Lesson 4.1.4.1

4.1.4.1 Production and productivity Quiz: AQA Economics, Unit 1

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the economic term for transforming factor inputs into final outputs?

    • Production
    • Distribution
    • Consumption
    • Productivity

  2. How is labour productivity calculated for a firm?

    • Output per worker
    • Total labour cost
    • Workers per unit
    • Total output produced

  3. A firm produces 600 units with 20 workers. What is labour productivity?

    • 12 units per worker.
    • 600 units per worker.
    • 30 units per worker.
    • 580 units per worker.

  4. Output rises from 600 to 690 units with 20 workers. How does labour productivity change?

    • Rises by 4.5
    • Falls by 4.5
    • Stays unchanged
    • Rises by 90

  5. Which action is most likely to increase labour productivity in a firm?

    • Worker training
    • Cutting capital investment
    • Lowering product prices
    • Hiring more workers

  6. What is the primary impact on a firm when its productivity increases?

    • Higher total costs
    • Lower output volume
    • Lower unit costs
    • Higher tax liabilities

  7. Which factor of production consists of man-made physical assets used in production?

    • Enterprise
    • Land
    • Labour
    • Capital

  8. What is the term for combining inputs like labour and capital to generate goods?

    • Division of labour
    • Market mechanism
    • Production process
    • Resource allocation

  9. What measure is calculated by dividing total output by total number of workers?

    • Labour productivity
    • Marginal product
    • Total output
    • Capital productivity

  10. Total output rises by 5% while total workers rise by 8%. Labour productivity will:

    • Rise
    • Double
    • Fall
    • Stay constant

  11. What major factor input is ignored when measuring only labour productivity?

    • Workers
    • Hours worked
    • Output
    • Capital

  12. Which technology adoption directly increases output per worker in manufacturing?

    • Paper bookkeeping
    • Manual assembly
    • Higher sales tax
    • Automation

  13. Output rises from 240 loaves with 8 bakers to 300 loaves with 10 bakers. Productivity:

    • Doubles
    • Falls by 10
    • Rises by 60
    • Remains unchanged

  14. Which factor directly increases labour productivity within an economy?

    • Higher tariffs
    • Price inflation
    • Trade deficits
    • Capital investment

  15. What is the direct impact of falling labour productivity on a firm?

    • Lower price elasticity
    • Lower total costs
    • Higher unit costs
    • Higher output levels

  16. Which term describes an increase in the amount of capital per worker?

    • Capital consumption
    • Capital deepening
    • Capital widening
    • Financial deepening

  17. Which economic metric determines whether a productivity-raising capital investment is profitable?

    • National debt level
    • Net cost savings
    • Rate of inflation
    • Gross domestic product

  18. Total output can rise while labour productivity falls if there is a sufficient increase in what?

    • Wage rates
    • Interest rates
    • Employment level
    • Capital intensity

  19. In the long run, sustained increases in labour productivity generally lead to higher what?

    • Inflation targets
    • Import tariffs
    • Unemployment rates
    • Real wages

  20. Output increases from 1,500 units with 50 workers to 1,800 units with 60 workers. What happens to productivity?

    • Increases by 10%
    • Remains unchanged
    • Increases by 20%
    • Decreases by 10%

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