Quizzes and an IGCSE Past Paper Question to Assess Your Understanding of Demand, Supply and Market Equilibrium
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a) Exploring Supply and Demand by Kim Sosin – useful in that you can get feedback on the impacts on the Supply and Demand graph, shown on the right hand side of your browser.
b) True/False Quiz hosted on a http://www.oup.com site.
c) SELF-GRADING PRACTICE QUIZ #3 via http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu
The following four quizzes by Pearson via http://wps.aw.com are good means of testing your understanding of demand, supply,and the market equilibrium. Usefully, at the end of each quiz you can email your results to yourself and your teacher.
d) Quiz 1
e) Quiz 2
f) Quiz 3
g) Quiz 4
Source: CIE Economics Paper 4 Exam, May/June Session 2002
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