- Firms in a monopolistically competitive industry produce:
- homogeneous goods and services.
- differentiated products.
- competitive goods only.
- consumption goods only.
- A monopolistically competitive market is characterized by:
- many small sellers selling a differentiated product.
- a single seller of a product that has few suitable substitutes.
- very strong barriers to entry.
- mutual interdependence in pricing decisions.
- A monopolistically competitive firm will:
- maximize profits by producing where MR = MC.
- not likely earn an economic profit in the long run.
- shut down if price is less than average variable cost.
- all of the above.
- Which of the following statements best describes firms under monopolistic competition?
- There is little price or quality competition.
- The firms compete, using quality, location, advertising, and price.
- Firms do not compete using advertising.
- There is little competition between firms.
- The theory of monopolistic competition predicts that in long-run equilibrium a monopolistically competitive firm will:
- produce at the level in which price equals long-run average cost.
- operate at minimum long-run average cost.
- overutilize its insufficient capacity.
- none of the above.
- Which of the following is true in longrun equilibrium for both perfect competition and monopolistic competition?
- Accounting profit is zero.
- Marginal cost equals price.
- Longrun average cost is at a minimum.
- Economic profit is zero.
- The entry of new firms into a monopolistic competitive industry will shift the:
- market demand curve to the right.
- market demand curve to the left.
- existing firm’s demand curve to the right.
- existing firm’s demand curve to the left.
- market supply curve to the left.
- An oligopoly is a market structure in which:
- one firm has 100 percent of a market.
- there are many small firms.
- there are many firms with no control over price.
- there are few firms selling either a homogeneous or differentiated product.
- Mutual interdependence among firms in an oligopoly means that:
- firms never practice price leadership.
- firms never form a cartel.
- it is difficult to know how firms will react to decisions of rivals.
- no formal agreement is possible among firms.
- What is the key feature shared by all oligopoly markets?
- A large number of sellers.
- Mutual interdependence.
- Product differentiation.
- Easy entry and exit.
- If OPEC is an effective cartel,
- price changes are dictated by changes in demand.
- output changes are dictated by changes in demand.
- members agree on output quotas.
- all of the above.
- Kevin owns a personal training gymnasium in Orlando. The above figure shows the demand and cost curves for his firm, which competes in a monopolistically competitive market. Kevin will train how many clients per day?
- 4
- 6
- 10
- between 2 and 4
- None of the above answers is correct.
- Kevin owns a personal training gymnasium in Orlando. The above figure shows the demand and cost curves for his firm, which competes in a monopolistically competitive market. What price will Kevin charge per session?
- $100
- $60
- $40
- $20
- $80
Answers:
- B
- A
- D
- B
- B
- D
- D
- D
- C
- B
- C
- A
- B