,CHAPTER 2
1) When the market is in equilibrium,
a) Total surplus is minimized
b) Total surplus is maximized without government intervention
c) Government maximizes total revenue
d) None of the above
ANS: B
2) The difference between the minimum price the producer is willing to accept and the price the
producer actually receives for a product is referred to as:
a) market surplus
b) market shortage
c) buyer surplus
d) seller surplus.
ANS: D
3) If you are willing to sell your lawn mower business for $355,000 and someone offers you
$420,000 for it, this transaction will generate:
a) There is no surplus created
b) $65,000 worth of seller surplus and unknown amount of buyer surplus
c) $30,000 worth of buyer surplus and $35,000 of seller surplus
d) $65,000 worth of buyer surplus and unknown amount of seller surplus
ANS: B
4) Taxes cause:
a) Market distortions
b) Reduce incentives to work
c) Decrease wealth creating transactions
d) All of the above
ANS: D
5) A price ceiling is binding when
a) the government sets price above market equilibrium price.
b) the equivalent of an implicit tax on producers and an implicit subsidy to consumers.
c) the government sets price below market equilibrium price.
d) Both b and c.
ANS: B
6) Economic reasoning is based on the premise that:
a) all decisions or actions are costless.
b) only non-economic decisions or actions have a cost associated with them.
c) only economic decisions or actions have a cost associated with them.
d) all decisions and actions have a cost associated with them.
ANS: D
7) Social forces:
a) affect the price mechanism through cultural norms.
b) affect the price mechanism through the educational system.
c) affect the price mechanism through scarcity.
, d) do not affect the price mechanism.
ANS: A
8) One lesson of business:
a) is tracing the consequences of a policy
b) promoting a policy change to eradicate inefficiencies
c) buy a low-valued assets and sell it to someone who values it higher.
d) None of the above
ANS: C
9) The difference between the maximum price the consumer is willing to pay and the price the
consumer actually pays for a product is referred to as:
a) market surplus
b) market shortage
c) buyer surplus
d) seller surplus.
ANS: C
10) If you are willing to sell your car business for $500,000 and someone offers you $420,000 for it,
this transaction will generate:
a) There is no surplus created
b) $80,000 worth of seller surplus and unknown amount of buyer surplus
c) $40,000 worth of buyer surplus and $40,000 of seller surplus
d) $80,000 worth of buyer surplus and unknown amount of seller surplus
ANS: A
11) If you are willing to purchase a house for $300,000 and you purchase the house for $275,000, this
transaction will generate:
a) There is no surplus created
b) $25,000 worth of seller surplus and unknown amount of buyer surplus
c) $10,000 worth of buyer surplus and $15,000 of seller surplus
d) $25,000 worth of buyer surplus and unknown amount of seller surplus
ANS: D
12) If you are willing to purchase a house for $500,000 and you purchase the house for $500,000 ,
this transaction will generate:
a) There is no surplus created
b) $0 worth of seller surplus and unknown amount of buyer surplus
c) $0 worth of buyer surplus and unknown amount of seller surplus
d) Not information provided
ANS: C
13) Total surplus or gains created from trade equal
a) Seller surplus
b) Buyer surplus
c) The summation of seller and buyer surplus
d) Profits earned by a firm
ANS: C
14) The biggest advantage of capitalism is that
, a) It generates wealth with the help of government intervention
b) Prices hinder in moving assets from high-value to low-value uses
c) It forces involuntary exchanges
d) It creates wealth by letting a person follow his or her own self-interest
ANS: D
15) The authors feel subsidies destroy wealth because
a) subsidies move assets from lower- to higher- valued uses
b) subsidies move assets from higher- to lower- valued uses
c) subsidies help producers only
d) subsidies help consumers only
ANS: B
16) Government can intervene in the market through
a) Price floors
b) Price ceilings
c) Taxes
d) All the above
ANS: D
17) Government intervention
a) provides incentives to conduct business in an illegal black market
b) plays no role in generating wealth
c) is the best way to eliminate poverty
d) does not enforce property rights
ANS: A
18) Wealth creating transactions are less likely to occur
a) Without private property rights
b) Without contract enforcement
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
ANS: D
19) An example of price floor is
a) Minimum wages
b) Rent controls in New York
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
ANS: A
20) Price ceilings cause
a) Some suppliers to drop out of the market as they cannot charge the price they were earlier
charging
b) A reduction in the quality of the product
c) The creation of black markets
d) All the above
ANS: D
21) A consumer values a car at $30,000 and a producer values the same car at $20,000. If the
transaction is completed at $24,000, the transaction will generate:
1) When the market is in equilibrium,
a) Total surplus is minimized
b) Total surplus is maximized without government intervention
c) Government maximizes total revenue
d) None of the above
ANS: B
2) The difference between the minimum price the producer is willing to accept and the price the
producer actually receives for a product is referred to as:
a) market surplus
b) market shortage
c) buyer surplus
d) seller surplus.
