the probabilities of the
outcomes used as weights, is known as the:
A) variance.
B) standard deviation.
C) expected value.
D) coefficient of variation.
(3) The variance of an investment opportunity:
A) cannot be negative.
B) has the same unit of measure as the variable from which it is derived.
C) is a measure of central tendency.
D) is unrelated to the standard deviation.
(4) An investment opportunity is a sure thing; it will pay off $100 regardless of which of the
three possible outcomes comes to pass. The variance of this investment opportunity:
A) is 0.
, B) is 1.
C) is 2.
D) is -1.
E) cannot be determined without knowing the probabilities of each of the outcomes.
