Which of the Following Is an Example of Positive Technological

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of positive technological change?

• A)A firm offers workers a higher wage to work on weekends and at night. As a result, the firm is able to increase its weekly production of surf boards.
• B)A firm buys an additional machine that it uses to make surf boards. As a result, the firm is able to increase its weekly production of surf boards.
• C)A firm conducts a new advertising campaign. As a result, the demand for the firm's surf boards increases.
• D)A firm's workers participate in a training program designed to increase the number of surf boards they can produce per day.

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Definitions:

Economies of Scale

The economic gains achieved by businesses because of their large scale, volume of production, or extent of operations, which usually results in a reduction in the cost per unit as the scale of operation grows.

Cost-output Elasticity

Cost-output elasticity measures the responsiveness of the cost of producing a good to a change in the output level, indicating how costs change as production scales.

Marginal Cost

The increase in expenditure resulting from the production of an additional unit of a good or service.

Short-run Cost Function

The relationship between the cost of production and the level of output when at least one input is fixed in the short term.