Description : It is prudent to determine the size of the output when the industry is operating in the stage of - (1) increasing returns (2) constant returns (3) diminishing returns (4) negative returns
Last Answer : (3) diminishing returns Explanation: In economics, diminishing returns (also called diminishing marginal returns) is the decrease in the marginal (per-unit) output of a production process as the ... other factors of production stay constant. This law plays a central role in production theory.
Description : If a change in all inputs leads to a proportionate change in output, it is case of - (1) Constant returns to scale (2) Diminishing returns to scale (3) Increasing returns to scale (4) Variable returns to scale
Last Answer : (1) Constant returns to scale Explanation: If output increases by that same proportional change as all inputs change then there are constant returns to scale (CRS). If output increases by less than ... by more than that proportional change in inputs, there are increasing returns to scale (IRS).
Description : If a change in all inputs leads to a proportionate change in output, it is case of (1) Constant returns to scale (2) Diminishing returns to scale (3) Increasing returns to scale (4) Variable returns to scale
Last Answer : Constant returns to scale
Description : Third stage of Law of Variable Proportion is called - (1) negative returns (2) positive returns (3) constant returns (4) increasing returns
Last Answer : (1) negative returns Explanation: The stages of Law of Variable Proportion are: Stage 1: Increasing return: Stage 2: Diminishing return; and Stage 3: Negative Return. In the third stage Marginal Product of variable factor is zero. In this stage the Total Product starts diminishing.
Description : Third stage of Law of Variable Proportion is called (1) negative returns (2) positive returns (3) constant returns (4) increasing returns
Last Answer : negative returns
Description : According to modern thinking, the law of diminishing returns applies to (1) agriculture (2) industry (3) mining (4) all fields of production
Last Answer : all fields of production
Description : What effect do increases in the Promotion Budget have on a product’s Awareness? a. Increasing returns b. Constant returns c. Proportionally increasing returns d. Diminishing returns e. None of the above
Last Answer : d. Diminishing returns
Description : Diminishing returns occurs when a firm (a) uses too much of all inputs (b) uses more and more of one input while holding another inputs constant © does not utilize its inputs efficiently (d) cut down on the quantity of all inputs it uses
Last Answer : b) uses more and more of one input while holding another inputs constant
Description : Promotion efforts are subject to a. economies of scale. b. increasing returns. c. diminishing returns. d. promotion expenditure. e. customer awareness.
Last Answer : c. diminishing returns.
Description : TVC curve begins to……….with the onset of diminishing returns (a) Rise at an Increasing rate ; (b) Rise at an decreasing rate; (c) Fall at an Increasing rate ; (d) Stabilize
Last Answer : (a) Rise at an Increasing rate ;
Description : When a firm enters the law of diminishing returns to scale (a) TVC curve begins to fall at an increasing rate (b) TVC curve begins to increase at an increasing rate (c) TVC curve begins to fall at an decreasing rate (d) TVC curve begins to increase at an decreasing rate
Last Answer : (a) TVC curve begins to fall at an increasing rate
Description : An employer goes on employing more and more of a factor units until : (1) the Average Revenue Productivity becomes equal to Marginal Revenue Productivity. (2) the Marginal Revenue Productivity becomes ... into operation. (4) the Marginal Revenue Productivity of a factor becomes equal to its reward.
Last Answer : (4) the Marginal Revenue Productivity of a factor becomes equal to its reward. Explanation: 'According to the Marginal Productivity Theory, the reward or the price of a factor unit depends upon its ... marginal cost of the factor is greater than MRP, it will reduce employment to reduce its loss.
Description : The law of diminishing returns applies to - (1) All sectors (2) Industrial sector (3) Agricultural sector (4) Service sector
Last Answer : (1 ) All sectors Explanation: The classical economists were of the opinion that - the law of diminishing returns applies only to agriculture and to some extractive industries, such as mining, fisheries urban land, etc. However, it is applicable to other sectors such as manufacturing as well.
