WAEC (WASSCE) Economics · Production, firms and markets

Theory of production: WAEC Economics Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Theory of production

Our summary: Division of labour, the scale of production and how output changes as more of one input is added.

  • Production: division of labour and specialization
  • Scale of production (internal and external economies)
  • Concept of total, average and marginal productivity and law of variable proportions

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WAEC (WASSCE) Economics questions on Theory of production

  1. WAEC 2024In the short-run, a firm can increase output by
  2. WAEC 2024An advantage a small firm has over a large firm is that the former can better
  3. WAEC 2024Which of the following best explains diseconomies of scale? Increase in output causes the
  4. WAEC 2023A small scale firm located within an industrial estate will enjoy
  5. WAEC 2023Money is able to function more as a medium of exchange when
  6. WAEC 2022The use of mass advertising media enable a firm to enjoy
  7. WAEC 2021The law of diminishing returns is applicable to the …
  8. WAEC 2021The output of an extra unit of an input is referred to as …
  9. WAEC 2020A large firm may experience diseconomies of scale if there is
  10. WAEC 2020The exploitation of mineral resources constitutes which form of production?
  11. WAEC 2020Increasing returns to scale suggests that
  12. WAEC 2019The short-run in production is the time period when
  13. WAEC 2019When an increase in inputs leads to a more than proportionate increase in output, there is
  14. WAEC 2018A firm average cost decreases in the longrun because?
  15. WAEC 2018The larger a firm, the lower its cost of production This statement explains the?
  16. WAEC 2017The specialization of labour enhances production because people?
  17. WAEC 2017when a firm is enjoying internal economies of scale, its?
  18. WAEC 2016The long run is a period when
  19. WAEC 2016An entrepreneur is encouraged to adopt division of labour in production because it
  20. WAEC 2015The law of diminishing marginal returns relate to?
  21. WAEC 2015By adding all the marginal products at each level of employment of the variable input, we obtain a value equal to

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