This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > Macroeconomics > Macroeconomics – Quiz 145 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macroeconomics Quiz 145 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The interest rate that banks charge their best customers. A) Monetary policy. B) Prime rate. C) Reserve requirement. D) Check clearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prime rate. 2. A present-day example of laissez-faire economics would be A) Minimun wage laws. B) Farm subsidies. C) Deregulation of the airline industry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deregulation of the airline industry. 3. If the spending multiplier is 3.3 (1/0.3=3.3), how much will £560 of new consumption increase GDP? A) £ 1848. B) £169.6. C) £4000. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) £ 1848. 4. A(n) ..... bank accepts deposits and is covered by deposit insurance. A) Commercial. B) Central. C) Investment. D) Savings and Loan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commercial. 5. An increase in the money supply must cause which of the following? A) A leftward shift in the IS curve. B) A reduction in the interest rate and ambiguous effects on investment. C) An increase in investment and a rightward shift in the IS curve. D) No change in output if investment is independent of the interest rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No change in output if investment is independent of the interest rate. 6. Discouraged workers in the economy implies that the measurement of unemployment ..... A) Understates the true unemployment rate. B) Overstates the true unemployment rate. C) Correctly measures the true unemployment rate. D) Doubles the unemployment rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understates the true unemployment rate. 7. On a business cycle graph, what is the top point of the curve where there is maximum level of GDP? A) Boom/Peak. B) Bust/Trough/Slump. C) Recession. D) Recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boom/Peak. 8. The circular flow of income for a two-sector model shows ..... A) The flow of income between the households, firms and government. B) The flow of income for the government. C) The flow of income from government to households and firms. D) The flow of income between the households and firms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The flow of income between the households and firms. 9. Autononus consumption is the level of consumption, when the ..... A) Income is zero. B) Income is positive. C) Saving is zero. D) Saving is positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Income is zero. 10. A government reduces its budget deficit. Other things remaining the same, the most likely short-run impact of this policy is A) A reduction in the current account deficit. B) A reduction in unemployment. C) An increase in the rate of economic growth. D) An increase in the rate of inflation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A reduction in the current account deficit. 11. Tax on the estate, or total value of money and property of a person who has died. Includes money, real estate, cares, furniture, investments, jewelry, paintings and insurance A) Sales tax. B) Property tax. C) Estate tax. D) Gift tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Estate tax. 12. If the demand for a good increases when people's incomes increase, A) The good is an inferior good. B) The law of demand is violated. C) The good's demand curve must be upward sloping. D) The good is a normal good. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The good is a normal good. 13. The purchase of government bonds from the public in the open market by the Federal Reserve will A) Increase the supply of money. B) Increase the interest rate. C) Increase the discount rate. D) Decrease the number of Federal Reserve notes in circulation. E) Decrease the reserve requirement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase the supply of money. 14. TRUE or FALSE:The unemployment levels in some European countries are still higher in 2016 than they were before the euro crisis. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 15. Charlie's father used to work in a factory twisting lids onto bottles. However, his father was recently laid off because the company purchased a robot that can do the job more efficiently. What type of unemployment is he experiencing? A) Frictional. B) Structural. C) Seasonal. D) Cyclical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structural. 16. A major advantage of a market economy A) It can change direction quickly. B) A high degree of individual freedom. C) Efficient government control of production and distribution. D) People are likely to be offered goods and services they cannot afford. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A high degree of individual freedom. 17. Which type of union is an association of all the workers from the same business, regardless of what job they hold? A) Craft Union. B) Industrial Union. C) Trade Union. D) Company Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial Union. 18. The FED would use monetary ..... policy when the economy is growing and at it's peak. A) Expansionary. B) Contractionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contractionary. 19. True or False:Education spending is slightly larger at the federal level than at the state and local level. A) True. B) False . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False . 20. ..... focuses on the ability of shifts in aggregate demand to influence aggregate output in the short run. A) Keynesian Economics. B) Classical Economics. C) Supply Side Economics. D) Reaganomics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keynesian Economics. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEconomics QuizzesMacroeconomics Quiz 1Macroeconomics Quiz 2Macroeconomics Quiz 3Macroeconomics Quiz 4Macroeconomics Quiz 5Macroeconomics Quiz 6Macroeconomics Quiz 7Macroeconomics Quiz 8Macroeconomics Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books