811. If an increase in the price of blue jeans leads to an increase in the demand for tennis shoes, then blue jeans and tennis shoes are ?
A. Complements
B. inferior goods
C. normal goods
D. none of these answers
E. Substitutes
812. The law of supply states that an increase in the price of a good ?
A. none of these answers
B. increases the quantity supplied of that good
C. increase the supply of that good
D. decrease the demand for the good
E. decrease the quantity demanded for that good
813. A monopolistic market has ?
A. many buyers and sellers
B. none of these answers
C. firms that are price takers
D. only one seller
814. All of the following shift the supply of watches to the right except ?
A. an advance in the technology used to manufacture watches
B. an increase in the price of watches
C. All of these answers cause an increase in the supply of watches
D. a decrease in the wage of workers employed to manufacture watches
815. If the price of good is below the equilibrium price ?
A. there is a shortage and the price will rise
B. the quantity demanded is equal to the quantity supplied and the price remains unchanged
C. there is a shortage and the price will fall
D. there is a surplus and the price will rise
816. An increase (rightward shift) in the demand for a good will tend to cause ?
A. an increase in the equilibrium price and quantity
B. none of these answers
C. an increase in the equilibrium price and a decrease in the equilibrium quantity
D. a decrease in the equilibrium quantity.
E. a decrease in the equilibrium price and quantity.
817. Suppose there is an increase in both the supply and demand for personal computers. In the market for personal computers, we would expect?
A. the equilibrium quantity to rise and the equilibrium price to rise
B. the equilibrium quantity to rise and the equilibrium price to fall
C. the equilibrium quantity to rise and the equilibrium price to remain constant
D. the change in the equilibrium quantity to be ambiguous and the equilibrium price to rise
E. the equilibrium quantity to rise and the change in the equilibrium price to be ambiguous.
818. Which of the following statements is true about the impact of an increase in the price of lettuce ?
A. Both the demand for lettuce will decrease and the equilibrium price and quantity of salad dressing will fall
B. The supply of lettuce will decrease
C. The demand for lettuce will decrease
D. The equilibrium price and quantity of salad dressing will fall
E. The equilibrium price and quantity of salad dressing will rise
819. Suppose consumer tastes shift toward the consumption of apples Which of the following statements is an accurate description of the impact of this event on the market for apples ?
A. There is an increase in the quantity demanded of apples and in the supply for apples
B. There is an increase in the demand and supply of apples.
C. There is an increase in the demand for apples and a decrease in the supply of apples
D. There is a decrease in the quantity demanded of apples and an increase in the supply for apples
E. There is an increase in the demand for apples and an increase in the quantity supplied of apples.
820. An inferior good is one for which an increase in income causes a(n) ?
A. decrease in supply
B. increase in demand
C. increase in supply
D. decrease in demand