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  • 1
  • The satisfaction that a person receives from consuming a good or service is called ______________.

    utility
    marginal utility
    marginal benefit
    total utility


  • 2
  • Marginal utility theory assumes that when Sally consumes more of a good that she likes, her _________________.

    total utility is maximized
    marginal utility increases
    income increases
    total utility increases


  • 3
  • Mark's marginal utility from reading books is the _______ when he reads ____________ .

    total utility he gets; one more book
    change in his total utility; more books
    change in his total utility; one additional book
    consumer surplus he gets; books


  • 4
  • As you consume more and more of any good, you experience ___________________ utility.

    diminishing marginal
    negative marginal
    increasing marginal
    diminishing total


  • 5
  • With a given income and prices of goods, Marcus will be in a consumer equilibrium if ______________________.

    he saves some of his income for the future
    he purchases the same amounts of all goods
    his marginal utility from all goods is the same
    he maximizes his total utility


  • 6
  • The marginal utility per dollar spent is equal to the ______________ consumed divided by the price of the good.

    marginal utility from all units
    total utility from all units
    marginal utility from the last unit
    average utility from the units


  • 7
  • Liane maximizes her total utility when she allocates all of her available income such that the marginal utility per dollar spent on each good _________.

    is increasing
    is diminishing
    is maximized
    is the same


  • 8
  • The relationship between total quantity demanded and the price is called the _________ demand.

    total
    equilibrium
    marginal
    market


  • 9
  • The market demand curve for CDs is the _______ of all the individual demand curves for CDs.

    vertical sum
    sum
    horizontal product
    horizontal sum


  • 10
  • Marginal utility theory shows us that a rare gem which we value highly has a _______marginal utility and a _______ total utility.

    large; large
    small; small
    small; large
    large; small


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