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Questions # 71:

A business can always raise its profits or reduce its losses by increasing output

Options:

A.

providing total revenue rises as a result


B.

if it is operating on the downward sloping part of its average cost curve


C.

providing total revenue rises faster than total variable costs


D.

if it is operating on the upward sloping part of its total revenue curve


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Questions # 72:

Which of the following influences explains why the average costs of a firm will rise in the short run?

Options:

A.

Diseconomies of scale


B.

Rising unit costs


C.

Diminishing marginal returns


D.

Diminishing returns to scale


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Questions # 73:

When the government intervenes in the market economy to correct a market failure

Options:

A.

Economic welfare always increases


B.

The problem of government failure may result


C.

In all cases the market mechanism ceases to function


D.

The intervention always creates a surplus


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Questions # 74:

Which of the following events might cause the demand curve for chicken meat to shift to the right?

Options:

A.

A fall in the price of chicken meat


B.

A fall in the prices of turkey meat


C.

An outbreak of salmonella infection in chicken meat


D.

The publication of a health report urging people to eat white rather than red meats


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Questions # 75:

All of the following would tend to lead to an industry being dominated by a small number of firms except one. Which ONE is the exception?

Options:

A.

Significant economies of scale in production


B.

The existence of entry barriers to the industry


C.

High initial capital costs in production


D.

Extensive consumer knowledge of products and prices


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Questions # 76:

Which ONE of the following statements best defines the principal-agent problem in a company?

Options:

A.

A lack of consultation of shareholders by directors


B.

Personal goals are pursued by directors that are inconsistent with the welfare of shareholders


C.

Shareholders don't always know what management is doing


D.

Directors get paid too much for the job they do


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Questions # 77:

A business is selling a good with a price inelastic demand. If it decreases the supply of the good the result will be:

Options:

A.

the market price will rise, demand will contract and total revenue will rise


B.

the market price will rise, demand will contract and total revenue will fall


C.

the market price will rise, demand will decrease and total revenue will fall


D.

the market price will fall, demand will increase and total revenue will rise


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Questions # 78:

Which of the following can be efficiently allocated between competing uses by the price mechanism?

Options:

A.

Private goods


B.

Public goods


C.

Free goods


D.

Externalities


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Questions # 79:

Which ONE of the following is NOT a class of stakeholder?

Options:

A.

Connected


B.

Internal


C.

External


D.

Collaborative


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Questions # 80:

In the long run a firm may find its average cost of production rising because

Options:

A.

of the operation of diminishing returns to a fixed factor


B.

of the effect of diseconomies of scale


C.

over time the price of purchased inputs rises


D.

in the long run all costs are variable costs


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