Question 1

Table 13-14 
-Refer to Table 13-14. What is the average variable cost of producing 6 units of output?

Accepted Answer

A)  $1.67
B)  $18
C)  $19.67
D)  $21.33E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 2

When a firm experiences diseconomies of scale,

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A)  short-run average total cost is minimized.
B)  long-run average total cost is minimized.
C)  long-run average total cost increases as output increases.
D)  long-run average total cost decreases as output increases.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

If the production function exhibits diminishing marginal product, the total cost function gets steeper as the quantity of output increases.
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Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following costs do not vary with the amount of output a firm produces?

Accepted Answer

A)  average fixed costs
B)  fixed costs and average fixed costs
C)  marginal costs and average fixed costs
D)  fixed costsE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 5

Consider a small family wheat farm. List some examples of implicit costs of farming.

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the lost earnings of any famil...

Question 6

Figure 13-5 
-Refer to Figure 13-5. Curve D is increasing because

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A)  of diminishing marginal product.
B)  of increasing marginal product.
C)  marginal product first increases, then decreases.
D)  marginal product first decreases, then increases.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Which of the following costs of publishing a book is a fixed cost?

Accepted Answer

A)  author royalties of 5% per book
B)  the costs of paper and binding
C)  shipping and postage expenses
D)  composition, typesetting, and jacket design for the bookE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

The shape of the total-cost curve is unrelated to the shape of the production function.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Consider a small family wheat farm. List some examples of explicit costs of farming.

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seeds, fertilizer, pesticide, ...

Question 10

Table 13-15 
-Refer to Table 13-15. What is the total fixed cost for this firm?

Accepted Answer

A)  $20
B)  $30
C)  $40
D)  $50E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

If a firm produces nothing, it still incurs its fixed costs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

If a firm produces nothing, which of the following costs will be zero?

Accepted Answer

A)  total cost
B)  fixed cost
C)  opportunity cost
D)  variable costE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Table 13-19 
-Refer to Table 13-19. What is the total output of five workers?

Accepted Answer

Total output of four workers =...

Question 14

Table 13-3 
-Refer to Table 13-3. At which number of workers does diminishing marginal product begin?

Accepted Answer

A)  1
B)  2
C)  3
D)  4E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 15

​​​Table 13-7 
-Refer to Table 13-7. What is total output when 5 workers are hired?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​30
B)  ​160
C)  ​190
D)  ​215E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

The cost of producing an additional unit of a good is not the same as the average cost of the good.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Accounting profit is greater than or equal to economic profit.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

If the average total cost curve is falling, what is necessarily true of the marginal cost curve? If the average total cost curve is rising, what is necessarily true of the marginal cost curve?

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When average total cost curve ...

Question 19

At Bert's Bootery, the total cost of producing twenty pairs of boots is $400. The marginal cost of producing the twenty-first pair of boots is $83. We can conclude that the

Accepted Answer

A)  average variable cost of 21 pairs of boots is $23.
B)  average total cost of 21 pairs of boots is $23.
C)  average total cost of 21 pairs of boots is $15.09.
D)  marginal cost of the 20th pair of boots is $20.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 20

If Franco's Pizza Parlor knows that the marginal cost of the 500th pizza is $3.50 and that the average total cost of making 499 pizzas is $3.30, then

Accepted Answer

A)  average total costs are rising at Q = 500.
B)  average total costs are falling at Q = 500.
C)  total costs are falling at Q = 500.
D)  average variable costs must be falling.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Exam 13: The Costs of Production

Which of the following costs do not vary with the amount of output a firm produces?

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Table 13-15 -Refer to Table 13-15. What is the total fixed cost for this firm?

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The shape of the total-cost curve is unrelated to the shape of the production function.

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Accounting profit is greater than or equal to economic profit.

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If Franco's Pizza Parlor knows that the marginal cost of the 500th pizza is $3.50 and that the average total cost of making 499 pizzas is $3.30, then

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Consider a small family wheat farm. List some examples of explicit costs of farming.

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If a firm produces nothing, which of the following costs will be zero?

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Consider a small family wheat farm. List some examples of implicit costs of farming.

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Which of the following costs of publishing a book is a fixed cost?

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The cost of producing an additional unit of a good is not the same as the average cost of the good.

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Figure 13-5 -Refer to Figure 13-5. Curve D is increasing because

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When a firm experiences diseconomies of scale,

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If the production function exhibits diminishing marginal product, the total cost function gets steeper as the quantity of output increases. ​

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At Bert's Bootery, the total cost of producing twenty pairs of boots is $400. The marginal cost of producing the twenty-first pair of boots is $83. We can conclude that the

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Table 13-3 -Refer to Table 13-3. At which number of workers does diminishing marginal product begin?

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Table 13-14 -Refer to Table 13-14. What is the average variable cost of producing 6 units of output?

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Table 13-19 -Refer to Table 13-19. What is the total output of five workers?

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If a firm produces nothing, it still incurs its fixed costs.

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​​​Table 13-7 -Refer to Table 13-7. What is total output when 5 workers are hired?​

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If the average total cost curve is falling, what is necessarily true of the marginal cost curve? If the average total cost curve is rising, what is necessarily true of the marginal cost curve?

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