CAIE A-Level Economics AS 1.5.2 Ppc Shape and Opportunity Cost Questions

Practise interpreting constant and increasing opportunity costs from production possibility curve shape, movements and shifts using CAIE Economics AS questions.

Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Economics 9708
Level
AS

Exam points

  • Explain how the shape of a production possibility curve represents constant or increasing opportunity costs and how movements and shifts reflect resource allocation and growth.

CAIE A-Level Economics AS 1.5.2 Ppc Shape and Opportunity Cost Questions question 1

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The diagram shows a production possibility curve for an economy that produces two goods, X and Y .

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When will the opportunity cost of producing more of good X be the largest?

A

moving from point E to point F

B

moving from point E to point G

C

moving from point E to point H

D

moving from point G to point H

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