WAEC Economics Past Questions & Answers - Page 93

461.

A normal supply curve has a positive slope which indicates that

A.

Sellers are willing to sell more at a lower price

B.

Sellers are indifferent to prices

C.

Sellers are willing to sell more at a higher price

D.

There is always a fixed supply

Correct answer is C

A supply curve will normally slope upwards (positive) because sellers like it when they're selling at higher prices than lower ones. So they're more willing to sell at higher prices than lower ones.

462.

Households make economic decisions because they want to

A.

Make more profit

B.

Increase their salaries and wages

C.

Increase their purchases

D.

Maximize their satisfaction

Correct answer is D

Households make consumption decisions and own factors of production. Economic decisions are those decisions in which people (or families or countries) have to choose what to do in a condition of scarcity. This means that people have to make economic decisions because they want more things than they can actually get. Therefore, they have to choose between various options and they do this by deciding on how to maximize their untility.

463.

Which of following is not a feature of socialism?

A.

Collective ownership of productive resources

B.

Freedom of enterprise

C.

Production is not based on the profit motive

D.

Maximization of public welfare

Correct answer is A

The main feature of socialism is the common ownership of means of production and distribution. 

464.

In a centrally planned economy, what to produce is

A.

Determined by the forces of demand and supply

B.

Driven by profit motive

C.

Determined by consumers

D.

The responsibility of state's bureaucrats

Correct answer is D

centrally planned economy is an economic system in which a single authority, such as a government, makes economic decisions regarding the manufacturing and the distribution of products. 

465.

A basic economic problem of any society is

A.

High level of illiteracy

B.

Irregular power supply

C.

Population growth

D.

Resource allocation

Correct answer is D

The fundamental economic problem is the issue of scarcity and how best to produce and distribute these scare resources. Scarcity means there is a finite supply of goods and raw materials. Finite resources means they are limited and can run out.