Question 1

Monopolistically competitive sellers produce efficiently because they obtain only normal profits in the long run.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

(Last Word) Which of the following best explains why an increase in the minimum wage is more problematic for mom and pop restaurants than for big chain restaurants?

Accepted Answer

A) Chain restaurants are exempt from minimum wage laws. 
B) Mom and pop restaurants have more difficulty attracting workers when wages rise. 
C) Mom and pop restaurants are more dependent on labor relative to chain restaurants. 
D) Chain restaurants have more monopoly pricing power and can more easily raise prices than mom and pop stores. 
A) Chain restaurants are exempt from minimum wage laws. 
B) Mom and pop restaurants have more difficulty attracting workers when wages rise. 
C) Mom and pop restaurants are more dependent on labor relative to chain restaurants. 
D) Chain restaurants have more monopoly pricing power and can more easily raise prices than mom and pop stores.

Question 3

Monopolistic competition provides the benefit of product variety but at the cost of productive inefficiency.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The stronger the product differentiation in monopolistic competition, the

Accepted Answer

A) less elastic the demand curve, and production will take place further to the left of minimum average costs. 
B) less elastic the demand curve, and production will take place further to the right of minimum average costs. 
C) more elastic the demand curve, and production will take place further to the left of minimum average costs. 
D) more elastic the demand curve, and production will take place further to the right of minimum average costs. 
A) less elastic the demand curve, and production will take place further to the left of minimum average costs. 
B) less elastic the demand curve, and production will take place further to the right of minimum average costs. 
C) more elastic the demand curve, and production will take place further to the left of minimum average costs. 
D) more elastic the demand curve, and production will take place further to the right of minimum average costs.

Question 5

Which industry would be best characterized as monopolistically competitive?

Accepted Answer

A) smartphone manufacturing 
B) Internet-search sites 
C) web design consulting 
D) business cloud-computing services 
A) smartphone manufacturing 
B) Internet-search sites 
C) web design consulting 
D) business cloud-computing services

Question 6

The larger the number of firms and the smaller the degree of product differentiation, the

Accepted Answer

A) greater the divergence between the demand and the marginal revenue curves of the monopolistically competitive firm. 
B) larger will be the monopolistically competitive firm's fixed costs. 
C) less elastic is the monopolistically competitive firm's demand curve. 
D) more elastic is the monopolistically competitive firm's demand curve. 
A) greater the divergence between the demand and the marginal revenue curves of the monopolistically competitive firm. 
B) larger will be the monopolistically competitive firm's fixed costs. 
C) less elastic is the monopolistically competitive firm's demand curve. 
D) more elastic is the monopolistically competitive firm's demand curve.

Question 7

Compared to a purely competitive firm in long-run equilibrium, the monopolistic competitor has a

Accepted Answer

A) lower price and lower output. 
B) higher price and lower output. 
C) higher price and higher output. 
D) price and output that may be higher or lower. 
A) lower price and lower output. 
B) higher price and lower output. 
C) higher price and higher output. 
D) price and output that may be higher or lower.

Question 8

The less elastic a monopolistic competitor's long-run demand curve, the

Accepted Answer

A) greater its excess capacity. 
B) lower its price relative to that of a pure competitor having the same cost curves. 
C) higher its long-run economic profit. 
D) lower its average total cost at its equilibrium level of output. 
A) greater its excess capacity. 
B) lower its price relative to that of a pure competitor having the same cost curves. 
C) higher its long-run economic profit. 
D) lower its average total cost at its equilibrium level of output.

Question 9

The following pairs of products illustrate product differentiation, except

Accepted Answer

A) Coke and Pepsi. 
B) tank tops and denim shorts. 
C) airport hotels and downtown hotels. 
D) New York-style pizza and Chicago-style pizza. 
A) Coke and Pepsi. 
B) tank tops and denim shorts. 
C) airport hotels and downtown hotels. 
D) New York-style pizza and Chicago-style pizza.

Question 10

Concentration ratios measure the

Accepted Answer

A) geographic location of the largest corporations in each industry. 
B) degree to which product price exceeds marginal cost in various industries. 
C) percentage of total industry sales accounted for by the largest firms in the industry. 
D) number of firms in an industry. 
A) geographic location of the largest corporations in each industry. 
B) degree to which product price exceeds marginal cost in various industries. 
C) percentage of total industry sales accounted for by the largest firms in the industry. 
D) number of firms in an industry.

Question 11

For which market model can we not assume a homogeneous product?

