經濟 2009 年 DSE、CE、AL 選擇題

1.

Which of the following statements about scarcity and shortage is correct?

2.

Which one of the following statements about scarcity is correct?

3.

Which of the following situations will increase the opportunity cost to Form 7 graduates of receiving a university education?

(1)The university undergraduate programme increases from 3 years to 4 years.

(2)The wage rate of Form 7 graduates increases.

(3)The academic performance of university graduates generally declines.

4.

A large number of pregnant mainland women give birth to babies in Hong Kong’s public hospitals. Some people have suggested imposing an additional surcharge on these women so as to reduce the number of them in Hong Kong’s public hospitals. The above suggestion concerning the service of the public hospitals in Hong Kong is the ________ question in Economics.

5.

Which of the following statements about a market-oriented economy is correct?

6.

The demand for ______ can be regarded as a derived demand of ______.

7.

An increase in the price of flour will lead to a decrease in

8.

The diagram below shows the supply and demand curves of mainland China's milk powder products in Hong Kong. The original equilibrium point is at E.

Some of these milk powder products were found to contain the harmful substance, melamine (三聚氰胺) and some mainland milk powder producers left the industry. One possible new equilibrium point of the above diagram is at ______.

9.

Suppose the government imposed an effective price ceiling on good X. If the government raises the effective price ceiling, the total consumer expenditure on good X

10.

Mr Chan travels frequently between Hong Kong and Beijing on business trips. Last year, even though the price of air-tickets increased by 50%, Mr Chan’s total expenditure on these air-tickets remained unchanged. If Mr Chan’s demand for these air-tickets last year remained the same as the previous year, his demand for these air-tickets last year would have been