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Question 11
waec 2011

One good reason for the elimination of middle men is that they

Acause increase in price
Bhelp in price stability
Cgrade and blend goods
Dare too many
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Question 12
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A firm's main aim is to

Asurvive the business
Bmaximize profits
Cincrease its market share
Dsatisfy the ambition of its managers
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Question 13
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If there are no barriers to entering a market, it means that

Aanyone can become a buyer or a seller
Bunwanted goods can always enter the market
Cthe market becomes a dumping ground
Dthe goods are not inspected
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Question 14
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In which of the following markets does a firm have power to make super normal profits both in the short run and long run?

AMonopoly
BDuopoly
COligopoly
DMonopsony
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Question 15
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A market structure where profit is maximized when marginal revenue, marginal cost and price are equal is known as

Aperfect competition
Bmonopoly
Coligopoly
Dimperfect competition
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Question 16
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A firm will shut down in the long run if its earning is

Aless than normal profit
Bgreater than normal profit
Cequal to super normal profit
Dless than super normal profit
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Question 17
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The resource used in production are called

Avariable inputs
Bfactors of production
Ccapital for production
Dfixed inputs
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Question 18
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which of the following does not change in the short run?

AVariable cost
Bmarginal cost
Ctotal cost
Dfixed cost
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Question 19
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The type of production that involve the tapping and harnessing of natural resources is

Aprimary production
Bsecondary production
Ctertiary production
Dindustrial production
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Question 20
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which of the following is not true about land?

Athe supply is fixed
Bland is mobile
Cit is subject to diminishing returns
Dland is heterogeneous
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Question 21
waec 2011

A rational consumer is one who

Aspends his income to maximize satisfaction
Bis not influenced by advertisemment
Cbehaves in a particular way all the time
Dknows the price of all goods and buys the cheapest
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Question 22
waec 2011

When total utility is constant, it means marginal utility is

Aincreasing
Bzero
Cdecreasing
Done
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Question 23
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A consumer purchasing a commodity X will maximize his satisfaction if

APx = MUx
BPx ≥ MUx
CPx > MUx
DPx < MUx
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Question 24
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price fixed above the equilibrium is to

Aprotect agricultural producers
Bdiscourage agricultural producers
Clower the price of agricultural producers
Dfavour consumers
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Question 25
waec 2011

if the current price of an apple is twice that of last year, it implies that the value of money is

Astable
Bfalling
Crising
Dgetting stronger
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Question 26
waec 2011

A supply curve which is vertical has an elasticity co-efficient of

A0.0
B0.5
C1.5
D2
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Question 27
waec 2011

Palm oil and palm kernel have

Acompetitive supply
Bexcess supply
Cjoint supply
Dcomposite supply
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Question 28
waec 2011

If a 20% rise in price of Whiskey leads to a 30% increase in quantity demanded of Schnapps, the cross elasticity of demand is

A3.0
B2.5
C2.3
D1.5
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Question 29
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The co-efficient of income elasticity of demand for inferior goods is

Apositive
Bequal to one
Cless than one
Dnegative
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Question 30
waec 2011

A normal demand curve slopes

Adownward from left to right
Bupwards from right to left
Cdownwards from right to left
Dupwards from left to right
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