Production of Goods and Services

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Where does the production of services take place?

  • In shops, offices, and hospitals (correct)
  • In firms and industries
  • In agricultural fields and factories
  • In schools, colleges, and hotels

What are the four factors of production?

  • Land, labor, machinery, and entrepreneurship
  • Land, technology, capital, and entrepreneurship
  • Land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship (correct)
  • Land, labor, money, and entrepreneurship

What does the relationship between inputs and output hold the key to?

  • Reducing the level of output
  • Maximizing the cost of production
  • Decreasing the level of input
  • Optimum use of resources (correct)

What is the result of the combined efforts of the factors of production?

<p>Production (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the process of producing goods and services?

<p>Production function (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the law of diminishing marginal product explain?

<p>The decrease in additional output as one input is increased (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of production function?

<p>The relationship between inputs and outputs of a firm (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of production, what are inputs?

<p>The resources used in production (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a labor-intensive technology of production involve?

<p>Making use of wooden plough and bullocks in production (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is capital-intensive technology of production characterized?

<p>Using advanced machinery and equipment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'output' refer to in the context of production?

<p>The goods and services produced (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of every producer in relation to production?

<p>To maximize the quantity of output from given inputs (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is technology or method of production defined?

<p>'A technological relationship that tells us the maximum output producible from various combinations of inputs' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of a production function in a firm?

<p>To determine the maximum quantity of output that can be produced with given inputs (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do labor and capital represent in the context of production?

<p>Labor represents human effort, while capital represents physical assets used in production. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the maximum quantity of output that can be produced with given quantities of inputs termed as?

<p>Production function (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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