Lesson 2.5.2

2.5.2 Ceteris paribus and changes in related markets Quiz: OCR Economics, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. What does the Latin term 'ceteris paribus' mean in economic analysis?

    • All else equal
    • Markets reach equilibrium
    • Supply equals demand
    • Prices stay constant
  2. Tea and coffee are substitute goods. If coffee prices rise, what happens to tea demand?

    • Demand decreases
    • Supply increases
    • Supply decreases
    • Demand increases
  3. What economic term describes demand for a factor of production used to make another good?

    • Composite demand
    • Derived demand
    • Joint demand
    • Effective demand
  4. Cars and petrol are complementary goods. If car prices fall, what happens to petrol demand?

    • Supply decreases
    • Demand increases
    • Demand decreases
    • Supply increases
  5. What type of demand exists when a single good is demanded for multiple separate uses?

    • Derived demand
    • Joint demand
    • Composite demand
    • Complementary demand
  6. What economic term describes two goods that are produced together from the same origin?

    • Composite supply
    • Competitive supply
    • Derived supply
    • Joint supply
  7. Housing and construction workers have derived demand. If housing demand rises, bricklayer demand:

    • Falls to zero
    • Stays constant
    • Increases
    • Decreases
  8. What is the relationship between the price of a good and the demand for its substitute?

    • Inverse relationship
    • Negative relationship
    • No relationship
    • Positive relationship
  9. Beef and leather are in joint supply. If cattle slaughter increases to meet beef demand, leather:

    • Demand increases
    • Supply decreases
    • Supply increases
    • Demand decreases
  10. Steel has composite demand. If demand for steel cars rises, what happens to steel prices for cans?

    • Steel demand falls
    • Costs stay unchanged
    • Costs increase
    • Costs decrease
  11. If the cross elasticity of demand between Good X and Good Y is positive, they are:

    • Complements
    • Inferior goods
    • Unrelated goods
    • Substitutes
  12. If the cross price elasticity of demand between two products is negative, the products are:

    • Substitutes
    • Normal goods
    • Complements
    • Veblen goods
  13. Which core assumption isolates the effect of one economic change by holding all other factors constant?

    • Laissez-faire
    • Homo economicus
    • Ceteris paribus
    • Profit maximisation
  14. Printers and ink cartridges are complements. If printer prices drop, what shift occurs for ink cartridges?

    • Rightward supply shift
    • Leftward demand shift
    • Leftward supply shift
    • Rightward demand shift
  15. Milk can make butter or cheese. Higher butter demand leaves less milk for cheese due to:

    • Composite demand
    • Complementary demand
    • Derived demand
    • Joint supply
  16. Beef and leather are in joint supply. If beef prices rise dramatically, leather prices will likely:

    • Demand increases
    • Price stays constant
    • Price decreases
    • Price increases
  17. Land can grow wheat or barley. If wheat farming becomes more profitable, barley experiences:

    • Composite demand
    • Competitive supply
    • Joint supply
    • Derived supply
  18. Cinema tickets and popcorn are often purchased together. What economic term describes this relationship?

    • Competitive demand
    • Derived demand
    • Composite demand
    • Joint demand
  19. If a substitute good's price rises, what happens to equilibrium price and quantity of the original good?

    • Both decrease
    • Price rises only
    • Quantity falls only
    • Both increase
  20. Electric car sales increase, causing higher demand for lithium batteries. Lithium demand is an example of:

    • Composite supply
    • Competitive demand
    • Derived demand
    • Joint supply

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