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mupe1_1110_s2014_OV Econ 1110-INTRODUCTORY MICROECONOMICS MAKEUP Wissink-S2014-March 5-PRELIM#1 PRINT YOUR NAME: _______________________________________________________________ YOUR NetId:______________________ YOUR STUDENT NUMBER:________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS and EXAM TAKING POLICY: There are two sections in this exam. Answer all questions. Part I: 16 multiple choice questions @ 3.5 points each Part II: 2 problem @ 22 points each TOTAL POINTS = 100, TOTAL TIME = 90 minutes. NO QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED DURING THE EXAM ABOUT EXAM CONTENT: If you need to use the restroom, or you need a pencil or scratch paper, or some other supply that we might have, raise your hand and wait for the proctor to come to you. Only one person can be out of the examination room at a time, and the proctor will hold onto your exam papers while you are out at the restroom. NO CELL PHONES, NO IPODS OR SIMILAR DEVICES WITH CALCULATOR “APPS”. NO GRAPHING CALCULATORS. NO BOOKS. NO NOTES. NO HELP SHEETS. NO TALKING TO EACH OTHER. Check the SECTION you regularly attend (that is where you will pick up your prelim): Daniel Chin Lay Lau (dcl253) ____________6545 DIS 210 T 08:00AM - 08:50AM URH 202 ____________6546 DIS 211 T 09:05AM - 09:55AM URH 202 ____________6547 DIS 212 T 10:10AM - 11:00AM URH 202 Yanan Li (yl2294) ____________6548 DIS 213 T 12:20PM - 01:10PM RCK 112 ____________6549 DIS 214 T 01:25PM - 02:15PM RCK 112 ____________6550 DIS 215 T 02:30PM - 03:20PM RCK 112 Todd Jones (trj25) ____________6551 DIS 216 R 08:00AM - 08:50AM RCK 122 ____________6552 DIS 217 R 09:05AM - 09:55AM RCK 122 ____________6553 DIS 218 R 10:10AM - 11:00AM RCK 122 Zhenda Yin ____________6554 DIS 219 F 08:00AM - 08:50AM GSH G22 ____________6555 DIS 220 F 09:05AM - 09:55AM GSH G22 ____________6556 DIS 221 F 10:10AM - 11:00AM GSH G22 Mehreen Mookerjee ____________9603 DIS 222 T 08:00AM - 08:50AM IVS 219 ____________9604 DIS 223 T 09:05AM - 09:55AM IVS 219 ____________9605 DIS 224 T 10:10AM - 11:00AM IVS 219

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Micro Econ 1101 exam

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  • mupe1_1110_s2014_OV

    Econ 1110-INTRODUCTORY MICROECONOMICS

    MAKEUP Wissink-S2014-March 5-PRELIM#1

    PRINT YOUR NAME: _______________________________________________________________

    YOUR NetId:______________________ YOUR STUDENT NUMBER:________________________________

    INSTRUCTIONS and EXAM TAKING POLICY:

    There are two sections in this exam. Answer all questions.

    Part I: 16 multiple choice questions @ 3.5 points each

    Part II: 2 problem @ 22 points each

    TOTAL POINTS = 100, TOTAL TIME = 90 minutes.

    NO QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED DURING THE EXAM ABOUT EXAM CONTENT: If you

    need to use the restroom, or you need a pencil or scratch paper, or some other supply that we might have,

    raise your hand and wait for the proctor to come to you. Only one person can be out of the examination

    room at a time, and the proctor will hold onto your exam papers while you are out at the restroom.

    NO CELL PHONES, NO IPODS OR SIMILAR DEVICES WITH CALCULATOR APPS. NO GRAPHING CALCULATORS.

    NO BOOKS. NO NOTES. NO HELP SHEETS.

    NO TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

    Check the SECTION you regularly attend (that is where you will pick up your prelim):

    Daniel Chin Lay Lau (dcl253) ____________6545 DIS 210 T 08:00AM - 08:50AM URH 202

