DEMAND SUPPLY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Identify the coefficient of price-elasticity of demand when the percentage increase in the quantity of a good demanded is smaller than the percentage fall in its price:
(a) Equal to one.
(b) Greater than one.
(c) Less than one.
(d) Zero.
A threat is
(a) An unfavourable condition in organisation environment which creates risk or damage to the environment
(b) An inherent limitation or constraint
(c) An unfavourable condition in organisation environment which consolidates its strength
(d) None of the above
If regardless of changes in its price, the quantity demanded of a good remains unchanged, then the demand curve for the good will be:
(a) horizontal.
(b) Vertical.
(c) positively sloped.
(d) negatively sloped.
Which of the following is not a factor of Demographic Environment?
(a) Ethnic Mix
(b) Legal
(c) Population size
(d) Geographic Distribution
A movement along the demand curve for soft drinks is best described as :
(a) An increase in demand.
(b) A decrease in demand
. (c) A change in quantity demanded.
(d) A change in demand.
The following statement relates to which strategic response approach to the environment: They seek to monitor the changes in that environment, analyse their impact on their own goals and activities and translate their assessment in terms of specific strategies for survival, stability and strength.
(a) Proceed with caution
(b) Least resistance
(c) Dynamic response
(d) Static Response
What is the kind of response in which a business should make efforts to exploit the opportunity and reduce the threats:
(a) Strategic Responses
(b) Least resistance
(c) Diversify
(d) Simplify
The price of hot dogs increases by 22% and the quantity of hot dogs demanded falls by 25%. This indicates that demand for hot dogs is :
(a) Elastic.
(b) Inelastic.
(c) Unitarily elastic.
(d) Perfectly elastic.
If the local pizzeria raises the price of a medium pizza from ` 60 to ` 100 and quantity demanded falls from 700 pizzas a night to 100 pizzas a night, the price elasticity of demand for pizzas is :(Use Arc Elasticity Method)
(a) .67
(b) 1.5
(c) 2.0
(d) 3.0
Demand for a good will tend to be more elastic if it exhibits which of the following characteristics?
(a) It represents a small part of the consumer’s income.
(b) The good has many substitutes available.
(c) It is a necessity (as opposed to a luxury).
(d) There is little time for the consumer to adjust to the price change.
__________ response not merely recognises and wards off threats but also convert threats into opportunities:
(a) Aggressive
(b) Dynamic
(c) Static
(d) Passive
Suppose a consumer’s income increases from Rs 30,000 to Rs ` 36,000. As a result, the consumer increases her purchases of compact discs (CDs) from 25 CDs to 30 CDs. What is the consumer’s income elasticity of demand for CDs? (Use Arc Elasticity Method)
(a) 0.5
(b) 1.0
(c) 1.5
(d) 2.0
Relationship between organisation and environment can be described through:
(a) Exchange of information
(b) Exchange of resources
(c) Exchange of influence and power
(d) All of the above
An indifference curve slopes down towards right since more of one commodity and less of another result in:
(a) Same level of satisfaction
. (b) Greater satisfaction
. (c) Maximum satisfaction
. (d) Any of the above
The successive units of stamps collected by a little boy give him greater and greater satisfaction. This is a clear case of
(a) Operation of the law of demand.
(b) Consumer surplus enjoyed in hobbies and rare collections
(c) Exception to the law of diminishing utility.
(d) None of the above
In the case of a Giffen good, the demand curve will usually be :
(a) horizontal.
(b) downward-sloping to the right.
(c) vertical.
(d) upward-sloping to the right
What is the single word that can best describe today’s business?
(a) Technology
(b) Persistence
(c) Profit making
(d) Change
Which of the following is not a characteristic of least resistance strategic response:
(a) Simple goal maintaining
(b) Passive approach
(c) Dynamic
(d) All of the above
When economists speak of the utility of a certain good, they are referring to
(a) The demand for the good.
(b) The usefulness of the good in consumption.
(c) The expected satisfaction derived from consuming the good.
(d) The rate at which consumers are willing to exchange one good for another.
For a normal good with a downward sloping demand curve:
(a) The price elasticity of demand is negative; the income elasticity of demand is negative.
(b) The price elasticity of demand is positive; the income elasticity of demand is negative.
(c) The price elasticity of demand is positive; the income elasticity of demand is positive.
(d) The price elasticity of demand is negative; the income elasticity of demand is positive.
Perceiving the needs of the external environment and catering to them, satisfying the expectations and demands of the clientele groups is:
(a) Reciprocal agreement
(b) Interdependent process
(c) Management process
(d) Interaction process
Process of strategy formulation starts with:
(a) Appraisal of external and internal environment of the of an organisation
(b) Performance analysis
(c) Choice of strategy
D) None of the above
An increase in the supply of a good is caused by :
(a) Improvements in its production technology
(b) Fall in the prices of other goods which can be produced using the same inputs
. (c) Fall in the prices of factors of production used in its production .
(d) all of the above.
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