Foundations of Microeconomics

Microeconomics

A collection of factual questions covering core microeconomic concepts including market structures, production theory, and consumer behavior.

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8 Questions Medium Ages 16+ Sep 23, 2026

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1 Which market structure is characterized by a single seller providing a unique product with high barriers to entry?

A Perfect competition
B Monopoly
C Oligopoly
D Monopolistic competition

2 What does the law of diminishing marginal returns state occurs as more units of a variable input are added to a fixed input?

A Total output eventually decreases
B Marginal product eventually declines
C Average cost becomes constant
D Fixed costs increase

3 In economics, what is the term for the value of the next best alternative that is given up when a decision is made?

A Sunk cost
B Explicit cost
C Opportunity cost
D Accounting cost

4 What type of good experiences an increase in demand when a consumer's income increases?

A Inferior good
B Giffen good
C Normal good
D Veblen good

5 Which of the following describes a situation where the quantity supplied of a good is perfectly unresponsive to changes in price?

A Perfectly elastic supply
B Unit elastic supply
C Perfectly inelastic supply
D Relatively elastic supply

6 What is the point at which the quantity demanded of a product equals the quantity supplied?

A Market equilibrium
B Price ceiling
C Shortage
D Surplus

7 Which economic concept refers to the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in the price of the good?

A Income elasticity of demand
B Cross-price elasticity of demand
C Price elasticity of demand
D Marginal utility

8 What is the relationship where, holding all else constant, as the price of a good increases, the quantity supplied increases?

A Law of demand
B Law of supply
C Law of diminishing utility
D Law of scarcity

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