EU10L3


  • 1
  • The table gives the output that Terry's T Shirts can produce when it has 1 sewing machine. An increase in the number of workers from 1 to 2 a day increases average product from ___________T shirts a day and marginal product is _______T shirts per worker.

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    8 to 9; 10
    8 to 9; 1
    0 to 18; 18
    8 to 18; 9


  • 2
  • Diminishing marginal returns begin when the ____________ is employed.

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    third worker
    second worker
    fifth worker
    fourth worker


  • 3
  • When marginal product is a maximum, average product is _____________.

    increasing
    decreasing
    equal to marginal product
    a maximum


  • 4
  • The table gives the output that Terry's T Shirts can produce when it has 1 sewing machine. When 4 workers are employed, ____________________________.

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    marginal product is less than average product
    marginal product equals average product
    marginal product exceeds average product
    average product is a maximum


  • 5
  • The table gives the cost of producing T shirts. The total fixed cost is _____________ and the marginal cost of increasing production from 5 to 6 T shirts is ______________.

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    £10; £8
    £18; £10
    £5; £0
    £15; £5


  • 6
  • The table gives the cost of producing T shirts. When 5 T shirts are produced, the average fixed cost is _____________ and the average variable cost is ______________.

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    £5.00; £3.00
    £10.00; £8.50
    £2.00; £6.40
    £2.00; £8.50


  • 7
  • If total fixed cost increases, then the average total cost curve ___________ and the marginal cost curve _________________.

    does not shift; does not shift
    shifts upward; shifts upward
    shifts upward; does not shift
    does not shift; shifts upward


  • 8
  • If as output increases average product increases, then ______________.

    average fixed cost decreases
    average variable cost decreases
    marginal cost decreases
    average total cost decreases


  • 9
  • An increase in the quantity of fixed inputs shifts the average total cost curve ___________ if _________________ exist.

    upward; constant returns to scale
    upward; economies of scale
    downward; economies of scale
    downward; diseconomies of scale


  • 10
  • If all inputs are increased by 5 percent and output increases by 8 percent, then all the following are true except ______________________.

    the firm experiences economies of scale
    average cost falls
    the long-run average cost curve shifts downward
    the long-run average cost curve slopes downward


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