The document contains a supply and demand schedule for bread produced by 3 sellers. It asks several multiple choice questions about determining market supply and equilibrium prices and quantities based on the data in the table. It also contains several additional multiple choice questions about concepts related to supply and demand such as surpluses, shortages, and how shifts in supply and demand curves impact equilibrium.
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The document contains a supply and demand schedule for bread produced by 3 sellers. It asks several multiple choice questions about determining market supply and equilibrium prices and quantities based on the data in the table. It also contains several additional multiple choice questions about concepts related to supply and demand such as surpluses, shortages, and how shifts in supply and demand curves impact equilibrium.
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1) The figure below shows Sue's and Carlos' curves of oil
demand curves for gasoline. Please first
find the equation of the demand curves to The following table shows the supply schedule of answer the questions below. bread for three sellers in the economy. Assume that these three sellers constitute the entire market.
Q5) Refer to the table above. If the market supply of
bread at a price of $3 per loaf is 45 loaves, Seller 3's supply is ________ loaves. A) 15 i) Refer to the figure above. If the price of gasoline is B) 18 12.00 euros per liter, the total quantity of gasoline C) 24 demanded is ________ liters. D) 20 A) 0 Q6) Refer to the table above. If the market supply of B) 400 bread at a price of $4 per loaf is 75 loaves, Seller 2's C) 1,000 supply is ________ loaves. D) 1,600 A) 20 ii) Refer to the figure above. If the price of gasoline B) 30 is 3.00 euros per liter, the total quantity of gasoline C) 35 demanded is ________ liters. D) 55 A) 1,600 Q7) Refer to the table above. Assuming that the B) 2,400 market consists of only these three sellers, what is C) 4,300 the market supply when the price is $2 per loaf? D) 5,100 A) 39 loaves 2) Which of the following is the best example of the B) 41 loaves Law of Supply? C) 52 loaves A) When the cost of production of cotton fell, the D) 89 loaves market price of cotton also fell. Q8) ) Refer to the table above. Assuming that the B) When the market price of pens increased, sellers market consists of only these three sellers, what is started supplying more pens. the market supply when the price is $1 per loaf? C) When the market price of pens increased, sellers A) 2 loaves started supplying fewer pens. B) 6 loaves D) When the cost of production of cotton increased, C) 11 loaves all suppliers' willingness to accept decreased. D) 19 loaves Q3) A fall in the price of flour, used in making Q9 ) Assume that a worker in a technology firm can cakes, is likely to ________ of cakes. produce 3 circuit boards in an hour. Due to A) increase the supply subsequent innovation, she is now able to produce 6 B) decrease the supply circuit boards per hour. Other things remaining the C) increase the quantity supplied same, the firm's supply curve is likely to ________. D) decrease the quantity supplied A) shift to the left B) shift to the right Q4) An expected increase in the market price of oil C) become steeper in the coming year is likely to ________ in the D) remain unchanged current year. Q10) A surplus occurs in a market when ________. A) shift the supply curve of oil to the left A) demand exceeds supply B) shift the supply curve of oil to the right B) the price is lower than the equilibrium price C) shift the demand curve for oil to the left C) the price is higher than the equilibrium price D) cause no changes in the demand and supply D) the marginal cost of production is negligible Q11) ) At a price of $1 per table, the quantity happens if the price of the bread is set at $10 per supplied of tables is 100 units, whereas the quantity loaf? What happens if the market price is set at $2 demanded is 70 units. Given this information, per loaf? which of the following statements is true? Q14) Other things remaining the same, a leftward A) The equilibrium price is $1 per table. shift in the supply curve will lead to a(n) ________. B) The market clearing price is $1 per table. A) decrease in the equilibrium price and the C) At a price of $1 per table, there is a surplus in the equilibrium quantity market. B) increase in the equilibrium price and the D) At a price of $1 per table, there is a shortage in equilibrium quantity the market. C) decrease in the equilibrium price and an increase Q12) The following table shows the market demand in the equilibrium quantity schedule and supply schedule for notebooks. D) increase in the equilibrium price and a decrease in the equilibrium quantity Price ($ Quantity Quantity per Demanded Supplied Q15) ) Other things remaining same, a leftward shift unit) (units) (units) in the demand curve will lead to a(n) ________. 1 20 4 A) increase in the equilibrium price and the 2 16 6 equilibrium quantity 3 14 10 B) decrease in the equilibrium price and the 4 12 12 equilibrium quantity 5 10 14 C) decrease in the equilibrium price and an increase 6 7 17 in the equilibrium quantity D) increase in the equilibrium price and a decrease 7 4 20 in the equilibrium quantity 8 2 22 Q16) ) If the demand for gem-quality diamonds 9 1 25 decreases AND the supply of gem-quality diamonds decreases, what can be said about i- Refer to the table above. What is the equilibrium price and quantity in this market? equilibrium price of notebooks? A) Equilibrium price and quantity will both fall. A) $2 B) Equilibrium price and quantity will both rise. B) $4 C) Equilibrium quantity will fall, but the change in C) $6 equilibrium price is uncertain. D) $7 D) Equilibrium quantity will rise, but the change in ii- Refer to the table above. What is the equilibrium price is uncertain. equilibrium quantity of notebooks? Q17) Suppose Z is a normal good. The equilibrium A) 4 units price and quantity of Z in the year 2013 was $25 and B) 10 units 60 units, respectively. In 2017, the equilibrium price C) 12 units of Z had increased to $35 and the equilibrium D) 20 units quantity had increased to 70 units. Other things iii- Refer to the table above. What is the remaining the same, which of the following could shortage in the market when the price explain this change? of a notebook is $1? A) A leftward shift of the supply curve of Z A) 0 units B) A rightward shift of the supply curve of Z B) 10 units C) A leftward shift of the demand curve for Z C) 14 units D) A rightward shift of the demand curve for Z D) 16 units iv- Refer to the table above. What is the Q18) If the demand and supply curves for a surplus in the market when the price commodity both shift to the left by the same of a notebook is $9? amount, then in comparison to the initial A) 16 units equilibrium, the new equilibrium will be B) 20 units characterized by ________. C) 24 units A) a higher price and quantity D) 26 units B) the same price and a higher quantity Q13) Assume that the market for bread is perfectly C) the same price and a lower quantity competitive. The demand for bread is given by the D) a lower price and a higher quantity equation D = 120 − 10P, and the market supply for bread is given by S = 60 + 5P. Determine the equilibrium price and quantity of bread. What