Quiz for:
Microeconomics Lecture Notes

Question 1

Why are opportunity costs significant in microeconomic decision-making?

Question 2

What key element is crucial in the study of microeconomics, involving making decisions with limited resources?

Question 3

What is the core concept that microeconomics often revolves around and identifies every action/inaction by?

Question 4

Why is the balance of supply and demand important in explaining price differences, such as with water and diamonds?

Question 5

Microeconomics often adheres to which principle regarding market operation?

Question 6

What term describes the study of 'what is' in economics?

Question 7

Under which economic system does the government make all production and consumption decisions?

Question 8

What type of economic behavior is characterized by individuals and firms making production and consumption decisions?

Question 9

In the context of supply and demand, what does equilibrium refer to?

Question 10

What kind of analysis in economics addresses the question of 'what should be'?

Question 11

Which model describes relationships between economic variables and is useful despite not always being accurate?

Question 12

Which of these is a characteristic strength of a capitalistic economy?

Question 13

How does the water-diamond paradox illustrate the principles of supply and demand?

Question 14

Which economic paradigm emphasizes understanding basic concepts before addressing deviations such as in behavioral economics?

Question 15

What is 'constrained optimization' in microeconomics comparable to in the field of engineering?