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 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 > 325 y > 75 y > 150 y < 75 2 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In 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 determine the value of each assets ration the available goods among consumers 3 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following statements is not correct about choice? the process of making a choice involves opportunity cost only individuals and firms make choice usually choice is made from a consumer scale preference an economist is not interested in the moral judgment of any choice so made 4 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The profit of a monopolist can be eliminated where price equals AFC AC AVC MC 5 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The responsiveness of demand to a change in income is termed: income elasticity of demand money income index cross elasticity of demand price elasticity of demand 6 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In Ekiti State, the demand curve for rice in every household is downward sloping because: there is excess supply the higher the price of rice, the lower the quantity of rice to be demanded rice is produced in the state every household has access to the market 7 / 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: the government group of consumers price mechanism the producer 8 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME For a free commodity, a rational consumer will continuously increase his consumption until: his marginal utility equal the price he would have paid his marginal utility becomes zero he attains the highest marginal utility level he decides to stop 9 / 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: calculator Book N70 N140 10 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME An increase in the demand for pen raises the demand for ink. This type of demand is called: composite demand derived demand competitive demand complementary demand 11 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The study of the economic behaviour of individual decision making unit in a free enterprise economy is called: microeconomics macroeconomics market system economic system 12 / 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 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 utility he gets from each item is the same 13 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following countries does not practice capitalism? United States of America Britain Tanzania Nigeria 14 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Basic extractive activities are classified as: primary production technical production manufacturing production secondary production 15 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The graph of the function C = a + bY is: Quadratic Simultaneous Exponential Linear 16 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME It is impossible to satisfy all human wants because: available resources are limited human wants are unlimited money income is limited of income inequality 17 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The concept of economic efficiency basically implies: equity in the distribution of the nation’s wealth obtaining the maximum output from available resources at the lowest cost a wasteless economy conservation of economic resources 18 / 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? seek advice from economic experts determine the opportunity cost prepare a scale of preference check how much money he has 19 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Another term for opportunity cost is: real cost money cost alternative cost implicit cost 20 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following is not a good method of data presentation and interpretation? tables Charts graphs maps 21 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In economic analysis, a statement is said to be normative when it: relates to value judgment observes economics variables combines A to C is concerned with what is 22 / 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: time utility total utility marginal utility average utility 23 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The decision on what to produce is a problem in: all economic system developing economic systems a free-enterprise economic system only a centrally planned economic system only 24 / 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 one infinite zero 25 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The ordinalist approach to the theory of consumer behaviour is based on the following assumption except that: the consumer’s taste, habit and income are consistent utilities are measurable in monetary value the consumer acts rationally there are only two commodities existing in the market and their prices are known 26 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME One of the fundamental differences between capitalist and a socialist state is that while: 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 there is equality in distribution of wealth in the socialist state, it is not so in a capitalist economy the former is governed by the principle of the survival of the fittest, the latter is concerned with the welfare of all 27 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In market economy, the economy questions of what, how and for whom to produce are solved by: government agencies price mechanism planning committee chief economic advisers 28 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME MUA = PA where A = good, A:P = price of good A; MU = Marginal Utility The above equation represents: Total utility equation Marginal utility equation Utility maximization equation Equilibrium equation 29 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME A good example of a free good is: education security mineral resources air 30 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The economic system in which resources are privately owned is known as: socialism communism capitalism democracy 31 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The meaning of scale of preference is: a list of consumers wants, arranged in order of importance the consumer budget the consumer preference for cheap goods the preparation of a list of goods and services that satisfy wants 32 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME With regard to the benefit of socialism, which of the alternatives is not correct? consumers are charged fair prices for goods they purchase it ensures production of essential goods it is more efficient since resources are not wasted on producing surplus there is disincentive to hard work because private property is not allowed 33 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which 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 34 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Irrespective of economic system adopted, which of the following is not an economic problem? how to ensure economic efficiency for whom to produce goods and services equal distribution of economic techniques of production to be adopted 35 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Advance stage of socialism is referred to as: feudalism capitalism quasi-socialism communism 36 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The knowledge of Economics enables an individual to: avoid the purchase of harmful goods be careful in the spending of his income derive maximum satisfaction from the use of his resources be investment conscious 37 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Demand in Economics is synonymous with: needs of a rational consumer all goods demanded in the market at a time wants of the consumer at a time wants back with ability to pay 38 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME A socialist economy is characterized by the: government ownership and private control of means of production public ownership and control of factor of production equal access to public utilities use of capital-intensive method of production 39 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME What determines how the factors of production are to be allocated among different production activities in a planned economy? private needs private needs equity principle individual ability to pay 40 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The Nigerian economy can best be described as a: socialist economy mixed economy capitalist economy mono-product economy 41 / 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 competitive demand derived demand joint demand 42 / 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? 43.6 41.1 38.2 46.3 43 / 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 output wants demand 44 / 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: 2.2 60 12 4.4 45 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following is not a classification of economic activities? Secondary Primary Construction Tertiary 46 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The following are the arguments for capitalism EXCEPT: there is freedom of consumption and production it disallows monopoly of economic power its profit motive leads to increased efficiency in production there is exploitation of consumers since the producers are out to maximize profit 47 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following defines Economics most comprehensively? 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 Organization of industries and services to produce utility 48 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following is not strictly included in the study of economics? consumption production whether a product is harmful distribution 49 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME A 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 50 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The term Laissez-faire is associated with: a civil society a controlled economy a free enterprise a welfare state Your score is 0% Restart quiz