EU09L3


  • 1
  • Greg and Todd form a partnership and start a business in which each has a 50 per cent share of the profit. After a year, the firm goes bankrupt and has debts of £20,000. Greg has no money, but Todd has £25,000 in the bank. Todd must pay _______ of debt.

    £0 because in a partnership each partner must pay the same
    £20,000
    £25,000
    £10,000


  • 2
  • Martha and Wendy start a cookie shop and the business is organized as a corporation. Because of poor planning the business goes bankrupt and the corporation's debt is £30,000. Martha has no wealth, but Wendy has £50,000 in savings. Martha has to pay _______ of the debt and Wendy has to pay _______ of the debt.

    £0; £30,000
    £0; £15,000
    £15,000; £15,000
    £0; £0


  • 3
  • In an oligopoly with two firms, one firm's share of the market is 70 per cent. The five-firm concentration ratio is _______.

    70
    0
    100
    30


  • 4
  • If 25 firms share the sales of the market equally, the five-firm concentration ratio is _______ per cent.

    25
    5
    100
    20


  • 5
  • Wanda owns a desktop publishing company. Wanda can purchase a computer for £5,000 or rent it for £600 a year. Wanda buys the computer and pays an implicit rental rate of _____________________.

    £5,600 a year
    £5,000 a year
    £600 a year
    zero


  • 6
  • Flora's Flower Shop bought a new van for £16,000. Today, the market price of this van is £7,000. Over the years, Flora's accountant has depreciated the van by £10,000. The economic depreciation of the van is ______________.

    £9,000
    £16,000
    £7,000
    £10,000


  • 7
  • A contestable market has a ________.

    low five-firm concentration ratio
    five-firm concentration ratio equal to 100
    five-firm concentration ratio equal to 0
    high five-firm concentration ratio


  • 8
  • The table shows four methods for producing 25 zobs a day. Of the four methods, ____________ technologically inefficient.

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    method B is
    method D is
    methods A and C are
    methods A and B are


  • 9
  • The table shows four methods for producing 25 zobs a day. If the cost of a worker is £10 a day and the cost of capital is £10 a day, the economically efficient method of producing zobs is ___________.

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    B
    C
    B, C, or D
    A


  • 10
  • The table shows four methods for producing 25 zobs a day. If the cost of a worker is £5 a day and the cost of capital is £10 a day, the economically efficient method of producing zobs is ___________.

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    B
    D
    A
    A or C