This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Economics > Macroeconomics > Macroeconomics – Quiz 115 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macroeconomics Quiz 115 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A GDP deflator less than 1 indicates that an economy has experienced: A) Inflation. B) Deflation. C) Stagflation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deflation. 2. A country's foreign exchange rate will strengthen if: A) Capital transactions in surplus but unchanged. B) Its exports increased compared to its imports. C) The current account moves from a surplus to a deficit. D) Imports increase compared to exports. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its exports increased compared to its imports. 3. The gross domestic product tends to understate the amount of economic activity in the United States because it excludes: A) The payments for police protection. B) Expenditures for health care services. C) Expenditures for environmental protection. D) Jobs like babysitting, selling things at the flea market, and other "off the books" activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jobs like babysitting, selling things at the flea market, and other "off the books" activity. 4. The following are fiscal policy objectives are as follows except A) Attaining and maintaining full employment. B) Controlling equitable distribution of income and wealth. C) Encouraging investment. D) To maintain domestic price instability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To maintain domestic price instability. 5. What strategy would economists advocate for if the economy is in a recession? A) Balance of Trade. B) Contractionary Policy. C) Balance of payments. D) Expansionary Policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expansionary Policy. 6. A weighted average of prices for different goods A) GDP. B) CPI. C) Peak. D) Inflation list. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CPI. 7. How does a bear stock market impact the U.S. economy? A) Consumers will purchase more large appliances. B) Americans will invest less money in the stock market. C) Consumers will purchase more vacation homes. D) Americans will invest more money in the stock market. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Americans will invest less money in the stock market. 8. Which of the following is an 'injection' into the circular of income? A) Exports. B) Imports. C) Taxation. D) Savings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exports. 9. Transfer payment is not included in national income because ..... A) It is illegal activity. B) It does not encourage the people to consume. C) It is only theoretical concept. D) It is payment made without reverse flow of good and services. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is payment made without reverse flow of good and services. 10. What is a period of rising prices that affects consumers as well as producers? A) Monetary Policy. B) Inflation. C) Debt. D) Fiscal Policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inflation. 11. When a country sinks into a recession, the unemployment rate of that country will most likely do what? A) Go up. B) Go down. C) Nothing as a recession has no impact on the unemployment rate. D) There is not enough information to answer the question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go up. 12. The consequences of inflation include: A) The decline in the level of prosperity of large groups of society. B) All true. C) The prospects for economic development in the long term will worsen. D) Reducing productive investment, this tendency will slow down economic growth. E) All wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All true. 13. When the demand curve has shifted to the right, this suggests demand has A) Increased. B) Decreased. C) Quantity demanded has increased. D) Quantity demanded has increased. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased. 14. Which of these does NOT describe the Japanese economy of recent decades? A) The Japanese economy has struggled with generally falling prices. B) Japan experienced a banking crisis in 1989 that triggered a recession. C) Japanese consumers have held back on spending, exacerbating economic problems. D) The Japanese banking crisis of the late 1980s triggered serious inflation. E) All of these statements are accurate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Japanese banking crisis of the late 1980s triggered serious inflation. 15. ..... is the practice of limiting trade to protect domestic industries. A) Import Quota. B) Tariffs. C) Protectionism. D) Foreign Exchange Controls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protectionism. 16. ....., often referred to simply as ....., is output per worker. A) Human Capital; Capital. B) Physical Capital; Capital. C) Technology Productivity; Productivity. D) Labor Productivity; Productivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Labor Productivity; Productivity. 17. The formula to calculate the real interest rate is A) Real interest rate = Nominal interest rate x Inflation rate. B) Real interest rate = Nominal interest rate + Inflation rate. C) Real interest rate = Nominal interest rate-Inflation rate. D) Real interest rate = (Nominal interest rate / Inflation rate) x 100%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Real interest rate = Nominal interest rate-Inflation rate. 18. The type of cost inflation that causes people to go to the bank more often because they choose to carry less money in their wallets is called..... A) Shoeleather Cost. B) Travel Cost. C) Tax Cost. D) Inconvenience Cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shoeleather Cost. 19. When the government attempts to improve equality in an economy the result is often A) An increase in overall out put in the economy. B) Additional government Avenue since overall income will increase. C) A reduction in equality. D) A reduction in efficiency. E) An increase in efficiency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A reduction in efficiency. 20. The Phillips curve shows the relationship between inflation and what? A) Inflation. B) Unemployment. C) Price level. D) GDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unemployment. 21. What is used to measure inflation? A) A ruler. B) CPI Consumer Price Index. C) A scale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CPI Consumer Price Index. 22. Using the following figures, please find GDP. C = 11.2 billion I = 2.5 billion G = 3.1 billion X = 2.2 billion M = 2.7 billion. A) $ 21.7 billion. B) $ 15.8 billion. C) $ 16.3 billion. D) $ 16.8 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $ 16.3 billion. 23. Real GDP is a measure of A) Value of final output produced within a country in one year, using current prices. B) Average price level in economy. C) Total value of available resources in a nation. D) Value of final output produced within a country in one year, adjusted for changing prices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Value of final output produced within a country in one year, adjusted for changing prices. 24. Which does not belong? A) Net exports. B) Input prices. C) Government spending. D) Consumer spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Input prices. 25. What does CPI measure? A) The average change in prices of goods and services consumed by households. B) The total value of goods and services produced within a country's borders over a specific period of time. C) The percentage of the labor force that is unemployed and actively seeking work. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The average change in prices of goods and services consumed by households. 26. The current prices that we pay for goods and services. A) Weight. B) Inflation. C) Current dollars. D) Sticky prices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Current dollars. 27. An increase in taxes combined with a decrease in government purchases would A) Decrease AD. B) Leave AD unchanged. C) Increase AD. D) Have an indeterminate effect on AD. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decrease AD. 28. What is the main reason for employing expansionary fiscal policy during a recession? A) To decrease aggregate demand and slow down the economy. B) The main reason for employing expansionary fiscal policy during a recession is to stimulate economic growth and increase aggregate demand by increasing government spending and cutting taxes. C) To reduce government spending and increase taxes. D) To maintain the current level of economic growth . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The main reason for employing expansionary fiscal policy during a recession is to stimulate economic growth and increase aggregate demand by increasing government spending and cutting taxes. 29. Studying how consumer demand reacts to advertising A) Microeconomic. B) Macroeconomics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microeconomic. 30. Based on the following data:Agriculture (Ag)-1, 850, 311.00 Services (Se)-2, 075, 400.00 Industry (In)-2, 550, 000.00NFIA-4, 010, 758.00 the GNI using the Value Added Approach is: A) 9, 901, 015.00. B) 10, 486, 469.00. C) 8, 379, 015.00. D) 9, 089, 050.00. 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