Question 1

What is the goods market primarily concerned with?

Accepted Answer

The buying and selling of final goods and services.

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The trading of shares in publicly traded companies.

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The exchange of labor between workers and employers.

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The interaction of buyers and sellers of raw materials.

Question 2

What defines a monopoly in economic terms?

Accepted Answer

Only one seller, unique product, total control over price, high barriers to entry.

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Few large sellers, products may vary.

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Many sellers, homogeneous products, no price control.

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One dominant buyer controlling prices.

Question 3

Which market structure has many sellers and differentiated products?

Accepted Answer

Monopolistic competition.

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Monopsony.

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Perfect competition.

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Oligopoly.

Question 4

What describes the relationship represented by the demand curve?

Accepted Answer

The inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded.

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The stability of market prices at equilibrium.

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The fluctuation of prices over time.

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The direct relationship between price and quantity supplied.

Question 5

In which market structure do few large firms compete, possibly cooperating with each other?

Accepted Answer

Oligopoly.

Answer

Perfect competition.

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Monopoly.

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Monopsony.

Question 6

What is a major characteristic of perfect competition?

Accepted Answer

Many buyers and sellers with identical products.

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One buyer controlling prices for all sellers.

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One seller with total control over prices.

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Few sellers with differentiated products.

Question 7

What does elasticity measure in economics?

Accepted Answer

How much quantity demanded or supplied changes in response to price changes.

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The total revenue generated by sales.

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The relationship between supply and demand.

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The stability of market prices over time.

Question 8

What is the primary factor that determines market equilibrium?

Accepted Answer

The point where quantity demanded equals quantity supplied.

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The average price of goods in a market.

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The total market demand at a specific price.

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The maximum price buyers are willing to pay.

Question 9

What describes a monopsony?

Accepted Answer

One dominant buyer controlling prices paid to sellers or workers.

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One seller controlling prices for many buyers.

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Many sellers competing for buyers.

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Few large buyers influencing prices.

Question 10

Which market structure has significant barriers to entry and only a few sellers?

Accepted Answer

Oligopoly.

Answer

Monopoly.

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Monopolistic competition.

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Perfect competition.

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