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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