UNIT 17 Scarcity, Choice and Circular Flow of Income Section B: Long Questions
10. Katie Creane has €349.99 to spend. She is trying to decide whether to buy an Xbox or a beauty set. She spends the €349.99 on the beauty set as she wishes to start her own beauty business.
(i) What is the impact of Katie’s decision? (ii) What is the opportunity cost of Katie’s decision? (iii) What is the financial cost of Katie’s decision? (iv) Outline two pieces of advice you might give Katie as a business start-up.
11. David Darcy is a student. He has €1,000. He can pay for the school tour to Euro Disney Paris, or purchase a new Mac computer. He decides to purchase the Mac computer.
(i) What is the financial cost? (ii) Illustrate the opportunity cost. (iii) What choice might you have made? (iv) What choice would your Business Studies class make? (v) What might be the effects of this choice on society?
12. The Irish Government has decided to build a new children’s hospital in Dublin’s city centre. It has a cost of approximately €2.4 billion.
(i) What impact does the decision to build the new children’s hospital have on the following: • Families of sick children • The Irish people • People living close to the hospital • Recently qualified nurses and doctors • The environment?
(ii) What could be a possible opportunity cost for the Irish Government building the hospital?
13. Chose an entrepreneur/enterprise. State how the entrepreneur has used each factor of production in the table below.
Name of entrepreneur/business: 1. Land
3. Capital
2. Labour 4. Enterprise
C B A
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