Jamb Economics Past Questions For Year 1990

Question 16

At the point of profit maximization by a firm, marginal cost is?

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  • A. minimum
  • B. falling
  • C. constant
  • D. rising
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Question 17

Economics of scale operate only when?

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  • A. marginal cost is falling with input
  • B. average cost is falling with output
  • C. fixed cost is variable
  • D. variable cost is less than fixed cost
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Question 18

Which of the following is applicable to a monopolistic firm operating at the output where marginal cost equals marginal revenue?

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  • A. Cost of production is at a medium
  • B. The plant is of optimum size
  • C. Price is above marginal revenue
  • D. Average variable cost is at a minimum
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Question 19

The tailoring services is competitive partly because it consists of a large number of?

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  • A. large-scale enterprises
  • B. medium scale enterprises
  • C. small scale enterprises
  • D. government-owned enterprises
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Question 20

An imperfect market in which there is only one buyer of a commodity is?

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  • A. monopsony
  • B. oligopoly
  • C. monoploy
  • D. duopoly
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