Types of Price Elasticity of Demand and Demand Variation
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What concept measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price?

  • Elasticity of Demand (correct)
  • Law of Demand
  • Law of Supply
  • Elasticity of Supply

What does the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility state?

  • As the price decreases, demand increases.
  • Consumers are rational decision-makers.
  • As consumption increases, the additional satisfaction decreases. (correct)
  • Consumers will always maximize utility.

What does macroeconomics focus on?

  • Microeconomic factors
  • Determinants of Demand (correct)
  • Determinants of Supply
  • Economic activities at the individual level

Which assumption is made in relation to the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility?

<p>Consumers always make rational decisions. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a microeconomic concept?

<p>Determinants of Demand (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an exception to the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility?

<p>Consuming water when extremely thirsty. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of the study of microeconomics?

<p>Determinants of Demand (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does understanding Elasticity of Demand help businesses?

<p>By adjusting production levels based on consumer response. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which level of economic analysis includes studying national income and output?

<p>Macroeconomics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of economics deals with individual choices and market behavior?

<p>Microeconomics (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of Micro Economics?

<p>Individual economic units (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a type of Monopoly?

<p>Oligopoly (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of studying Micro Economics?

<p>Allocating scarce resources efficiently (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement best describes the features of Micro Economics?

<p>Examines individual economic units (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of Monopoly results from ownership or control of a key resource?

<p>Natural Monopoly (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Law of Supply describe?

<p>The relationship between price and quantity supplied. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Law of Supply, what happens to the quantity supplied as price decreases?

<p>It decreases. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the assumptions of the Law of Supply?

<p>Constant consumer preferences. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an exception to the Law of Supply?

<p>Supply decreases when production costs increase. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the Law of Supply relate to producer behavior?

<p>It influences how producers adjust their output in response to price changes. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which concept helps in understanding how demand changes with respect to price changes?

<p>Price Elasticity of Demand (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Price Elasticity of Demand indicate when it is greater than 1?

<p>Elastic demand (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does an Income Elasticity of Demand of 0 suggest?

<p>Inferior good (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which concept measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded for one good due to a change in the price of another good?

<p>Cross Elasticity of Demand (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the concept of Price Elasticity of Demand help businesses make pricing decisions?

<p>By evaluating the impact of changes in price on sales volume (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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