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Principles of̣
Microecono
mics Test
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Ninth Edition

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Prentice Hall




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,Contents
Chapter 1 The Scope and Method of̣ Economics
Chapter 2 1
The Economic Problem: 29
Chapter 3 Scarcity and Choice
Demand, Supply, and 55
Chapter 4 Market Equilibrium
Demand and Supply 98
Chapter 5 Applications
Elasticity
Chapter 6 117
Household Behavior and 135
Chapter 7 Consumer Choice
The Production Process: The Behavior of̣ Prof̣it-
Chapter 8 Maximizing Firms 171
Short-Run Costs and 207
Chapter 9 Output Decisions
Long-Run Costs and 252
Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Output Decisions
Input Demand: The 292
Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Labor and Land Markets
Input Demand: The 323
Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Capital Markets and
General Equilibrium and 348
Chapter 16 the Ef̣fị ciency of̣ Perf̣ect
Monopoly and Antitrust 377
Policy
Oligopoly 425
Chapter 17 Chapter 18
Monopolistic Competition 449
Chapter 19 Chapter 20
Externalities, Public Goods, Imperf̣ect Inf̣ormation,
Chapter 21 and Social Choice 476
Uncertainty and Asymmetric Inf̣ormation
517
Income Distribution and 535
Poverty
Public Finance: The Economics of̣ Taxation
563
International Trade, 592
Comparative Advantage,
Economic Growth in 628

, Chapter 1The Scope and Method of̣ Economics

1.1Why Study Economics?
1Multiple Choice

1)The reasons to study economics include which of̣ the f̣ollowing?
A) to be an inf̣ormed voter B) to understand society and global
af̣fa
̣ irs C)to learn a way of̣ thinking D) all of̣ the above
Answer:D
Dif̣f:̣ 1
Topic:Why Study
Economics?
Skill:Fact

2)Marginalism is
A) the best alternative that we f̣orego when making a
decision.
B) the study of̣ how societies choose to use scarce resources.
C)a market situation in which prof̣it opportunities are eliminated almost
instantaneously.
D) the process of̣ analyzing the additional costs or benef̣its arising f̣rom a decision.
Answer:D
Dif̣f:̣ 1
Topic:Why Study
Economics?
Skill:Def̣inition

3)Economics is best def̣ined as the
study of̣
A) f̣inancial decision-making.
B) how consumers make purchasing decisions.
C)choices made by people f̣aced with
scarcity.
D) inf̣lation, unemployment, and economic
growth.
Answer:C
Dif̣f:̣ 2
Topic:Why Study
Economics?
Skill:Def̣inition

4)The Industrial Revolution ref̣ers to the rise of̣ the modern f̣actory system in
________ during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
A) the United States B) England
C)France D)
Germany
Answer:B
Dif̣f:̣ 1
Topic:Why Study
Economics?
Skill:Fact