Question 1

This figure displays the choices and payoffs (company profits) of two music shops-MiiTunes and The Rock Shop.MiiTunes is an established business in the area deciding whether to charge its usual high prices or to charge very low prices,in the hopes that a new business will not be able to make a profit at such low prices.The Rock Shop is trying to decide whether or not it should enter the market and compete with MiiTunes.
If MiiTunes and The Rock Shop are both in the music business and faced with the choices outlined in the figure shown,we can predict the outcome will be that:

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A)   MiiTunes charges low prices and The Rock Shop does not enter.
B)   MiiTunes charges high prices and The Rock Shop enters.
C)   MiiTunes charges high prices and The Rock Shop does not enter.
D)   MiiTunes charges low prices and The Rock Shop enters.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

This figure displays the choices being made by two coffee shops: Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts.Both companies are trying to decide whether or not to expand in an area.The area can handle only one of them expanding,and whoever expands will cause the other to lose some business.If they both expand,the market will be saturated,and neither company will do well.The payoffs are the additional profits (or losses) they will earn.
The outcome of the game in the figure shown predicts that Starbucks will earn profits of:

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A)   $2 million.
B)   $1 million.
C)   $0 million.
D)   $2 millionE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

In games,rules:

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A)   define the actions that are allowed in a game.
B)   need to be loosely adhered to in order to predict an outcome.
C)   define the winners of a game.
D)   outline the wrong choices that could be made in a game.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

An ultimatum game:

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A)   is a repeated game.
B)   is a simultaneous move game.
C)   is when one player makes an offer and the other has to accept or reject.
D)   is a realistic way of modeling union negotiations.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Backward induction involves:

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A)   a process of analyzing a problem in reverse.
B)   thinking forward and working backward.
C)   starting with the last choice and working backward to determine an optimal strategy.
D)   All of these statements are true.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 6

The ability to make counteroffers transforms bargaining from a game in which ___________ trumps everything to a game in which ____________ is the winning strategy.

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A)   patience; first-mover advantage
B)   commitment strategy; self-interested behavior
C)   first-mover advantage; patience
D)   first-mover advantage; cooperationE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 7

In the prisoner's dilemma game:

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A)   a cooperative strategy can lead to a more beneficial outcome for both players.
B)   a noncooperative strategy will lead to a positive-positive outcome.
C)   a stable outcome is impossible.
D)   neither player has a dominant strategy.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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