This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Economics > Macroeconomics > Macroeconomics – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macroeconomics Quiz 76 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the Best Answer.Which inflation excludes price changes in volatile products, headline or core inflation? A) Core. B) Headline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Core. 2. If the MPC is.80, the government spending multiplier is: A) 5. B) 2. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 3. Central bank is owned and controlled by government A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 4. If the central bank of a country decides to reduce the short-term interest rates, this likely means that ..... A) The central bank is worried about inflation and wants to stop it. B) The central bank is worried about the value of the domestic currency and wants to boost it. C) The central bank is worried about an imminent recession and wants to boost output. D) The economy is booming and the central bank is trying to cool it down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The central bank is worried about an imminent recession and wants to boost output. 5. A person's ability to lift heavy objects would be an example of which of the following Factors of Production? A) Land. B) Labor. C) Capital. D) Entrepreneurship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Labor. 6. Which of the following is an example of a stock variable A) Capital formation. B) Saving of households. C) Investment during a year. D) Size of population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Size of population. 7. Based on typical labor utilization patterns across the business cycle, productivity(output per hours worked) is most likely to be highest: A) At the peak of a boom. B) Into a maturing expansion. C) At the bottom of a recession. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the bottom of a recession. 8. Which of the following headlines is more closely related to what microeconomics study than to what macroeconomics study? A) Unemployment rate falls from 7.5 percent to 7.3 percent. B) Real GDP falls by 0.4 percent in the third quarter. C) Inflation was 2.4 percent last year. D) The price of gasoline rises due to rising oil prices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The price of gasoline rises due to rising oil prices. 9. A liquidity trap occurs when conventional monetary policy is ineffective because A) The public will not buy or sell Treasury bills. B) The nominal interest rate can't be negative. C) The unemployment rate can't go below 5%. D) The real interest rate can't be negative. E) The short-run Phillips curve is negatively sloped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The nominal interest rate can't be negative. 10. Which of the following best describes "occurrences when producing or consuming a good causes an impact on a third party not directly related to the transaction" ? A) Depression. B) Subsidy. C) Inflation. D) Externality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Externality. 11. Which of these is NOT a characteristic of an unemployed person? A) He/she is laid off from a job in the succeeding months. B) He/she has made specific efforts to find a job. C) He/she does not work. D) He/she is undergoing a career change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He/she does not work. 12. The relationship between price and the quantity supplied of a certain good or service A) Price floor. B) Total surplus. C) Supply. D) Inputs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supply. 13. Benefit received by employees in addition to wages and salaries. Includes paid vacations, sick leave, retirement, insurance A) Cooperative. B) Unlimited liability. C) Business organization. D) Fringe Benefits. E) Corporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fringe Benefits. 14. The objectives of government taxation are as follows except A) To increase inequality of income distribution between the rich and the poor. B) To restrain the consumer from consuming unhealthy products. C) To protect local and infant industries. D) To increase government revenue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To increase inequality of income distribution between the rich and the poor. 15. An Inflationary Gap Is What? A) Laws that reduce inflation and decrease GDP. B) Output is high and unemployment is less than the natural rate of unemployment. C) A gap with higher prices and a decrease in GDP. D) Laws that reduce unemployment and increase GDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Output is high and unemployment is less than the natural rate of unemployment. 16. Suppose people's expectation of inflation goes down over time. Holding everything else constant, how would this change the position of the aggregate supply (AS) curve? A) The curve will shift down, but not to the right or left. B) The entire curve will shift to the left. C) The curve will shift up, but not to the right or left. D) The entire curve will shift to the right. E) The AS curve would not shift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The curve will shift down, but not to the right or left. 17. CPI for year one was 100 and the CPI for year two was 102, you could conclude there was ..... inflation in that country. A) 7%. B) 15%. C) 2%. D) 20%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2%. 18. Monetary base (B) = A) Currency (C) + Reserves (R). B) Currency (C) + Demand (D). C) Currency (C)-Reserves (R). D) Currency (C)-Demand (D). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Currency (C) + Reserves (R). 19. Households' decision to buy less rice reduced the profit of rice farmers. Which branch of economics covers the Households' decision? A) Microeconomics. B) Macroeconomics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microeconomics. 20. Assigning workers one task that is to be performed repeatedly is referred to as A) Productivity. B) A cottage industry. C) A division of labor. D) Specialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Specialization. 21. Suppose the government increases the amount of money it spends. This is an example of which of these? A) Using fiscal policy to stimulate the economy. B) Using monetary policy to stimulate the economy. C) Using monetary policy to slow down the economy. D) Using fiscal policy to decrease inflation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using fiscal policy to stimulate the economy. 22. Economic independence or self-sufficiency A) Winning. B) Autarky. C) Command economy. D) Capitalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autarky. 23. Which of the following typically occurs during an expansionary phase of a business cycle? A) The price level decreases. B) Employment increases. C) Government transfer payments increase. D) Income taxes decrease. E) Nominal interest rates decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Employment increases. 24. Suppose that in the medium run most people decrease their expectations about inflation. What change would we expect to occur in the AD/AS model? A) The AS curve would shift downwards. B) The AD curve would shift upwards. C) The AS curve would shift upwards. D) No change would occur. E) The AD curve would shift downwards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The AS curve would shift downwards. 25. Which of the following would most likely be the immediate result if the United States increased tariffs on most foreign goods? A) The United States standard of living would be higher. B) More foreign goods would be purchased by Americans. C) Prices of domestic goods would increase. D) Large numbers of United States workers would be laid off. E) The value of the United States dollar would decrease against foreign currencies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prices of domestic goods would increase. 26. The HIGHEST Point in business cycle A) Trough. B) Peak. C) Recession. D) Contraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peak. 27. Which of the following contributes to economic development? A) Low saving and investment rates. B) A command socialist economic system. C) Investment in infrastructure. D) Complete absence of government involvement. E) High rates of absenteeism at the workplace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Investment in infrastructure. 28. The resources such as labor material, and machinery that are used to produce good and services; also called factor of production A) Law of demand. B) Inputs. C) Outputs. D) Factors of production. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inputs. 29. The government sources of revenue and plans of expenditure for an year is known as ..... A) Fiscal policy. B) Revenue plan. C) Expenditure plan. D) Budget. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Budget. 30. Which of the following would be INCLUDED when calculating the GDP for the U.S.? A) Toys that Wal-Mart has imported from their factories in China. B) A used car bought from Frontier Motors. 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