The Consumer: Needs, Rights & Decision-Making is one of 8 topics in the Grade 10 Consumer Studies CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Which of the following is an example of a "need" rather than a "want"?
Clean drinking water
A branded pair of sneakers
The latest smartphone model
A designer handbag
Answer: Clean drinking water — A need is something essential for survival, such as clean drinking water, while wants (branded sneakers, the latest smartphone, a designer handbag) are desired but not essential.
Easy
2. Who developed the well-known "hierarchy of needs" used in Consumer Studies to explain consumer motivation?
Abraham Maslow
Isaac Newton
Adam Smith
Sigmund Freud
Answer: Abraham Maslow — Abraham Maslow developed the hierarchy of needs, arranging human needs from physiological needs at the base up to self-actualisation at the top.
Easy
3. Name the level of Maslow's hierarchy that includes food, water and sleep.
Answer: physiological needs — Physiological needs are the most basic level of Maslow's hierarchy, including food, water and sleep.
