Marginal Analysis
Supply and Demand
Production Function
Elasticities
Random Trivia
100

What is the primary focus of marginal analysis in economics?

What is the comparison of additional benefits and costs associated with a decision?

100

What law states that, all else being equal, as the price of a good increases, the quantity demanded decreases?

What is the law of demand?

100

What does a production function describe?

What is the relationship between the quantity of inputs used and the quantity of output produced?

100

What does the price elasticity of demand measure?

What is the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price?

100

What is the capital city of France?

What is Paris?

200

In marginal analysis, what is meant by "marginal benefit"?

What is the additional satisfaction or utility gained from consuming one more unit of a good or service?

200

How does a decrease in consumer income affect the demand for normal goods?

What is it leads to a decrease in demand for normal goods?

200

In a production function, what is the term for the additional output generated by adding one more unit of input?

What is marginal product?

200

If the price elasticity of demand for a good is greater than 1, what type of demand is it considered?

What is elastic demand?

200

Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?

Who is William Shakespeare?
300

If a company increases production and the marginal cost exceeds the marginal revenue, what should the company do?

What is decrease production to maximize profit?

300

What is a trade deficit?

What is when a country imports more goods and services than it exports?

300

What happens to the marginal product of labor as more workers are added to a fixed amount of capital, according to the law of diminishing marginal returns?

What is the marginal product eventually decreases?

300

What is the formula for calculating the price elasticity of demand?

What is the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price?

300

What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into food?

What is photosynthesis?

400

How does diminishing marginal returns affect decision-making in production?

What is it leads to a decrease in the additional output gained from each additional unit of input, influencing the utility maximizing outcome?

400

How do taxes impact supply and demand in a market?

What is taxes can decrease supply by raising production costs, which can lead to higher prices and lower quantities demanded?

400

How can a firm avoid the negative effects of diminishing marginal returns?

What is by increasing the quantity of fixed inputs or improving technology?

400

How does the concept of cross-price elasticity of demand apply to substitutes and complements?

What is for substitutes, cross-price elasticity is positive, while for complements, it is negative?

400

In what year did the Titanic sink during its maiden voyage?

What is 1912?

500

Explain how marginal analysis can be applied to labor decisions within a firm.

What is firms should hire additional workers as long as the marginal revenue product of labor exceeds the marginal cost of hiring those workers, maximizing overall profit?

500

Describe the effect of a government-imposed price ceiling on a market.

What is it creates a shortage when the price is set below equilibrium, leading to excess demand?

500

Explain how diminishing marginal returns can affect a firm's production decisions and cost structure.

What is as marginal returns decrease, the firm may face increasing costs per unit of output, influencing decisions on optimal production levels and input allocation to maximize efficiency?

500

Explain how income elasticity of demand can help businesses understand consumer behavior.

What is it measures how the quantity demanded of a good changes in response to changes in consumer income, helping businesses identify whether their products are normal or inferior goods?

500

Explain the significance of the Magna Carta in the history of democracy.

What is no one is above the law, including the king?

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