WAEC Past Questions and Answers - Page 3224

16,116.

Which of the following best defines inflation?

A.

Cyclical increase in prices

B.

Periodic increase in prices

C.

Persistent increase in prices

D.

Occasional increase in prices

Correct answer is C

Inflation is the persistent increase in the prices of goods and services over time.

16,117.

Cyclical unemployment is one associated with

A.

Inadequate information

B.

Trade fluctuations

C.

Structural changes

D.

Seasonal changes

Correct answer is B

Cyclical unemployment is unemployment that results when the overall demand for goods and services in an economy cannot support full employment. Cyclical unemployment is when workers lose their jobs because of downturns in the business cycle.

16,118.

Which of the following will increase the nominal value of national income?

A.

High rate of inflation

B.

Increase in the value of money

C.

Increase in import

D.

High rate of subsistence production

Correct answer is D

'Nominal' value of national income can be found by multiplying the quantity of output by the retail (market) price of this output. INcrease in the level of production, will increase the norminal value of national income which is the monetary value of outputs. But If demand increases at an unsustainable rate, resources become increasingly scarce, and firms will raise prices.

16,120.

Money will serve as a standard of deferred payment if it is

A.

Homogeneous

B.

Durable

C.

Easily recognized

D.

Stable in value

Correct answer is D

Standard of deferred payment is a function of money. It is the function of being a widely accepted way to value a debt, thereby allowing goods and services to be acquired now and paid for in the future. For it to serve this purpose, it has to be able to retain its value overtime.