The Division of Labour and Specialisation Explain

question 101

Multiple Choice

The division of labour and specialisation explain

• A)why, when the marginal product of labour increases, so does the average product of labour.
• B)why the average product of labour falls when firms use more capital or change the layout of their businesses.
• C)why the marginal product of labour rises as a firm hires its first units of labour.
• D)why firms may find it profitable to use more workers when the marginal product of labour is negative.

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Definitions:

Inbreeding

The breeding of closely related individuals, which increases the risk of offspring inheriting genetic defects.

Nonrandom Mating

A mating pattern in which individuals choose partners based on particular traits, leading to non-random distribution of alleles in the population.

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, driving the evolution of species.

Darwin's Theory

The scientific theory of biological evolution by natural selection, proposed by Charles Darwin, explaining how species evolve over time.