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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Law of returns to scale applies when……… (a) All inputs cost are variable ; (b) All input cost are fixed; (c) All cost are partly fixed and partly variable ; (d) None
Last Answer : (a) All inputs cost are variable ;
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 : 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 : The law of diminishing returns applies to (1) All sectors (2) Industrial sector (3) Agricultural sector (4) Service sector
Last Answer : All sectors
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 : 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 indifference is/are also know by- (a) Law of substitution ; (b) law of equimarginal utility ; (c) Law of diminishing marginal utility (d) All the three
Last Answer : (d) All the three
Description : Law of variable proportion applies……………. (a) When all inputs are variable ; (b) When all input are fixed ; (c) Some inputs are fixed and some are variable ; (d) All the three
Last Answer : (c) Some inputs are fixed and some are variable ;
Description : Very short period is the market condition where the supply remain perfectly (a) Elastic ; (b) Inelastic ; (c) Unity elastic ; (d) Elasticity less than 1
Last Answer : (b) Inelastic ;
Description : A natural monopoly has declining – over large range of output (a) Long run average cost ; (b) Short run average cost ; (c) Long run total cost; (d) Long run marginal cost
Last Answer : (a) Long run average cost ;
Description : Fixed costs are (a) Avoidable in the short run ; (b) Sunk cost in the short run ; (c) Sunk cost in the long run (d) Unavoidable in the long run
Last Answer : (b) Sunk cost in the short run ;
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 : What effect does the law if diminishing returns have on total variable cost?
Last Answer : Solve log7 (X+1) + log7 (x-5)=1
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
Description : …….. is the price at which demand for a commodity is equal to its supply (a) Normal price ; (b) Equilibrium price ; (c) Short run price ; (d) Secular price
Last Answer : ; (b) Equilibrium price ;
Description : In the short run an oligopolistic firm will (a) Make profits ; (b) Incur losses ; (c) Just break even ; (d) Any of these three are possible
Last Answer : (d) Any of these three are possible
Description : In short run a monopolistic competition firm will be in equilibrium where (a) MR = curve intersect SMC curve from above (b) MR curve intersect SMC curve from below (c) MC = AR ; (d) MR curve intersect SMC from below and P is equal to or more than AVC
Last Answer : ; (d) MR curve intersect SMC from below and P is equal to or more than AVC
Description : Which of these is associated with a monopolistic competitive market – (a) Product differentiation ; (b) Homogeneous Product ; (c) Normal in short run; (d) Single buyer
Last Answer : (c) Normal in short run;
Description : In the short run if the price is above the average total cost in a monopolistic competitive market, the firm makes (a) Profits and new firms join the market ; (b) Profit and bar entry to new firms; (c) Makes losses and exit the market ; (d) Quick profit and disappears
Last Answer : (a) Profits and new firms join the market ;
Description : In economic theory, in the short run all the cost are…………… (a) Fixed ; (b) Variable ; (c) Controllable ; (d) Semi variable
Last Answer : (a) Fixed ;
Description : In the short run which of the following is fixed (a) Labour ; (b) Capital ; (c) Raw material ; (d) None
Last Answer : (b) Capital ;
Description : If total production increases in the short run, the total cost will also…….. (a) Increase due to increase in fixed cost ; (b) Increase due to increase in variable cost (c) Increase due to increase in total cost ; (d) Remain constant
Last Answer : (b) Increase due to increase in variable cost
Description : TVC curve begins to………with the onset of increasing returns (a) Rise at an increasing rate ; (b) Rise at an decreasing rate; (c) Fall at an Increasing rate ; (d) Stabilize
Last Answer : (b) Rise at an decreasing rate;
Description : What point diminishing returns sets in?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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