    ____________6546 DIS 211 T 09:05AM - 09:55AM URH 202

    ____________6547 DIS 212 T 10:10AM - 11:00AM URH 202

    Yanan Li (yl2294) ____________6548 DIS 213 T 12:20PM - 01:10PM RCK 112

    ____________6549 DIS 214 T 01:25PM - 02:15PM RCK 112

    ____________6550 DIS 215 T 02:30PM - 03:20PM RCK 112

    Todd Jones (trj25) ____________6551 DIS 216 R 08:00AM - 08:50AM RCK 122

    ____________6552 DIS 217 R 09:05AM - 09:55AM RCK 122

    ____________6553 DIS 218 R 10:10AM - 11:00AM RCK 122

    Zhenda Yin ____________6554 DIS 219 F 08:00AM - 08:50AM GSH G22

    ____________6555 DIS 220 F 09:05AM - 09:55AM GSH G22

    ____________6556 DIS 221 F 10:10AM - 11:00AM GSH G22

    Mehreen Mookerjee ____________9603 DIS 222 T 08:00AM - 08:50AM IVS 219

    ____________9604 DIS 223 T 09:05AM - 09:55AM IVS 219

    ____________9605 DIS 224 T 10:10AM - 11:00AM IVS 219

  • One more time, please

    PRINT YOUR NAME: ____________________________________

    YOUR NetId: _____________

    YOUR STUDENT NUMBER: ____________________________

    GRADING

    MC (out 56 points)=___________________

    Q1 (out of 22 points)=_________________

    Q2 (out of 22 points)=_________________

    TOTAL SCORE: _____________________

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    Part I: Multiple Choice. Do them ALL.

    CIRCLE the letter for your answer.

    _____________________________________________

    1. Which one of the following sentences is a normative statement?

    A. The price elasticity of cigarettes is -2.1. B. The unemployment rate was 3% when George W. Bush took

    office and now it is 5%.

    C. On average Americans pay $16,000 a year for health insurance. D. In the last 5 years 400,000 additional children have lost health

    care coverage.

    E. Congress and the president should increase taxes on employed persons in order to provide more health care to the poor.

    2. Ima Monkey manages a frozen banana stand.

    He has four employees: Maeby, George Michael,

    Gob and Tobias. The table shows the maximum

    number of frozen bananas or milkshakes that each

    employee can make during one hour. Workers can

    produce any linear combination of their extreme

    values.

    Ima has allocated his workers efficiently. Suppose Tobias is

    making both bananas and milkshakes. Given that information,

    which one of the following statements is TRUE?

    A. Maeby is making no bananas. B. Gob is making only bananas. C. Maeby, George Michael and Gob are also producing some of

    both goods.

    D. George Michael is making only bananas. E. Everyone is making Milkshakes

    3. Roger and Derek produce two goods, tennis balls and baseballs.

    Each of them works eight hours per day. In any given hour Derek

    can make 5 tennis balls or 5 baseballs or any linear combination of

    the two. In any given hour Roger can make 2 tennis balls or 1

    baseball or any linear combination of the two. Which one of the

    following statements is TRUE?

    A. Derek has a comparative advantage in the production of tennis balls.

    B. Roger has both an absolute and comparative advantage in making tennis balls.

    C. Roger has a comparative advantage in the production of tennis balls.

    D. Roger has a comparative advantage in nothing. E. Derek and Roger would be unable to mutually benefit based on

    the theory of comparative advantage.

    Bananas Milkshakes

    Maeby 40 20

    George Michael 20 40

    Gob 24 8

    Tobias 50 60

  • 4. Which one of the following is inconsistent with the model of

    perfect competition?

    A. A large number of incumbent or potential firms. B. Price-taking behavior by buyers and sellers. C. Unrestricted or free entry and exit. D. A single seller of a product with the ability to influence market

    price by his or her actions.

    E. Fully and symmetrically informed buyers and sellers.

    5. A careless research assistant has presented his professor with

    the following unlabeled equation representing the market for

    sunglasses: Q=50 - 17A + 1/2B + 45C. The professor then spends

    numerous hours trying to figure out what the equation represents.

    Which one of the following is a plausible best guess?

    A. It is a supply function where A represents the price of sun tan lotion.

    B. It is a demand function where A represents the number of consumers in the market.

    C. It is a supply function where C represents the cost of the sunglass components to the manufacturer.

    D. It is a demand function where A represents a sun umbrella (sometimes known as a parasol).

    E. It is a supply function where C represents the price of sunglasses.

    6. Market equilibrium price will rise and the equilibrium quantity

    may increase, decrease, or stay the same when

    A. demand and supply both increase. B. demand increases and supply decreases. C. demand decreases and supply increases. D. demand and supply both decrease. E. supply increase while demand stays constant.

    7. Four sellers are in the market willing to sell their tickets to see

    the NCAA Final Four Basketball Championships. Suppose the

    following reservation selling price for each person:

    Jennys=$1,000, Daves=$550, Marianas=$675 and Gregs=$890. If the current market price of a ticket is $800, what is the total

    producers surplus over these four people in this situation?

    A. $3,115

    B. $-85

    C. $1,600

    D. $375

    E. $2,265

  • 8. International migration is a politically sensitive topic at the

    moment. Much of the discussion is centered around the effect of

    migrants on local labor markets. Suppose country X decides to

    relax its quotas on the number of migrants allowed to enter country

    X each year. Suppose that the only effect that migrants have is to

    increase the amount of labor supply in the economy. Which one of

    the following predictions is most correct?

