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Sam Voter prefers Ronald to Joe, Joe to Gary, and Gary to Ronald. Sam’s preferences
- Are not transitive
If widgets and gidgets are complements and both are normal goods, then an increase in the demand for widgets will result from
- A decrease in the price of gidgets
If sugar and Nutrasweet are substitutes, then we can be certain that a decrease in the price of sugar will lead to an increase in the consumption of ____?
- Sugar
If widgets and gidgets are complements and both are normal goods, then a decrease in the demand for widgets will result from
- A decrease in income
Consider a two good world, with commodities X and Y. Which of the following statements is correct?
- If good X is an inferior good, good Y must be a normal good
Joe consumes 48 units of food and 12 units of clothing. If food is an inferior good,
- Joe would strictly prefer receiving $10 in cash to receiving a $10 gift certificate at a clothing store
Mitchell’s money income is $150, the price of X is $2, and the price of Y is $2. Given these prices and income, Mitchell buys 50 units of X and 25 units of Y. Call this combination of X and Y bundle J. At bundle J Mitchell’s MRS is 2. At bundle J, if Mitchell increases consumption of Y by 1 unit how many units of X must he give up in order to satisfy his budget constraint?
- 1
Mitchell’s money income is $150, the price of X is $2, and the price of Y is $2. Given these prices and income, Mitchell buys 50 units of X and 25 units of Y. Call this combination of X and Y bundle J. At bundle J Mitchell’s MRS is 2. Given these prices and income, what is Mitchell’s equilibrium consumption of X?
- X > 50
Mitchell’s money income is $150, the price of X is $2, and the price of Y is $2. Given these prices and income, Mitchell buys 50 units of X and 25 units of Y. Call this combination of X and Y bundle J. At bundle J Mitchell’s MRS is 2. At bundle J, if Mitchell increases consumption of Y by 1 unit how many units of X can he give up and still reach the same level of utility?
- ½
Managers can get workers to work longer hours
- With higher overtime pay in excess of regular hourly pay
The revenues earned by the firm from the consumer may be maximized under
- The buy one get one free offer
The firm manager with horizontal indifference curves (output on the horizontal axis, profit on the vertical axis) views
- Only profits to be "goods."
A firm manager with vertical indifference curves (output on the horizontal axis, profit on the vertical axis) views
- Only output to be "goods."
The firm manager with indifference curves which are convex from the origin (output on the horizontal axis and profit on the vertical axis) views
- Both profits and outputs to be "goods."
Suppose a worker is offered a wage of $8 per hour, plus a fixed payment of $100 per day, and he can use 24 hours per day. What is the equation for the worker’s opportunity set? (E is total earnings and L is leisure)
- E = 292 - 8L
Suppose a worker is offered a wage of $8 per hour, plus a fixed payment of $100 per day, and he can use 24 hours per day. What is the market rate of substitution between leisure and income?
- $8
Suppose a worker is offered a wage of $8 per hour, plus a fixed payment of $100 per day, and he can use 24 hours per day. What is the minimum the worker can earn in a day?
- $100
Suppose a worker is offered a wage of $8 per hour, plus a fixed payment of $100 per day, and he can use 24 hours per day. What are the maximum total earnings the worker can earn in a day?
- $292
If a firm offers to pay a worker $10 for each hour of leisure the worker gives up the $10 implies the
- Market rate of substitution between leisure and income
If a firm offers to pay a worker $10 for each hour of leisure the worker gives up then the opportunities confronting the worker will be given by the
- Straight line with a negative slope
