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 The graph of the function C = a + bY is: Exponential Linear Quadratic Simultaneous 2 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following would not be included in the fundamental principle of a free enterprise economy? the right to make private profit private ownership of factors of production government encourages competitive capitalism within the legal framework of the country government control factor of production 3 / 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 private needs individual ability to pay 4 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The Nigerian economy can best be described as a: capitalist economy mixed economy mono-product economy socialist economy 5 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The responsiveness of demand to a change in income is termed: price elasticity of demand money income index cross elasticity of demand income elasticity of demand 6 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The following are the arguments for capitalism EXCEPT: there is exploitation of consumers since the producers are out to maximize profit it disallows monopoly of economic power there is freedom of consumption and production its profit motive leads to increased efficiency in production 7 / 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 check how much money he has prepare a scale of preference determine the opportunity cost 8 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME A good example of a free good is: air mineral resources security education 9 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The decision on what to produce is a problem in: developing economic systems a free-enterprise economic system only all economic system a centrally planned economic system only 10 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The demand for a commodity not directly for immediate consumption but for the production of another commodity is: derived demand composite demand competitive demand joint demand 11 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In a market economy, the main function of price to: determine the value of each assets ration the available goods among consumers allocate resources to both consumer and producers in an efficient manner ensure equitable distribution of resources 12 / 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: 12 4.4 2.2 60 13 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The economic system in which resources are privately owned is known as: socialism democracy communism capitalism 14 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Advance stage of socialism is referred to as: communism feudalism capitalism quasi-socialism 15 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In Ekiti State, the demand curve for rice in every household is downward sloping because: rice is produced in the state there is excess supply the higher the price of rice, the lower the quantity of rice to be demanded every household has access to the market 16 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME A socialist economy is characterized by the: public ownership and control of factor of production use of capital-intensive method of production equal access to public utilities government ownership and private control of means of production 17 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Demand in Economics is synonymous with: wants back with ability to pay needs of a rational consumer all goods demanded in the market at a time wants of the consumer at a time 18 / 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 average utility time utility total utility 19 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Basic extractive activities are classified as: secondary production manufacturing production primary production technical production 20 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In market economy, the economy questions of what, how and for whom to produce are solved by: chief economic advisers planning committee price mechanism government agencies 21 / 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? 41.1 43.6 46.3 38.2 22 / 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 there is disincentive to hard work because private property is not allowed it is more efficient since resources are not wasted on producing surplus 23 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The knowledge of Economics enables an individual to: be investment conscious derive maximum satisfaction from the use of his resources be careful in the spending of his income avoid the purchase of harmful goods 24 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The profit of a monopolist can be eliminated where price equals AFC AVC AC MC 25 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following is not a classification of economic activities? Tertiary Primary Construction Secondary 26 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME In 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 27 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME It is impossible to satisfy all human wants because: human wants are unlimited money income is limited of income inequality available resources are limited 28 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The term Laissez-faire is associated with: a free enterprise a civil society a welfare state a controlled economy 29 / 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 there are only two commodities existing in the market and their prices are known the consumer acts rationally 30 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME A rational consumer will adjust his spending pattern so that: the total utility he gets from 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 marginal utility he gets from the last unit of each item is the same 31 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following is not strictly included in the study of economics? production distribution whether a product is harmful consumption 32 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME For a free commodity, a rational consumer will continuously increase his consumption until: his marginal utility becomes zero he attains the highest marginal utility level his marginal utility equal the price he would have paid he decides to stop 33 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following countries does not practice capitalism? Tanzania Nigeria Britain United States of America 34 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME An increase in the demand for pen raises the demand for ink. This type of demand is called: derived demand composite demand competitive demand complementary demand 35 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Another term for opportunity cost is: real cost alternative cost money cost implicit cost 36 / 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: demand output resources wants 37 / 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 Equilibrium equation Utility maximization equation Marginal utility equation 38 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following is not a good method of data presentation and interpretation? Charts maps graphs tables 39 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The study of the economic behaviour of individual decision making unit in a free enterprise economy is called: microeconomics market system macroeconomics economic system 40 / 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 41 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME The concept of economic efficiency basically implies: conservation of economic resources equity in the distribution of the nation’s wealth a wasteless economy obtaining the maximum output from available resources at the lowest cost 42 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME A consumer’s decision to purchase more of a product, with constant income will imply that: the consumer is rational no product will be bought subsequently of other product(s) will be bought more of another product will be bought 43 / 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: zero its price infinite one 44 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which of the following statements is not correct about choice? the process of making a choice involves opportunity cost usually choice is made from a consumer scale preference only individuals and firms make choice an economist is not interested in the moral judgment of any choice so made 45 / 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 > 75 y > 325 y > 150 46 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Which 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 47 / 50 Category: ECONOMICS POST UTME Irrespective of economic system adopted, which of the following is not an economic problem? how to ensure economic efficiency techniques of production to be adopted equal distribution of economic for whom to produce goods and services 48 / 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 the former is governed by the principle of the survival of the fittest, the latter is concerned with the welfare of all 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 49 / 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 N70 N140 Book 50 / 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 the producer price mechanism Your score is 0% Restart quiz