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This ECON 2102 Test 1 (2025/2026) exam prep document includes 60+ verified multiple-choice questions with correct answers, reflecting the latest updates in introductory microeconomics curriculum. It’s designed to help students strengthen their conceptual understanding and test-taking skills for their first major exam in Principles of Microeconomics courses such as those at UNC Charlotte or similar institutions. The questions cover core foundational topics in microeconomics, helping students apply economic principles to theoretical and real-world scenarios. Key areas addressed: Supply & Demand: shifts, surpluses, shortages, equilibrium pricing Market Failures: externalities, public goods, government intervention Opportunity Cost: trade-offs, production possibility frontier (PPF), increasing opportunity costs Price Controls: minimum wage, price ceilings, unemployment effects Public vs Private Goods: excludability, free rider problem Economic Systems: market capitalist vs command socialist structures Positive vs Normative Statements: economic reasoning and statement classification Taxes and Redistribution: progressive taxation, income distribution, social security Production Decisions: resource allocation, scarcity, and the law of demand Fallacies & Ceteris Paribus: logic in economic cause-effect reasoning Complementary/Substitute Goods: effects on related markets and demand shifts The document is designed for clarity and practical revision—each question includes a final answer for fast checking and self-paced learning. Best suited for: Students enrolled in ECON 2102, Microeconomics, or equivalent college-level courses Business, Economics, and Public Policy majors preparing for midterms Learners studying for CLEP, DSST, or general education econ exams Tutors, instructors, or peer educators delivering test prep sessions Keywords: ECON 2102 test 1, supply and demand, opportunity cost, market failure, price ceiling, surplus and shortage, production possibilities, externalities, economic reasoning, public goods, scarcity, taxation, minimum wage, positive statement, normative statement, microeconomics midterm

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ECON 2102 Test 1 2025/2026 Exam
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1. If corn products are found to cause cancer, then the

a. Demand curve for corn will shift left

b. Supply curve for corn will shift left

c. Supply curve for corn with shift right


d. None of the choices are correct - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a. Demand curve for

corn will shift left

1. Firms in Colorado dump waste into the Colorado River and as a result,

people in California and Mexico cannot use the water. What type of market

failure is most likely involved?

a. Inequality

b. Market power

,c. Public goods


d. Externalities - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Externalities


1. Which of the following is not a basic decision that all nations must

confront?

a. Should we have economic growth?

b. How should we produce goods and services?

c. What goods and services should we produce?


d. For whom should goods and services be produced? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a.

Should we have economic growth?

1. If the actual market price were fixed at $15 per unit in Figure 3.2,

a. There would be a shortage of 40 units

b. There would be a surplus of 40 units

c. There would be a surplus of 20 units


d. There would be a shortage of 20 units - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a. There would

be a surplus of 40 units

1. Refer to Figure 1.7. The cost of producing at point D rather than poin J is

, a. AC units of food

b. OM units of clothing

c. OA units of food


d. KM units of clothing - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a. KM units of clothing


1. A private good

a. Results in market failure when provided in markets characterized by

laissez faire

b. Experiences free riders

c. Is provided most efficiently by the government

d. Is consumed by one person and excludes consumption by others -

🧠ANSWER ✔✔a. Is consumed by one person and excludes consumption

by others

1. A market is said to be in equilibrium when

a. A demand is fully satisfied at all alternative prices

b. The buying intentions of all consumers are realized

c. They supply intentions of all sellers are realized



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