PROBLEM SCENARIO GROUP

ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET/
LEMBARAN HADAPAN PENILAIAN KURSUS
DEPARTMENT/ JABATAN: PERDAGANGAN

PROGRAM: DIPLOMA PENGURUSAN LOGISTIK DAN RANTAIAN BEKALAN
SESSION/ SESI: 1 2021/2022

COURSE CODE/KOD KURSUS: DPB 10033

COURSE NAME/ NAMA KURSUS: MICROECONOMICS

LECTURER’ S NAME/ : ENCIK MOHD ZAINUDIN BIN MOHD ESIN

NAMA PENSYARAH

TYPE OF ASSESSMENT/ : PROBLEM SCENARIO
JENIS PENILAIAN
:
TITLE/ TAJUK :

SUBMISSION DATE/ 30/11/2021
TARIKH HANTAR

RECEIVED DATE (fill in by lecturer) :

TARIKH TERIMA (diisi oleh pensyarah)

STUDENT’S NAME/ NAMA PELAJAR MATRIC NUMBER/ CLASS/
NOMBOR MATRIK KELAS

NURUL SOFEA DELAILA BINTI MUSTHAPA KAMAL 23DLS21F1057 DLS1A
DANISHA FAKHIRAH BINTI MAZLAN 23DLS21F1021 DLS1A
NUR AMNA NAFEEZA BINTI JASMAN 23DLS21F1013 DLS1A
SRI VISNU A/L KUMARA 23DLS19F2092 DLS2B

MARKS/ MARKAH: CLO2 CLO3 CLO4 TOTAL
CLO1 MARKS/
JUMLAH MARKAH

LECTURER’S COMMENT/ KOMEN
PENSYARAH

Question 1

a). DEMAND TRENDS FOR FOODS AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS DUE TO
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES.

• Demand reduction due to school closure
It was noted that there is a reduction on demand such as milk for school lunch
and , raw milk for dairy products and also frozen foods for business use due to
school closure.

The changes in demand due to school closure are explained as below:

Figure 1 changes in demand due to school closure

In the Figure 1 above, the curve DD is the demand curve for the products that were
mentioned earlier which are affected due to school closure. Due to the decrease in
demand, the demand curve was shift to leftward from D0 to D1. The factor that shift the
demand curve is due to change in consumer expectations due to COVID-19 pandemic.

• Expanding demand for stay at home and infection prevention
Next, due to increasing awareness of stay at home and COVID-19 infection prevention,
it has increased the demand for instant foods, frozen foods and hygiene products i.e.,
masks and hand sanitizer.
The changes in demand due to school closure are explained as below:

Figure 1 expanding demand for stay at home and infection prevention

As shown in the figure 2 above, the curve DD is the demand curve for stay at home
and infection preventions products. Due to the increase in demand, the demand curve
was shift to the right from D0 to D1.The factor that shift the demand curve is due to
change in number of buyers and change in consumer expectations due to COVID-19
pandemic.

• Reduction demand due to suspension of business
Besides, the article also said that due to the COVID – 19 pandemic there is decreasing
demand for products like liquors for restaurant such as beer due to suspension
business
The changes in demand due to suspension of business are explained as below:

Figure 2 changes in demand due to suspension of business

Next in the figure 3 above, the curve DD is the demand curve for stay at home and
infection preventions products. Due to the decreased in demand, the demand curve
was shift to the right from D0 to D1.The factors that shift the demand curve is due to
change in consumer expectations due to COVID-19 pandemic.

• REDUCTION DEMAND DUE TO RESTAINT FROM GOING OUT AND
WORKING FROM HOME
Lastly, from the article it’s stated that there is reduction in demand due to restraint
from going out and working from home for products such as cosmetics and
sunscreen

Figure 3 changes in demand due to restraint from going out and working from home

In figure 4 shown the curve DD is the demand curve for stay at home and infection
preventions products. Due to the decreased in demand, the demand curve was shift
to the right from D0 to D1.The factors that shift the demand curve is due to change in
number of buyers and change in consume due to COVID-19 pandemic.
In summary, the change in consumer expectations and change in number of buyers
were the determinant that shifts the demand curve.

