Answer: Other alternative rationing methods available to determine who receives the scarce commodity are as follow: Queuing, favoring customers, and ration coupons.
Queuing: This system refers to waiting in queue as a way of distributing goods and services; a non-price rationing mechanism.
Favored customers: This refers to those individual who receive exceptional treatment on transaction during excess demand.
Ration coupons: These are referred as tickets that empower respective individual to buy a certain amount of a given commodity.