Post Utme Economics Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

Population density refers to ____________

A. Densely populated urban centres
B. The total area divided by the total population
C. Densely populated rural areas
D. The total population divided by the total area
E. All of the above

Question 2:

To calculate the annual natural growth rate of a country's population, one has to know the country's annual birth rate and ____________

A. The size of that country
B. The rate of immigration into that country
C. The population census of that country
D. The annual death rate
E. The gross domestic product (GDP) of the country

Question 3:

Which of the following is not true of the theory of optimum population?

A. It is possible for a densely populated country to be under-populated if it has insufficient labour to make the most effective use of its other factors
B. The quantity of labour, which combines with other factors, gives the minimum output, is known as optimum population
C. The quantity of labour, which combined with the other factors, gives the maximum output, is known as optimum population
D. The test of over-population is whether it exceeds the optimum
E. It is possible for a thinly populated country to be overpopulated if it has a poor supply of other factors

Question 4:

Which of the following is the standard concept of measuring and analyzing population ____________
B. The net migration rate
C. The rate of growth?

A. The rate of natural increase population increase
B. The fertility rate
C. All of the above

Question 5:

Which of these would NOT increase the population of a country?

A. Increase in death rate
B. Decrease in birth rate
C. Emigration
D. Migration
E. Better medical facilities