Microeconomics – Supply Questions

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All else being equal, if the price of a product decreases, we would expect:
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Quantity supplied to decrease
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Which of the following statements is true about supply?
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As price increases, producers are willing and able to put more of the good on the market for sale.
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The law of supply indicates that, all else held constant,
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Producers will be willing and able to offer more of a product at high prices than at low prices
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Which of the following would cause the supply of apples to shift from S1 to S3?
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a decrease in the number of apple farmers
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Because of unseasonably cold weather, the supply of oranges has substantially decreased. This statement indicates the:
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Amount of oranges that will be available at various prices has declined.
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If a subsidy is provided for the production of good X, this will shift the:
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Supply curve X to the right
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1 If there were 300 sellers in the market, each with a supply schedule identical to seller 1 in the table above, then the weekly quantity of hamburgers supplied in the market at a price of $2 would be:
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$600
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Which one of the following is not assumed to be constant when the supply curve for a product is drawn?
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Price of the product
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All else held constant, if the government places a tax on each gallon of gasoline produced, then this would cause a:
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Leftward shift in the current supply of gasoline
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Which of the following will shift the supply curve for USB flash drives to the right?
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An increase in the number of sellers
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If a tax is placed on the production of good X, this will shift the:
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Supply curve for X to the left
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Which of the following would cause a rightward shift of the supply curve for cell-phone services?
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A decrease in the wages of workers employed by cell-phone companies
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The diagram above shows three supply curves for apples. A movement from point a to point b is caused by a change in the :
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Price of apples in the market
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Which one of the following would not affect the position of the supply curve for cranberries?
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The popularity of cranberry drinks
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An improvement in production technology will:
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Shift the supply curve to the right
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Resources include:
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-land -entrepreneurial ability -capital -labor
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A ______ on producers increases the cost of producing.
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tax
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Firms will be willing and able to produce more output only when prices rise, because the:
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Opportunity cost of production is increasing
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Taxes and subsidies matter, because they:
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-have unanticipated effects on other markets -stimulate production or collect revenue
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Resources are:
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-inputs used to produce goods and services -factors of production -land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial ability
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A change in taxes and subsidies on producers alters market ______, but not market ________.
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Supply; demand
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According to the principle of diminishing marginal productivity:
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If at least one input of production is fixed, the marginal productivity of additional variable resources will eventually fall, all else held constant