WAEC - Economics (2000)

1
Scarcity implies that
Answer
(C)
goods and services are limited in supply
2
economy problems arises mainly as a result of
Answer
(D)
limitation in the availability of resouces
3
Basic extractive activities are classified as
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(D)
primary production
4
The entire satisfaction that a consumer derived from a successive consumption of a particular commodity is known as
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(B)
total utility
5
A collective data which has not been processed is referred to as
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(B)
raw data
6
Which of the following is a measure of central tendency
Answer
(D)
Median
7
The quantity supplied of a book per week is represented by the function: Qs + 70 + 1/2 P, At a price of N8.00, the quantity supplied is
Answer
(B)
74
8
In production , the formula total product/number of men employed is used to calculate
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(B)
average product
9
One of the internal economies of large scale production is
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(B)
market economies
10
Dividing total variable cost by quantity of output gives
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(D)
Average Variable Cost (AVC)
11
Public enterprises are established mainly to
Answer
(A)
provide basic amenities for the people
12
One important feature of sole proprietorship is that
Answer
(C)
one person bears all the risks
13
The maximum amount of money a company is allowed to raise by issuing shares to the public is called
Answer
(D)
authorized capital
14
The consumers co-operative society is owned by
Answer
(B)
members of the society
15
which of the following is a function of the retailer?
Answer
(C)
stocking variety of goods
16
The supply of labour can be influenced by the
Answer
(A)
size of the population
17
Majority of West African labour force is engaged in
Answer
(B)
agricultural production
18
census of population is usually conducted every
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(C)
10 years
19
one economic implication of over-population is that it
Answer
(C)
leads to a fall in per capital income
20
Hassan , an economic teacher in Lagos, resigned his appointment and took yup another job as a banker . The The concept here involves
Answer
(A)
occupational mobility of labour
21
Net migration is the difference between
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(B)
immigrants and emigrants
22
Wages are to some extent, determined by the
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(C)
marginal productivity of labour
23
The movement along the same curve is a
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(B)
change in quantity demanded
24
An industry can best be described as
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(C)
an aggregation of indidvidual firms producing similar commodities
25
An association of workers in a particular industry, firm or line of job is called
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(A)
Trade union
26
Average Variable Cost (AVC) curve
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(A)
is U-shaped
27
The income elasticity of a normal goods is
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(A)
positive
28
The demand for a commodity that serves two or more purposes is
Answer
(C)
composite demand
29
The charging of different prices to different group of buyers for the same goods or services is called
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(C)
price discrimination
30
A tax on a commodity whose demand is perfectly inelastic will fall heavily on the
Answer
(A)
consumer
31
The main feature of regressive taxation is that its rate
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(D)
reduces when income increses
32
Which of the following is an item of government recurrent expenditure?
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(C)
Wages and Salaries
33
Which of the following is an item of government recurrent expenditure?
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(C)
Wages and Salaries
34
Deficit budget means that government’s
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(B)
Planned expenditure is more than the estimated income
35
The most unique quality of money is its
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(D)
General acceptability
36
Abstention from consumption which enables capital to be produced is called
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(A)
Savings
37
Which of the following will occur when the market is unstable?
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(A)
Price will fluctuate
38
Shares and stocks can be bought in the
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(B)
Stock exchange
39
Inflation can best be checked by
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(C)
increasing supply and holding wages constant
40
foreign exchange control in most West African countries is is enforced by the
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(D)
Central banks
41
Commercial banks settle their inter-bank indebtedness through
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(B)
central banks
42
which of the following banks grant credit facilities to individuals wishing to build houses?
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(D)
Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria
43
Unemployment that arises because of introduction of new machines and equipment in production is called
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(B)
structural
44
Mono-product economies are those that produce
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(D)
one main commodity
45
The primary objectives of the Nigerian Industrial Development Banks(NIDB) is the provision of loans to
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(B)
manufacturers
46
Small enterprises finds it difficult to expand due to
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(A)
inadequate capital
47
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a
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(A)
cartel
48
One major export crop in West Africa is
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(D)
cocoa
49
Balance of payment deficit implies that a country is
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(A)
importing more than she is exporting
50
West African countries have low level of economic development due to
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(D)
ineffective plan implementation