A. Reduce output
B. Increase output
C. Leave output where it is:
D. Increase costs
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - 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 - To maximise sales revenue a firm should produce where ?
A. Marginal cost is zero
B. Marginal revenue is maximised
C. Marginal revenue is zero
D. Marginal revenue equals marginal cost - 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. - A firm in perfectly competitive industry is producing 50 units, its profit-maximising quantity. Industry price is £2 and total fixed costs and total variable cost are £25 and £40 respectively. The firm’s economic profit is ?
A. £35
B. £15
C. £30
D. £60 - 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 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 - For a competitive profit-maximizing firm, the value-of-the-marginal-product curve for capital is the firm’s ?
A. supply curve of capital
B. demand curve for capital
C. production function
D. marginal cost curve - 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
