ECONOMICS POST UTME QUESTIONS & ANSWERS HomePOST UTME/POST JAMB Past Question & AnswersECONOMICS POST UTME QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Practice this ECONOMICS POST UTME exam questions and answers Our experts have provided correct answers to these questions. 0% ECONOMICS POST UTME (APP) ECONOMICS POST UTME ECONOMICS POST UTME Practice with our Post UTME CBT for Universities, Polytechnics, College of Agriculture, College of Medicine, College of Technology and College of Education and pass your examination. 1 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME A consumer’s decision to purchase more of a product, with constant income will imply that: of other product(s) will be bought no product will be bought subsequently the consumer is rational more of another product will be bought 2 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Another term for opportunity cost is: implicit cost real cost money cost alternative cost 3 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In economic analysis, a statement is said to be normative when it: observes economics variables combines A to C relates to value judgment is concerned with what is 4 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME An increase in the demand for pen raises the demand for ink. This type of demand is called: complementary demand competitive demand derived demand composite demand 5 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The knowledge of Economics enables an individual to: be careful in the spending of his income avoid the purchase of harmful goods derive maximum satisfaction from the use of his resources be investment conscious 6 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The economic system in which resources are privately owned is known as: communism socialism democracy capitalism 7 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME If y represents tons of cocoa that a farmer produce, find the range of cocoa in tons that satisfies the following inequality 250 < 2y – 400: y < 75 y > 325 y > 75 y > 150 8 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The concept of economic efficiency basically implies: obtaining the maximum output from available resources at the lowest cost equity in the distribution of the nation’s wealth a wasteless economy conservation of economic resources 9 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME “Economics is a science which studies human behaviour as relationship between ends and scarce means, which have alternative uses”. ‘Ends’ here refers to: wants demand resources output 10 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME It is impossible to satisfy all human wants because: of income inequality human wants are unlimited available resources are limited money income is limited 11 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following statements is not correct about choice? an economist is not interested in the moral judgment of any choice so made only individuals and firms make choice the process of making a choice involves opportunity cost usually choice is made from a consumer scale preference 12 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The ordinalist approach to the theory of consumer behaviour is based on the following assumption except that: there are only two commodities existing in the market and their prices are known the consumer’s taste, habit and income are consistent the consumer acts rationally utilities are measurable in monetary value 13 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following would not be included in the fundamental principle of a free enterprise economy? government encourages competitive capitalism within the legal framework of the country the right to make private profit private ownership of factors of production government control factor of production 14 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME What determines how the factors of production are to be allocated among different production activities in a planned economy? equity principle private needs individual ability to pay private needs 15 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The graph of the function C = a + bY is: Linear Quadratic Exponential Simultaneous 16 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The sum of all the marginal utilities a consumer derives from the consumption of extra units of a commodity is known as: marginal utility time utility total utility average utility 17 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The following are the arguments for capitalism EXCEPT: its profit motive leads to increased efficiency in production it disallows monopoly of economic power there is freedom of consumption and production there is exploitation of consumers since the producers are out to maximize profit 18 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The study of the economic behaviour of individual decision making unit in a free enterprise economy is called: market system economic system microeconomics macroeconomics 19 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME One of the fundamental differences between capitalist and a socialist state is that while: there is equality in distribution of wealth in the socialist state, it is not so in a capitalist economy in the former, price mechanism guides the allocation of resources, it is the government agency that performs this function in the latter taxes are levied in a socialist economy; there is no taxation in capitalist economy the former is governed by the principle of the survival of the fittest, the latter is concerned with the welfare of all 20 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME A rational consumer will adjust his spending pattern so that: the total amount of money he spends on each item is the same the total utility he gets from each item is the same the marginal utility he gets from the last unit of each item is the same the marginal utility he gets from the last naira spent on each item is the same 21 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The Nigerian economy can best be described as a: mixed economy capitalist economy mono-product economy socialist economy 22 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Use the information below to answer question below The raw data scores of 10 students of St. Okoro College who took part in Nov/Dec. 2005 G.C.E in Economics are given below. The pass mark is 40%. 34 45 25 49 15 59 64 34 40 71 What is the mean score of the students’ marks? 