Description : Why is the law of diminishing marginal returns true? a. specialization and division of labor b. spreading the average fixed cost c. limited capital d. all factors being variable in the long-run
Last Answer : c. limited capital
Description : The law of diminishing (marginal) returns states that as more of a variable factor is added to a certain amount of a fixed factor, beyond some point: a. Total physical product begins ... The marginal physical product rises c. The marginal physical product falls d. The average physical product falls
Last Answer : c. The marginal physical product falls
Description : 4. The demand for labor slopes down and to the right because of a. the law of demand b. the iron law of wages c. the law of diminishing marginal returns d. economies of scale
Last Answer : c. labor is a large percent of the total cost of production
Last Answer : the Marginal Revenue Productivity of a factor becomes equal to its reward.
Description : The law of diminishing returns applies to (1) All sectors (2) Industrial sector (3) Agricultural sector (4) Service sector
Last Answer : All sectors
Description : In the short run, diminishing marginal returns is implied by (a) Rising MC ; (b) Falling MC ; (c) Rising AVC ; (d) Constant TC
Last Answer : (a) Rising MC ;
Description : Which of the following describes the main purpose of corporate governance? a) Establish short-term strategic objectives for a company. b) Ensure collective strategic decisions for a company. c) ... and prudent management of a company. d) Establish and monitor the operating parameters for a company
Last Answer : c) Facilitate effective, entrepreneurial and prudent management of a company.
Description : What effect does the law if diminishing returns have on total variable cost?
Last Answer : Solve log7 (X+1) + log7 (x-5)=1
Description : What point diminishing returns sets in?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : In which case the conversion rate optimization results in diminishing returns? a. When the conversion rate is 30% b. In 5 years c. When you don't notice any dramatic increase in results d. Never
Last Answer : d. Never
Description : When does conversion rate optimization give diminishing returns? A. Once your conversion rate is 30% B. In 5 years C. Once you don't see a dramatic increase in results D. Never
Last Answer : D. Never
Description : Investing more than $5,000,000 in the same TQM initiative over a two or three year period creates a. little or no additional improvement. b. high additional improvement. c. the same improvement than last period. d. diminishing returns.
Last Answer : a. little or no additional improvement.
Description : Promotion expenditures reach diminishing returns at what level? a. about $3M b. $2.5M c. $1M d. $4M e. none of the above
Last Answer : a. about $3M
Description : Diminishing returns for a single year on TQM budgets become noticeable at a. $3.0M. b. $1.5M. c. $2.0M. d. $5.0M. e. $1.0M.
Last Answer : c. $2.0M.
Description : When investing in E-mail, diminishing returns apply after a. $600,000 per segment. b. $600,000 per product. c. $800,000 per product. d. $800,000 per segment. e. $500,000 per product.
Last Answer : b. $600,000 per product.
Description : When investing in Trade Shows, diminishing returns apply after a. $700,000 per product. b. $300,000 per segment. c. $800,000 per product. d. $300,000 per product. e. $500,000 per product.
Last Answer : d. $300,000 per product.
Description : When investing in web media, diminishing returns apply after a. $500,000 per product. b. $700,000 per product. c. $700,000 per segment. d. $600,000 per product. e. $600,000 per segment.
Last Answer : a. $500,000 per product.
Description : When investing in direct mail, diminishing returns apply after a. $700,000 per product. b. $700,000 per segment. c. $800,000 per product. d. $800,000 per segment. e. $500,000 per product.
Last Answer : c. $800,000 per product.
Description : When investing in print media, diminishing returns apply after a. $700,000 per product. b. $700,000 per segment. c. $500,000 per product. d. $300,000 per segment. e. $800,000 per segment.
Last Answer : a. $700,000 per product.
Description : In only one product segment, diminishing returns for outside sales is reached at a. 75. b. 12. c. 15. d. 45. e. 30.
Last Answer : b. 12.
Description : In only one product segment, diminishing returns for inside sales is reached at a. 75. b. 12. c. 15. d. 45 e. 30.
Last Answer : e. 30.
Description : In only one product segment, diminishing returns for distributors is reached at a. 75. b. 12. c. 15. d. 45. e. 30.
