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AP Micro-Style Practice 3
These are ORIGINAL exam-style questions written for practice — they are not actual AP exam questions. Focus: market failures and factor markets.
Q1.
A firm hires labor until MRP equals the wage. If the output price rises, the firm will:
Multiple choice · Intermediate
Q2.
A factory pollutes a river. The efficient Pigouvian tax equals:
Multiple choice · Advanced
Q3.
Which is a pure public good?
Multiple choice · Foundations
Q4.
The free-rider problem arises because public goods are:
Multiple choice · Foundations
Q5.
If a worker's marginal product is 10 units and the product price is $5, the worker's MRP is:
Multiple choice · Intermediate
Q6.
A monopsonist's marginal factor cost is ___ the wage because ___.
Multiple choice · Advanced
Q7.
Positive externalities lead to:
Multiple choice · Intermediate
Q8.
Tradable permits are preferred to uniform quotas when firms have:
Multiple choice · Advanced
Q9.
A lighthouse is often cited as a public good, but modern GPS has made it:
Multiple choice · Advanced
Q10.
A minimum wage in a competitive labor market set above equilibrium causes:
Multiple choice · Intermediate