US12 L1


  • 1
  • In perfect competition, ___________________.

    only firms know their competitors' prices
    there are many firms that sell similar products
    firms in the industry have advantages over firms that plan to enter the industry
    there are no restrictions on entry into the industry


  • 2
  • In perfect competition, each firm ____________________________.

    faces a perfectly inelastic demand for its product
    can influence the price that it charges
    produces as much as it can
    is a price taker


  • 3
  • Normal profit is ____________________________.

    equal to total revenue minus marginal cost
    equal to total revenue minus total cost
    equal to economic profit minus total cost
    included in the firm's total cost


  • 4
  • A competitive firm's total revenue minus its total cost equals its __________.

    profit
    normal profit
    opportunity cost
    economic profit


  • 5
  • In the short run, firms ___________ but in the long run, firms make ___________.

    make positive economic profits; positive economic profits
    can incur economic losses; positive economic profits
    make economic losses; positive economic profits
    can incur economic losses; zero economic profit


  • 6
  • In perfect competition, the firm's marginal revenue ________________________.

    is less than the market price
    exceeds the price it charges
    equals its normal profit
    equals the market price


  • 7
  • When a competitive firm produces the profit-maximizing output and it is at its shutdown point, the firm's ______________________.

    marginal revenue equals its average fixed cost
    total revenue is less than its total variable cost
    marginal cost is less than its average variable cost
    total revenue equals its total variable cost


  • 8
  • In a competitive industry when the plant size of each firm and the number of firms is given, the quantity supplied by all firms at each price is shown on the ________________________.

    the long-run industry supply curve
    the horizontal supply curve at the market price
    the vertical supply curve at the shutdown point
    the short-run industry supply curve


  • 9
  • The presence of external economies _______ each firm's average costs as the industry output _______ and the presence of external diseconomies _______ each firm's average costs as industry output _______.

    lower; increases; raise; decreases
    lower; increases; raise; increases
    raise; increases; lower; increases
    lower; decreases; lower; increases


  • 10
  • The _______ how the quantity supplied by an industry changes as the market price changes when firms have made all possible adjustments.

    short-run industry supply curve shows
    long-run industry supply curve shows
    individual firms' marginal cost curves show
    individual firms' supply curves show


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