Question : 31) The price a perfectly competitive firm receives for its : 1387779

 

 

31) The price a perfectly competitive firm receives for its output

A) is determined by the interaction of the firm and all of the consumers who buy from the firm.

B) is determined by the interaction of all sellers and all buyers in the firm’s market.

C) will not change in response to changes in market demand and supply because the firm is a price taker.

D) will be lowered by the firm in order to sell more output.

 

 

32) Which of the following is the best example of a perfectly competitive firm?

A) a corn farmer in Illinois

B) a Taco Bell restaurant

C) the Ford Motor Company

D) the United Parcel Service (UPS)

 

 

33) Suppose the equilibrium price in a perfectly competitive industry is $10 and a firm in the industry charges $12. Which of the following will happen?

A) The firm will sell more output than its competitors.

B) The firm’s revenue will increase.

C) The firm will not sell any output.

D) The firm’s profits will increase.

 

34) Firms that are price takers

A) must lower their prices to increase sales.

B) are able to sell a fixed quantity of output at the market price.

C) can raise their prices as a result of a successful advertising campaign.

D) are able to sell all their output at the market price.

 

 

35) Firms in perfect competition are price takers because

A) one firm determines the price that all other firms in the industry will charge.

B) consumers have enough market power to set prices.

C) firms accept the price determined by the government.

D) each firm is too small relative to the market to be able to influence price.

 

 

36) A wheat farmer and a firm in a perfectly competitive market are similar in that

A) both face vertical demand curves.

B) both have to lower their prices if a rival firm lowers its price.

C) both face horizontal demand curves.

D) both will earn an economic profit if their total revenue equals their total cost.

 

37) Which of the following offers the best reason why restaurants are not considered to be perfectly competitive firms?

A) Restaurants do not sell identical products.

B) Restaurants compete in small market areas—neighborhoods and cities—rather than in regional or national markets. Therefore, restaurants are not small relative to their market size.

C) Restaurants usually have entry barriers in the form of zoning restrictions and health regulations.

D) Restaurants have significant liability costs that perfectly competitive firms do not have; for example, customers may sue if they suffer from food poisoning.

 

 

38) A perfectly competitive firm’s horizontal demand curve implies that the firm does not have to lower its price to sell more output.

 

 

39) The market demand curve for a perfectly competitive industry is the horizontal summation of each individual firm’s demand curve.

 

 

40) Perfectly competitive industries tend to produce low-priced, low-technology products.

 

 

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