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51 CXC CSEC Economics questions on Unemployment, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which is a cost of high unemployment to the government?

  1. Higher tax revenue from unemployed workers
  2. Reduced spending on education
  3. Lower tax revenue combined with higher spending on welfare support
  4. An automatic increase in exports
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✓ Answer: C — Lower tax revenue combined with higher spending on welfare support
Award 1 mark. The public finances are squeezed from both directions at once.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What is the labour force?

  1. Everyone living in a country
  2. All people of working age who are employed or actively seeking work
  3. Only those currently in paid employment
  4. All adults over the age of eighteen
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✓ Answer: B — All people of working age who are employed or actively seeking work
Award 1 mark. Students and retired people are outside the labour force.
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CXC CSEC Economics: Unemployment FAQ

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Are the Unemployment questions aligned to the official CXC CSEC Economics syllabus?
Every question is written against the published CXC CSEC Economics specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real CXC paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from CXC.
How is Unemployment typically tested on CXC CSEC Economics papers?
Unemployment appears across multiple question types on real CXC CSEC Economics papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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