WAEC - Economics (2007)

1
The three principal economic unit in any system are
Answer
(C)
households, firms and governments
2
The satisfaction derived from the use of a commodity is its
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(D)
utility
3
The reward which accrues to labour for participating in production is
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(B)
wage
4
The Malthusian theory of population does not concern itself with
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(D)
development and growth of manpower
5
one characteristics of labour is that it is
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(C)
mobile
6
a country where labour is not sufficient to make proper use of natural resources is said to have an
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(D)
under-population
7
When population is classified according to professions, it is called
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(D)
occupational distribution of population
8
What must be added to variable cost to give total cost?
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(C)
fixed cost
9
Revenue is the
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(D)
total money realized from sales
10
Given that TR is total revenue, then TRn -TR (n-1) can be used to find the
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(A)
marginal revenue
11
The lower the price of a commodity, the greater the quantity demanded. This is based on the assumption that the consumers’
Answer
(B)
income remains the same
12

The demand for beans in bags is given by the function Q - 36 + 0.4P = 0.

Where P is price in naira and Q is quantity.

Find Q when P = 20 naira.

Answer
(C)
28 bags
13
If the price of goods X rises and the quantity demanded of goods Y increases then the two goods X and Y must be
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(B)
substitutes
14
in a situation where demand is perfectly elastic , imposition of tax on a commodity to raise its price will result in
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(C)
consumers shifting completely to substitute products
15
Patents are examples of
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(B)
legal barriers to entry
16
which of the following is a characteristics of monopoly
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(C)
a single seller
17
when a firm is nationalized ,
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(B)
it has the right o draw on state funds for capital investment
18
The practice whereby a business is owned by two or more independent firms is termed
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(B)
joint venture
19
The main objective of privatizing a government business is to
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(D)
increase the level of efficiency
20
the return of investment that is just sufficient to satisfy the owner of a business is called?
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(C)
normal profit
21
which of the following is a middleman in the chain of distribution?
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(D)
a retailer
22
A negative effect of the presence of a large number of middlemen in the distributive network is
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(D)
higher price of goods
23
An example of a producer goods is a
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(B)
hammer
24
To promote the development of agricultural sector, government of West African countries should
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(C)
support the marketing of farm produce
25
The most important quality of money is that it must be
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(B)
generally acceptable
26
A certain amount of money is needed for everyday expenditure like buying of goods, transportation and others. This is
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(A)
transaction demand for money
27
Long-term loans can be secured from
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(C)
development banks
28
The value of money is generally measured in relation to the
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(B)
general price level
29
which of the following is true under rapid inflation? People
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(D)
hardly wants to lend money
30
which of the following financial institutions was originally known as a Building Society?
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(C)
Mortgage banks
31
A non-bank financial intermediary which is regarded as a pool of risks is the
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(C)
insurance company
32
A foreign exchange market deals in
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(B)
currencies
33
Which of the following institutions assists the government in managing the national debt?
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(B)
The Central banks
34
If tax takes a large proportion of the income of people with lower income, the tax is
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(C)
regressive
35
Which of the following is an example of direct tax?
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(B)
income tax
36
Monetary control measure are coordinated by
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(D)
the central banks
37
A country whose economy is buoyant is likely to have
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(C)
a strong currency
38
The Net National Product (NNP) is Gross National Product (GNP) less
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(C)
depreciation
39
If the population of a country is low and the Gross National Product is high, the per capita income will be
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(A)
high
40
The population of a country in a certain year was fifty million and her per capita income was $2,050. What was the national income?
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(C)
$102,500 million
41
One of the advantages of capitalism is that
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(C)
efficient allocation of resource is assured
42
Which of the following contributes the highest amount of foreign exchange to the economy of West African nations?
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(D)
Extraction, farming and tourism
43
International trade depends on the concept of?
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(C)
comparative cost advantage
44
One advantages if international trade is that
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(D)
it makes variety of goods available
45
The practice of selling goods overseas and often below the cost of production is known as
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(B)
dumping