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Exercise Household Behaviour and Consumer Choice

This document discusses concepts related to household behavior and consumer choice. It provides multiple choice questions that test understanding of key economic concepts such as: - Households must make basic decisions about how much to spend. - A household's budget constraint defines the combinations of goods and services it can afford. - Changes in price can increase or decrease demand for different goods. - Household decisions ultimately depend on preferences within the constraints of prices, income, and wealth. - The goal of households is to maximize utility when allocating income among different goods and services.

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Exercise Household Behaviour and Consumer Choice

This document discusses concepts related to household behavior and consumer choice. It provides multiple choice questions that test understanding of key economic concepts such as: - Households must make basic decisions about how much to spend. - A household's budget constraint defines the combinations of goods and services it can afford. - Changes in price can increase or decrease demand for different goods. - Household decisions ultimately depend on preferences within the constraints of prices, income, and wealth. - The goal of households is to maximize utility when allocating income among different goods and services.

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EXERCISE: Household Behavior and Consumer Choice

1. What are one of the three basic decisions every household must make?
a) Where to invest
b) Which products to demand
c) When to save
d) How much to spend
e) Who to hire

2. What is the term for the set of combinations of goods and services available to a
household within its budget constraint?
a) Choice set
b) Demand curve
c) Opportunity set
d) Preference bundle
e) Supply curve

3. How does a change in the price of one good affect household allocation?
a) It has no impact on allocation
b) It increases demand for all goods
c) It decreases demand for all goods
d) It may increase demand for some goods and decrease demand for others
e) It only affects the price of that one good

4. What determines the real cost of a single good or service for a household?
a) Income level
b) Current savings
c) Opportunity cost
d) Price level
e) Wealth

5. What do household decisions ultimately depend on within the constraints of prices,


income, and wealth?
a) Government policies
b) Market conditions
c) Preferences
d) Household size
e) Savings rate

6. According to the law of diminishing marginal utility, what happens as you consume more
of a good?
a) You get more satisfaction from each unit
b) You get less satisfaction from each unit
c) The price of the good increases
d) The demand for the good decreases
e) Your income decreases
7. What is the goal of households when allocating income among goods and services?
a) Maximizing income
b) Maximizing leisure time
c) Maximizing utility
d) Maximizing savings
e) Minimizing spending

8. What does the utility-maximizing rule in a two-good world suggest households will do?
a) Spend all income on one good
b) Allocate income evenly between goods
c) Equate the marginal utility per dollar spent on one good with another
d) Save all income for the future
e) Invest in both goods equally

9. What are the two explanations for the negative slope of demand curves?
a) Increasing marginal utility and substitution effect
b) Decreasing marginal utility and substitution effect
c) Increasing marginal utility and income effect
d) Decreasing marginal utility and income effect
e) Substitution effect and wealth effect

10. What is the opportunity cost of paid work in the labor market?
a) Leisure and unpaid work
b) The wage rate
c) The value of goods and services
d) The value of leisure
e) The substitution effect

11. Mary, a college student, is deciding how to allocate her limited budget for the month.
She has $300 to spend on various goods and services. Mary's budget constraint
represents:
a) The total amount she can earn in a month.
b) The combination of goods and services she can afford given her income.
c) Her savings for the future.
d) The cost of goods and services she already purchased.
e) Her preferences for certain goods.

12. Sarah is a working professional who is considering whether to spend her weekend
working overtime or going on a weekend trip with her friends. If Sarah decides to work
overtime to earn extra money instead of going on the trip, what concept is she
considering?
a) Budget constraint
b) Opportunity cost
c) Diminishing marginal utility
d) Substitution effect
e) Consumer surplus
1. Salah satu dari tiga keputusan dasar apa yang harus diambil setiap rumah tangga?
a) Di mana untuk berinvestasi
b) Produk apa yang harus diminta
c) Kapan untuk menabung
d) Berapa banyak yang harus dihabiskan
e) Siapa yang harus dipekerjakan

