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18 November 2002
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You are allowed two hours to answer this question paper. All questions are compulsory.
Answer the ONE question in section A (this has 26 sub-questions and is on pages 2-7)
Answer the THREE questions in section B (these are on pages 8-13)
You are advised to spend 10 minutes reading through the paper before starting to answer the questions.
You should spend no more than 55 minutes on answering the ONE question in section A, which has 26
sub-questions.
You should spend no more than 55 minutes on answering the THREE questions in section B.
Hand this entire booklet to the invigilators at the end of the examination. You are NOT permitted to leave
the examination hall with this booklet.
Do NOT write your name or your student registration number anywhere on this booklet.
Each of the sub-questions numbered from 1.1 to 1.26 inclusive, given below, has only ONE correct
answer.
REQUIRED:
Place a circle “O” around the letter A, B, C or D that gives the correct answer to each sub-question.
If you wish to change your mind about an answer, block out your first answer completely and then circle
another letter. You will NOT receive marks if more than one letter is circled.
Please note that you will NOT receive marks for any notes or workings to these sub-questions.
Question One
1.2 The importance of saving in promoting economic growth is because of the relationship between
savings and
A present consumption.
B future consumption.
C investment.
D interest rates.
1.3 Economic growth is desirable because it makes all of the following possible EXCEPT which ONE?
D Increased leisure.
1.7 Which ONE of the following will tend to make the demand for a company’s product LESS price elastic?
1.8 Which ONE of the following does NOT restrict the number of firms in an industry?
C Barriers to entry.
B To shift the demand curve for the company's product to the right.
C To make the demand curve for the product more price inelastic.
1.10 All of the following are features of oligopoly EXCEPT which ONE?
A Non-price competition.
C Entry barriers.
1.11 A policy of price discrimination by a monopolist may involve all of the following EXCEPT which ONE?
1.13 If, in the long run, a business doubles all the inputs it uses, but total output less than doubles, it is
experiencing
A diminishing returns.
D market saturation.
B its sales will fall only slightly if there is a fall in consumer income.
C its sales will be unaffected by changes in the prices of substitutes and complements.
D its sales will rise steeply when consumer income is rising rapidly.
1.15 In a market economy, prices perform all of the following functions EXCEPT which ONE?
C A signal to consumers.
D A signal to producers.
1.16 The minimum condition for a business to continue to operate in the short run is that
1.17 The government may discourage horizontal mergers in manufacturing industry because
A by controlling the sources of supply, the merged firms will have unfair advantages over rivals.
C consumers may lose out if the merged firm acquires market dominance.
B encourage saving.
1.22 All of the following are direct taxes EXCEPT which ONE?
A Corporation tax.
C Income tax.
1.23 Two countries, Northland and Southland, both produce two goods, X and Y. Northland has a
comparative advantage in the production of good X if
D less labour and capital are required to produce one unit of X than in Southland.
C The switching of cash from a bank account in one country to an account in another country.
1.25 If a country were to join a free trade area, its business sector would gain because
A it could get tariff-free raw materials from countries inside the free trade area.
C prices of competitors from countries not in the free trade area would rise.
D there would be fewer barriers to establishing subsidiaries in other countries in the free trade area.
1.26 All of the following are features of globalisation EXCEPT which ONE?
(Total = 52 Marks)
IMPORTANT
MARKS ARE AWARDED FOR CORRECTLY COMPLETING THE SHADED BOXES WITH THE
CORRECT ANSWER WHERE A MARK IS INDICATED IN THE RIGHT-HAND COLUMN.
DO NOT WRITE IN THE MARGINS NOR IN THE COLUMNS FOR USE BY MARKERS.
Question Two
The following diagram refers to the demand and supply for a good.
