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If John's marginal utility derived from the consumption of another candy bar is 1 and the price of the candy bar is $1.50, then

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A)  this is the last candy bar John will purchase since the marginal utility is less than the price.
B)  the opportunity cost of the candy bar is less than $1.50.
C)  if John purchases and consumes the candy bar his total satisfaction will go down because the marginal utility is less than the price.
D)  there is not enough information to determine if John will or will not purchase the candy bar.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

For Brent, the income effect of a wage increase is stronger than the substitution effect. In response to a wage increase, will Brent work more hours or will he work fewer hours?

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The indifference curves for left shoes and right shoes are right angles.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What are the two effects of a change in a price that a consumer experiences?

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A)  the income effect and the budget effect
B)  the complement effect and the substitute effect
C)  the price effect and the preference effect
D)  the income effect and the substitution effectE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

The income effect in the work-leisure model induces a person to work less in response to higher wages, which tends to make the labor-supply curve slope backward.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The substitution effect from an increase in wages is evident in a

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A)  decrease in labor demand.
B)  desire to consume less leisure.
C)  desire to consume more leisure.
D)  backward-bending labor supply curve.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 7

The theory of consumer choice

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A)  underlies the concept of the demand for a particular good.
B)  underlies the concept of the supply of a particular good.
C)  ignores, for the sake of simplicity, the trade-offs that consumers face.
D)  can be applied to many questions about household decisions, but it cannot be applied to questions concerning wages and labor supply.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Laura consumes only beer and chips. Her indifference curves are all bowed inward. Consider the bundles (2,6) , (4,4) , and (6,2) . If Laura is indifferent between (2,6)  and (6,2) , then Laura must

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A)  prefer (4,4)  to (6,2) .
B)  be indifferent between (4,4)  and (6,2) .
C)  prefer (6,2)  to (4,4) .
D)  prefer (2,6)  to (4,4) .E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Suppose Reta is planning for retirement in a two-period world. In the first period Reta is young and earns $1 million, and in the second period Reta is old and retired and earns nothing. The interest rate is initially 10 percent, but then it falls to 7 percent. After the interest rate falls, the

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A)  substitution effect will induce Reta to consume more when she is young.
B)  substitution effect will induce Reta to consume less when she is young.
C)  income effect will induce Reta to consume more when she is young.
D)  change in interest rates affects the substitution effect but not the income effect.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

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-Refer to Figure 21-6. Suppose the price of popcorn is $2, the price of Mt. Dew is $4, the value of A is 30, and the value of B is 15. How much income does the consumer have?

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A)  $120
B)  $80
C)  $60
D)  $30E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

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(b)  y/Px) ? A) 1/4 B) 1/3 C) 3 D) 4" class="answers-bank-image d-inline" rel="preload" > y/Px) ? A) 1/4 B) 1/3 C) 3 D) 4" class="answers-bank-image d-inline" rel="preload" >
-Refer to Figure 21-5. In graph (a) , what is the price of good Y relative to the price of good X (i.e., Py/Px) ?

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A)  1/4
B)  1/3
C)  3
D)  4E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

The following diagram shows one indifference curve representing the preferences for goods X and Y for one consumer.  What is the marginal rate of substitution between points A and B?

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A)  2/5
B)  1
C)  5/2
D)  3E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Mark spends his weekly income on gin and cocktail olives. The price of gin has risen from $7 to $9 per bottle, the price of cocktail olives has fallen from $6 to $5 per jar, and Mark's income has stayed fixed at $46 per week. If you measure gin on the vertical axis and cocktail olives on the horizontal axis, then the budget constraint

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A)  is steeper after the price changes.
B)  is flatter after the price changes.
C)  is the same after the price changes.
D)  shifts in a parallel fashion to the old budget constraint after the price changes.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

Figure 21-26 
-Refer to Figure 21-26. Rhonda experiences an increase in her hourly wage. Her optimal choice point moves from A to B. For Rhonda,

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A)  her labor supply curve is backward bending.
B)  her labor supply curve is upward sloping.
C)  leisure is a normal good.
D)  both a and c are correct.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Figure 21-4
In each case, the budget constraint moves from BC-1 to BC-2.    
-Refer to Figure 21-4. Which of the graphs in the figure could reflect a simultaneous increase in the price of good X and decrease in the price of good Y?

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A)  graph a
B)  graph b
C)  graph c
D)  graph dE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Bundle A contains 10 units of good X and 5 units of good Y. Bundle B contains 5 units of good X and 10 units of good Y. Bundle C contains 10 units of good X and 10 units of good Y. The consumer is indifferent between bundle A and bundle B. Assume that the consumer's preferences satisfy the four properties of indifference curves. Which of the following statements is correct?

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A)  The consumer must prefer bundle C to either bundle A or B.
B)  Bundle A and bundle B lie on the same indifference curve.
C)  The consumer must prefer bundle B to bundle C.
D)  Both a)  and b)  are correct.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 17

A Giffen good is one for which the quantity demanded rises as the price rises because the income effect

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A)  reinforces the substitution effect.
B)  reinforces and is greater than the substitution effect.
C)  counteracts but is smaller than the substitution effect.
D)  counteracts and is greater than the substitution effect.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

A Giffen good is a good for which an increase in the price

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A)  decreases the quantity supplied.
B)  increases the quantity supplied.
C)  decreases the quantity demanded.
D)  increases the quantity demanded.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

The slope of an indifference curve is

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A)  the rate of change of consumer's preferences.
B)  the marginal rate of preference.
C)  the marginal rate of substitution.
D)  always equal to the slope of the budget constraint.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

The following diagram shows a budget constraint for a particular consumer.  If the price of X is $5, what is the consumer's income?

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A)  $10
B)  $30
C)  $150
D)  $300E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Exam 21: The Theory of Consumer Choice

Figure 21-26 -Refer to Figure 21-26. Rhonda experiences an increase in her hourly wage. Her optimal choice point moves from A to B. For Rhonda,

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Suppose Reta is planning for retirement in a two-period world. In the first period Reta is young and earns $1 million, and in the second period Reta is old and retired and earns nothing. The interest rate is initially 10 percent, but then it falls to 7 percent. After the interest rate falls, the

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Figure 21-6 -Refer to Figure 21-6. Suppose the price of popcorn is $2, the price of Mt. Dew is $4, the value of A is 30, and the value of B is 15. How much income does the consumer have?

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The slope of an indifference curve is

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Figure 21-5 (a) (b) -Refer to Figure 21-5. In graph (a) , what is the price of good Y relative to the price of good X (i.e., P_y/P_x) ?

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Figure 21-4 In each case, the budget constraint moves from BC-1 to BC-2. -Refer to Figure 21-4. Which of the graphs in the figure could reflect a simultaneous increase in the price of good X and decrease in the price of good Y?

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The income effect in the work-leisure model induces a person to work less in response to higher wages, which tends to make the labor-supply curve slope backward.

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The indifference curves for left shoes and right shoes are right angles.

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If John's marginal utility derived from the consumption of another candy bar is 1 and the price of the candy bar is $1.50, then

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The following diagram shows one indifference curve representing the preferences for goods X and Y for one consumer. What is the marginal rate of substitution between points A and B?

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Laura consumes only beer and chips. Her indifference curves are all bowed inward. Consider the bundles (2,6) , (4,4) , and (6,2) . If Laura is indifferent between (2,6) and (6,2) , then Laura must

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