5. Mixed Strategies

Support Conditions — Quiz

Test your understanding of support conditions with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

What is the support of a mixed strategy?

Question 2

In a mixed strategy, what probability is assigned to any pure action that is not in the support?

Question 3

A player uses the mixed strategy $p(A)=0.4$, $p(B)=0$, and $p(C)=0.6$. What is the support of this mixed strategy?

Question 4

Which condition must hold for every pure action in the support of a mixed-strategy equilibrium?

Question 5

When checking whether a candidate mixed-strategy equilibrium is valid, what must be true about the actions in the support?