    A. The equilibrium market price of labor (wages) will definitely increase and the equilibrium quantity traded (employment)

    could go up or down.

    B. Employment will definitely increase but wages could go up or down.

    C. Both wages and employment will definitely increase. D. Both wages and employment will definitely decrease. E. Wages will definitely decrease and employment will definitely

    increase.

    Price ($/Ice

    Cream)

    Quantity Demanded

    (Ice Creams)

    Quantity Supplied

    (Ice Creams)

    $1.25 4000 1000

    $1.50 3500 1100

    $1.75 3000 1200

    $2.00 2500 1300

    $2.25 2000 1400

    $2.50 1500 1500

    $2.75 1000 1600

    $3.00 500 1700

    $3.25 0 1800

    9. Consider the supply and demand schedules for ice creams.

    Locals complain that there are too many ice cream vendors on the

    Seaside Heights boardwalk. The local government therefore

    imposes a quota on the number of ice cream stalls allowed on the

    boardwalk per day. They do this by issuing 20 permits which allows the owner of the permit to set up and sell ice cream on the

    boardwalk. Given that each ice cream stall can produce 50 ice

    creams per day, what price will ice creams sell for after the permit

    policy goes into effect?

    A. $1.25

    B. $1.50

    C. $2.00

    D. $2.50

    E. $2.75

  • 10. The graph represents the Ithaca market for jelly

    beans this spring. Q is number of pounds. P is price

    per pound. Suppose the local government decides to

    levy a tax of $10 per pound on transactions in the jelly

    bean market. The consequence of this tax

    A. cannot be determined until we know how the tax revenue will be collected.

    B. is that the economic price incidence of the tax will be borne completely by demanders if the tax is

    collected from demanders.

    C. is that demanders will now ultimately pay $30 per pound. D. is that the economic price incidence of the tax will be shared

    equally between demanders and suppliers.

    E. is that demanders will now ultimately pay $15 per pound.

    11. The graph represents the Ithaca market for

    jelly beans this spring. Q is number of pounds.

    P is price per pound. Suppose the government

    imposes a price ceiling of $10 per pound. The

    consequence of this is that

    A. there will be a surplus of 30 pounds of jelly beans.

    B. there will be a shortage of 30 pounds of jelly beans.

    C. there will be a dead weight loss of $200 D. there will be a surplus of 40 pounds of jelly

    beans.

    E. nothing happens, since the price ceiling is not binding.

    12. A fall in the price of lemons from $10.50 to $9.50 per bushel

    raises the quantity demanded from 19,200 to 20,800 bushels.

    Using the midpoint arc formula, the own price elasticity of demand

    in this part of the lemon demand curve is approximately equal to

    A. -8.00.

    B. -1.25.

    C. -0.80.

    D. -1.20.

    E. 0

  • 13. Consider the demand and supply graphs for X, Y and Z as

    illustrated. The government plans to place a tax of $t/unit on one

    of these markets. In which market would this tax create the least

    amount of dead weight loss?

    A. Market X B. Market Y C. Market Z D. We do not have enough information to know. E. The same amount of dead weight loss is generated in each

    market.

    14. Assume the demand curve for tires is linear. Which of the

    following results in an increase in total consumer expenditures on

    tires?

    A. Demand for tires is currently unitary elastic and the price falls slightly.

    B. Demand for tires is currently price elastic and the price rises slightly.

    C. Demand for tires is currently price inelastic and the price falls slightly.

    D. Demand for tires is currently price inelastic and the price rises slightly.

    E. None of the above.

  • 15. Using national data, in which one of the following markets

    would economists expect market demand to be the most price

    inelastic?

    A. The market for pomegranate Chobani Greek-style yogurt.

    B. The market for Chobani Greek-style yogurt.

    C. The market for Greek-style yogurt.

    D. The market for yogurt.

    E. (just choose an answer from A D)

    16. The exact value of the own price elasticity of demand at point

    A in the diagram is

    A. -1

    B. -3

    C. -3/4

    D. -4/3

    E. None of the above.

    KEEP GOING!

    Q

    (units/wk)

    8

    123

    6A

    P ($/unit)

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    Part II: Make sure you read and do ALL parts of each question. Show as much work as

    possible. TRY to get started on every question. Show us something. Write legibly and

    remember to label all graphs and axes in diagrams.

