A. is linear (a straight line)
B. becomes steeper as the quantity of the input increase
C. could be any of these answers
D. becomes flatter as the quantity of the input increase
Related Mcqs:
- If as the quantity produced increase a production function first exhibits increasing marginal product and later diminishing marginal product, the corresponding marginal-cost curve will ?
A. be flat (horizontal)
B. slope upward
C. slope downward
D. be U-shaped. - If a production function exhibits diminishing marginal product the slope of the corresponding total-cost curve ?
A. is liner (a straight line)
B. could be any of these answers
C. becomes steeper as the quantity of output increases
D. become flatter as the quantity of output increases. - If a factor exhibits diminishing marginal product, hiring additional units of the factor will ?
A. cause a reduction is output
B. have no effect on output
C. increase the marginal product of the factor
D. generate ever smaller amounts of output - If the total product of two workers is 80 and the total product of 3 workers is 90 then the average product of the third worker is ________ and the marginal product of the third worker is _________?
A. 160; 270
B. 10; 30
C. 10; 3.33
D. 30; 10 - Diminishing marginal return implies ?
A. decreasing average fixed costs.
B. decreasing marginal costs.
C. decreasing average variable costs.
D. increasing marginal costs. - If goods are exported for less than society’s marginal production cost and the marginal benefit to domestic consumers, it is likely that they benefit from?
A. an import subsidy
B. a quota
C. comparative advantage
D. an export subsidy - If a production function exhibits constant returns to scale ?
A. doubling all of the inputs more than doubles output due to the catch-up effect
B. doubling all of the inputs has absolutely no impact on output because output is constant
C. doubling all of the inputs less than doubles output due to diminishing returns
D. doubling all of the input’s doubles output - A company is in the ________ stage of the new product development process when the company develops the product concept into a physical product in order to assure that the product idea can be turned into a workable product ?
A. product development
B. commercialization
C. marketing strategy
D. business analysis - If a marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost, a monopolists should?
A. increase should
B. decrease output
C. keep output the same because profits are maximized when marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost
D. raise the price - If the marginal revenue is less than the marginal cost then to profit maximise a firm should ?
A. Reduce output
B. Increase output
C. Leave output where it is:
D. Increase costs
