SHS Economics · Year 1

Production practice questions

The factors of production (land, labour, capital, entrepreneurship), their rewards, division of labour and specialisation, and the localisation of industry.

21 questions in this topic: 9 recall, 9 applying skills and concepts and 3 strategic thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.

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  1. Question 1Skills & concepts

    Cocoa Processing Company, VALCO and Tema Oil Refinery are all sited together in Tema. This is an example of

    • alocalisation of industry, the concentration of many industries at one geographical location
    • blocation of industry alone, with no element of concentration
    • cdivision of labour, since different companies do different tasks
    • dspecialisation, since each company focuses on one product
  2. Question 2Recall

    The person who organises land, labour and capital to produce goods and services, and bears the risk of the enterprise, is called

    • aan entrepreneur
    • ba skilled labourer
    • ca landlord
    • da financial capitalist
  3. Question 3Skills & concepts

    A carpenter's saw, planes, hammers and workshop are all examples of which factor of production?

    • aCapital, since these are durable goods produced by humans and used as inputs to further production
    • bLand, since a workshop occupies physical space
    • cLabour, since the carpenter uses physical effort
    • dEntrepreneurship, since the carpenter took the risk to start the business

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