A-level
ECONOMICS
Paper 3 Economic Principles and
Issues
Friday 7 June 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
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0 1 Which one of the following is a consequence of the basic economic problem of limited
resources and unlimited wants?
[1 mark]
A All goods and services will have a market price
B Employment of factors of production has an opportunity cost
C Markets are unable to allocate resources efficiently
D There will not be an excess supply in markets
0 2 A profit-maximising firm, in the service sector, needs to recruit a new employee. Which
one of the following explains why asymmetric information could mean that the most
suitable person is not chosen?
[1 mark]
A It is difficult to calculate the marginal revenue productivity of workers in the
service sector
B Occupational immobility of labour means that there is a limited supply of
workers with the right skill set
C The firm may have to recruit the worker from the local area because labour
is often geographically immobile
D The firm is unlikely to know everything about job applicant’s skills, abilities
and motivation
,0 3 Figure 1 shows the production possibility boundary for petrol-powered cars and electric-
powered cars in a country's car industry.
Figure 1
If production has moved from Point A to Point B, which one of the following must be true?
[1 mark]
A Allocative efficiency in the car industry is unchanged
B Demand for electric-powered vehicles has increased
C Productive efficiency in the car industry is unchanged
D Static efficiency in the car industry has improved
0 4 A household's annual income increases from £35 000 to £38 500. All other things being
equal, if the household's income elasticity of demand for Good X is –0.2 and its income
elasticity of demand for Good Y is 0.4, which one of the following statements is correct?
[1 mark]
A Spending on Good X will fall by £70 and spending on Good Y will
increase by £140
B Spending on Good X will fall by £700 and spending on Good Y will
increase by £1400
C Spending on Good X will fall by 2% and spending on Good Y will
increase by 4%
D Spending on Good X will fall by 20% and spending on Good Y will
increase by 40%
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