Accepted Answer

A) pure competition 
B) pure monopoly 
C) monopolistic competition 
D) oligopoly 
A) pure competition 
B) pure monopoly 
C) monopolistic competition 
D) oligopoly

Question 12

Which of the following is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) The excess capacity problem diminishes as the monopolistically competitive firm's demand curve becomes less elastic. 
B) The excess capacity problem means that monopolistically competitive firms typically produce at some point on the rising segment of their average total cost curve. 
C) The greater the degree of product variation, the lesser is the excess capacity problem. 
D) The greater the degree of product variation, the greater is the excess capacity problem. 
A) The excess capacity problem diminishes as the monopolistically competitive firm's demand curve becomes less elastic. 
B) The excess capacity problem means that monopolistically competitive firms typically produce at some point on the rising segment of their average total cost curve. 
C) The greater the degree of product variation, the lesser is the excess capacity problem. 
D) The greater the degree of product variation, the greater is the excess capacity problem.

Question 13

A significant benefit of monopolistic competition compared with pure competition is

Accepted Answer

A) less likelihood of X-inefficiency. 
B) improved resource allocation. 
C) greater product variety. 
D) stronger incentives to achieve economies of scale. 
A) less likelihood of X-inefficiency. 
B) improved resource allocation. 
C) greater product variety. 
D) stronger incentives to achieve economies of scale.

Question 14

Which of the following is a characteristic of monopolistic competition?

Accepted Answer

A) standardized product 
B) a relatively small number of firms 
C) absence of nonprice competition 
D) relatively easy entry 
A) standardized product 
B) a relatively small number of firms 
C) absence of nonprice competition 
D) relatively easy entry

Question 15

Monopolistic competition resembles pure competition because

Accepted Answer

A) both industries emphasize nonprice competition. 
B) in both instances firms will operate at the minimum point on their long-run average total cost curves. 
C) both industries entail the production of differentiated products. 
D) barriers to entry are either weak or nonexistent. 
A) both industries emphasize nonprice competition. 
B) in both instances firms will operate at the minimum point on their long-run average total cost curves. 
C) both industries entail the production of differentiated products. 
D) barriers to entry are either weak or nonexistent.

Question 16

An important similarity between a monopolistically competitive firm and a pure monopolist is that both

Accepted Answer

A) realize an economic profit in the long run. 
B) achieve allocative efficiency. 
C) face demand curves that are less than perfectly elastic. 
D) achieve productive efficiency. 
A) realize an economic profit in the long run. 
B) achieve allocative efficiency. 
C) face demand curves that are less than perfectly elastic. 
D) achieve productive efficiency.

Question 17

If monopolistically competitive firms in an industry are making an economic profit, then new firms will enter the industry and the product demand facing existing firms will shift

Accepted Answer

A) right and become more elastic. 
B) left and become less elastic. 
C) left and become more elastic. 
D) right and become less elastic. 
A) right and become more elastic. 
B) left and become less elastic. 
C) left and become more elastic. 
D) right and become less elastic.

Question 18

If we believe that "variety is the spice of life," then we should be more concerned about the excess capacity in monopolistic competition and do our best to eliminate it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following forces does not play a major part in the adjustments of a monopolistically competitive industry toward its long-run equilibrium?

Accepted Answer

A) profits/losses making firms enter or exit the industry 
B) firms expanding or shrinking their productive capacity 
C) introduction of new products and patents 
D) shifts in the demand curves of individual firms as the industry expands or contracts 
A) profits/losses making firms enter or exit the industry 
B) firms expanding or shrinking their productive capacity 
C) introduction of new products and patents 
D) shifts in the demand curves of individual firms as the industry expands or contracts

Question 20

The economic profits earned by monopolistically competitive sellers are zero in the long run.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: Monopolistic Competition

Monopolistically competitive sellers produce efficiently because they obtain only normal profits in the long run.

(Last Word) Which of the following best explains why an increase in the minimum wage is more problematic for mom and pop restaurants than for big chain restaurants?

Monopolistic competition provides the benefit of product variety but at the cost of productive inefficiency.

The stronger the product differentiation in monopolistic competition, the

Which industry would be best characterized as monopolistically competitive?

The larger the number of firms and the smaller the degree of product differentiation, the

Compared to a purely competitive firm in long-run equilibrium, the monopolistic competitor has a

The less elastic a monopolistic competitor's long-run demand curve, the

The following pairs of products illustrate product differentiation, except

Concentration ratios measure the

For which market model can we not assume a homogeneous product?

Which of the following is correct?

A significant benefit of monopolistic competition compared with pure competition is

Which of the following is a characteristic of monopolistic competition?

Monopolistic competition resembles pure competition because

An important similarity between a monopolistically competitive firm and a pure monopolist is that both

If monopolistically competitive firms in an industry are making an economic profit, then new firms will enter the industry and the product demand facing existing firms will shift

If we believe that "variety is the spice of life," then we should be more concerned about the excess capacity in monopolistic competition and do our best to eliminate it.

Which of the following forces does not play a major part in the adjustments of a monopolistically competitive industry toward its long-run equilibrium?

The economic profits earned by monopolistically competitive sellers are zero in the long run.

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