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Year 11 First Term Economics CA Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not a set of measure of central tendency?

a)

mode and mean

b)

mean and median

c)

mean and percentile

d)

mode and median

2.

The most frequently occurring value in a give data is

a)

mean

b)

mode

c)

range

d)

median

3.

The formula (n+1)th is for calculating

a)

median

b)

mode

c)

mean

d)

range

4.

The L1 in the formula for the calculation of measures of location represents………

a)

lower class boundary of the median class

b)

actual frequency of the modal class

c)

upper class boundary of the median class

d)

frequency of the class just after the median class

5.

The formation of cumulative frequency is necessary for the calculation of…………

a)

mean

b)

range

c)

median

d)

mode

6.

In a class of 5 students the following scores were obtained in a mathematics test 10,2,6,7,12. What is the median score

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

7

7.

Which measure of central tendency can be applied to find the highest goal scorer in a football match

a)

mean

b)

Mode

c)

Median

d)

range

8.

If the following scores 2, 4, 6, and 10 with frequencies 3,5,7, and 10 respectively makes up a distribution, then the mean score is

a)

5.7

b)

6.7

c)

7.5

d)

5.4

9.

In the formula X = ∑fx/∑f, ∑fX stands for

a)

total number of observations

b)

Sum of frequencies times observations

c)

Sum of frequencies

d)

number of elements times frequencies

10.

The most reliable measure of central tendency is

a)

Mode

b)

median

c)

Histogram

d)

mean

11.

Which one of these assumptions do economists always make about consumers?

a)

That they are all wage earners

b)

That they make rational decisions in the market

c)

That they cannot spend more than their incomes

d)

That they can measure utility derived from consumption

12.

The aim of the consumer in allocating his income is

a)

to maximize his marginal utility

b)

to buy goods he wants most whatever the price.

c)

to maximize his total utility

d)

to buy those goods which fallen in price.

13.

…………………takes place when the ratio MU of a commodity consumed is equal to the ratio of its price

a)

consumer surplus

b)

law of diminishing marginal utility

c)

consumer behaviour

d)

utility maximization

14.

Total utility (TU) attains its peak when the Marginal utility (MU) is …..

a)

zero on x- axis

b)

above x- axis

c)

close to x - axis

d)

under x- axis

15.

The difference between the amount of money a consumer planned to pay for a commodity and the actual amount of money he paid is……….

a)

commodity price

b)

consumer surplus

c)

marginal cost

d)

producer surplus

16.

At the equilibrium price, quantity demanded is

a)

greater than quantity supplied

b)

equal to quantity supplied

c)

less than quantity supplied

d)

equal to excess supply

17.

If the government fixes a price of a commodity above the equilibrium price, the quantity supplied will be

a)

less than the quantity demanded

b)

equal to the quantity demanded

c)

greater than the quantity demanded

d)

equal to zero

18.

The market price of a commodity is normally determined by the

a)

law of demand

b)

interaction of the forces of demand and supply

c)

total number of people in the market

d)

total quantity of the commodity in the market

19.

The gap between demand and supply curves below the equilibrium price indicates

a)

excess demand

b)

excess supply

c)

equilibrium quantity

d)

equilibrium price

20.

If prices fall below the equilibrium

a)

demand will equal supply

b)

demand will be greater than supply

c)

supply will be greater than demand

d)

quantity supplied will be zero

21.

If elasticity of supply is greater than 1 supply, is

a)

Unitary elastic

b)

Inelastic

c)

Elastic

d)

Infinitely elastic

22.

When the demand curve is a straight line parallel to x axis, demand is

a)

fairly elastic

b)

fairly inelastic

c)

Perfectly elastic

d)

Perfectly inelastic

23.

If elasticity of demand for a commodity is less than 1, demand is

a)

Unitary elastic

b)

Inelastic

c)

Infinitely elastic

d)

Zero elastic

24.

If the price of a commodity rises from N2 o N4 and its demand decrease from 125 to 100 then the co-efficient of elastic of demand is

a)

0.02

b)

0.20

c)

0.25

d)

5

25.

For a good having close substitutes the price elasticity of demand is likely to be

a)

Zero

b)

negative

c)

more than

d)

less than

26.

If the co-efficient of elasticity of supply is 0.3, then the supply is………..

a)

fairly inelastic

b)

perfectly elastic

c)

fairly elastic

d)

perfectly inelastic

27.

Price elasticity of supply measures the responsiveness of quantity supplied to….

a)

changes in suppliers' income

b)

changes in prices of other commodities

c)

a change in the price of the commodity

d)

a change in the demand for the product

28.

The price elasticity co-efficient indicates……

a)

how far business can reduce cost

b)

the degree of competition

c)

the extent to which supply curve shifts

d)

consumer responsiveness to price changes

29.

The equilibrium price of mangoes is #100. If the price falls to 50k, there will be………..

a)

an excess supply

b)

no seller in the market

c)

a shortage in supply

d)

a surplus in the market

30.

When the price of a given commodity falls from #100 to #90, the quantity supplied reduces from 60 to 50 units. From this, we can conclude that the product's………

a)

supply is elastic

b)

supply is inelastic

c)

supply is perfectly inelastic

d)

supply is perfectly elastic

31.

If price rises from ₦40 to ₦50 and quantity supplied increases from 100 to 120, the price elasticity of supply is:

a)

0.8

b)

1.2

c)

2.0

d)

0.5

32.

An increase in demand, with supply constant, leads to:

a)

Decrease in equilibrium price and quantity

b)

Increase in equilibrium price and quantity

c)

Increase in price, decrease in quantity

d)

Decrease in price, increase in quantity

33.

A decrease in supply, with demand constant, results in:

a)

Increase in equilibrium price, decrease in quantity

b)

Decrease in equilibrium price, increase in quantity

c)

Increase in both price and quantity

d)

Decrease in both price and quantity

34.

A change in quantity supplied is caused by:

a)

A change in production costs

b)

A change in the price of the commodity

c)

A change in technology

d)

A change in government subsidies

35.

Movement along the supply curve reflects:

a)

A shift in supply

b)

A change in quantity supplied

c)

A change in demand

d)

A change in equilibrium

36.

If price falls from ₦90 to ₦80 and quantity demanded rises from 50 to 60, the price elasticity of demand is:

a)

1.8

b)

0.55

c)

2.0

d)

1.0

37.

The cardinal school of thought assumes that:

a)

Utility is not measurable

b)

Utility is measurable

c)

Consumers are irrational

d)

Marginal utility is constant

38.

The law of diminishing marginal utility states that:

a)

Total utility increases indefinitely

b)

Marginal utility decreases with additional consumption

c)

Average utility equals marginal utility

d)

Total utility is constant

39.

If the variance of a grouped data set is 100, the standard deviation is:

a)

10

b)

100

c)

50

d)

20

40.

Why is the mean more affected by extreme values compared to the median in a dataset?

a)

It depends only on the middle value

b)

It is calculated using the frequency of values

c)

It involves the sum of all values divided by the number of observations

d)

It is based on the most frequent value