Wassce (Waec) 2018 Economics Questions And Answers

3b)

- It leads to over population; An increasing or large population of a country if not timely controlled will lead to over population

- Increase in government expenditure; The more the population of a country increases, the more the government's expenditure increases

- It may lead to congestion; Increasing population if not controlled will lead to congestion in the area of housing, traffic, schools,etc,

3c)

- Family planning; Family planning which involves giving birth to controllable number of children, adopted in a country will help to check of control both growth and over population

- Sex education; Through this, people are taught the implications of involving in any type of sex and how to do it without having unwanted pregnancy

- Public enlightenment; Government can set up public enlightenment committee to enlighten people on the need of population control

Ghana and Sierra Leone answers

4a)

A population census is the total process of collecting, compiling, evaluating, analysing and publishing or otherwise disseminating demographic, economic and social data pertaining, at a specified time, to all persons in a country or in a well delimited part of a country.

Optimum population refers to the size of a population that produces the best results according to chosen end targets. *WHILE* Overpopulation is an undesirable condition where the number of existing human population exceeds the carrying capacity of Earth.

(7a)

The demand schedule, in economics, is a table of the quantity demanded of a good at different price levels. Given the price level, it is easy to determine the expected quantity demanded.

7b) The law of demand states that the higher the price the lower the quantity demanded and the low the price the higher the quantity demanded

7c)(I) Competitive demand; Demand is said to be competitive when a commodity is wanted to satisfy a want in place of another similar commodity

(Ii) Derived demand; This is a situation in which a commodity is wanted not for its immediate satisfaction of want but because of the demand for another commodity

(Iii) Joint Demand; When two or more commodities are wanted to satisfy one want at the same time

(Iv) Composite demand; Demand is said to be composite when a commodity is wanted to satisfy different wants for instance, palm oil may be demanded for cooking food,manufacturing of soap and pomade

Ghana and Sierra Leone answers

4a)

It must be conducted by government of the state or country where the census is taking place.

ii) It must be conducted at the same time (simultaneously) throughout the country.

iii) It must involve regular counting at specific intervals of time, eg, United state of America's population taken in 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820... 2010 which is an interval of 10 years.

iv) It must reveal the population of a country at a specific period of time e.g America's population census as of 1790 was 3,929,214; as of 1890, it was 62,979,766; as of 1990, it was 248,709,873.

v) It must involve the physical counting of people rather than by proxy.

vi) It must involve experts who are knowledgeable in population studies and they must be of high integrity.

(4a)

State owned enterprises are public companies established by the act of parliament and control by the board of directors in order to produce essential services for the citizens. Some state owned enterprises are owned by the state government é.g 05BC while others are owned by the federal government e.g NPA, NRC etc.

(4b)

(I)

Huge capital outlay :- Public corporations exist because of the huge capital involved.

(II)

Welfarism :- Government set up state owned enterprises in order to enhance the well being of the citizens.

(iii)

Equitable distribution of wealth public corporations are established in order to ensure even distribution of resources.

(4c)

(i)

Inefficient management :- poor management affect the effectiveness of public corporation.

(ii)

Corruption :- political interference in the management of state owned enterprises promote corruption in the system.

(iii)

Lack of willingness on the part of staff of public corporations affect the efficiency of the enterprises.

5a)

Unemployment is the economic situation where an individual who is jobless, qualified for a job and has been actively looking for employment is unable to find a job. While-

underemployment is an economic situation

where a job that an individual is committed to does not utilize all the skills and education the

employee possesses.

5bi)

Seasonal: This type of unemployment occurs due to the seasonal nature of some industries. For example,

ice-cream factories.

5bii)

Structural unemployment: This type of unemployment occurs due to a change in the structure of the economy. For example, the setting up of large mechanized manufacturing units in India led to the decline of handicrafts and led to unemployment of artisans.

5biii)

Frictional unemployment: This type of un employment occurs due to the normal

working of the economy. For example people changing jobs from time to time and may perhaps be unemployed for some weeks as they wait to take up the next job.

5biv)

Cyclical unemployment is an overall unemployment that relates to the cyclical trends in growth and production that occur within the business cycle. For example When business cycles are at a low peak, cyclical unemployment will occur because total economic output is being minimized.

6a)

Commodity money is money whose value comes from a commodity of which it is made.

(6b)

(i)

Determining the exchange rate among goods.

(ii)

Barter economy also faced the problem of indivisibility i.e. where one party to the exchange has an indivisible item such as sheep.

(iii)

Some goods to be exchanged were not easily portable.

(6c)

(i)

As a medium of exchange it breaks transactions into

sale and purchase thus there is no need for double coincidence of wants.

(ii)

As a unit of account it allows rate of exchange to be easily determined.

(iii)

Modern money has several units and facilities exchange in small and large units.

GHANA AND SIERRA LEONE ANSWERS

7ai)

Money is any item or verifiable record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a particular country or socio-economic context.

(i)General Acceptability

(ii)Portability

(iii)Indestructibility or Durability

(iv)Homogeneity

(v)Divisibility

(vi)Malleability

(vii)Cognizability

(viii)Stability of Value

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