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Supply and Demand in Microeconomics Quiz

#1

What does the law of demand state?

As price decreases, quantity demanded decreases.
Explanation

Price and quantity demanded have an inverse relationship.

#2

Which factor does NOT influence demand?

Number of suppliers
Explanation

Number of suppliers affects supply, not demand.

#3

What is a substitute good?

A good that can be used in place of another good.
Explanation

One good can replace another in consumption.

#4

What is a complementary good?

A good that is consumed in conjunction with another good.
Explanation

Goods consumed together; if one increases, demand for the other may also increase.

#5

What is a luxury good?

A good with an income elasticity greater than 1.
Explanation

Goods whose demand increases more than proportionally as income rises.

#6

What is elasticity?

A measure of how much a change in price affects quantity demanded or supplied.
Explanation

Extent to which demand or supply responds to changes in price.

#7

What is a perfectly elastic demand?

Demand that is infinitely responsive to price changes.
Explanation

Any change in price leads to an infinite change in quantity demanded.

#8

What does the law of supply indicate?

As price increases, quantity supplied increases.
Explanation

Price and quantity supplied have a direct relationship.

#9

What is the price elasticity of demand?

A measure of how much quantity demanded changes in response to a change in price.
Explanation

Degree of responsiveness of quantity demanded to price changes.

#10

What happens to equilibrium price and quantity when both demand and supply increase?

Price increases, quantity increases
Explanation

Both price and quantity increase.

#11

What is the cross-price elasticity of demand?

A measure of how much quantity demanded changes in response to a change in price of another good.
Explanation

Degree of responsiveness of quantity demanded of one good to a change in price of another good.

#12

What does the income elasticity of demand measure?

A measure of how much quantity demanded changes in response to a change in consumer income.
Explanation

Sensitivity of quantity demanded to changes in income.

#13

What is a market equilibrium?

When quantity demanded equals quantity supplied.
Explanation

Balanced state where supply meets demand.

#14

Which factor does NOT affect the price elasticity of demand?

Market share of the supplier
Explanation

Market share of the supplier is irrelevant to demand elasticity.

#15

What is the concept of consumer surplus?

The difference between the minimum price a consumer is willing to pay and the price they actually pay.
Explanation

Benefit consumers gain by paying less than their maximum willingness to pay.

#16

What is a Giffen good?

A good with a negative income elasticity.
Explanation

Demand for the good increases as its price rises due to income effects.

#17

What is the concept of producer surplus?

The difference between the minimum price a producer is willing to accept and the price they actually receive.
Explanation

Benefit producers gain by selling at a price higher than the minimum they would accept.

#18

What is the difference between a change in supply and a change in quantity supplied?

A change in supply results from a change in any factor other than price, while a change in quantity supplied results from a change in price.
Explanation

Factors other than price affect supply, whereas price changes affect quantity supplied.

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