Month: May 2023

What is marginal cost?

Select ONE answer:

1. the difference between the total cost of producing n and n-1 units of output
2. the difference between the average variable cost of producing n units and n-1 units of output
3. the difference between the average total cost of producing n units and n-1 units of output
4. the average variable cost of producing one more unit

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Economics KS4 and KS5 classes.

The answer is 1

1. Correct
2. Not correct
3. Not correct
4. Not correct

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A firm’s long-run production function describes the relationship between….?

Select ONE answer:

1. the firm’s output and the quantities of factor inputs employed.
2. the firm’s long-run average cost of production and the level of output.
3. the firm’s long-run average cost of production and the quantities of factor inputs employed.
4. the prices of factor inputs and the quantities of factor inputs employed.

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Economics KS4 and KS5 classes.

The answer is 1

1. Correct
2. Not correct
3. Not correct
4. Not correct

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A worker responds to an increase in his hourly wage rate by reducing the number of hours he works per week.

What would explain this?

Select ONE answer:

1. The income effect of the wage rate increase outweighs the substitution effect.
2. The opportunity cost of leisure has increased.
3. The worker prefers leisure to work.
4. The worker’s supply of labour is wage inelastic.

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Economics KS4 and KS5 classes.

The answer is 1

1. Correct
2. Not correct
3. Not correct
4. Not correct

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What will cause the demand curve for labour to shift to the right?

Select ONE answer:

1. a fall in the money wage rate
2. a rise in real wages
3. an increase in immigration
4. an increase in labour productivity

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Economics KS4 and KS5 classes.

The answer is 4

1. Not correct
2. Not correct
3. Not correct
4. Correct

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Which statement explains why in the short run labour is subject to the law of diminishing returns?

Select ONE answer:

1. As additional workers are hired, output decreases.
2. As employment increases, the capital-labour ratio falls.
3. As employment increases, wage rates will have to be increased.
4. As output expands, sooner or later diseconomies of scale will set in.

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Economics KS4 and KS5 classes.

The answer is 2

1. Not correct
2. Correct
3. Not correct
4. Not correct

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