ECONOMICS POST UTME QUESTIONS & ANSWERSHomePOST UTME/POST JAMB Past Question & AnswersECONOMICS POST UTME QUESTIONS & ANSWERSPractice this ECONOMICS POST UTME exam questions and answers Our experts have provided correct answers to these questions.0% ECONOMICS POST UTME(APP) ECONOMICS POST UTMEECONOMICS POST UTMEPractice with our Post UTME CBT for Universities, Polytechnics, College of Agriculture, College ofMedicine, College of Technology and College of Education and pass your examination. 1 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe meaning of scale of preference is: the consumer budget the preparation of a list of goods and services that satisfy wants a list of consumers wants, arranged in order of importance the consumer preference for cheap goods 2 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIn market economy, the economy questions of what, how and for whom to produce are solved by: planning committee government agencies chief economic advisers price mechanism 3 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEA socialist economy is characterized by the: government ownership and private control of means of production equal access to public utilities public ownership and control of factor of production use of capital-intensive method of production 4 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe knowledge of Economics enables an individual to: derive maximum satisfaction from the use of his resources be careful in the spending of his income avoid the purchase of harmful goods be investment conscious 5 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following is not strictly included in the study of economics? production whether a product is harmful distribution consumption 6 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEFor a free commodity, a rational consumer will continuously increase his consumption until: his marginal utility equal the price he would have paid he attains the highest marginal utility level his marginal utility becomes zero he decides to stop 7 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEMr. 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: Book calculator N70 N140 8 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe ordinalist approach to the theory of consumer behaviour is based on the following assumption except that: the consumer acts rationally utilities are measurable in monetary value the consumer’s taste, habit and income are consistent there are only two commodities existing in the market and their prices are known 9 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe graph of the function C = a + bY is: Linear Quadratic Exponential Simultaneous 10 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following statements is not correct about choice? usually choice is made from a consumer scale preference an economist is not interested in the moral judgment of any choice so made the process of making a choice involves opportunity cost only individuals and firms make choice 11 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following would not be included in the fundamental principle of a free enterprise economy? government control factor of production private ownership of factors of production the right to make private profit government encourages competitive capitalism within the legal framework of the country 12 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe responsiveness of demand to a change in income is termed: income elasticity of demand money income index price elasticity of demand cross elasticity of demand 13 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following countries does not practice capitalism? Britain United States of America Tanzania Nigeria 14 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhat determines how the factors of production are to be allocated among different production activities in a planned economy? individual ability to pay private needs private needs equity principle 15 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following is not a classification of economic activities? Secondary Primary Construction Tertiary 16 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEAn increase in the demand for pen raises the demand for ink. This type of demand is called: composite demand complementary demand derived demand competitive demand 17 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIt is impossible to satisfy all human wants because: of income inequality money income is limited available resources are limited human wants are unlimited 18 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe Nigerian economy can best be described as a: capitalist economy mono-product economy socialist economy mixed economy 19 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIf 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 > 325 y > 75 y > 150 y < 75 20 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following is not a good method of data presentation and interpretation? Charts tables maps graphs 21 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIf you do not have to make any sacrifice in order to get a particular thing then its real cost is: infinite its price zero one 22 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIn economic analysis, a statement is said to be normative when it: observes economics variables combines A to C is concerned with what is relates to value judgment 23 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIn Ekiti State, the demand curve for rice in every household is downward sloping because: 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 there is excess supply 24 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEA good example of a free good is: education security air mineral resources 25 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEA rational consumer will adjust his spending pattern so that: 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 the total amount of money he spends on each item is the same 26 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following defines Economics most comprehensively? Organization of industries and services to produce utility Study of economic agents in allocation of goods and services Buying and selling of goods and services Study of human behaviour in the allocation of scarce resources 27 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhat 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? seek advice from economic experts check how much money he has prepare a scale of preference determine the opportunity cost 28 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe concept of economic efficiency basically implies: conservation of economic resources obtaining the maximum output from available resources at the lowest cost a wasteless economy equity in the distribution of the nation’s wealth 29 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIn a market economy, the main function of price to: allocate resources to both consumer and producers in an efficient manner ration the available goods among consumers ensure equitable distribution of resources determine the value of each assets 30 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEDemand in Economics is synonymous with: all goods demanded in the market at a time wants back with ability to pay wants of the consumer at a time needs of a rational consumer 31 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe following are the arguments for capitalism EXCEPT: its profit motive leads to increased efficiency in production there is freedom of consumption and production there is exploitation of consumers since the producers are out to maximize profit it disallows monopoly of economic power 32 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEUse the information below to answer question belowThe 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 1559 64 34 40 71 The quantities of apple supplied by a farmer in a week are shown below: 9, 14, 4, 15, 18The mean deviation of this data is: 60 2.2 12 4.4 33 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEOne 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 the former is governed by the principle of the survival of the fittest, the latter is concerned with the welfare of all taxes are levied in a socialist economy; there is no taxation in capitalist economy 34 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEBasic extractive activities are classified as: secondary production manufacturing production technical production primary production 35 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe study of the economic behaviour of individual decision making unit in a free enterprise economy is called: economic system macroeconomics microeconomics market system 36 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEUse the information below to answer question belowThe 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 1559 64 34 40 71 What is the mean score of the students’ marks? 41.1 38.2 43.6 46.3 37 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEAnother term for opportunity cost is: alternative cost money cost implicit cost real cost 38 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe term Laissez-faire is associated with: a free enterprise a controlled economy a welfare state a civil society 39 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe decision on what to produce is a problem in: developing economic systems a centrally planned economic system only a free-enterprise economic system only all economic system 40 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEMUA = PA where A = good, A:P = price of good A; MU = Marginal Utility The above equation represents: Utility maximization equation Total utility equation Marginal utility equation Equilibrium equation 41 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIn 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 government the producer price mechanism 42 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEA consumer’s decision to purchase more of a product, with constant income will imply that: more of another product will be bought no product will be bought subsequently of other product(s) will be bought the consumer is rational 43 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe demand for a commodity not directly for immediate consumption but for the production of another commodity is: composite demand derived demand joint demand competitive demand 44 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe economic system in which resources are privately owned is known as: democracy capitalism socialism communism 45 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe profit of a monopolist can be eliminated where price equals MC AC AFC AVC 46 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWith 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 ensures production of essential goods consumers are charged fair prices for goods they purchase it is more efficient since resources are not wasted on producing surplus 47 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEAdvance stage of socialism is referred to as: capitalism quasi-socialism feudalism communism 48 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe sum of all the marginal utilities a consumer derives from the consumption of extra units of a commodity is known as: time utility marginal utility total utility average utility 49 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIrrespective of economic system adopted, which of the following is not an economic problem? techniques of production to be adopted for whom to produce goods and services equal distribution of economic how to ensure economic efficiency 50 / 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 output resources Your score is 0% Restart quiz Share this post: Share on X (Twitter) Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email Share on WhatsApp