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Question #1
A Whopper combo meal costs $3.00 and gives you an additional 15 units of utility; a meal at the Embassy Suites costs $29.00 and gives you an additional 145 units of utility. Based solely on the information you have, using the theory of rational choice, you most likely would:
A.   choose to eat at the Embassy Suites
B.   choose to eat the Whopper combo meal
C.   be indifferent between the two meals
D.   decide that eating at the Embassy Suites is preferable because though the marginal utilities of both meals are the same, the total utility is greater in the case of the meal at the Embassy Suites.
Question #2
The distance between the demand curve and the price the consumer has to pay for a product (given quantity demanded) is referred to as:
A.   producer surplus.
B.   market surplus.
C.   consumer surplus.
D.   market shortage.
Question #3
Suppose that the price is increased by the government from a market equilibrium value of $10 to a higher value of $12:
A.   consumer surplus will decrease and there will be some lost surplus.
B.   there will be lost surplus, as both producer surplus and consumer surplus decrease.
C.   both producer surplus and consumer surplus will increase.
D.   producer surplus will decrease and there will be some lost surplus.
Question #4
Joan is deciding where to spend her spring break. If she goes to Cancún, Mexico, the trip will give her 25,000 units of utility and will cost her $300. If she travels to Florida instead, the trip will give her 8,000 units of utility and will cost her only $100. Joan will do best going to:
A.   Florida because her total cost will be lower
B.   Florida because her pleasure per dollar will be greater
C.   Mexico because her pleasure per dollar will be greater
D.   Mexico because her total pleasure will be greater
Question #5
The law of diminishing marginal utility states that, after some point:
A.   the more we consume of something, the less each additional unit adds to our satisfaction.
B.   people should spend all of their income on one good.
C.   the more we buy of something, the more it costs.
D.   the more we consume of something, the smaller the total satisfaction received from that good.
Question #6
A date with Alex costs you $100 and gives you an additional 1000 units of utility. A date with Kelly costs you $200 and an additional 4,000 units of utility. Based only on the information you have, using the theory of rational choice, you most likely would:
A.   go on a date with Alex  because the marginal utility per dollar is the greater of the two
B.   go on a date with Kelly
C.   go on a date with Alex
D.   be indifferent between the two dates
Question #7
In a supply and demand model, excise taxes on goods and services cause deadweight loss because:
A.   they are regressive.
B.   they are progressive.
C.   they change people's behavior.
D.   they yield no revenue.
Question #8
Suppose that we are in the butter market and the government implements an excise tax on butter.  The price elasticity of demand for butter equals 2 (ED=2) and the price elasticity of supply for butter equals 2 (Es=2). What is the portion of the tax that consumers will be burdened with? Is this realistic given the market we are in?
A.   Consumers will be burdened with 2/3 of the tax; this is not realistic given that butter is a small percentage of individual's budgets and therefore the price elasticity of demand should be elastic or greater than 1, so we would expect consumers to bear a greater portion of the tax relative to producers.
B.   Consumers will be burdened with 2/3 of the tax; this is realistic given that butter is a small percentage of individual's budgets and therefore the price elasticity of demand should be inelastic or less than 1, so we would expect consumers to bear a greater portion of the tax relative to producers.
C.   Consumers will be burdened with 1/2 of the tax; this is realistic given that butter is a small percentage of individual's budgets and therefore the price elasticity of demand should be inelastic or less than 1, so we would expect consumers to bear a smaller portion of the tax relative to producers.
D.   Consumers will be burdened with 1/2 of the tax; this is not realistic given that butter is a small percentage of individual's budgets and therefore the price elasticity of demand should be inelastic or less than 1, so we would expect consumers to bear a greater portion of the tax relative to producers.
Question #9
The taxing of which good or service would result in the least amount of deadweight loss?
A.   Opiod Prescriptions (Highly addictive pain relieving medications)
B.   car wash service
C.   HIV medication
D.   cavity filling service performed by a dentist
Question #10
Suppose the equilibrium price of a bottle of vodka is $40. At that price, the quantity of bottles of vodka demanded and supplied is 20,000. If a $5 tax per bottle of vodka paid by consumers increases the price paid by consumers to $42 per bottle of vodka and reduces the equilibrium quantity sold to 18,000, elasticity of:
A.   demand is 1.4 and elasticity of supply is 2.16. Consumers pay a larger portion of the tax.
B.   supply is 1.4 and elasticity of demand is 2.16. Suppliers pay a larger portion of the tax.
C.   supply is 0.7 and elasticity of demand is 46. Suppliers pay a smaller portion of the tax.
D.   demand is 0.7 and elasticity of supply is 46. Consumers pay a smaller portion of the tax.
Question #11
Given the same price elasticity of supply in each market, sellers would be able to pass along to consumers the largest portion of a 30 % tax on which item/service?
