A Price Ceiling Set Below an Equilibrium Price Tends to Cause

question 109

Multiple Choice

A price ceiling set below an equilibrium price tends to cause persistent imbalances in the market because

• A) Quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied but price cannot rise to remove the shortage.
• B) Quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied but price cannot fall to remove the surplus.
• C) Quantity supplied exceeds quantity demanded but price cannot rise to remove the shortage.
• D) Quantity supplied exceeds quantity demanded but price cannot fall to remove the surplus.

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Definitions:

Perpetual Inventory System

An inventory management system where updates are made continuously to the inventory records to reflect sales, purchases, and returns in real-time.

Credit Memo

A credit memo is a document issued by a seller to a buyer, reducing the amount that the buyer owes the seller under the terms of an earlier invoice.

Perpetual Inventory System

An accounting method that records the sale or purchase of inventory immediately through computerized point-of-sale systems and Enterprise Resource Planning systems.

Periodic Inventory System

An inventory accounting system where updates to inventory levels are made at specific intervals, rather than continuously.