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