A.   Lamb with a price elasticity of demand of 0.73
B.   Hair cuts with a price elasticity of demand of 0.62
C.   Tuna with a price elasticity of demand of 0.12
D.   Beef with a price elasticity of demand of 0.32
Question #12
Now lets suppose that price elasticity of demand is 0.2, price elasticity of supply is 0.7, and a 25 % excise tax is levied on producers. Which of the following changes in a market will reduce the share of the tax paid (burden) by consumers?
A.   Nothing will change the burden of the tax.
B.   Elasticity of demand falls to 0.1.
C.   Elasticity of supply falls to 0.3.
D.   The tax will be increased to 20 percent.
Question #13
Suppose that price elasticity of demand is 0.2, price elasticity of supply is 0.6, and a 40 % excise tax is levied on the good:
A.   consumers pay 20 percent of the tax.
B.   sellers pay 60 percent of the tax.
C.   sellers pay 25 percent of the tax.
D.   consumers pay 25 percent of the tax.
Question #14
The taxing of which good or service would result in the greatest amount of deadweight loss?
A.   luxury cars
B.   Opiod Prescriptions (Highly addictive pain relieving medications)
C.   none of the available answers
D.   vodka
Question #15
Which good/service can be considered being closest to having a price elasticity of demand that is perfectly price inelastic:
A.   Flu vaccine
B.   HIV medication
C.   Car wash service
D.   Cavity filling service performed by a dentist
Question #16
If the amount of beachfront land in Malibu supplied to the market remains the same even when the price of beachfront land in Malibu increases, the:
A.   supply of beachfront land in Malibu must be perfectly elastic.
B.   demand for beachfront land in malibu must be perfectly inelastic.
C.   supply of beachfront land in Malibu must be perfectly inelastic.
D.   demand for beachfront land in Malibu must be perfectly elastic.
Question #17
Suppose that the demand for vaccines increases dramatically, but the quantity supplied barely changes after the shift in demand. We can conclude:
A.   that demand is inelastic, which means that the demand curve is relatively steep. Thus, the equilibrium price will not change much.
B.   that demand is elastic, which means that the demand curve is relatively steep. Thus, the equilibrium price will increase.
C.   that supply is elastic, which means that the supply curve is relatively flat. Thus, the equilibrium price will increase dramatically.
D.   that supply is inelastic, which means that the supply curve is relatively steep.
Question #18
Miller brand beer tends to be much more price-elastic than Corona brand beer. This information about the beers' elasticities is telling us that:
A.   Corona and Miller are close substitutes.
B.   Corona customers are not as responsive to price changes as are the customers of Miller.
C.   Corona and Miller are poor substitutes
D.   Corona beer is a luxury good, whereas the Miller beer is an inferior good.
Question #19
The Costa Rica Tourism Board proposed a 6 percent tax on airplane travel to pay for a public hospital. A New York University economist estimates that the tax would result in a 6 percent increase in the price of an airline ticket. If the elasticity of demand is 1.33, what is the expected change in quantity demanded?
A.   -11.754 percent
B.   8 percent
C.   -12.5 percent
D.   12.5 percent
E.   -8 percent
Question #20
Suppose that Mexico was deciding between taxing either beer or soda to reduce the consumption of those goods, but they only have resources to tax one good. If Mexico’s goal is to get the largest health gains or reductions in consumption possible from a single tax, and the Mexican Government implemented a tax on soda, then we can assume with a high probability that the Mexican Government is assuming that soda consumption’s:
A.   price elasticity of demand is perfectly elastic when compared to beer
B.   price elasticity of demand is elastic and is more elastic than beer
C.   price elasticity of demand is inelastic and is more inelastic than beer
D.   price elasticity of supply is perfectly inelastic relative to beer
Question #21
If average Netflix subscription is 250 million when prices are $7 a subscription and 200 million when prices are $9 a subscription, the elasticity of demand for Netflix is about:
A.   0.9
B.   1.8
C.   1.1
D.   0.1
Question #22
If wine produced in Oregon is an inferior good, higher incomes will cause:
A.   an increase in the demand for wines produced in Oregon.
B.   a decrease in the demand for wines produced in Oregon.
C.   a decrease in the quantity demanded for wines produced in Oregon.
D.   an increase in the quantity demanded for wines produced in Oregon.

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