Price Elasticity Concepts Quiz

Test your understanding of price elasticity of demand and supply with these econometrics questions. Learn concepts, formulas, and implications.

#1

What is price elasticity of demand?

The measure of the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price
The measure of the responsiveness of price to a change in quantity demanded
The measure of the total demand for a product
The measure of the total supply of a product
#2

If a 10% decrease in price leads to a 20% increase in quantity demanded, what is the price elasticity of demand?

0.2
1
2
0.5
#3

What is the price elasticity of supply?

The measure of the responsiveness of quantity supplied to a change in price
The measure of the responsiveness of price to a change in quantity supplied
The measure of the total supply for a product
The measure of the total demand for a product
#4

Which of the following products is likely to have the most elastic demand?

Salt
Insulin
Luxury cars
Bread
#5

What does a price elasticity of demand of 0.5 indicate?

Unit elastic demand
Inelastic demand
Elastic demand
Perfectly elastic demand
#6

What is the formula to calculate price elasticity of demand?

Percentage change in quantity demanded / Percentage change in price
Percentage change in price / Percentage change in quantity demanded
Total quantity demanded / Total price
Total price / Total quantity demanded
#7

If the price elasticity of demand for a product is -1.5, what does this imply?

The demand is perfectly elastic
The demand is perfectly inelastic
The demand is relatively elastic
The demand is relatively inelastic
#8

What does it mean if the price elasticity of demand is perfectly inelastic?

A change in price leads to an infinitely small change in quantity demanded
A change in price leads to no change in quantity demanded
A change in quantity demanded leads to no change in price
Quantity demanded is not affected by price changes
#9

Which of the following factors does NOT affect the price elasticity of demand?

Availability of substitutes
Necessity of the product
Time horizon
Price of complementary goods
#10

If the price of a product increases by 10% and the quantity demanded decreases by 5%, what is the price elasticity of demand?

0.5
1
2
0.2
#11

If the cross-price elasticity of demand between two products is positive, what does it indicate about the products?

They are complements
They are substitutes
They are unrelated
They are normal goods
#12

If a product has an income elasticity of demand of 0.8, what does this mean?

It is a normal good
It is an inferior good
It is a luxury good
It is an elastic good
#13

What is the relationship between price elasticity of demand and total revenue?

They have a direct relationship
They have an inverse relationship
They are unrelated
It depends on the elasticity coefficient
#14

If the price elasticity of demand for a product is greater than 1, the demand is considered:

Inelastic
Elastic
Perfectly inelastic
Perfectly elastic
#15

Which of the following statements about perfectly elastic demand is true?

Consumers are willing to pay any price for the good
A small change in price leads to a large change in quantity demanded
Consumers are not sensitive to changes in price
The demand curve is vertical

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