b). Government intervention on organizing changes in the environment for
foods and consumer goods during COVID-19.
Due to COVID-19 changes, there are changes in purchasing behavior based on
consumer perspective. The government encouraged buyer to stay at home and avoid
stores and face-to-face trading. Buyers are suggested to use e-commerce, home
delivery and contactless delivery. The demand for delivery service increased. There
also changes in what to buy. The function of the product and the origin of product are
more important than price and brand. Such as face mask and hand sanitizer. The
demand for face mask and hand sanitizer increased because of the pandemic. That
is the way to decreased the risk of getting infected. People use the face mask and
hand sanitizer to avoid getting infected and reducing state spending to treat patients
when infected with COVID-19.
Besides, changing in buying frequency. The demand for essential goods, normal
necessity goods and inferior goods increased. Market need to hoarding and buying in

bulk from manufacturer to avoid product shortages. This is because buyers also buy
in bulk to avoid food shortages while at home and they do not have to go to stores
often. Market hoarding products to prevent other buyers from being unable to
purchase goods or running out of goods especially for essential goods such as hand
sanitizer, normal necessity goods such as instant coffee and inferior goods such as
tinned sardines.

The government request to suspension of business and close school. Business such
as food service industry and school closures. Students need to online-learning and
stay at home. Due to that, the demand for electronic devices such as laptop and tablet
increased. The government also give subsidy to students who need electronic device
for online learning.

On companys perspective, they were asked to change in working style (remote work).
Workers need to work from home and the work only on tasks essential to maintain
business activities such as production department, ordering department and customer
center and to avoid losses. If the company unable to pay workers' salaries, they had
to lay off workers to minimize workers and the unemployment rate will rise or increase.

On competitors perspective. The expectations of the industry, they need to increase
social roles and responsibilities of food and consumer goods manufacturers. Ensuring
the stable product supply and safety and security so that the goods to be purchased
are always available and stocks must be available continuously to prevent buyers from
not being able to buy their necessities, especially foods. They also have to support
requests from the national and local governments based on what the buyers needs
and they have to follow the ceiling price setted by the government so that they do not
take advantage of the buyers or reap excessive profits. For example, the ceiling price
for Covid-19 antigen rapid test kit is RM19.90 per set.

c) Advantages and disadvantages of ceiling price.

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

Protects producer’s income : Emergence of black market :
consumers can buy products at consumer tends to buy with higher
lower prices. price to overcome shortage.

Can restrain inflation. Reduce in quantity produced
because of low price and
producers cannot make much profit.

Producers tend to receive illegal
payments from consumers :
desperate consumer will pay bribe
to obtain goods & services.

COURSE CODE: DPB 10033
COURSE NAME: MICROECONOMICS

RUBRIC ASSESSMENT: PROBLEM SCENARIO

NO. CRITERIA VERY WEAK (1) WEAK (2)

AFFECTIVE 1. Problem Not able to explain a Able to explain a
(60%)
Identification problem, even with problem with a minimum

assistance. assistance.

2. Analysis Not able to organise Able to organise and
and analyse gathered analyse gathered
information or data information or data but
and fails to define the does not clearly
factors that contribute describe the factors that
to the problem/issue contribute to the
or explain the root of problem/issue or clearly
the problem. explain the root of the
problem.

3. Clearly written Able to write ideas Able to write ideas with

academic with very limited clarity limited clarity and

discourse and require further require further

improvement improvement

4. Creativity • Shows inability to • Shows lack of abilities

define problem (s) to define problem (s)

clearly resulting no clearly resulting 1 new

(0) new idea idea generated.

generated. • Shows little capability to

• Shows incapability use any techniques,

to use any thus able to discover

techniques, thus solution(s) but lack of

unable to find suitability.

suitable solution(s).

FAIR (3) GOOD (4) VERY GOOD (5) WEIG TOTAL
HT
Able to explain a Independently able to Able to provide
problem fairly. explain a problem explanation very clear 10
clearly without any and accurately.
Able to organise and assistance 10
analyse gathered Able to organise and Able to organise and
information or data analyse gathered analyse gathered
fairly. Describe the information or data, information or data,
factors that contribute clearly describe some clearly describe the
to the problem/issue factors that contribute factors that contribute
or clearly explain the to the problem/issue or to the problem/issue or
root of the problem. explain the possible explain the possible
roots of the problem. roots of the problem.

