WAEC Past Questions and Answers - Page 3050

15,246.

Which of the following can be added to a firm's profit to obtain total revenue?

A.

Total variable cost

B.

Total fixed cost

C.

Marginal cost

D.

Total revenue

Correct answer is D

Total Revenue (TR) is calculated by multiplying the quantity of goods sold (Q) by the price of the goods (P).

For example, if you sold 120 pens for N2 each: To find your Profit: You will have to subtract the Total Cost (TC) from your Total Revenue(TR).

Recall that we defined a firm's short-run total costs as

Total Cost = TFC + TVC.

Now we can define economic profit as: 

Profit = Total Revenue - Total Cost

15,247.

The specialization of labour enhances production because people

A.

Can concentrate on all goods

B.

Can efficiently produce their own needs

C.

Can save time and produce more

D.

Become experts in all areas of production

Correct answer is D

Division of labour is the separation of tasks in any system so that people can specialize in their various fields of expertise

Division of labour leads to specialization where people can concentrate on task they perform better than others.

 

15,248.

When a firm is enjoying internal economies of scale, its?

A.

Total cost of production is increasing

B.

Average fixed cost is rising continuously

C.

Average cost of production decreases as output increases

D.

Average revenue and marginal revenue are decreasing

Correct answer is C

Internal economies of scale are related to the shift in average production costs for a business as it boosts its overall product output and the average cost per unit falls until maximum efficiency is attained. This means that, the overall production cost decreases, while output increases

15,249.

Another term for equilibrium price is?

A.

Price floor

B.

Demand price

C.

Market clearing price

D.

Satisfactory price

Correct answer is C

Market-clearing price is another term used interchangeably with equilibrium price. Equilibrium price is a common economics term that refers to the exact price at which market supply equals market demand.

15,250.

Parallel markets are usually the results of

A.

Excess supply

B.

The activities of rich individuals

C.

Price legislation

D.

Inadequate information

Correct answer is C

A parallel market arises when the government limits the amount of foreign exchange that can be bought or sold for particular transactions, causing excess demand or supply to spill over into a parallel market, or authorizes that exchange rates for certain transactions be pegged and for other transactions be floating.