This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Economics > Macroeconomics > Macroeconomics – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macroeconomics Quiz 41 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to the Phillips curve, there is A) A trade-off in inflation and unemployment in the short run, but not the long run. B) A trade-off in inflation and unemployment in both short and long run. C) No trade-off in inflation and unemployment in both short and long run. D) A trade-off in inflation and unemployment in the long run, but not the short run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A trade-off in inflation and unemployment in the short run, but not the long run. 2. A government tax on imports or exports A) Tariff. B) Tax. C) Cash money. D) Charge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tariff. 3. Policies to increase competitiveness and competition. For example, privatisation, deregulation, lower income tax rates, and reduced power of trade unions A) Supply-side policies (interventionist). B) Supply-side policies (free market). C) Monetary policy. D) Fiscal policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supply-side policies (free market). 4. Investments are Injections into the circular flow. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. When an individual decides to hold money instead of other assets: A) That individual is giving up the interest that could have been earned by holding other types of assets. B) That individual becomes more likely to suffer from money illusion. C) That individual is not affected by unanticipated inflation. D) That individual is able to maintain a higher standard of living. E) That individual is investing in illiquid assets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That individual is giving up the interest that could have been earned by holding other types of assets. 6. An example of a regressive tax is: A) Income tax. B) Licensing fees. C) Property tax. D) Sales tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sales tax. 7. The multiplier is: A) 1/MPS. B) 1/1-MPS. C) 1/MPC. D) 1/1+MPC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1/MPS. 8. Which of the following describes scarcity? A) Wants are limited. B) Resources are fully employed. C) Wants exceed resources. D) Resources are unlimited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wants exceed resources. 9. To find real GDP economists measure the factors of GDP such as net exports to adjust for ..... A) Trough. B) Inflation. C) Peak. D) Deflation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inflation. 10. When the skills of workers do not match the jobs that are available, this is: A) Seasonal Unemployment. B) Cyclical Unemployment. C) Frictional Unemployment. D) Structural Unemployment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Structural Unemployment. 11. If fiscal policy is used to influence the economy, this could involve changing A) The rate of interest. B) The amount of money in circulation. C) The balance of payments. D) The budget deficit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The budget deficit. 12. Structural unemployment is most likely to occur because of A) Labour being temporarily unemployed when moving between jobs. B) Fluctuations in the level of aggregate demand. C) The seasonal nature of certain occupations. D) Long-term changes in the pattern of demand for the products of particular industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long-term changes in the pattern of demand for the products of particular industries. 13. Inflation is measured by ..... A) Gross Domestic Product (GDP). B) Consumer Price Index (CPI). C) Gross National Product (GNP). D) Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer Price Index (CPI). 14. How are closely held and publicly held corporations different A) Only publicly held corporations issue stock. B) Only closely held corporations trade stock on the NY stock exchange. C) Anyone can buy publicly held corporation stock but not closely held stock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anyone can buy publicly held corporation stock but not closely held stock. 15. National debt is different from the government deficits in that A) Deficits include all debts owed over time with interest. B) Deficits only apply to monetary decisions made by Congress. C) National debt is the sum of all past deficits plus interest. D) The debt only includes money owed for the current fiscal year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National debt is the sum of all past deficits plus interest. 16. All of the following will likely trigger increases in output except: A) Increase in consumer spending. B) Increase in labor productivity. C) Increase in Interest rates. D) Increase in labor force. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increase in Interest rates. 17. The most common form of business organization in the United States is: A) Corporation. B) Sole Proprietorship. C) General Partnership. D) Limited Partnership. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sole Proprietorship. 18. What would MOST LIKELY happen if the Federal Reserve decided to increase the reserve requirement in banks? A) The amount of federal taxes people owe would increase. B) The amount of money circulating in the economy would increase. C) The amount of federal taxes people owe would decrease. D) The amount of money circulating in the economy would decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The amount of money circulating in the economy would decrease. 19. Lower marginal tax rates stimulate people to work, save, and invest, resulting in more output and a larger tax base. This statement most closely reflects which of the following views? A) The Keynesian view. B) The multiplier view. C) The aggregate demand theory. D) The supply-side view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The supply-side view. 20. In an economy, no one can be made better off without making someone else worse off. What does not necessarily follow from this? A) The conditions for allocative efficiency have been met. B) The conditions for productive efficiency have been met. C) The distribution of income is socially acceptable. D) The economy is operating at a point on its production possibility frontier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The distribution of income is socially acceptable. 21. When banks borrow money from the Federal Reserve, these funds are called A) Discount loans. B) Federal loans. C) Treasury funds. D) Federal funds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discount loans. 22. How do the government injects money back to the circular flow? A) Infrastructure projects and the needs of government offices. B) Construct hospitals in provinces. C) Construct buildings and schools. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infrastructure projects and the needs of government offices. 23. A decrease in the overall price level. A) Deflation. B) Hypoinflation. C) Inflation. D) Hyperinflation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deflation. 24. Mark is refinishing an antique china cabinet and has already spent $ 180 on the restoration. He expects to be able to sell the cabinet for $ 360. Mark discovers that he needs to do an additional $ 200 of work to make the cabinet worth $ 360 to potential buyers. He could also sell the cabinet now, without completing the additional work, for $ 100. What should he do? A) He should sell the cabinet now for $ 100. B) He should keep the cabinet since it wouldn't be rational to spend $ 380 restoring a cabinet and then selling it for only $ 360. C) He should complete the additional work and sell the cabinet for $ 360. D) It does not matter which action he takes since the outcome will be the same either way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He should complete the additional work and sell the cabinet for $ 360. 25. Complements in production A) The quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy. B) Complements = goods that you purchase together.Example:peanut butter & jellyMilk & Cereal, Chips & SalsaSubstitutes = goods that you instead of each otherExamples:Coke & Pepsi, Gatorade & PowerAde. C) Resources are of equal quality and equally suited for the production of both commoditiesthe quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy. D) Goods that are produced as by-products from producing another good. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goods that are produced as by-products from producing another good. 26. You read in the newspaper that the CPI in 2008 was 120, you will conclude that a typical market basket in 2008 would have cost A) 20 percent more than the same market basket purchased in 2007. B) 20 percent less than the same market basket purchased in the base year. C) 120 percent more than the same market basket purchased in 2007. D) 20 percent more than the same market basket purchased in the base year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20 percent more than the same market basket purchased in the base year. 27. Which of this is not a MACROECONOMICS variable A) Interest rate. B) Unemployment. C) Inflation. D) Household goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Household goods. 28. Workers DO NOT have transferable skills and these jobs won't come back A) Structural Unemployment. B) Frictional Unemployment. C) Cyclical Unemployment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structural Unemployment. 29. What does the (X-M) mean in the expenditure model for GDP? A) Taxes-Imports. B) Spending Exports. C) Income-Taxes. D) Exports-Imports. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exports-Imports. 30. Advantages include limited liability for owners, unlimited life, and ease of transfer of ownership. A) Sole Propriotorship. B) Partnership. C) Corporation. D) None of above. 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