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11. [B] Typically for a monopolist:
- Aaverage revenue is less than marginal revenue
- Bmarginal revenue is greater than price
- Caverage revenue is less than price
- Dmarginal revenue is less than price
22. When quantity sold (Q) is 400, price or average revenue (AR) is $20. When Q = 450, AR = $19. What is the marginal revenue (MR) per unit sold when Q increases from 400 to 450?
Reminder: MR is defined as the increase in total revenue when quantity increases by one unit.- A$11
- B$550
- C$8,550
- Dthere is not enough information to calculate MR here.
33. In analysing a monopolist's business decisions, we would equate ____________ to determine the quantity to produce, then use the demand curve to determine ____________
- Aaverage revenue to marginal cost, price
- Bmarginal revenue to marginal cost, price
- Cmarginal revenue to marginal cost, marginal profit
- Dnone of the above
44. A monopolistically competitive firm differs from a perfectly competitive firm because a monopolistically competitive firm
- Afaces a downward sloping demand curve for its product
- Bfaces a horizontal demand curve at the market clearing price
- Ctypically enjoys above-normal profit even in the long run
- Dhas no barriers to entry
55. When free entry is one of the attributes of a market structure, economic profits under that structure are likely to be
- Aeventually driven to zero
- Bnegative for all firms
- Csuper-normal
- Dalways positive
61. Essential characteristics of a monopoly include:
(i) sole seller of its product
(ii) product does not have close substitutes
(iii) is located in a small geographic market- A(i) only
- B(ii) only
- Cboth (i) and (ii)
- Dall of the above
72. The market demand curve for a monopolist is typically
- Adownward sloping
- Bhorizontal
- Cupward sloping
- Dperfectly elastic at market price
83. The entry and exit of firms in a monopolistically competitive market ensures that
- Aeconomic profits and economic losses are all dissipated in the long run
- Beconomic profits can survive in the long run, but not economic losses
- Ceconomic losses will exist in the long run, but not economic profits
- Dboth economic profits and economic losses will exist in the long run
94. When firms are restricted from entering a market through barriers to entry, attributes for which of the following market structures are violated?
(i) perfect competition
(ii) monopolistic competition
(iii) monopoly
(iv) oligopoly- A(i) only
- Bboth (i) and (ii)
- Cboth (ii) and (iii)
- Dall of the above choices are acceptable
105. One characteristic of an oligopolistic market structure is that
- Afirms in the industry are typically characterised by very diverse product lines
- Bproducts typically sell at a price that reflects their marginal cost of production
- Cthe actions of one seller can have a large impact on the profitability of other sellers
- Dsince markets are typically large, the actions of one seller largely go unnoticed by its competitors
116. Cartels are difficult to maintain because
- Alaws often prohibit explicit collusive agreements among competing firms
- Bcartel agreements are difficult to enforce legally
- Cthere is always tension between cooperation and self-interest in a cartel
- Dall of the above
127. Members of a cartel have an incentive to __________ to increase their profits further
- Acollude
- Blower their own production
- Ccheat
- Dlimit membership
138. In a monopolistically competitive market structure, because each good sold in the market is ____________ each firm is considered a ______________
- Aslightly different, price-searcher
- Bslightly different, price-taker
- Cthe same, price-searcher
- Dthe same, price-taker
149. When strategic interactions are important to pricing and production decisions, a profit-maximising firm:
- Ashould do its best to ignore the other firms
- Bshould consider exiting the market
- Cmust consider how competing firms might respond to its actions
- Dshould generally operate as if it is a monopolist
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- Economics (Topic 4 - monopolic and monopolic competition) Quiz on Tutorial 4 - Monopolo , created by Trang Pham on 03/11/2016.
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