46.3 43.6 41.1 38.2 23 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME MUA = PA where A = good, A:P = price of good A; MU = Marginal Utility The above equation represents: Equilibrium equation Marginal utility equation Total utility equation Utility maximization equation 24 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Advance stage of socialism is referred to as: quasi-socialism feudalism capitalism communism 25 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Basic extractive activities are classified as: secondary production technical production primary production manufacturing production 26 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Demand in Economics is synonymous with: needs of a rational consumer wants of the consumer at a time all goods demanded in the market at a time wants back with ability to pay 27 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME If you do not have to make any sacrifice in order to get a particular thing then its real cost is: its price infinite zero one 28 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Use the information below to answer question below The raw data scores of 10 students of St. Okoro College who took part in Nov/Dec. 2005 G.C.E in Economics are given below. The pass mark is 40%. 34 45 25 49 15 59 64 34 40 71 The quantities of apple supplied by a farmer in a week are shown below: 9, 14, 4, 15, 18 The mean deviation of this data is: 60 2.2 4.4 12 29 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME A good example of a free good is: security mineral resources air education 30 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In event of shortage in supply of a commodity in the market under a planned economy, the allocation of the available commodity will be carried out by: group of consumers the producer price mechanism the government 31 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME A socialist economy is characterized by the: public ownership and control of factor of production equal access to public utilities use of capital-intensive method of production government ownership and private control of means of production 32 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In a market economy, the main function of price to: ration the available goods among consumers allocate resources to both consumer and producers in an efficient manner determine the value of each assets ensure equitable distribution of resources 33 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME For a free commodity, a rational consumer will continuously increase his consumption until: his marginal utility becomes zero his marginal utility equal the price he would have paid he attains the highest marginal utility level he decides to stop 34 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The term Laissez-faire is associated with: a free enterprise a controlled economy a welfare state a civil society 35 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The meaning of scale of preference is: the consumer budget the preparation of a list of goods and services that satisfy wants the consumer preference for cheap goods a list of consumers wants, arranged in order of importance 36 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following countries does not practice capitalism? Britain Tanzania United States of America Nigeria 37 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In market economy, the economy questions of what, how and for whom to produce are solved by: price mechanism planning committee chief economic advisers government agencies 38 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME With regard to the benefit of socialism, which of the alternatives is not correct? there is disincentive to hard work because private property is not allowed it is more efficient since resources are not wasted on producing surplus it ensures production of essential goods consumers are charged fair prices for goods they purchase 39 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The decision on what to produce is a problem in: developing economic systems a centrally planned economic system only all economic system a free-enterprise economic system only 40 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following is not strictly included in the study of economics? consumption production distribution whether a product is harmful 41 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In Ekiti State, the demand curve for rice in every household is downward sloping because: there is excess supply rice is produced in the state the higher the price of rice, the lower the quantity of rice to be demanded every household has access to the market 42 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Mr. Tola needs a book and a calculator that cost N70 each. If he buys the book instead of the calculator, the opportunity cost of his choice is: N140 N70 Book calculator 43 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Irrespective of economic system adopted, which of the following is not an economic problem? for whom to produce goods and services how to ensure economic efficiency techniques of production to be adopted equal distribution of economic 44 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The responsiveness of demand to a change in income is termed: cross elasticity of demand money income index price elasticity of demand income elasticity of demand 45 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following defines Economics most comprehensively? Organization of industries and services to produce utility Buying and selling of goods and services Study of human behaviour in the allocation of scarce resources Study of economic agents in allocation of goods and services 46 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following is not a good method of data presentation and interpretation? maps graphs Charts tables 47 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following is not a classification of economic activities? Construction Secondary Tertiary Primary 48 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The profit of a monopolist can be eliminated where price equals AFC MC AC AVC 49 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The demand for a commodity not directly for immediate consumption but for the production of another commodity is: composite demand derived demand competitive demand joint demand 50 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME What is the first thing to do if Biola simultaneously needs computer, a laser printer and a scanner and he has money to buy only one of these items? prepare a scale of preference determine the opportunity cost check how much money he has seek advice from economic experts Your score is 0% Restart quiz