ECON 247 CERTIFICATION FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Equity vs Efficiency Trade-Off. Answer: Fairness may reduce total
economic surplus.
◉ Positive Analysis. Answer: Statement based on facts and cause-
and-effect.
◉ Normative Analysis. Answer: Statement based on opinions or
values.
◉ Centrally Planned Economy. Answer: Government makes
production and pricing decisions.
◉ Market Economy. Answer: Individuals and firms make economic
decisions.
◉ Mixed Market Economy. Answer: Combination of market forces
and government intervention.
◉ Market. Answer: Group of buyers and sellers exchanging goods or
services.
, ◉ Law of Demand. Answer: When price rises, quantity demanded
falls (ceteris paribus).
◉ Movement Along Demand Curve. Answer: Caused only by a
change in price.
◉ Shift of Demand Curve. Answer: Caused by a change in income,
tastes, prices of related goods, expectations, or number of buyers.
◉ Determinants of Demand. Answer: Income, tastes, related goods
prices, expectations, number of buyers.
◉ Normal Good. Answer: Income increases → demand increases.
◉ Inferior Good. Answer: Income increases → demand decreases.
◉ Substitutes (Consumption). Answer: Goods used in place of each
other (Coke & Pepsi).
◉ Complements (Consumption). Answer: Goods used together (Cars
& Gas).
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Equity vs Efficiency Trade-Off. Answer: Fairness may reduce total
economic surplus.
◉ Positive Analysis. Answer: Statement based on facts and cause-
and-effect.
◉ Normative Analysis. Answer: Statement based on opinions or
values.
◉ Centrally Planned Economy. Answer: Government makes
production and pricing decisions.
◉ Market Economy. Answer: Individuals and firms make economic
decisions.
◉ Mixed Market Economy. Answer: Combination of market forces
and government intervention.
◉ Market. Answer: Group of buyers and sellers exchanging goods or
services.
, ◉ Law of Demand. Answer: When price rises, quantity demanded
falls (ceteris paribus).
◉ Movement Along Demand Curve. Answer: Caused only by a
change in price.
◉ Shift of Demand Curve. Answer: Caused by a change in income,
tastes, prices of related goods, expectations, or number of buyers.
◉ Determinants of Demand. Answer: Income, tastes, related goods
prices, expectations, number of buyers.
◉ Normal Good. Answer: Income increases → demand increases.
◉ Inferior Good. Answer: Income increases → demand decreases.
◉ Substitutes (Consumption). Answer: Goods used in place of each
other (Coke & Pepsi).
◉ Complements (Consumption). Answer: Goods used together (Cars
& Gas).