ECONA231F Midterm Test 2 1404 
School of Arts and Social Sciences
Final Marks
(MARKER(S) ONLY)
/50
ECON A231F Introduction to Microeconomics
(September 2014)
Mid-term Test 2
Date: 1 December 2014
Time: 8:15pm – 9:30pm
Monday
9:00 – 10:00
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
T01 (Keith)
T02 (Keith)
10:00 - 11:00
T22 (Yuka)
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00
T08 (Eddie)
T21 (Keith)
13:00 - 14:00
T05 (Yuka)
T11 (Keith)
14:00 – 15:00
T03 (Eddie)
T04 (Yuka)
T07 (Keith)
T18 (Keith)
15:00 - 16:00
T06 (Eddie)
T09 (Keith)
16:00 - 17:00
Friday
T10 (Yuka)
T13 (Keith)
T12 (Keith)
Student Name:
Student ID:
Tutorial Group:
T15 (Yuka)
T14 (Keith)
T20 (Keith)
T16 (Yuka)
T17 (Keith)
T19 (Yuka)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer ALL questions.
Precise and concise answers are preferred to lengthy ones.
Relevant diagrammes are highly recommended.
1.
(a) Kelly is a clerk and she earns $80,000 per annum. She thinks that her salary is too low. So she starts her own cake shop by using her savings of
$100,000, which earns interest at 5 percent per annum. After one year, she earns an accounting profit of $80,000. What is Kelly’s economic profit?
Show your calculation.
(6 marks)
(b) Based on your answer in (a), is Kelly better off after running her own shop?
Briefly explain.
(6 marks)
Q1 Answer:
1
Q1 Answer:
2
2.
An ECON A231F student argues: “The economic model of perfectly competitive market is very unrealistic because it predicts that firms in a perfectly competitive market earn zero profits in the long run. However, in reality, no firm would stay in business if it earned no profits.” Agree or Disagree? Explain.
Q2 Answer:
3
(8 marks)
3.
Compared with perfect competition, quantity produced in monopolistic competition is inefficient as price is higher than marginal cost (i.e. allocative inefficiency). Why do some economists argue that even price is higher than marginal cost, it does not necessarily imply inefficiency?
Q3 Answer:
4
(8 marks)
4.
(a) Consider trade relations between the
Final Marks
(MARKER(S) ONLY)
/50
ECON A231F Introduction to Microeconomics
(September 2014)
Mid-term Test 2
Date: 1 December 2014
Time: 8:15pm – 9:30pm
Monday
9:00 – 10:00
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
T01 (Keith)
T02 (Keith)
10:00 - 11:00
T22 (Yuka)
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00
T08 (Eddie)
T21 (Keith)
13:00 - 14:00
T05 (Yuka)
T11 (Keith)
14:00 – 15:00
T03 (Eddie)
T04 (Yuka)
T07 (Keith)
T18 (Keith)
15:00 - 16:00
T06 (Eddie)
T09 (Keith)
16:00 - 17:00
Friday
T10 (Yuka)
T13 (Keith)
T12 (Keith)
Student Name:
Student ID:
Tutorial Group:
T15 (Yuka)
T14 (Keith)
T20 (Keith)
T16 (Yuka)
T17 (Keith)
T19 (Yuka)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer ALL questions.
Precise and concise answers are preferred to lengthy ones.
Relevant diagrammes are highly recommended.
1.
(a) Kelly is a clerk and she earns $80,000 per annum. She thinks that her salary is too low. So she starts her own cake shop by using her savings of
$100,000, which earns interest at 5 percent per annum. After one year, she earns an accounting profit of $80,000. What is Kelly’s economic profit?
Show your calculation.
(6 marks)
(b) Based on your answer in (a), is Kelly better off after running her own shop?
Briefly explain.
(6 marks)
Q1 Answer:
1
Q1 Answer:
2
2.
An ECON A231F student argues: “The economic model of perfectly competitive market is very unrealistic because it predicts that firms in a perfectly competitive market earn zero profits in the long run. However, in reality, no firm would stay in business if it earned no profits.” Agree or Disagree? Explain.
Q2 Answer:
3
(8 marks)
3.
Compared with perfect competition, quantity produced in monopolistic competition is inefficient as price is higher than marginal cost (i.e. allocative inefficiency). Why do some economists argue that even price is higher than marginal cost, it does not necessarily imply inefficiency?
Q3 Answer:
4
(8 marks)
4.
(a) Consider trade relations between the