Principles of Microeconomics

Crash Course and Chapter-by-Chapter Critique

By Irma Dircks

608 pages. Charts, graphs, indexes, bibliography
ISBN: 978-3-00-023932-8
Price: $39.80 (Paperback)
Also available as e-book for $15
Publisher: Ancilla Tutorials
Publication date: July 16, 2008

Frequent Exam Questions without Answers

The Least-Cost Rule and Isoquant Analysis

Chapter 11 ― Question 8
A firm employs 20 units of labour and pays $20 for each. It employs 20 units of capital and pays $60 for each. The marginal product of capital is twice that of labour. The firm should

  1. double labour
  2. substitute capital for labour
  3. increase labour
  4. double capital

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Chapter 11― Question 9
A firm moves from one point on an isoquant curve to another on the same isoquant curve. Which of the following will not happen

  1. a change in the mix of the inputs
  2. a change in the quantity of output
  3. a change in the costs of production

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