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 decision on what to produce is a problem in: a free-enterprise economic system only all economic system a centrally planned economic system only developing economic systems 2 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEA rational consumer will adjust his spending pattern so that: the marginal utility he gets from the last unit of each item is the same the total amount of money he spends on each item is the same the marginal utility he gets from the last naira spent on each item is the same the total utility he gets from each item is the same 3 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following is not a classification of economic activities? Primary Secondary Tertiary Construction 4 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe profit of a monopolist can be eliminated where price equals MC AVC AFC AC 5 / 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? check how much money he has seek advice from economic experts determine the opportunity cost prepare a scale of preference 6 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEAnother term for opportunity cost is: alternative cost implicit cost real cost money cost 7 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe economic system in which resources are privately owned is known as: capitalism communism socialism democracy 8 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEAn increase in the demand for pen raises the demand for ink. This type of demand is called: competitive demand complementary demand composite demand derived demand 9 / 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 10 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIrrespective of economic system adopted, which of the following is not an economic problem? for whom to produce goods and services techniques of production to be adopted how to ensure economic efficiency equal distribution of economic 11 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEA socialist economy is characterized by the: government ownership and private control of means of production use of capital-intensive method of production public ownership and control of factor of production equal access to public utilities 12 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe demand for a commodity not directly for immediate consumption but for the production of another commodity is: joint demand competitive demand derived demand composite demand 13 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following countries does not practice capitalism? United States of America Nigeria Britain Tanzania 14 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEMUA = PA where A = good, A:P = price of good A; MU = Marginal Utility The above equation represents: Marginal utility equation Equilibrium equation Utility maximization equation Total utility equation 15 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe study of the economic behaviour of individual decision making unit in a free enterprise economy is called: market system microeconomics economic system macroeconomics 16 / 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: resources demand wants output 17 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following is not strictly included in the study of economics? whether a product is harmful consumption distribution production 18 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEA consumer’s decision to purchase more of a product, with constant income will imply that: of other product(s) will be bought more of another product will be bought no product will be bought subsequently the consumer is rational 19 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following is not a good method of data presentation and interpretation? tables graphs maps Charts 20 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe Nigerian economy can best be described as a: socialist economy mixed economy mono-product economy capitalist economy 21 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIn economic analysis, a statement is said to be normative when it: relates to value judgment is concerned with what is combines A to C observes economics variables 22 / 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 N70 calculator N140 23 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEAdvance stage of socialism is referred to as: communism capitalism quasi-socialism feudalism 24 / 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 it disallows monopoly of economic power there is exploitation of consumers since the producers are out to maximize profit 25 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEDemand in Economics is synonymous with: wants back with ability to pay wants of the consumer at a time all goods demanded in the market at a time needs of a rational consumer 26 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe knowledge of Economics enables an individual to: be investment conscious derive maximum satisfaction from the use of his resources avoid the purchase of harmful goods be careful in the spending of his income 27 / 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 total utility marginal utility average utility 28 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe 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 29 / 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 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 30 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe graph of the function C = a + bY is: Exponential Simultaneous Quadratic Linear 31 / 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: 12 2.2 4.4 60 32 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhat determines how the factors of production are to be allocated among different production activities in a planned economy? equity principle private needs private needs individual ability to pay 33 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe term Laissez-faire is associated with: a free enterprise a civil society a welfare state a controlled economy 34 / 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? 38.2 46.3 43.6 41.1 35 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe ordinalist approach to the theory of consumer behaviour is based on the following assumption except that: utilities are measurable in monetary value 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 36 / 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 > 150 y > 75 y < 75 y > 325 37 / 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 one zero 38 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIt is impossible to satisfy all human wants because: human wants are unlimited available resources are limited of income inequality money income is limited 39 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEFor a free commodity, a rational consumer will continuously increase his consumption until: he attains the highest marginal utility level his marginal utility equal the price he would have paid he decides to stop his marginal utility becomes zero 40 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following statements is not correct about choice? 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 usually choice is made from a consumer scale preference 41 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEA good example of a free good is: mineral resources air security education 42 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIn a market economy, the main function of price to: ensure equitable distribution of resources allocate resources to both consumer and producers in an efficient manner ration the available goods among consumers determine the value of each assets 43 / 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 price mechanism the producer the government 44 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following would not be included in the fundamental principle of a free enterprise economy? private ownership of factors of production the right to make private profit government encourages competitive capitalism within the legal framework of the country government control factor of production 45 / 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 price mechanism chief economic advisers 46 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEIn Ekiti State, the demand curve for rice in every household is downward sloping because: there is excess supply every household has access to the market rice is produced in the state the higher the price of rice, the lower the quantity of rice to be demanded 47 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEWhich of the following defines Economics most comprehensively? 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 Organization of industries and services to produce utility 48 / 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 49 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEThe 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 50 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTMEBasic extractive activities are classified as: technical production primary production secondary production manufacturing production Your score is 0% Restart quiz