Lesson 1.2.3

1.2.3 Supply and demand and price changes Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Business, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. Market equilibrium occurs at the price where quantity demanded equals:

    • Total revenue
    • Quantity supplied
    • Total cost
    • Excess demand
  2. What happens to market price when there is excess demand?

    • Price rises
    • Price stays unchanged
    • Price stays constant
    • Price falls
  3. What happens to market price when excess supply exists in a market?

    • Price rises
    • Price stays unchanged
    • Price falls
    • Price doubles
  4. If the demand curve shifts right while supply remains unchanged, equilibrium price will:

    • Fluctuate
    • Fall
    • Remain unchanged
    • Rise
  5. If the supply curve shifts left while demand remains unchanged, equilibrium quantity will:

    • Rise
    • Double
    • Fall
    • Remain unchanged
  6. A movement along a product's demand curve is caused by a change in:

    • Advertising spend
    • Production cost
    • Consumer income
    • Product price
  7. What market condition is created when a price floor is set above equilibrium?

    • Excess demand
    • Market equilibrium
    • Excess supply
    • Supply shortage
  8. Demand is Qd = 100 - 2P and supply is Qs = 20 + 3P. What is the equilibrium price?

    • 12
    • 20
    • 16
    • 28
  9. Using Qd = 100 - 2P and Qs = 20 + 3P, what is the equilibrium quantity?

    • 76
    • 44
    • 60
    • 68
  10. Demand is Qd = 50 - P and supply is Qs = P + 10. What is the equilibrium quantity?

    • 30
    • 20
    • 40
    • 60
  11. With Qd = 50 - P and Qs = P + 10, what is the surplus or shortage at a price of £5?

    • A surplus of 10 units
    • A shortage of 10 units
    • A shortage of 30 units
    • A surplus of 30 units
  12. A product's demand is Qd = 80 - 4P and supply is Qs = 20 + 2P. What is the equilibrium price?

    • 14
    • 12
    • 10
    • 8
  13. If demand and supply both increase simultaneously, what happens to equilibrium quantity?

    • Quantity decreases
    • Quantity stays unchanged
    • Quantity drops completely
    • Quantity increases
  14. An increase in the price of a substitute good shifts the product's demand curve:

    • Along the curve
    • To the right
    • Vertically downwards
    • To the left
  15. A market shortage occurs when quantity demanded is:

    • Zero
    • Greater than supply
    • Equal to supply
    • Less than supply
  16. What force automatically adjusts to push a disequilibrium market back towards equilibrium?

    • Consumer income
    • Price mechanism
    • Government regulation
    • Fixed production costs
  17. What market condition is created when a price ceiling is set below equilibrium?

    • Price stability
    • Excess supply
    • Excess demand
    • Market equilibrium
  18. Demand shifts right while supply shifts left. What definitely happens to equilibrium price?

    • It falls
    • It rises
    • It remains constant
    • It becomes zero
  19. What directly causes a movement along a product's supply curve?

    • New technology
    • Product price change
    • Raw material cost
    • Wage increase
  20. If demand falls while supply remains unchanged, what happens to equilibrium price and quantity?

    • Price rises only
    • Both fall
    • Both rise
    • Quantity rises only

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