micro drills10 questions
Demand Shifts and Applications — Practice Set 2
Go beyond the basics: inferior goods, Giffen-style puzzles, taste changes, and multi-shifter scenarios that test careful reasoning.
Q1.
If instant noodles are an inferior good, a recession that lowers incomes will:
Multiple choice · Intermediate
Q2.
A successful advertising campaign for a brand of sneakers will most likely:
Multiple choice · Foundations
Q3.
Two demand shifters move at once: incomes rise (good is normal) and the price of a substitute falls. The net effect on demand is:
Multiple choice · Advanced
Q4.
Which of the following is most likely to have the least elastic short-run demand?
Multiple choice · Intermediate
Q5.
If the price of a good falls and total consumer spending on it rises, demand is:
Multiple choice · Intermediate
Q6.
A per-unit tax on buyers shifts:
Multiple choice · Advanced
Q7.
Market demand for a good is the:
Multiple choice · Intermediate
Q8.
A rise in the price of sugar (an input to candy) affects the candy market by:
Multiple choice · Intermediate
Q9.
Which event would decrease the demand for new cars?
Multiple choice · Intermediate
Q10.
An inferior good can become a normal good for a consumer if:
Multiple choice · Advanced