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Question 571
jamb 2007
A firm operating at full capacity will have a
Aperfectly inelastic supply curve
Bperfectly elastic supply curve
Cfairly elastic supply curve
Dfairly inelastic supply curve
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Question 572
jamb 2007
When the demand for a good increases owing to an increase in income, it means that
Athere is an increase in quantity demanded
Binflation has taken place
Cdemand has exceeded supply
Dthere is an increase in demand
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Question 573
jamb 2007
The range is used to
Aestimate the mean from grouped data
Bcalculate the standard deviation
Cdetermine the spread of a set of data
Dmeasure the difference between the mean and the mode
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Question 574
jamb 2007

The choice of what to produce in a command economy is determined by

Aindustrial establishments
Blabour unions
Cthe government and labour unions
Dthe central government
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Question 575
jamb 2007
An economic system in which the producer and the consumer are the same is referred to as a
Amixed economy
Bsubsistence economy
Ccapitalist economy
Dsocialist economy
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Question 576
jamb 2006
A constraint on the expansion of a firm is the
ARate of advertisement
BLevel of producers income
CTastes of the consumers
DSize of the market
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Question 577
jamb 2006

The law of demand can be expressed as

AP = f(Q d)
BQ d = f(\(\frac{1}{p}\)
CP = f(\(\frac{1}{Q_d}\)
DQd = f(P)
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Question 578
jamb 2006
The price index is calculated as
A\(\frac{\text{weighted price}}{\text{current price}}\) x \(\frac{100}{1}\)
B\(\frac{\text{base year price}}{\text{current price}}\) x \(\frac{100}{1}\)
C\(\frac{\text{current price}}{\text{weighted price}}\) x \(\frac{100}{1}\)
D\(\frac{\text{current price}}{\text{base year price}}\) x \(\frac{100}{1}\)
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Question 579
jamb 2006

\(\begin{array}{c|c}
\text{Number of Men} & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 \\
\hline
\text{Total product(Unit)} & 200 & 440 & 540 & 600 & 640 & 660 & 660 & 640 \\
\hline
\end{array}\)

What is the average product when 3 men are employed?

A120 units
B540 units
C100 units
D180 units
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Question 580
jamb 2006
A point P, the marginal rate of substitution is
Aless than one
Bgreater than one
Czero
Dunity
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Question 581
jamb 2006
A movement from K to M will
Adecrease the consumer's utility
Bincrease the price of the commodity
Cincrease the consumer's utility
Dleave consumer's utility unchanged
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Question 582
jamb 2006
The diagram above shows the effect of
Aexcess demand over supply at q3
Bexcess supply over demand at q2
Cminimum price legislation at P2
Dmaximum price legislation at P2
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Question 583
jamb 2006

If the price per unit is N2, what is the average revenue when 6 men are employed?

AN220
BN120
C110
DN330
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Question 584
jamb 2006
Product differentiation in monopolistic competition implies that
Adifferent buyers pay different prices for the same product
Bdifferent products are sold to the same buyer
Csellers determine whom to sell their products to
Dthe same product is available in different forms
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Question 585
jamb 2006
A perfectly competitive firm is advised to close down when the
Aprice is below the marginal cost
Bprice is equal to the marginal revenue
Cmarginal revenue is equal to the marginal cost
Dprice is below the average variable cost
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Question 586
jamb 2006
If the short-run cost curve of a firm is U-shaped, the marginal and average cost are equal where the
Aaverage variable cost is minimum
Bmarginal cost is falling
Caverage cost is minimum
Daverage fixed cost is falling
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Question 587
jamb 2006
The market structure in which there is interdependence of price-output policies is
Aa pure monopoly
Ban oligopoly
Ca pure competition
Da monopolistic competition
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Question 588
jamb 2006
The only factor of production that plays an active role in the production process is
Aland
Bcapital
Centrepreneur
Dlabour
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Question 589
jamb 2006
A rising short-run average cost is a result of
Aeconomies of scale
Bfalling marginal costs
Cdiminishing returns
Drising fixed costs
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Question 590
jamb 2006

The marginal productivity theory applies in a

Aunionized labour market
Bperfectly competitive market
Cmonopsonistic market only
Dmonopolistic market only
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