Neco 2020 Civic Education Question 35

The government is evaluating three conflict‑resolution mechanisms using three criteria, each with a weight: Timeliness (0.4), Cost‑efficiency (0.3) and Acceptance by parties (0.3). The scores (out of 100) are:\n\n- Mediation: Timeliness 85, Cost‑efficiency 70, Acceptance 90\n- Arbitration: Timeliness 70, Cost‑efficiency 80, Acceptance 75\n- Judicial process: Timeliness 60, Cost‑efficiency 60, Acceptance 80\n\n(a) Compute the overall weighted score for each mechanism and rank them from highest to lowest.\n(b) Identify which mechanisms exceed a threshold overall score of 75.\n(c) A hybrid approach combines Mediation and Arbitration equally (each contributes 50 %). Compute the hybrid's overall weighted score (by averaging the two mechanisms' overall scores) and state whether it meets the threshold.