DSE ECON Past Paper Sorted Paper I 2012 2021 A Basic Econ Problem
DSE ECON Past Paper Sorted Paper I 2012 2021 A Basic Econ Problem
DSE ECON Past Paper Sorted Paper I 2012 2021 A Basic Econ Problem
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2. Mr. Chan spent $5 000 on buying a new mobile phone which can be sold for
$7 000 in the second-hand market. Mr. Chan’s cost of keeping the mobile
phone is __________.
A. $0
B. $2 000
C. $5 000
D. $7 000
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5. Mr. Kwok plans to purchase a new racing car from a German automobile
manufacturer and drive the car in Hong Kong. In which of the following
situations will the cost of purchasing the racing car increases?
A. People will reduce current consumption when the interest rate drops.
B. The interest rate will be zero if there is no inflation.
C. Interest does not exist in a planned economy.
D. Interest still exist without money.
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7.
The Hong Kong government proposed to build new towns with residential
flats and shopping malls in the North District. However, there are concerns
about the ratio of public housing to private housing. Some people are also
worried about the size of shopping malls, which may mainly serve mainland
tourists.
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*9. A famous football team, Manchester United, visited Hong Kong for a
friendly match. The day before the match, the team found the pitch in the
Hong Kong Stadium had been damaged by prolonged rain and it
considered cancelling the match. The opportunity cost for Manchester
United to continue playing in such a poor pitch would ___________________
because ______________________.
A. increase …. there was a higher chance for the players to get injured
B. increase …. the team was likely to have poor performance
C. remain unchanged …. the expense on the visit to Hong Kong had
already been paid
D. remain unchanged …. the players spent the same amount of time in
Hong Kong
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11. Mei Ho House (美河樓), a public housing block built in the 1950s, was
recently graded as a historic building in Hong Kong. The building was
then turned into a hostel which provides double rooms, family rooms and
disabled rooms. The above case is related to the _________________
question(s) in Economics.
A. “how to produce”
B. “for whom to produce”
C. “what to produce” and “how to produce”
D. “what to produce” and “for whom to produce”
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13. David can choose to take MTR or a bus to Yuen Long. Suppose the
required travel time and the fares of both options are the same in a normal
situation. Which of following will result in an increase in the
opportunity cost of travelling to Yuen Long by MTR?
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16. During the Hong Kong Computers and Communications Festival, the
organizers distribute USB flash drives to the participants as gifts. To the
organizers, these USB flash drives are _______________________.
(1) economic goods
(2) producer goods
(3) consumer goods
A. (2) only
B. (3) only
C. (1) and (2) only
D. (1) and (3) only
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17. Mr. Ng, a Hong Kong citizens, is going to travel to Tokyo for leisure. Which
of the following will decrease his cost of having the trip?
19. Marlene had bought a cookery book from a bookstore. Her friend, Kitman,
said to her, ”You have private property rights to this cookery book.”
Which of the following rights would Marlene have after the purchasing of
the book?
(1) To follow the recipes in the book in preparing a dinner for Kitman
(2) To scan and upload the whole book to her blog
(3) To leave the book on the bookshelf without reading it
(4) To lend the book to Kitman and ask for a dinner in return
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*22. Which of the following would be the loss(es) of delaying the completion of
a new railway to an economy?
(1) the travel time of passengers that would have been saved by the
new railway during the period of delay
(2) the damage to the corporate image of the railway constructor for
the delay
(3) the nuisance to the shops and residents nearby during the period
of delay
A. (1) only
B. (2) only
C. (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)
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24. The Chief Executive proposed to raise the recurrent education spending
by $5 billion. One of her proposals was to provide a $30 000 subsidy to
eligible secondary school graduates studying self-financing programmes.
The above proposal is related to the __________________ question(s) in
Economics.
A. 'how to produce'
B. 'for whom to produce'
C. 'what to produce' and 'how to produce'
D. 'what to produce' and 'for whom to produce'
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26. The following statements are adapted from the 2017-18 Budget Speech
by the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong.
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27. Refer to the following suggestion for tackling the housing problem.
The government should build a new type of housing, call Easy Living,
for which the owners can lease their flats at a controlled rent. If the
owners want to sell their flats, they can only sell them back to the
government.
*28. Which of the following statements are related to the problem of “for
whom to produce”?
(1) Only the elderly and eligible persons with disabilities can enjoy a
concessionary fare of $2 per trip under the Public Transport Fare
Concession Scheme.
(2) Public rental housing (PRH) households whose family income
exceeds 5 times the PRH income limits should vacate their PRH
flats.
(3) The e-Sports & Music Festival moved from Hong Kong Convention
and Exhibition Centre to Hong Kong Coliseum to house more fans
from all over the world.
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29. Mr. Lo spent $60,000 on buying a second hand car three years ago.
Suppose he can resell the car at $2,000. Alternatively, he needs to spend
$5,000 on repairing the car before he can continue to use it. What is his
cost of continuing to use the car?
A. $2,000
B. $5,000
C. $7,000
D. $60,000
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A. (1) only
B. (2) only
C. (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)
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Which of the following will lower Pauls’ cost of being a full-time KOL after
his graduation?
35. Because of COVID-19, normal schooling was disrupted. Most schools used
video communication software, such as ZOOM and Google Meet, to
conduct online lessons. Suppose the school campus was re-opened and
face-to-face lessons were allowed.
Which of the following would be the LEAST important factor for teachers
to choose between online lessons and face-to-face lessons?
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