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