Economics Past Questions And Answers
The cost and output schedule of a firm is shown in the table below.
| Output (kg) | 0 | 15 | 35 | 60 | 85 |
| Variable cost ($) | 0 | 30 | 55 | 75 | 90 |
| Total cost ($) | 15 | 45 | 70 | 90 | 105 |
| Total revenue ($) | 0 | 30 | 70 | 120 | 170 |
(a) Using the data in the table, at each level of output, calculate the firm's
(i) marginal revenue
(ii) marginal cost.
(b) At what output level did the firm:
(i) break even
(ii) make the highest profit
(iii) attain equilibrium
(c) Identify the market structure in which the firm operates
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2018 THEORYWhen the price of a good is above the equilibrium, there will be
- A. a shortage
- B. a surplus.
- C. unemployment
- D. inflation
From the graph below the consumer will attain equilibrium at point_______________
- A. J
- B. K
- C. M
- D. L
If the labour force in a given community is 2,000,000, in the wage employment 200,000 and the unemployed are 80,000, what is the unemployment rate in the community?
- A. 0.4%
- B. 40.0%
- C. 10.0%
- D. 4.0%
When disequilibrium between supply and demand has tendencies to be restored to another equilibrium point over a definite path of a time frame, the equilibrium is regarded as;
- A) Dynamic and convergence equilibrium
- B) Static and Convergence equilibrium
- C) Static and Divergence equilibrium
- D) Dynamic and Divergence equilibrium
Dividing total variable cost by quantity of output gives
- A. Total cost (TC)
- B. Total Fixed Cost (TFC)
- C. Variable cost (VC)
- D. Average Variable Cost (AVC)
An increase in the supply of labour in a factory while other things remain equal will lead to?
- A. an increase in the wage rate and an increase in the number of people employed
- B. a decreased in the wage rate and a decrease in employment
- C. an increase in the wage rate and an decrease in the employment
- D. a decrease in the wage rate and an increase in employment
A budget with a projected revenue in excess of its expenditure is said to be?
- A. balanced
- B. surplus
- C. deficit
- D. inflationary
Exchange control is a weapon used in regulating
- A. Internal trade
- B. Stock exchange
- C. Foreign exchange
- D. Barter trade
Localization of industries is
- A. the industrialization of a country
- B. the concentration of the firm of an industry in a particular area
- C. the location of a firm at a particular locality
- D. the economic development of a locality