2. Apa istilah untuk himpunan kombinasi barang dan jasa yang tersedia untuk sebuah
rumah tangga dalam kendala anggarannya?
a) Choice set
b) Demand curve
c) Opportunity set
d) Preference bundle
e) Supply curve

3. Bagaimana perubahan harga suatu barang memengaruhi alokasi rumah tangga?


a) Tidak berdampak pada alokasi
b) Meningkatkan permintaan untuk semua barang
c) Mengurangi permintaan untuk semua barang
d) Dapat meningkatkan permintaan untuk beberapa barang dan mengurangi permintaan
untuk barang yang lain
e) Hanya memengaruhi harga barang tersebut

4. Apa yang menentukan biaya nyata dari satu barang atau jasa bagi sebuah rumah
tangga?
a) Income level
b) Current savings
c) Opportunity cost
d) Price level
e) Wealth

5. Keputusan rumah tangga pada akhirnya tergantung pada apa dalam kendala harga,
pendapatan, dan kekayaan?
a) Kebijakan pemerintah
b) Kondisi pasar
c) Preferensi
d) Ukuran rumah tangga
e) Tingkat tabungan

6. Menurut the law of diminishing marginal utility, apa yang terjadi ketika Anda
mengonsumsi lebih banyak dari suatu barang?
a) Anda mendapatkan kepuasan lebih dari setiap unit
b) Anda mendapatkan kepuasan lebih sedikit dari setiap unit
c) Harga barang tersebut meningkat
d) Permintaan atas barang tersebut menurun
e) Pendapatan Anda berkurang

7. Apa tujuan rumah tangga ketika mengalokasikan pendapatan antara barang dan jasa?
a) Memaksimalkan pendapatan
b) Memaksimalkan waktu luang
c) Memaksimalkan utilitas
d) Memaksimalkan tabungan
e) Meminimalkan pengeluaran

8. Apa yang diimplikasikan oleh aturan memaksimalkan utilitas dalam dunia dua barang
terhadap tindakan rumah tangga?
a) Menghabiskan seluruh pendapatan untuk satu barang
b) Mengalokasikan pendapatan secara merata antara barang
c) Menyeimbangkan utilitas marjinal per dollar yang dikeluarkan pada satu barang
dengan yang lain
d) Menyimpan seluruh pendapatan untuk masa depan
e) Menginvestasikan pada kedua barang dengan proporsi yang sama

9. Apa dua penjelasan untuk kemiringan negatif dari kurva permintaan?


a) Marginal Utility yang meningkat dan efek substitusi
b) Marginal Utility yang menurun dan efek substitusi
c) Marginal Utility yang meningkat dan efek pendapatan
d) Marginal Utility yang menurun dan efek pendapatan
e) Efek substitusi dan efek kekayaan

10. Apakah opportunity cost dari paid work di pasar tenaga kerja?
a) Leisure and unpaid work
b) The wage rate
c) The value of goods and services
d) The value of leisure
e) The substitution effect

11. Mary, seorang mahasiswa, sedang memutuskan cara mengalokasikan anggaran


terbatasnya selama sebulan. Dia memiliki $300 untuk dihabiskan pada berbagai barang
dan jasa. Kendala anggaran Mary mewakili:
a) Jumlah total yang bisa dia peroleh dalam sebulan.
b) Kombinasi barang dan jasa yang bisa dia beli dengan pendapatan yang dimilikinya.
c) Tabungannya untuk masa depan.
d) Biaya barang dan jasa yang sudah dia beli.
e) Preferensinya terhadap barang tertentu.

12. Sarah adalah seorang profesional yang mempertimbangkan apakah dia akan
menghabiskan akhir pekannya dengan bekerja lembur atau pergi berlibur akhir pekan
dengan teman-temannya. Jika Sarah memutuskan untuk bekerja lembur untuk
mendapatkan uang tambahan daripada pergi berlibur, konsep apa yang sedang dia
pertimbangkan?
a) Budget constraint
b) Opportunity cost
c) Diminishing marginal utility
d) Substitution effect
e) Consumer surplus

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