Able to write ideas Able to write ideas Able to write ideas with 10
excellent clarity 10
clearly but require clearly

minor improvements.

• Shows modest • Shows adequate • Shows soaring and
strong abilities to
abilities to define abilities to define define problem(s)
clearly resulting
problem(s) clearly problem(s) clearly more than 3 new
ideas generated.
resulting 2 new ideas resulting 3 new 60
• Shows
generated. ideas generated. extraordinary
capability to use any
• Shows some • Shows above techniques, thus
able to determine
capability to use any average capability to most suitable
solution(s).
techniques, thus able use any techniques,

to consider suitable thus able to propose

solution(s). more suitable

solution(s).

5. Integration Rarely revise by Occasionally revise by
integrating integrating
knowledge/skills from knowledge/skills from
various sources to various sources to
improve ideas, thus improve ideas, thus lack
unclear. of clarity.

6. Work Does not perform Perform assigned tasks

responsibility assigned tasks within within by the scope of

by the scope of work work with close

even with close supervision.

supervision.

KNOWLEDGE 1. Knowledge No clear evidence of Demonstrate knowledge
(30%
understanding knowledge and and understanding but

understanding require improvements.

demonstrate.

2. Content Majority information Much of the information
Coverage irrelevant and irrelevant, cover only
significant points left some of the points.
3. Apply out.
knowledge Demonstrate an
Demonstrate an acceptable knowledge to
inadequate knowledge create the idea and
to create the idea and concepts to solve the
concepts to solve the problems and require
problems. further improvements.

PSYCHOMOTOR 1. Report writing It was obvious the The piece contained
(10%) skills students did not put several grammatical
enough time or effort errors and spelling errors.
into the writing of the
piece.

CLUSTER AS
FOR

Moderately revise by Frequently revise by Very frequently and 10
integrating integrating effectively revise by 10
knowledge/skills from knowledge/skills from integrating
various sources to various sources to knowledge/skills from
improve ideas, thus improve ideas, thus various sources to
provides some clarity provides clarity. improve ideas, thus
provides more clarity
Perform assigned tasks Perform assigned tasks
Perform assigned tasks
fairly by the scope of within by the scope of within by the scope of
work and exceeds
work with close work and meets expectation.

supervision. expectation.

Demonstrate Demonstrate well Very clear evidence of 10
knowledge and knowledge and knowledge and 10
understanding and understanding. understanding 10
require minor demonstrated.
improvements.
Most important Comprehensive and
Much of the
information covered information covered, complete coverage of
but need minor
improvements. just little irrelevant information. 30

Demonstrate an info. 10
acceptable knowledge 100
to create the idea and Demonstrate a sufficient Demonstrate an
concepts to solve the
problems and require and adequate excellent knowledge to
minor improvements.
knowledge to create the create the idea and
idea and concepts to concepts to solve the

solve the problems problems

The piece contained The piece contained one The piece was 10
more than one glaring
grammatical errors or glaring grammatical completed with no
more than one spelling
errors. errors or one spelling glaring grammatical

errors. errors or spelling errors.

GRAND TOTAL

SSESSMENT
RM

Code & Course : DPB 10013 MICROECONOMICS
Lecturer : ENCIK MOHD ZAINUDIN BIN MOHD ESIN

GROUP 1:

1. NURUL SOFEA DELAILA BINTI MUSTHAPA KAMAL (23DLS21

2. DANISHA FAKHIRAH BINTI MAZLAN (23DLS21F1021)

3. NUR AMNA NAFEEZA BINTI JASMAN (23DLS21F1013)

4. SRI VISNU A/L KUMARA (23DLS19F2092)

No. Criteria VERY WEAK (1) WEAK (2)

AFFECTIVE 1. Problem
(60%) Identification

2. Analysis

3. Clearly written
academic
discourse

4. Creativity

5. Integration

6. Work responsibility

KNOWLEDGE 1. Knowledge
(30% 2. understanding
Content Coverage
3.
Apply knowledge
PSYCHOMOTOR 1.
(10%) Report writing skills

Semester : 1 2021/2022
Class : DLS1A

1F1057)

FAIR (3) GOOD (4) VERY GOOD (5) WEIGHT TOTAL
10
10

10

10

10

10
10
10
10
10
GRAND TOTAL