Economics Past Questions And Answers
3151
The ranking of a consumer’s need in order of importance is termed
- A. An opportunity cost
- B. Economies of scale
- C. A scale of preference
- D. The making of choice
3152
The type of unemployment that occurs when an individual cannot find job as a result of obsolete skill is
- A. Structural unemployment
- B. Cyclical unemployment
- C. Seasonal unemployment
- D. Frictional unemployment
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economy problems arises mainly as a result of
- A. inaccurate statistical data in West Africa
- B. excessive wastage of available resources
- C. lack of foresight on the part of resource users
- D. limitation in the availability of resouces
3154
The demand for labour is a________
- A. Derived demand
- B. Joint demand
- C. Complementary demand
- D. Composite demand
3155
When a firm's average revenue curve is downward-slopping , it's price elasticity of demand will be
- A. Zero
- B. Greater than one
- C. One
- D. Between zero and infinity
3156
The following can lead to change in supply, except;
- A) Change in weather
- B) change in the Price of the product
- C) Change in the price of related products
- D) Change in attitude of producers
3157
The privatization exercise in Nigeria is a move towards a
- A. mixed economy
- B. subsistence economy
- C. market economy
- D. command economy
3158
The public sector of an economy includes
- A. cooperative societies
- B. nationalized industries
- C. joint stock companies
- D. pressure groups
3159
The higher the the dependency ratio the?
- A. larger the proportion of the employed relative to the unemployed
- B. smaller the proportion of the active labour force relative to the inactive
- C. smaller the number of the non-working age groups relative to the active labour force
- D. lower the birth rate
3160
An exceptional demand is one in which
- A. supplier sells all that he takes to the market
- B. consumers do not buy from the market
- C. quantity demanded falls as price falls
- D. purchase of services and not products is considered

