This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > Microeconomics > Demand > Demand – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Demand Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When quantity supplied exceeds quantity demanded at a certain price. A) Surplus. B) Shortage. C) Search costs. D) Fad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surplus. 2. If there is a decrease in demand, the demand curve will shift to the A) Up. B) Left. C) Down. D) Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 3. The amount that is added to the cost of a product or service to cover operating expenses and to allow for a profit. A) Inflation. B) Markup. C) Equilibrium. D) Price fixing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Markup. 4. On a demand curve, a change in quantity demanded is represented by A) A shift to the left. B) A shift to the right. C) A movement along the curve. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A movement along the curve. 5. If price of Powerade decreases, what is the affect on the demand for Gatorade? A) The demand for Powerade is not affected. B) The demand for Gatorade decreases. C) The demand for Powerade decreases. D) The demand for Gatorade increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The demand for Gatorade decreases. 6. The ..... is the change in the amount that consumers will buy because the purchasing power of their income changes. A) Substitute. B) Substitution effect. C) Complement. D) Income effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Income effect. 7. Total Utility will be greatest when marginal utility equals A) 2. B) 3. C) 1. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0. 8. A change in the demand for apples could result from any of the following except A) A change in the price of an apple. B) Increased preferences for fresh fruit consumption for health reasons. C) A change in the number of buyers. D) A change in the price of a banana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A change in the price of an apple. 9. When cross elasticity of demand is a large positive number, one can conclude that: A) The good is a substitute. B) The good is inferior. C) The good is a complement. D) The good is normal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The good is a substitute. 10. The horizontal demand curve parallel to x-axis implies that the elasticity of demand is: A) Greater than zero but less than infinity. B) Infinite. C) Equal to one. D) Zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinite. 11. Which of the following is an example of prestige pricing? A) Charging wealthy customers higher prices than other customers. B) Charging high prices for status products. C) Negotiating prices at a swap meet. D) Selling a football jersey for $ 19.99. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charging high prices for status products. 12. A table that lists the quantity of a good that a single person will buy at each price in a market. A) Demand schedule. B) Market demand schedule. C) Elasticity chart. D) Supply and demand graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demand schedule. 13. If a bunch of people move into a community, what will happen to demand for some products in that community? A) Go down. B) Go up. C) Stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go up. 14. The USA has mostly a ..... economy. A) Command. B) Traditional. C) Mixed. D) Market. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Market. 15. Short supply shortage is A) Scarcity. B) Trade off. C) A and B. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scarcity. 16. On the market demand and supply graph, the vertical axis shows A) Demand. B) Equilibrium. C) Prices. D) Quantity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prices. 17. A supply curve slopes: A) Upward. B) Downward. C) Vertical. D) Not at All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Upward. 18. The related goods of peanut butter and jelly can be classified as: A) Independent goods. B) Substitute goods. C) Complementary goods. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complementary goods. 19. On the demand and supply graph, the horizontal axis shows A) Demand. B) Equilibrium. C) Prices. D) Quantity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quantity. 20. As the price of cars decrease, the demand for gasoline: A) Increases. B) Decreases. C) Doesn't change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increases. 21. In which of the following market structure is the degree of control over the price of its product by a firm very large? A) Imperfect competition. B) Perfect competition. C) Monopoly. D) In A and B both. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monopoly. 22. If own-price elasticity of demand equals 0.3 in absolute value, then what percentage change in price will result in a 6% decrease in quantity demanded? A) 6%. B) 20%. C) 50%. D) 3%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20%. 23. What effect to the market demand curve is caused by a change in price? A) A shift of the demand curve. B) Movement along the the demand curve. C) Removal of the demand curve. D) Frankly, I really don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movement along the the demand curve. 24. The maximum legal price that can be charged is called a A) Price ceiling. B) Price fan. C) Price stair. D) Price floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Price ceiling. 25. Ceteris paribus, or "all other things held constant, " is an assumption that which of the following has effects on a demand schedule? A) Price. B) Rice. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Price. 26. What are the two functions of price? A) Reallocating and signalling. B) Incentive and reallocating. C) Reallocating and measuring. D) Signalling and incentive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Signalling and incentive. 27. If no good substitutes are available for a particular product, that product's demand will be A) Perfectly elastic. B) Substitution possibilities do not affect elasticity. C) Less elastic. D) More elastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less elastic. 28. If the price of a product increases, and the quantity demanded remains the same, what kind of demand is this? A) Inelastic demand. B) Elastic demand. C) Unit elastic demand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inelastic demand. 29. The more of a product that you consume, the less satisfaction the consumer enjoys.. A) Income effect. B) Diminishing marginal utility. C) Demand elasticity. D) Purchasing power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diminishing marginal utility. 30. Which of the following replaces a costly item with a less costly one? A) Substitution effect. B) The income effect. C) Change in demand. D) Products that are complements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Substitution effect. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMicroeconomics QuizzesEconomics QuizzesDemand Quiz 1Demand Quiz 2Demand Quiz 3Demand Quiz 4Demand Quiz 5Demand Quiz 6Demand Quiz 7Demand Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books