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21) Which of the following would create a natural monopoly?
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21) Which of the following would create a natural monopoly?
A) ownership of all the available units of a necessary input
B) an exclusive right granted to supply a good or service
C) requirement of a government license before the firm can sell the good or service
D) technology enabling a single firm to produce at a lower average total cost than two or more firms
E) a patent granted the producer of the good or service
22) If the technology for producing a good enables one firm to meet the entire market demand at a lower average total cost than two or more firms could, then that firm has
A) patented the market.
B) a natural monopoly.
C) increasing average total costs.
D) a legal barrier to entry.
E) a discriminatory monopoly.
23) For a natural monopoly, economies of scale
A) exist along the long-run average cost curve at least until it crosses the market demand curve.
B) and diseconomies of scale exist along the long-run average cost curve at least until it crosses the market demand curve.
C) lead to a legal barrier to entry.
D) as well as constant returns to scale and diseconomies of scale exist along the long-run average cost curve at least until it crosses the market demand curve.
E) are totally absent.
24) A natural monopoly arises when
A) one firm controls the supply of a unique resource.
B) a firm has many small firms that it can control.
C) there are firms which act together as a monopoly.
D) the long-run average cost curve slopes downward as it crosses the demand curve.
E) one firm naturally convinces the government to limit competition in the market.
25) A natural monopoly’s average cost curve
i.intersects the demand curve while the average cost curve slopes downward.
ii.reaches its minimum before it intersects the demand curve.
iii.intersects the demand curve below the intersection of the marginal cost curve and the demand curve.
A) i only.
B) ii only.
C) iii only.
D) i and iii.
E) i, ii, and iii.
26) The long-run average cost curve of a natural monopoly
A) is positively sloped until it crosses the demand curve.
B) intersects the demand curve while it is negative sloped.
C) intersects the demand curve while it is positively sloped.
D) is the natural monopoly’s supply curve.
E) is the same as the natural monopoly’s demand curve.
27) Which of the following is an example of a natural monopoly?
A) the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team, a National Hockey League team
B) Ford Motors, the large automobile producing company
C) Florida Power and Light, an electric utility in Florida
D) Sony, the Japanese producer of the Playstation III
E) JCPenney, the large department store chain
28) Which of the following is an example of a natural monopoly?
A) the trademark protecting Gatorade
B) the talents of Tom Hanks
C) the local water company
D) the patent on an Intel processor
E) De Beers’ ownership of a large fraction of the world’s diamonds
29) Which of the following goods is the best example of a natural monopoly?
A) distribution of electricity
B) diamonds
C) first-class mail
D) a patented good
E) blouses
30) Which of the following is the best example of a natural monopoly?
A) ownership of the only ferry across Puget Sound for twenty miles
B) the United States Postal Service
C) the cable television company in your hometown
D) owning the only licensed taxicab in town
E) producing a patented drug
