A. Total cost is falling
B. Total cost is increasing at a falling rate
C. Total cost is falling at a falling rate
D. Total cost is increasing at an increasing rate
Related Mcqs:
- When average cost is falling marginal cost is ________ and when average cost is rising marginal cost is?
A. greater than average cost, greater than average cost
B. less than average cost, greater than average cost
C. less than average cost, less than average cost
D. greater than average cost, less than average cost - 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. - When marginal revenue equals marginal cost ?
A. Total revenue equals total cost
B. There is the biggest positive difference between total revenue and total cost
C. There is the biggest negative difference between total revenue and total cost
D. Profits are Zero - 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 - If marginal revenue equals marginal cost ?
A. No profit is being made
B. Total revenue equals total cost
C. Profits are maximised
D. Producing another unit would increase profits - 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 both marginal cost and marginal revenue increase, a firm ?
A. Should increase output
B. Should reduce output
C. will require further information on how to respond
D. Should not change output - An upward shift in marginal cost _____ output and an upward shift in marginal revenue ______ output?
A. reduces; reduces
B. reduces; increases
C. increases; increases
D. increases; reduces - 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 a competitive firm is producing a level of output where marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost the firm could increase profit if it ?
A. decreased production
B. maintained production at the current level
C. temporarily shut down.
D. increased production
