WAEC Economics Past Questions & Answers - Page 59

291.

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.

292.

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.

293.

A rational consumer will purchase a product whose price is?

A.

Greater than his marginal utility

B.

Less than his marginal utility

C.

Equal to his marginal utility

D.

Equal to his total utility

Correct answer is C

consumer is rational if he decides for the option that maximizes his/her utility. When studying the bachelor for Economics, in microeconomics class, the teacher would always tell you that it is assumed that consumers are rational, meaning that they maximize their profits based on their utility payoffs.

294.

Increase in the supply of a product can be caused by?

A.

Change and taste and fashion of consumers

B.

Increase in the income of consumers

C.

A fall in the cost of production

D.

Increase in the price of a product

Correct answer is C

An increase in supply is illustrated by a shift of the supply curve to the right. An increase in supply can be caused by: an increase in the number of producers. a decrease in the costs of production (such as higher prices for oil, labour, or other factors of production).

295.

Price elasticity of supply can be influenced by the following factors except?

A.

Time period

B.

Cost of production

C.

Size of consumer income

D.

Nature of the product

Correct answer is D

It refers to how the amount supplied of a good or service changes in response to a price of factor change. 

Factors that Influence the PES. There are numerous factors that impact the price elasticity of supply including the number of producers, spare capacity, ease of switching, ease of storage, length of production period, time period of training, factor mobility, and how costs react.