CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
General Certificate of Education Advanced Level
ECONOMICS
9708/03
Paper 3 Multiple Choice (Extension)
October/November 2003
1 hour
Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet
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1 An economy is operating at a point inside its production possibility curve.
Why is this described as inefficient?
A
Individuals are enjoying too much leisure.
B Labour and capital are combined in the wrong proportions.
C More of one good can be produced without decreasing production of another.
D There are shortages of some goods and an excess supply of others.
2 A utility-maximising consumer spends his disposable income on food and clothing. When his
weekly income is $40 he buys 5 units of food at a unit price of $5. His marginal utility from food
consumption is 10 utility units.
If the price of a clothing unit is $0.50, the consumer's marginal utility from clothing is
A equal to that derived from food.
B
10
1
utility unit.
C 1 utility unit.
D 10 utility units.
3
In the diagram a consumer's budget line shifts from JK to GH.
good Y
good X
O
K
H
J
G
Which of the following must be correct?
A There has been a change in the consumer's money income.
B There has been a change in the consum