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