MCQ Bank
According to game theory, a strategy about “do to your opponent what he has just done to you” is referred as:
- A) Dominant strategy
- B) First mover advantage
- C) Tit-for-tat
- D) Nash equilibrium
Which of the following element/s includes in every game theory model?
- A) Players
- B) Payoffs
- C) Strategies
- D) All of the given options
According to game theory, First player may get advantage in which of the following games?
- A) Simultaneous games
- B) Non-repeated games
- C) Sequential games
- D) Repeated games
Which of the following model explains price rigidity concept?
- A) Stackelberg model
- B) Cournot oligopoly model
- C) Bertrand oligopoly model
- D) Sweezy oligopoly model
In a game theory approach, selecting the best possible outcome given the worst possible scenario is known as:
- A) Risky strategy
- B) Maximin strategy
- C) Worst strategy
- D) Minimax strategy
In Game theory approach,Game which is played over a fixed period of time is known as:
- A) Non-repeated game
- B) Infinitely repeated game
- C) Finitely repeated game
- D) Sequential game
Cournot oligopoly model was developed in:
- A) 1840
- B) 1838
- C) 1845
- D) 1830
Given the profit equation: \pi \, = \,12X\, + 9Y If we solve it for Y, we obtain:
- A) Y\, = \,\pi /9\, - \,4/3
- B) Y\, = \,\pi /7\, - \,7/10
- C) Y\, = \,\pi /7\, - \,10/10
- D) Y\, = \,\pi /10\, - \,4/3
Market structure including two sellers is known as:
- A) Triopoly
- B) Oligopoly
- C) Monopoly
- D) Duopoly
In a game theory, each decision maker makes choices without specific knowledge of competitors counter moves is referred as:
- A) Sequential – move game
- B) Infinitely repeated game
- C) Simultaneous – move game
- D) Finitely Repeated game
Which of the following oligopoly model failed to make price explicit?
- A) Sweezy model
- B) Bertrand oligopoly model
- C) Cournot oligopoly model
- D) Stackelberg model
In a game theory approach, a zero-sum game is about:
- A) Joint action is favored
- B) Potential for mutual gain
- C) Offsetting gains / Losses
- D) Potential for mutual loss
In price leadership models, collusion is:
- A) Implicit
- B) Not possible
- C) Explicit
- D) Ambiguous
Given the profit equation: \pi \, = \,10X\, + \,7Y If we solve it for X, we obtain:
- A) X\, = \,\pi /7\, - \,7/10Y
- B) X\, = \,\pi /10\, - \,10/10Y
- C) X\, = \,\pi /10\, - \,10/7Y
- D) X\, = \,\pi /10\, - \,7/10Y
If any cartel has full control over all firms in an industry, it can operate as:
- A) Perfectly competitive firm
- B) Monopoly firm
- C) Duopoly firm
- D) Oligopoly firm
With reference to game theory, In which of the following games, players decide about their strategy choices at the same time?
- A) Sequential games
- B) Non-repeated games
- C) Repeated games
- D) Simultaneous games
Stackelberg model was developed in:
- A) 1932
- B) 1936
- C) 1930
- D) 1934
Game theory can simply be illustrated with the help of:
- A) Prisoner’s dilemma
- B) Monopoly power
- C) Regression analysis
- D) Moving averages
With reference to game theory, a game that involves potential for mutual gains is referred as:
- A) Positive-sum game
- B) Non cooperative game
- C) Zero – sum game
- D) Negative-sum game
An equilibrium that predicts the outcome of non-cooperative games is called as:
- A) Nash equilibrium
- B) Classical equilibrium
- C) Keynesian equilibrium
- D) Market equilibrium