Last Answer : c. 15.
Description : Decreases in price of a product results in increased consumption of the product as the product becomes cheaper compared to other products. This effect is known as (a) Substitution effect ; (b) Income effect ; (c) Diminishing marginal utility concept; (b) Law of diminishing returns
Last Answer : (a) Substitution effect ;
Description : Increase in price of a product reduces the purchasing power as a result of which demand for a product goes up. This effect is known as (a) Substitution effect ; (b) Income effect ; (c) Diminishing marginal utility concept (d)Law of diminishing returns
Last Answer : ; (b) Income effect ;
Description : Total variable cost curve is explained by (a) Law of the diminishing marginal returns ; (b) The price of the variable inputs; (c) Production function ; (d) All the three
Last Answer : ; (d) All the three
Description : The negatively sloped part of long run cost curve of a firm is due to (a) Increase in production due to specialization and division of labour; (b) Diseconomies of scale ; (c) Diminishing returns to scale ; (d) Marginal utility theory
Last Answer : (a) Increase in production due to specialization and division of labour;
Description : The positively sloped part of long run cost curve of a firm is due to (a) Economies of scale ; (b) Diseconomies of scale; (c) Diminishing returns to scale ; (d) Marginal utility theory
Last Answer : (b) Diseconomies of scale;
Description : The law of diminishing returns applies in……………. (a) Short run ; (b) Long run ; (c) Very short run ; (d) All the time period
Last Answer : (a) Short run ;
Description : Under increasing returns the supply curve is - (1) positively sloped from is to right (2) negatively sloped from left to right (3) parallel to the quantity-axis (4) parallel to the price -axis
Last Answer : (1) positively sloped from is to right Explanation: Supply curve, in economics, is a graphic representation of the relationship between product price and quantity of product that a seller is willing and ... i.e as the price of a commodity increases in the market, the amount supplied increases).
Description : In Cobb-Douglas production function Q = ALα Kβ there will be increasing returns to scale, if (a) α + β = 1 (b) α + β > 0 (c) α + β > 1 (d) α + β < 1
Last Answer : (c) α + β > 1
Description : Under increasing returns the supply curve is (1) positively sloped from left to right (2) negatively sloped from left to right (3) parallel to the quantity-axis (4) parallel to the price -axis
Last Answer : positively sloped from left to right
Description : Which can help a producer in determining how much of a product is required the produced? A. Factor-Product Relationship B. Law of Increasing Returns C. Factor-Factor Relationship D. Law of Constant Returns
Last Answer : C. Chenopodium album
Description : Increasing concave length_______ seed separation at diminishing rate a) Increases b) Decreases c)No effect d) None of the
Last Answer : a) Increases
Description : As the number of investments made by a firm increases, its internal rate of return - (1) declines due to diminishing marginal productivity. (2) declines because the market rate of interest will ... the firm for the current consumption foregone. (4) increases because the level of savings will fall.
Last Answer : (3) increases to compensate the firm for the current consumption foregone. Explanation: Internal rates of return are commonly used to evaluate the desirability of investments or projects. The higher a ... of return is greater than an established minimum acceptable rate of return or cost of capital.
Description : Law of diminishing marginal utility is based on the assumption that a. Tastes change over time b. Consumption is continuous c. Different units of goods consumed are homogeneous Of these statements: A.Only a is true B.a and c are true C.b and c are true D.All are true
Last Answer : D.All are true
Description : Put into chronological order on the basis of development: l. Law of demand 2. Law of indifference 3. Law of diminishing marginal utility 4. Revealed preference curve 5. Indifference curve A.1 3 4 2 5 B.1 5 3 4 2 C.1 3 2 5 4 D.1 2 3 4 5
Last Answer : C.1 3 2 5 4
Description : According to principle of diminishing marginal rate of substitution a. One commodity must be decreased while other is increased b. Commodity which is increased has higher marginal significance c. Commodity which is decreased ... .Both a and b are correct C.Both a and c are correct D.All are correct
Last Answer : C.Both a and c are correct