Sss2 Economics 3rd Term Exam 2024/25
  • 1. Find the mean of the following numbers: 2, 8, 10, 12, 8 and 20
A) 20
B) 10
C) 8
D) 5
  • 2. Find the mode of the following numbers   25, 25, 30,   60, 51,   20, 25,   30 and 40.
A) 40
B) 30
C) 25
D) 20
  • 3. … is the average of a series of figures or value.
A) mode
B) median
C) mean
D) range
  • 4. Arithmetic mean can also be prepared for … data.
A) single
B) grouped
C) ungroup
D) all of the above
  • 5. A demand schedule is____
A) the quantity of goods the consumer is prepared to buy
B) a table showing the relationship between price and quantity demanded of a commodity
C) a table showing the consumer demand in order of importance
D) the market demand
  • 6. The price of a commodity is determined by the___
A) quantity of goods demanded
B) supplier
C) quantity of goods supplied
D) Interaction of demand and supply
  • 7. ____ is the average of variable obtained in a study?
A) Arithmetic mean
B) Standard deviation
C) Standard mean
D) Deviation
  • 8. £ means ____
A) So
B) Some many
C) Sum plus
D) Summation
  • 9. ___ is the number that appears most in any given distribution
A) Mode
B) Median
C) Mean
D) Middle
  • 10. ____is the middle number in any given distribution
A) Mode
B) Median
C) Arithmetic mean
D) Mean
  • 11. Find the mode of the given sets. 10,20,39,30,49,20,50,40,39,20,10,39,49,39.
A) 40
B) 10
C) 39
D) 20
  • 12. ____is the square root of the variance?
A) Standard deviation
B) Mean deviation
C) Range
D) Variance
  • 13. Measure of dispersion is also called____
A) Measure of deviation
B) Measure of range
C) Measure of variation
D) Measure of location
  • 14. ___ is the data difference between the highest and lowest values in the data.
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Range
D) Mode
  • 15. Utility simply means___
A) Obey
B) Interest
C) Satisfaction
D) Demand and supply
  • 16. One of these is not a concept of utility.
A) Average utility
B) Total utility
C) Form utility
D) Marginal utility
  • 17. One of these is not a type of utility?
A) Form utility
B) Average utility
C) Time utility
D) Place utility
  • 18. MU means
A) Marginal utility
B) Mean utility
C) Marginal unit
D) Mean unit
  • 19. One of these is not a type of elasticity of demand.
A) Perfectly elastic demand
B) Income elasticity of demand
C) Cross elasticity of demand
D) Price elasticity of demand
  • 20. Supply is ___ if a little change in the price of a commodity or cost of production brings about a more than proportional change in the quantity supplied?
A) Zero supply
B) Supply perfect
C) Inelastic supply
D) Elastic supply
  • 21. Perfectly inelastic is also called ____
A) Infinity elasticity
B) None
C) Greater than one elasticity
D) Zero elasticity
  • 22. Unity elasticity is also called ____
A) Zero elasticity
B) Unitary elasticity
C) Infinite elasticity
D) Elastic elasticity
  • 23. ... … is the satisfaction that a consumer derives from consuming a commodity at any given time.
A) marginal utility
B) utility
C) none of the above
D) total utility
  • 24. Which of the following is not a set of measure of central tendency?
A) mean and percentile
B) mode and median
C) mode and mean
D) mean and median
  • 25. The formula for calculating marginal utility are……
A) Change in total utility / change in consumption
B) none of the above
C) TU = AUX Qty consumed
D) total utility / quantity consumed
  • 26. One of the factors determining price elasticity of demand for a commodity is the ____
A) government policy
B) number of producers
C) price of other commodities
D) availability of close substitute
  • 27. If the elasticity of demand for a commodity is less than one, demand is ___
A) infinitely elastic
B) zero elastic
C) unitary elastic
D) inelastic
  • 28. All the following factors will cause a change in demand except___
A) the consumer’s income
B) the consumer’s taste
C) a change in population size
D) change in the color of the commodity
  • 29. The theory of consumer behavior is based on all the following assumptions except that the_____
A) consumer taste remain constant
B) consumer has budget constraint
C) consumer aims at maximizing his utility
D) consumer is assumed irrational
  • 30. The difference between demand and wants is in___
A) desire for the commodity
B) economic value of the commodity
C) ability to pay for the commodity
D) significance of the commodity
  • 31. A demand curve parallel to the Y-axis indicates _____
A) fairly inelastic demand
B) perfectly elastic demand
C) fairly elastic demand
D) perfectly inelastic demand
  • 32. Price elasticity of supply can be incuenced by the following factors EXCEPT ____
A) time period
B) size of consumer’s income
C) nature of the  product
D) cost of production
  • 33. The amount of satisfaction obtained from the consumption of a commodity at a particular time is called ____
A) place utility
B) total utility
C) time utility
D) form utility
  • 34. A change in supply implies______
A) shift in the supply curve to the left or to the right
B) decrease in price and quantity supplied
C) shift in supply curve to the left only
D) movement along the supply curve
  • 35. Elasticity of demand can be measured or calculated by using the co-efficient of ……………
A) time
B) demand
C) price
D) supply
  • 36. The marginal revenue curve of a monopolist is____
A) downward sloping from left to right
B) downward sloping from right to left
C) upward sloping from right to left
D) parallel to the quantity axis
  • 37. When all factor inputs are doubled, the production possibility curve will_____
A) shift from right to left
B) shift from left to right
C) shift from left to right and return to its original position
D) remain in its former position
  • 38. The shape of the average cost (AC) curve shows • that as production increases___
A) marginal cost steadily increases
B) average cost decreases and then increases
C) average cost increases
D) total cost decrease
  • 39. Dividing total variable cost by quantity of output commo gives____
A) Total Fixed Cost (TFC)
B) Average Variable Cost (AVC)
C) Variable Cost (VC)
D) Total Cost (TC)
  • 40. Which of the following markets determines its own price or output?
A) Monopoly market
B) Perfect market
C) Commodity market
D) Common market
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