Lesson 3.3.1

3.3.1 Revenue Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Economics, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the formula used to calculate total revenue?

    • Price + quantity
    • Price × quantity
    • Price ÷ quantity
    • Profit × quantity
  2. Average revenue is always equal to which economic measure?

    • Price
    • Total revenue
    • Average cost
    • Marginal revenue
  3. What is the additional revenue generated from selling one extra unit of output?

    • Total revenue
    • Marginal revenue
    • Average revenue
    • Marginal profit
  4. What is the value of price elasticity of demand when demand is price elastic?

    • Equal to 1
    • Greater than 1
    • Less than 1
    • Equal to 0
  5. If price falls by 10% and quantity demanded rises by 20%, what is the price elasticity of demand?

    • -20.0
    • -0.5
    • -2.0
    • -1.0
  6. Total revenue is £2,400 when 60 units are sold. What is average revenue?

    • £4
    • £60
    • £40
    • £144,000
  7. Price is £4 and 250 units are sold. What is total revenue?

    • £1,250
    • £1,000
    • £62.50
    • £254
  8. Total revenue rises from £600 to £660 when output rises from 30 to 31 units. What is the marginal revenue of the 31st unit?

    • £22
    • £20
    • £60
    • £630
  9. At 40 units, total revenue is £800. What is average revenue?

    • £40
    • £32,000
    • £20
    • £200
  10. If price elasticity of demand is -2, what happens to quantity demanded when price rises by 5%?

    • Falls by 2.5%
    • Rises by 10%
    • Falls by 10%
    • Rises by 2.5%
  11. What happens to total revenue when a firm increases price on a product with inelastic demand?

    • It increases
    • It decreases
    • It remains unchanged
    • It falls to zero
  12. What happens to total revenue when a firm reduces price on a product with elastic demand?

    • It falls to zero
    • It remains unchanged
    • It decreases
    • It increases
  13. At what value of marginal revenue is total revenue at its maximum?

    • Zero
    • Negative
    • Equal to price
    • Positive
  14. A firm faces a price elasticity of demand of -0.5. How can it increase total revenue?

    • Decrease price
    • Increase output
    • Keep price constant
    • Increase price
  15. Where does marginal revenue lie relative to average revenue on a downward-sloping demand curve?

    • Above average revenue
    • Below average revenue
    • Equal to average revenue
    • Parallel to average cost
  16. Demand is P = 60 - 2Q. At which output is total revenue maximised?

    • Q = 30
    • Q = 20
    • Q = 15
    • Q = 7.5
  17. Using the same demand curve P = 60 - 2Q, what is the maximum total revenue?

    • £225
    • £900
    • £600
    • £450
  18. Under what demand condition does a price cut increase total revenue?

    • Unit elastic demand
    • Perfectly inelastic demand
    • Inelastic demand
    • Elastic demand
  19. Price falls from £10 to £8 and quantity rises from 100 to 130. What happens to total revenue?

    • Rises by £300
    • Falls by £200
    • Falls by £40
    • Rises by £40
  20. Why might a firm facing elastic demand avoid cutting its price despite potential revenue gains?

    • Instantaneous cost reduction
    • Zero marginal costs
    • Risk of price wars
    • Guaranteed monopoly profits

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