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CA Foundation Price-Output Determination under Different Market Forms — practice questions

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Which market form has exactly one seller and no close substitute?Read the answer and worked solution →A market where pricing control lies with a few sellers is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A market situation with only one buyer is known as:Read the answer and worked solution →In perfect competition, the demand curve facing a single firm is:Read the answer and worked solution →Allocative efficiency in perfect competition requires that price equals:Read the answer and worked solution →In the long run under perfect competition, price equals marginal cost and also:Read the answer and worked solution →In long-run equilibrium under perfect competition, a firm earns only:Read the answer and worked solution →Abnormal short-run profit in perfect competition leads to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a condition of perfect competition?Read the answer and worked solution →Every participant in a perfectly competitive market is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Which economist focused heavily on price formation and discrimination in imperfect competition?Read the answer and worked solution →Normal profit is best treated as part of a firm's:Read the answer and worked solution →Economic profit in a single-goods case equals output times:Read the answer and worked solution →Positive economic profit arises when average cost is:Read the answer and worked solution →How many basic market structures appear in traditional economic analysis?Read the answer and worked solution →A monopolist maximises profit at the output where:Read the answer and worked solution →The demand curve faced by a pure monopolist is:Read the answer and worked solution →Compared with perfect competition, a single-price monopolist sells:Read the answer and worked solution →Monopoly deadweight loss arises because the monopolist:Read the answer and worked solution →A natural monopoly experiences which kind of returns to scale?Read the answer and worked solution →Which was cited by J.S. Mill as a natural monopoly?Read the answer and worked solution →Under average cost pricing, price is set where average cost meets the:Read the answer and worked solution →A drawback of average cost pricing regulation is that firms have:Read the answer and worked solution →A monopoly sanctioned by the state is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Patents act as which type of barrier to entry?Read the answer and worked solution →Decreasing unit costs for larger volumes of production are called:Read the answer and worked solution →A product gaining value as more people use it shows the:Read the answer and worked solution →A prime source of monopoly power is control over:Read the answer and worked solution →Setting a low price to force out new entrants is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A firm shuts down if price falls below its minimum:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which market form has exactly one seller and no close substitute?

  1. Oligopoly market
  2. Pure monopoly
  3. Perfect competition
  4. Imperfect rivalry
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Correct answer: B. Pure monopoly

A monopoly is the case where a single supplier serves the whole market with no viable substitute.

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A market where pricing control lies with a few sellers is called:

  1. Pure monopoly
  2. Oligopoly market
  3. Perfect competition
  4. Monopsony market
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Correct answer: B. Oligopoly market

Oligopoly comes from words meaning few sellers, who hold the pricing control.

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A market situation with only one buyer is known as:

  1. Monopoly
  2. Cartel
  3. Monopsony
  4. Oligopoly
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Correct answer: C. Monopsony

A single buyer on the demand side is a monopsony, the mirror image of a monopoly.

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