CAIE IGCSE Economics 3.5 Firms and Production Topic Practice

Question 1

[Maximum number: 1]

What is most likely to increase the demand for labour in an industry?

A

a decrease in the price of capital used by the industry

B

a decrease in the productivity of labour in the industry

C

an increase in the demand for the industry's product

D

an increase in the wage paid to labour in the industry

Question 2

[Maximum number: 1]

A firm chooses to become more capital-intensive.

What is least likely to have increased?

A

interest rates

B

minimum wages

C

the power of trade unions

D

the productivity of capital

Question 3

[Maximum number: 1]

The table shows the output of cakes from four bakeries, A, B, C and D.
Which bakery has the highest labour productivity?

labour

(hours per day)

output

(cakes per day)

10

40

40

640

50

750

100

500

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