    1. Suppose the demand and supply curves for bagels in Ithaca are given by the following

    equations:

    QD = 100 - 10P and QS = -20 + 30P where

    QD = quantity of bagels demanded per day in Ithaca,

    QS = quantity of bagels supplied per day in Ithaca, and

    P = price per bagel.

    a. Graph the demand and supply curves. Make your graph BIG enough to play around with for the rest of the problem. For full credit you must label intercept values on the vertical and

    horizontal axes.

    b. What are the equilibrium price and quantity in this market? Illustrate and label the values in the graph.

    c. Assume the demand equation changes to: QD = 130 - 10P. Is this an increase in demand or a decrease in demand? Briefly explain.

    d. Suppose, adding to part c, that the supply of bagels changes to: QS = -30 + 30P. Offer one reasonable explanation to what might have generated this change in supply.

    e. Using the information in (c) and (d) graphically show what occurs in the market for bagels. Calculate the new equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity. Illustrate and label the values

    of P* and Q* in the graph.

    f. Suppose the Ithaca Bagel Eaters Society gets the mayor to impose a price ceiling on bagels equal to the ORIGINAL bagel equilibrium price. Analyze the likely impact of this policy

    using your graphs and some calculations.

    PLEASE DRAW YOUR GRAPH ON THE NEXT PAGE.

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  • 2. Momma Bear, Poppa Bear and Baby Bear make two goods: beds and porridge. In a weeks time Poppa Bear can make 15 beds and no porridge, or 5 bowls of porridge and no beds, or any

    linear combination. Baby Bear can make 3 beds and no porridge, or 3 bowls of porridge and no

    beds, or any linear combination. Momma Bear is different. She can make 12 beds and no

    porridge, 8 beds and 8 bowls of porridge, or any linear combination between these two points.

    She can also make 8 beds and 8 bowls of porridge and no beds and 12 bowls of porridge, or any

    linear combination between these two points.

    The PPF for each bear is illustrated below.

    a. Who has the absolute advantage in porridge? Defend your position.

    b. Between Baby Bear and Poppa Bear, who has the comparative advantage in the production of porridge? Defend your position.

    c. The Bear family wants to determine the efficient joint production possibilities frontier. Putting BEDS on the VERTICAL, sketch out the efficient joint production possibilities

    frontier. For full credit, if there are any kink points in your graph label the number of units of

    each task at any/all kink points. Also label the endpoints of the PPF.

    d. If the Bear Family is efficiently making 10 bowls of porridge, how many beds are they making? Explicitly tell us how many units of each activity each bear is doing.

    PLEASE DRAW YOUR GRAPH ON THE NEXT PAGE.

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  • Econ 1110 S2014 PRELIM 1 MAKEUP Answers to multiple choice questions

    1 E

    This is the only answer that involves making a judgment about the right thing to do. The other answers are all positive predictions that do not address the appropriateness of the policy

    2 B

    Draw each persons PPF and notice the following with respect to the marginal opportunity cost of milkshakes in terms of bananas: George Michaels = , Tobiass=5/6, Maebys=2 and Gobs=3. So if Tobias is doing some of both, by now you have George Michael doing only milkshakes, and Maeby and Gob doing only bananas.

    3 C

    Derek has an absolute advantage in both tennis ball and baseballs. The opportunity cost of make one tennis ball is 1

    baseball for Derek, and baseball for Roger. So Roger has a comparative advantage in making tennis balls. They

    would be mutually benefit if they specialize and trade.

    4 D

    This would be MONOPOLY. By definition, parts A, B, C and E are characteristics of perfect competition.

    5 E

    Sun tan lotion is a complement to sunglasses, whose price impacts demand not supply. Demand increases with the

    number of consumers in the market, not decreasing. Increase in input prices will decrease supply. A parasol is a

    substitute to sunglasses. An increase in its price will increase demand for sunglasses.

    6 B

    When demand increases and supply decreases at the same time, price rises unambiguously. However, since they are

    going in the opposite direction (in terms of going right and left, which measure quantity), the effect on the

    equilibrium quantity is uncertain. Depending on the relative degree of shift in the demand curve and the supply

    curve, equilibrium quantity may increase, decrease, or stay the same.

    7 D

    Only Dave and Mariana will sell their tickets. Producers surplus=$(800-550)+$(800-675)=$375

    8 E

    The increase in supply shifts the supply curve to the right. This moves the equilbrium point down the demand curve

    so that wages fall and employment increases.

    9 E

    The quota is 1000 (=20*50) ice creams per day. The demand price for this quantity is $2.75 while the supply price is

    $1.25.

    10 D

    Since the demand and supply curves have the same steepness, the tax is equally shared.

    11 C

    With the price ceiling, quantity demanded is 60 and quantity supply is 20. Thus there will be a shortage of 40. The

    quantity sold will be min{20, 60}=20 pound of jelly bean. The DWL=1/2*(30-10)*(40-20)=$200

  • 12 C

    Set it up as [(19200-20800)/20000]/[(10.50-9.50)/10] = 0.80

    13 B

    Market Y has a DWL of $30*t, while Market X has a DWL of *t*a, where a is the decrease of quantity traded.

    a