Specification point 3.4.1 · Theme 3

Efficiency

Market structures · Business behaviour and the labour market

Revise this topic

Questions tagged to this specification point

5 questions

Essay questions

Long-form evaluation and discussion

2
Optional25 marks
ContextTesla held an 82% market share of the electric vehicle market in the United States during the first half of 2020.

Evaluate whether a monopoly is likely to operate efficiently. Refer to at least one monopoly of your choice.

Learn this question

Open a video explanation without leaving the question.

Data-response questions

Questions built around exam extracts

1

Short-answer questions

Focused calculations, explanations and diagrams

0

No short-answer questions tagged to this point yet.

Multiple-choice questions

Quick checks of economic understanding

2
ContextThe diagram shows the equilibrium position of a dental practice operating in a monopolistically competitive industry.

Which one of the following applies to the dental practice’s equilibrium at point E? The dental practice is:

Ain long-run equilibrium
Bmaking normal profit because average revenue is greater than average cost
Cmaking supernormal profit because marginal cost equals marginal revenue
Dproductively efficient
ContextIn Sicily, many households can grow lemons of the same quality as each other. Chiara decides to sell lemons at her local market, expecting to make a normal profit. She notices that all of the many lemon sellers are charging exactly the same price.

Which one of the following will exist in the short run if Chiara makes a loss?

AAllocative efficiency and productive efficiency
BAllocative efficiency and productive inefficiency
CAllocative inefficiency and productive efficiency
DAllocative inefficiency and productive inefficiency

Learn this question

Open a video explanation without leaving the question.

Question text © Pearson Edexcel, quoted for students' private study. Open the official papers and mark schemes from the links on each question.