Which of the Following Statements by a Restaurant Owner Refers

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements by a restaurant owner refers to the law of diminishing marginal returns?

• A)"The higher the quality of the ingredients we use, the higher the cost of producing each meal."
• B)"If we double the size of our premises and double everything else - kitchen staff, serving staff, equipment - we can increase the number of meals we serve, but not to double the current levels."
• C)"We can increase the number of meals we serve by just adding more kitchen staff, but each additional worker adds less meals than the previous worker because traffic in the kitchen will get worse."
• D)"We can serve the same number of meals with fewer kitchen staff, but we would have to buy more labour-saving kitchen equipment."
• E)"We can serve the same number of meals with less kitchen equipment, but we would have to hire more kitchen staff."

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Definitions:

Consensus

General agreement among a group or community, often used as a standard of decision-making and acceptance within a group.

Distinctive

Having a unique quality, characteristic, or feature that distinguishes someone or something from others.

Attribution

The process of assigning a cause to our own behavior, and that of others.

Causal Attributions

The process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events, attributing them to internal dispositions or to external situations.