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Chapter 4 Demand
  1. Demand is best described as __________.
   A) wants but not needs
   B) the desire, willingness, and ability to buy a product
   C) a measure of the pleasure or satisfaction one gets from consuming a good or service
   D) expenditures by business on plants and equipment
  2. According to the Law of Demand, when the price of a good is lowered, demand __________.
   A) increases
   B) decreases
   C) stays the same
   D) fluctuates
  3. A change in quantity demanded is __________.
   A) the amount consumers would buy if prices increased
   B) a change in the quantity of a product purchased in response to a change in price
   C) a table recording the number of units of a good or service demanded
   D) the desire to purchase a certain number of units of a good or service at a given price
  4. A change in demand means that __________.
   A) manufacturers can increase production by hiring more workers
   B) prices remain constant for a long period of time
   C) consumers are willing to buy different amounts of a product at the same prices
   D) increasing the quality of a product will lead to more sales
  5. The extent to which a change in price causes a change in the quantity demanded is called __________.
   A) demand elasticity
   B) the substitution effect
   C) marginal utility
   D) the market supply schedule
  6. If demand for an item decreases with a small increase in its price, demand for that item is __________.
   A) inelastic
   B) unit elastic
   C) elastic
   D) perfectly inelastic
  7. If a product has many substitutes, demand for that product tends to be __________.
   A) elastic
   B) inelastic
   C) unit elastic
   D) perfectly inelastic



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