Price D0 D1 S0
S0
D0 D1
Quantity
Required:
Use BOTH your knowledge of economic theory AND the diagram (where Do not write in these
appropriate) to answer the following: columns below
(a) With reference to the diagram, state whether the following are true
or false as possible explanations for the shift in the demand curve For use For use
from D0 to D1. by the by the
(circle the correct answer in the shaded boxes below) Marks first second
available marker marker
(i) There has been a rise in consumer TRUE FALSE 1
income.
(ii) There has been a fall in the price of TRUE FALSE 1
substitutes.
(iii) A price rise has led to an increase in TRUE FALSE 1
supply.
(iv) Consumers expect prices to rise in the TRUE FALSE 1
future.
(v) The price of complementary goods has TRUE FALSE 1
fallen.
(vi) The good has a very low price elasticity of TRUE FALSE 1
demand.
sub-total:
6
(b) Complete the following statement with no more than three words
in each gap:
(i) An outward shift in the supply curve would lead to
in price 1
and the change in price will be greatest when the demand for the
good is . 1
(ii) An outward shift in the market supply curve could occur for either
or both of the following two reasons:
(in no more than 15 words for each reason in the shaded areas
below)
Reason 1
2
Reason 2
2
sub-total:
12
(c) Complete, in no more than two words in each gap, the following
statements
(i) In the diagram, the effect of a government subsidy for the
production of this good would be to shift the supply curve to the
causing a
in its price. 2
The following data refer to an economy for the period 1994 to 2000.
Required:
Use BOTH your knowledge of economic theory AND the data above to
answer the following. Do not write in these
columns below
(a)
(i) Explain, in no more than 20 words in the shaded area below, what For use For use
is meant when it is said that a currency has appreciated. by the by the
Marks first second
available marker marker
2
(ii) State in the shaded box below whether this currency appreciated
or depreciated between 1994 and 2000.
1
(iii) State, in no more than 20 words in the shaded area below, what
the data suggest is the reason for the change in the exchange
rate.
(iv) State, in no more than 15 words in the shaded area below, what
the data suggest is the result of the change in the exchange rate.
1
sub-total:
5
Effect (ii)
Effect (iii)
2
sub-total:
6
(c) State whether the following are TRUE or FALSE.
(circle the correct answer in the shaded boxes below)
(i) The real rate of interest is the difference
between the nominal rate of interest and TRUE FALSE 1
the rate of inflation.
(ii) Higher interest rates reduce the level of
business investment only when that TRUE FALSE 1
investment is financed by borrowing.
(iii) With flexible exchange rate systems, the
trading sector of an economy cannot TRUE FALSE 1
become uncompetitive.
(iv) Under a fixed exchange rate system, the
exchange rate has to be managed by TRUE FALSE 1
government policy.
(v) It is desirable for a country to have a
balance of payments current account
surplus because this shows that it is TRUE FALSE 1
trading at a profit with the rest of the
world.
sub-total:
5
Total Marks for Question Three = 16
Aggregate monetary demand (AMD) is the total demand for goods and services in an economy over a period
of time. The components of AMD are consumption, investment, government expenditure and net exports.
Any change in AMD is likely to have an impact on some of the important variables in the economy.
Required:
Do not write in these
columns below
(a) In the following table, state whether the change (fall or rise) in Marks For use For use
aggregate monetary demand would, other things being equal, lead available by the by the
to a rise or fall or have no effect on the stated variable. first second
Write either rise or fall or no effect in the each of the shaded marker marker
boxes below
(iii) The level of AMD will be stable when injections into the circular flow 1
are equal to .
(iv) A fall in the exchange rate for a country’s currency tends to lead to 1
in the level of AMD.
(v) A fall in business investment will cause a larger fall in AMD because 1
of the operation of the .
sub-total:
5
(c) Complete each of the following statements, in no more than 15 Marks For use For use
words, in the shaded areas below available by the by the
first second
marker marker
(i) Cost-push inflation can be defined as
2
(ii) The Phillips curve shows
2
(iii) Frictional unemployment can be defined as the unemployment
which occurs
2
sub-total:
6
Total Marks for Question Four = 16