This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Economics > Macroeconomics > Macroeconomics – Quiz 95 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macroeconomics Quiz 95 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The interest rate that banks charge their best customers. A) Reserve requirement. B) Monetary policy. C) Check clearing. D) Prime rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) Overstates the true unemployment rate. B) Doubles the unemployment rate. C) Understates the true unemployment rate. D) Correctly measures the true unemployment rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) Recession. C) Bust/Trough/Slump. 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) Saving is zero. C) Income is positive. 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 inflation. D) An increase in the rate of economic growth. 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) Gift tax. B) Sales tax. C) Property tax. D) Estate tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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 discount rate. B) Increase the supply of money. C) Increase the interest rate. D) Decrease the reserve requirement. E) Decrease the number of Federal Reserve notes in circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Seasonal. B) Cyclical. C) Frictional. D) Structural. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) Company Union. B) Industrial Union. C) Trade Union. D) Craft 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) Reaganomics. B) Keynesian Economics. C) Classical Economics. D) Supply Side Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keynesian Economics. 21. GNP(MP) = GDP(MP) + ..... : A) Subsidy. B) Depreciation. C) NFIA. D) Indirect taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NFIA. 22. True or False:Defense spending is higher now than ever. A) True. B) False . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False . 23. Recessionary Gap A) Output is low and unemployment is more than NRU. Actual GDP is below potential GDP. B) Laws that reduce inflation, decrease GDP (Close an Inflationary Gap)-G or + taxes (-C). C) Output is high and unemployment is less than NRU. Actual GDP is above potential GDP. D) A gap with higher prices and a decrease in GDP. E) Laws that reduce unemployment and increase GDP (Close a Recessionary Gap) + G or-taxes (+C). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Output is low and unemployment is more than NRU. Actual GDP is below potential GDP. 24. There is a ..... relationship between MPS and investment multiplier. A) Positive. B) Inverse. C) Direct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inverse. 25. Which of the following will most likely lead to a decrease in the federal government budget deficit? I. An increase in taxes; II. A decrease in federal government spending; III. A decrease in interest rates A) I only. B) II only. C) III only. D) I and III only. E) I, II, and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) I, II, and III. 26. In order for money to have value, it must have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT A) Plentiful availability. B) Divisibility. C) Durability. D) Portability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plentiful availability. 27. The Bank of Indonesia sells bonds/SBI to decrease the money supply. What type of policy is this? A) Contractionary Monetary Policy. B) Contractionary Fiscal Policy. C) Expansionary Fiscal Policy. D) Expansionary Monetary Policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contractionary Monetary Policy. 28. When people can't find a job because the economy is not doing well due to a recession, this is called? A) Frictional Unemployment. B) Structural Unemployment. C) Cyclical Unemployment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cyclical Unemployment. 29. Which of the following are an example a country reaching its macroeconomic goals? A) The value of the Japanese Yen has declined, causing prices to rise in Japan. B) Canada's unemployment rate reached 15% last year. C) Inflation in Russia has changed dramatically since last year. D) Germany's GDP has increased annually by at least 3% for the past 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Germany's GDP has increased annually by at least 3% for the past 3 years. 30. What is the scoring breakdown for the AP Micro exam? A) MC = 1/2; FRQ = 1/2. B) MC = 1/3; FRQ = 2/3. C) MC = 2/3; FRQ = 1/3. D) MC = 1/4; FRQ = 3/4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MC = 2/3; FRQ = 1/3. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEconomics QuizzesFinance QuizzesMacroeconomics Quiz 1Macroeconomics Quiz 2Macroeconomics Quiz 3Macroeconomics Quiz 4Macroeconomics Quiz 5Macroeconomics Quiz 6Macroeconomics Quiz 7Macroeconomics Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books