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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1) Jim has $600 a week to spend on clothing and food. The price of clothing is $30 and the price offood is $5. The clothing and food pairs in Jim's choice set include ________ units of clothing and________ units of food.

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A) 0; 200 B) 10; 60 C) 15; 70 D) 20; 50

Refer to the information provided in Figure 6.1 below to answer the questions that follow.

Figure 6.1

2) Refer to Figure 6.1. Assume Tom is on budget constraint AC and the price of a hamburger is $4.00.Tom's monthly income is

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A) $20. B) $60. C) $80. D) $100.

3) Refer to Figure 6.1. Assume Tom is on budget constraint AC and the price of a hot dog is $2.00.Tom's monthly income is

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A) $40. B) $60. C) $80. D) $100.

4) Refer to Figure 6.1. Assume Tom's budget constraint is AC. He does NOT spend his entire incomeat point

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A) A. B) B. C) E. D) D.

5) Refer to Figure 6.1. Assume Tom's budget constraint is AC. Given his current monthly income, heCANNOT purchase the bundle of goods at point

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A) A. B) B. C) E. D) D.

6) Refer to Figure 6.1. Assume Tom's budget constraint is AC. At which point does Tom consumeonly hot dogs?

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A) A. B) B. C) E. D) D.

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7) Refer to Figure 6.1. Along budget constraint AC, the opportunity cost of one hamburger 7)A) is 1/4 of a hot dog.B) is 1/2 of a hot dog.C) is 2 hot dogs.D) changes as you move down along the budget constraint.

8) Refer to Figure 6.1. Along budget constraint AC, the opportunity cost of one hot dog 8)A) is 1/4 of a hamburger.B) is 1/2 of a hamburger.C) is 2 hamburgers.D) changes as you move down along the budget constraint.

9) Refer to Figure 6.1. Tom's budget constraint is AC. His choice set includes all points 9)A) along budget constraint AC. B) along the vertical and horizontal axes.C) bounded by the area OAC. D) to the right of budget constraint AC.

10) Refer to Figure 6.1. AC represents Tom's budget constraint. Point D then represents a point that is 10)A) available, but at which he does not spend all his income.B) in his opportunity set but not on his budget constraint.C) an available option, as Tom is just spending all of his income.D) not available because it represents a combination of hamburgers and hot dogs that he cannot

purchase with his income.

Refer to the information provided in Figure 6.3 below to answer the questions that follow.

Figure 6.3

11) Refer to Figure 6.3. Molly's budget constraint is AC. It would swivel to AD if the price of 11)A) DVDs decreased. B) DVDs increased.C) CDs increased. D) CDs decreased.

12) Refer to Figure 6.3. Molly's budget constraint is AC. It would swivel to AB if the price of 12)A) DVDs decreased. B) CDs increased.C) CDs decreased. D) DVDs increased.

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Refer to the information provided in Figure 6.6 below to answer the questions that follow.

Figure 6.6

13) Refer to Figure 6.6. Bill's budget constraint was originally CD. If his new budget constraint is EF,then his income

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A) increased.B) decreased.C) did not change but the price of black beans decreased.D) did not change but the price of bell peppers decreased.

14) Refer to Figure 6.6. Bill's budget constraint is BD. If the price of bell peppers increases, Bill's newbudget constraint is

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A) AD. B) CD. C) AO. D) EF.

15) Marginal utility is the ________ satisfaction gained by consuming ________ of a good. 15)A) additional; all units B) additional; one more unitC) total; one more unit D) total; all units

16) Kathy eats five slices of pizza on a Saturday night but admits each slice of pizza doesn't taste asgood as the previous one. This suggests that for Kathy the

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A) marginal utility of a slice of pizza is negative.B) total utility of slices of pizza is declining.C) marginal utility of a slice of pizza is positive but decreasing.D) total utility of slices of pizza is increasing by larger and larger increments.

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Refer to the information provided in Figure 6.9 below to answer the questions that follow.

Figure 6.9

17) Refer to Figure 6.9. The marginal utility of the second video game rental is 17)A) 8. B) 10. C) 25. D) 40.

18) Refer to Figure 6.9. The ________ video game rental has a marginal utility of zero. 18)A) first B) second C) third D) fourth

19) Jon is consuming X and Y so that he is spending his entire income and MUx/Px = 8 and MUy/Py =4. To maximize utility, he should consume

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A) more X and less Y.B) less X and more Y.C) the same amount of X and Y since he is already maximizing utility.D) less of both X and Y.

20) A utility-maximizing consumer buys so as to make ________ for all pairs of goods. 20)A) TUx/Px = TUy/Py B) MUx = MUyC) MUx/MUy = Px/Py D) Px(MUx) = Py(MUv)

21) A rise in the price of Pepsi that causes a household to shift its purchasing pattern toward Coke andaway from Pepsi is the ________ effect of a price change.

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A) diminishing marginal utility B) incomeC) substitution D) complementary

22) Assuming that charitable giving is a normal good, the income effect of a decrease in personal taxrates would lead to

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A) more giving because households would have more disposable income.B) more giving because giving to charity would become less expensive relative to other goods.C) less giving because households would spend that money on luxury goods.D) less giving because giving to charity would become more expensive relative to other goods.

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Refer to the information provided in Figure 6.15 below to answer the questions that follow.

Figure 6.15

23) Refer to Figure 6.15. If the price of an ice cream cone is $2, Jason's income is 23)A) $75.B) $250.C) $300.D) indeterminate because the price of ice cream sandwiches is not given.

24) Refer to Figure 6.15. Jason maximizes utility at point 24)A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D.

25) Refer to Figure 6.15. If the price of an ice cream cone is $2, the price of ice cream sandwiches is 25)A) $2. B) $3. C) $50. D) $100.

TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.

26) Assuming the properties of normal indifference curves, a consumer will maximize his utilitywhere his indifference curve is just tangent to his budget constraint.

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27) An indifference curve is a set of points, each point representing a combination of two goods, all ofwhich represent the same total utility.

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Answer KeyTestname: EXERCISES CH 6

1) B2) C3) C4) C5) D6) A7) C8) B9) C

10) D11) A12) D13) A14) A15) B16) C17) A18) D19) A20) C21) C22) A23) C24) A25) B26) TRUE27) TRUE

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