ANS: D
3) If you are willing to sell your lawn mower business for $355,000 and someone offers you
$420,000 for it, this transaction will generate:
a) There is no surplus created
b) $65,000 worth of seller surplus and unknown amount of buyer surplus
c) $30,000 worth of buyer surplus and $35,000 of seller surplus
d) $65,000 worth of buyer surplus and unknown amount of seller surplus
ANS: B
4) Taxes cause:
a) Market distortions
b) Reduce incentives to work
c) Decrease wealth creating transactions
d) All of the above
ANS: D
5) A price ceiling is binding when
a) the government sets price above market equilibrium price.
b) the equivalent of an implicit tax on producers and an implicit subsidy to consumers.
c) the government sets price below market equilibrium price.
d) Both b and c.
ANS: B
6) Economic reasoning is based on the premise that:
a) all decisions or actions are costless.
b) only non-economic decisions or actions have a cost associated with them.
c) only economic decisions or actions have a cost associated with them.
d) all decisions and actions have a cost associated with them.
ANS: D
7) Social forces:
a) affect the price mechanism through cultural norms.
b) affect the price mechanism through the educational system.
c) affect the price mechanism through scarcity.
, d) do not affect the price mechanism.
ANS: A
8) One lesson of business:
a) is tracing the consequences of a policy
b) promoting a policy change to eradicate inefficiencies
c) buy a low-valued assets and sell it to someone who values it higher.
d) None of the above
ANS: C
9) The difference between the maximum price the consumer is willing to pay and the price the
consumer actually pays for a product is referred to as:
a) market surplus
b) market shortage
c) buyer surplus
d) seller surplus.
ANS: C
10) If you are willing to sell your car business for $500,000 and someone offers you $420,000 for it,
this transaction will generate:
a) There is no surplus created
b) $80,000 worth of seller surplus and unknown amount of buyer surplus
c) $40,000 worth of buyer surplus and $40,000 of seller surplus
d) $80,000 worth of buyer surplus and unknown amount of seller surplus
ANS: A
11) If you are willing to purchase a house for $300,000 and you purchase the house for $275,000, this
transaction will generate:
a) There is no surplus created
b) $25,000 worth of seller surplus and unknown amount of buyer surplus
c) $10,000 worth of buyer surplus and $15,000 of seller surplus
d) $25,000 worth of buyer surplus and unknown amount of seller surplus
ANS: D
12) If you are willing to purchase a house for $500,000 and you purchase the house for $500,000 ,
this transaction will generate:
a) There is no surplus created
b) $0 worth of seller surplus and unknown amount of buyer surplus
c) $0 worth of buyer surplus and unknown amount of seller surplus
d) Not information provided
ANS: C
13) Total surplus or gains created from trade equal
a) Seller surplus
b) Buyer surplus
c) The summation of seller and buyer surplus
d) Profits earned by a firm
ANS: C
14) The biggest advantage of capitalism is that
, a) It generates wealth with the help of government intervention
b) Prices hinder in moving assets from high-value to low-value uses
c) It forces involuntary exchanges
d) It creates wealth by letting a person follow his or her own self-interest
ANS: D
15) The authors feel subsidies destroy wealth because
a) subsidies move assets from lower- to higher- valued uses
b) subsidies move assets from higher- to lower- valued uses
c) subsidies help producers only
d) subsidies help consumers only
ANS: B
16) Government can intervene in the market through
a) Price floors
b) Price ceilings
c) Taxes
d) All the above
ANS: D
17) Government intervention
a) provides incentives to conduct business in an illegal black market
b) plays no role in generating wealth
c) is the best way to eliminate poverty
d) does not enforce property rights
ANS: A
18) Wealth creating transactions are less likely to occur
a) Without private property rights
b) Without contract enforcement
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
ANS: D
19) An example of price floor is
a) Minimum wages
b) Rent controls in New York
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
ANS: A
20) Price ceilings cause
a) Some suppliers to drop out of the market as they cannot charge the price they were earlier
charging
b) A reduction in the quality of the product
c) The creation of black markets
d) All the above
ANS: D
21) A consumer values a car at $30,000 and a producer values the same car at $20,000. If the
transaction is completed at $24,000, the transaction will generate:
