Questions with Verified Solutions
1. If the demand for French bread is elastic and the baker holds a French bread
sale,
a.he will sell a lot more bread
b.he may sell more bread, but not a lot more
c.he won't sell any more bread
d.demand will increase - ANSWER a.he will sell a lot more bread
2. If we raise price by 10 cents and quantity demanded falls by 10,000 units,
we would conclude that
a.demand is elastic
b.demand is inelastic
c.demand is unit elastic
d.there is not enough information to determine whether demand is elastic or not
- ANSWER d.there is not enough information to determine whether demand is
elastic or not
3. If I tell you that the price of cameras has fallen and the number sold has
fallen rather than risen, you would know that
a.the Law of Demand has been violated
b.supply is greater than demand
c.demand is greater than supply
d.the demand for cameras has decreased
,e.the supply of cameras has decreased - ANSWER d.the demand for cameras
has decreased
4. Which of the following is true?
a.It takes a higher price to get 75 units supplied than to get 75 units demanded
b.It takes a higher price to get 75 units demanded than to get 75 units supplied
c.75 units is the equilibrium quantity in the market
d.All of the above. - ANSWER a.It takes a higher price to get 75 units supplied
than to get 75 units demanded
5. Which of the following will lead to an increase in the demand for satellite
TV?
a.A fall in consumer income if satellite TV is a normal good
b.A big satellite TV sale
c.A rise in the price of Netflix (a substitute)
d.All of the above - ANSWER c.A rise in the price of Netflix (a substitute)
6. What happens in the market for ink when the price of the lead used to make
pencils rises?
a.Demand increases
b.Demand decreases
c.Supply increases
d.Supply decreases
e.None of the above, because ink isn't used in lead - ANSWER a.Demand
increases
, 7. 29.If the elasticity of demand for camera film is -2.6, and the price of film is
raised by 10 percent,
a.the quantity demanded will fall by 2.6 percent
b.the quantity demanded will fall by 26 percent
c.the quantity demanded will fall by 260 percent
d.the quantity demanded must fall, but we need more information to determine
by how much. - ANSWER b.the quantity demanded will fall by 26 percent
8. If a good is a necessity, demand for that good will tend to be
a.elastic
b.inelastic
c.elastic when price falls and inelastic when it rises
d.unit elastic
e.horizontal - ANSWER b.inelastic
9. "Elasticity" measures the relationship between
a.supply and demand
b.quantity supplied and quantity demanded
c.supply and closeness of substitutes
d.price and quantity
e.None of the above - ANSWER d.price and quantity
10.A businesswoman says "No matter how much we cut price, we just don't
seem to get many new customers." In other words, she thinks demand for
her product is
a.less than the supply
b.inelastic