Free CIMAPRA17-BA1-1 Exam Braindumps (page: 47)

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Porter describes differentiation as a firm having a unique product or service that is valued by the customer.
Which ONE of the following is NOT a factor in the higher prices and profits from differentiated products?

  1. Lower price elasticity of demand due to the product having few substitutes
  2. Price inelastic supply because differentiation acts as a barrier to entry against other firms
  3. Higher customer satisfaction making them willing to pay a higher price
  4. Higher costs of production and marketing necessitating the charging of a higher price

Answer(s): D



Firms in competitive markets can earn only normal profit in the long run because:

  1. they produce homogeneous products
  2. there are no barriers to entry into these markets
  3. production costs are the same for all producers
  4. of the absence of economies of scale

Answer(s): B



Why do monopoly market structures charge higher prices than would be charged by more competitive market structures?

  1. They are more likely to suffer from diseconomies of scale
  2. They must recover their higher research and development expenditures
  3. They can increase profits by reducing output to force prices higher
  4. They have barriers to entry that stop customers going to new markets

Answer(s): C



One of the features of an oligopoly market is that the pricing strategy of producers

  1. is conditioned by the expected reaction of rival producers
  2. tends to ignore expectations about consumer reactions
  3. is constrained by the absence of barriers to entry into the industry
  4. is largely determined by government competition rules

Answer(s): A






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