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___ 15. What is the profit-maximizing quantity of output?<br />

a. 16<br />

b. 14<br />

c. 12<br />

d. 11<br />

___ 16. What profit is earned at the profit-maximizing quantity of output?<br />

a. $170<br />

b. $160<br />

c. $60<br />

d. $0<br />

___ 17. Monopoly producers:<br />

a. may attain their monopoly position through rent seeking<br />

b. will be very responsive to consumer demand<br />

c. will be very diligent to minimize costs of production<br />

d. All of the above<br />

___ 18. Price discrimination:<br />

a. may be achieved by making coupons and discounts available<br />

b. may be achieved by negotiating<br />

c. may allow a firm to increase its profits by gaining some of the consumer’s surplus<br />

d. All of the above<br />

___ 19. In comparison to perfect competition, monopoly results in:<br />

a. greater economic profit<br />

b. the same economic profit<br />

c. lesser economic profit<br />

___ 20. In comparison to perfect competition, a monopoly is:<br />

a. more likely to be able to sustain economic profit<br />

b. just as likely to be able to sustain economic profit<br />

c. less likely to be able to sustain economic profit<br />

Problems:<br />

1. List the three general types of barriers to entry.<br />

2. On the graph on the next page for a monopoly:<br />

(1) draw the approximate marginal revenue curve<br />

(2) indicate the profit-maximizing quantity and price<br />

(3) indicate the amount of deadweight loss<br />

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Monopoly 22 - 14

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