This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > Macroeconomics > Macroeconomics – Quiz 188 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macroeconomics Quiz 188 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mary Ann runs a car dealership selling only government produced cars. At the end of the month Mary Ann must give all of the money she made back to the government. A) Traditional. B) Free Market. C) Mixed. D) Command. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Command. 2. A government institutes new measures in an attempt to limit inflation. To what macroeconomic goal is this action most directly related? A) Equity. B) Efficiency. C) Stable prices. D) Full employment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stable prices. 3. In order to reduce the amount of money in the economy, what kind of interest rate should the central bank set? A) Make the interest rate lower. B) Make the interest rate higher. C) Make the interest rate fixed. D) All wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make the interest rate higher. 4. Suppose your college institutes a new policy requiring you to pay for a permit to park your car in a campus parking lot. A) The cost of the parking permit is NOT part of the OC of attending college if you would not have to pay for parking otherwise. B) The cost of the parking permit is part of the OC of attending college if you would not have to pay for parking otherwise. C) Only half the cost of the parking permit is part of the OC of attending college. D) The cost of the parking permit is NOT part of the OC of attending college under any circumstances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cost of the parking permit is part of the OC of attending college if you would not have to pay for parking otherwise. 5. Which policy measure is an example of monetary policy designed to reduce total (aggregate) demand? A) A limit placed on bank lending. B) A reduction in interest rates. C) A rise in income tax. D) A switch in government spending from consumer to capital goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A limit placed on bank lending. 6. What is vital to consider when evaluating the effects of an expansionary fiscal policy? A) The current interest rate. B) The number of imports and exports. C) The amount of spare capacity in the economy. D) The current unemployment rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The amount of spare capacity in the economy. 7. Lowering the reserve requirement (amount of capital a bank must have on hand) is an example of ..... policy. A) Monetary. B) Fiscal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monetary. 8. What happens to the money circulation, when the FED orders a tight money policy? A) More money is put out into circulation. B) Less money is put into circulation. C) Circulation stays the same. D) Interest rates rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less money is put into circulation. 9. What shift in the ADAS model relates to the shifting of a country's entire production possibilities curve to the right? A) AD curve shifts to the Right. B) SRAS curve shifts to the right. C) SRAS and LRAS curve shift to the right. D) SRAS and LRAS curve shift to the left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SRAS and LRAS curve shift to the right. 10. Macroeconomics is concerned with inflation or deflation, output growth and unemployment. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 11. Implicit costs are input costs that do not require an outlay of money by the firm A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Which hypothesis states that consumption is a function of life time expected income? A) Absolute income hypothesis. B) Relative income hypothesis. C) Permament income hypothesis. D) Life cycle hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Life cycle hypothesis. 13. Which is included in the measure of GDP? A) Spending on meals by consumers at restaurants. B) Spending on used clothing by consumers at garage sales. C) The monetary value of stocks and bonds owned by investors. D) The monetary value of used trucks purchased by construction companies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spending on meals by consumers at restaurants. 14. Someone that creates goods or services and sells them to others A) Seller. B) Producer. C) Consumer. D) Produce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 15. ..... is the branch of economies that studies the individual decision making such as households, firms and government. A) Macroeconomics. B) Microeconomics. C) Masterconomics. D) Microplan economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microeconomics. 16. Why is falling prices (deflation) considered bad for the economy? A) It discourages people from spending and can lead to a decrease in GDP and increase in unemployment. B) It increases the purchasing power of money and leads to higher inflation. C) It decreases the cost of production and leads to higher interest rates. D) It increases the demand for goods and services and leads to higher taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It discourages people from spending and can lead to a decrease in GDP and increase in unemployment. 17. The quantity of goods demanded and supplied are the same, A) Law of Supply. B) Law of Demand. C) Supply and demand. D) Market price. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Market price. 18. Gross domestic product after adjustments for inflation is known as A) Real GDP. B) GDP Per Capita. C) National GDP. D) Current GDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Real GDP. 19. True or False:State and local government spending has not risen much in recent decades. A) True. B) False . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False . 20. ..... GDP uses current prices to value the economy's production of goods and services A) Nominal. B) Real. 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