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Approximately, what percentage of household expenditure on transport in the UK is directed towards public transport services?
1. 20%
2. 25%
3. 30%
4. 35%
Approximately, what percentage of total household expenditure in the UK is directed towards transport?
1. 15%
2. 20%
3. 25%
4. 30%
Approximately, what percentage of employees in the transport sector of the EU25 work in road transport?
1. 23%
2. 33%
3. 43%
4. 53%
Approximately, what percentage of UK government spending on transport is directed towards road transport?
1. 41%
2. 46%
3. 51%
4. 56%
Approximately, what percentage of freight in the EU25 is transport by rail?
1. 4%
2. 6%
3. 8%
4. 10%
Approximately, what percentage of passenger transport in the EU25 is accounted for by cars and motorbikes?
1. 66%
2. 76%
3. 86%
4. 96%
Since the 1950s, which mode of transport has experienced the most notable growth?
1. Road transport
2. Rail transport
3. Canal transport
4. Shipping
"Passenger-kilometres" is an example of which of the following units of measurement?
1. Compound
2. Composite
3. Comparative
4. Commodity
In Japan, which of the following modes of transport accounts fo the greatest volume of passenger transport?
1. Car
2. Bus
3. Rail
4. Air
In the USA, which of the following modes of transport accounts for the greatest volume of freight transport?
1. Road
2. Rail
3. Canal
4. Sea
In the EU25, apprimately, how many cars are there per 1000 population?
1. 380
2. 480
3. 580
4. 680
If a person consumes three units of a good, she has a total utility of 49 utiles. If she consumes an additional unit of the good, her total utility rises to 54 utiles. What is her marginal utility for this fourth unit?
1. 13.5 utiles
2. 5 utiles
3. 54 utiles
4. 10 utiles
The situation in Question 12 is an example of which of the follwoing phenomena?
1. Economies of scale
2. Constant marginal utility
3. Increasing marginal utility
4. Diminishing marginal utility
The level of output at which average cost is minimised is also the level of output at which there is which of the following?
1. Constant returns to scale
2. Productive efficiency
3. Pareto efficiency
4. Allocative efficiency
Agglomeratins can ptoentially benefit from which of the following?
1. Internal economies of scale
2. Pareto efficiency
3. External economies of scale
4. Increased average cost