CAIE A-Level Economics AS 2.1 Demand and Supply Curves Questions

Practise defining effective demand, aggregating individual curves and distinguishing movements from shifts when income, related prices, costs, technology or policy changes.

Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Economics 9708
Level
AS

Exam points

  • distinguish effective demand from desire by requiring willingness and ability to pay
  • aggregate quantities horizontally at each price to construct market demand or supply
  • separate a movement caused by own price from a curve shift caused by a non-price determinant

Question 1

[Maximum number: 1]

A change in which factor will be least likely to alter a consumer's ability to pay for a product?

A

a consumer's income

B

a consumer's tastes

C

a change in the price of the product

D

a fall in the tax on goods and services

Question 2

[Maximum number: 1]

What most accurately describes a market supply curve?

A

supply at different income levels, assuming product prices remain unchanged

B

supply at different levels of factor prices, assuming product prices remain unchanged

C

supply at different prices, assuming no changes in technology

D

supply at different time periods, assuming no changes in technology

Question 3

[Maximum number: 1]

In calculating the short-run supply schedule for a firm, what is assumed to remain unchanged?

A

the number of consumers

B

the price of the good

C

the quantity of raw material inputs

D

the state of technology

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