A Monopoly Is a Market with a Single Firm That

question 31

Multiple Choice

A monopoly is a market with a single firm that

• A)produces a good or service for which no close substitute exists and which is protected by a barrier that prevents other firms from selling that good or service.
• B)purchases its factors of production from only one supplier because of a barrier preventing it from buying from other suppliers.
• C)produces a good or service for which no close substitute exists and that sells all its output to one buyer because there is barrier preventing other buyers from purchasing the good or service.
• D)cannot control the price it sets for its good or service because there is barrier that prevents the firm from changing the price.
• E)produces its good or service using labour from a single source,which is usually a union.

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