WAEC - Economics (1997)

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    Economics is often described as a science because it
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    (D)
    use scientific methods to explain observed phenomena
  • 2
    Scarcity in Economics means that
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    (E)
    resources are limited relative to wants
  • 3
    which of the following has a derived demand?
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    (A)
    labour
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    In Economics production is complete when
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    (B)
    are sold to the final consumer
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    Goods are said to be in competitive demand when they
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    (A)
    Are substitutes
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    The formula for calculating price elasticity of demand coefficient is
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    (C)
    Percentage change in quantity demanded/percentage change in price
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    when the price of a given product is reduced from N100 to N90, the quantity demanded increases from 50 to 60 units. From this we can conclude that the product's
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    (A)
    demand is elastic
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    a shift in supply curve to the right will result in a
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    (B)
    fall in price but an increase in supply
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    one of the disadvantages of the division of labour is that it
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    (B)
    makes work monotonous
  • 10
    The value of money is affected by the
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    (B)
    price level
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    which of the following is not a problem in the barter economy?
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    (E)
    inflation
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    The optimum population of a country is reached when the
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    (B)
    output per head is at its highest with a given volume of resources
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    when the death rate for old people and the infant mortality rate are high , with no migration , there will be in the population a higher number of
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    (A)
    younger people in the population
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    In the long-run, potential GNP is variable because. I technological change takes place II the quantity of labour and capital is not fixed III. unemployment is not constant
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    (C)
    I and II only
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    for two commodities A and B, MA and MB are the respective marginal utilities while PA and PB are the respective prices. Marginal utilities of the commodities are maximized when
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    (A)
    MA/PA = MB/PB
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    If the price of product K declines , the demand curve for the complementary product J will
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    (D)
    shift to the left
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    a stock exchange is a market that
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    (B)
    deals with purchase and sales of securities
  • 18
    The situation whereby government revenue is less than government expenditure is referred to as
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    (A)
    budget deficit
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    which of the following will not increase the population of a country?
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    (E)
    Emigration
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    the actual output of an economy is the output
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    (A)
    which would exist if al resources were fully employed
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    one of the instruments of protection of infants industries is the
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    (C)
    tarrif
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    inflation caused by increase in demand can be curbed by
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    (C)
    increasing the level of output
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    which of the following is a function of commercial banks?
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    (B)
    accepts deposits
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    Division of labour leads to
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    (C)
    monotony of work
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    The largest employment sector in a typical West African country is
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    (D)
    agriculture
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    The indigenisation policy in Nigeria is aimed at
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    (E)
    increasing equity participation and control by Nigerians
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    the foregone alternative in Economics is simply the
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    (D)
    opportunity cost
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    all the following are different forms of money except
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    (E)
    bank sellers
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    The developments banks are essentially different from commercial banks because they
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    (A)
    medium and long term loans
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    The outward shift to the production possibility curve could be due to
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    (D)
    economic growth
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    which of the following is not true of a firm in equilibrium condition in perfect competition?
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    (C)
    MR>AR
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    Hoarding in distributive trade leads to
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    (E)
    artificial scarcity of goods
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    Hoarding in distributive trade leads to
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    (E)
    artificial scarcity of goods
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    If an economy grows at an annual rate of 6% of which 4% is deemed to be due to improvement in the productivity of labour and capital combined ,the remaining 2% is generally attributed to the
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    (A)
    amount of natural resources
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    when the government imposes a unit tax on a commodity with perfectly inelastic demand , the
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    (D)
    tax is borne entirely by the consumer
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    Free Trade means
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    (C)
    non-restriction of international trade
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    In a public company , entrepreneural function are performed by the
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    (D)
    board of directors
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    Term of trade is the
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    (E)
    ratio of index of export prices to index of import prices
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    Tariff can be define as a compulsory levy on
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    (E)
    imports and exports
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    international trade is different from internal trade because of the
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    (B)
    currency differentials