Chapter 3: Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium
True or False


1.  

A decrease in the price of a good causes more demand for that good.

TRUE
FALSE


2.  

An increase in market price shifts the supply curve to the right.

TRUE
FALSE


3.  

A decrease in the preference of consumers for a good will result in lower demand for that good. This indicates a positive relationship between consumer preferences and demand for a good.

TRUE
FALSE


4.  

The higher the price of a substitute good, the higher the demand for the good in question.

TRUE
FALSE


5.  

The tendency in most markets is for price to deviate away from equilibrium, and for quantity to remain in equilibrium most of the time.

TRUE
FALSE


6.  

A price ceiling is an imposed price above equilibrium price.

TRUE
FALSE


7.  

When supply and demand both increase, equilibrium price will always increase.

TRUE
FALSE


8.  

An increase in supply, accompanied by an increase in demand, always leads to an increase in equilibrium quantity.

TRUE
FALSE


9.  

Market supply is the sum of the quantities supplied by all the firms in the market at each and every price.

TRUE
FALSE


10.  

Sometimes, an increase in income causes demand for a good to fall.

TRUE
FALSE


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