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1. Supply refers to the willingness and ability of ______ to _______ different quantities of a good at
different prices during a specific period of time.
A. buyers; produce
B. buyers; purchase
C. sellers; produce
D. sellers; purchase
2. The law of supply states that there is a positive relationship between ________ and _________.
A. price; supply
B. price; quantity supplied
C. price; demand
D. price; quantity demanded
3. Under the law of increasing opportunity cost, opportunity cost of producing successive units
of a good ______ as the amount produced______.
A. decreases; increases
B. remains unchanged; decreases
C. increases; decreases
D. increases; increases
4. When supply equals to demand, the market is in ________.
A. Shortage
B. Surplus
C. Equilibrium
D. Disequilibrium
5. When the market is in shortage,
A. quantity demanded is equal to quantity supplied.
B. quantity demanded is more than quantity supplied.
C. quantity demanded is less than quantity supplied.
D. quantity supplied is zero.
6. Which of the following statements are TRUE?
I. When the price increases, we have an outward shift in the supply curve.
II. When the price increases, we have a movement along the supply curve.
III. When the price of inputs decreases, we have an outward shift in the supply
curve.
IV. When the price of inputs decreases, we have a movement along the supply
curve.
A. I and II
B. I and III
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C. II and III
D. II and IV
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This is a guided question to build intuition. You should not expect questions like this in the exam.