This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Economics > Macroeconomics > Macroeconomics – Quiz 97 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Macroeconomics Quiz 97 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One of the major assumptions of the classical economist school is ..... A) Lack of aggregate demand causes involuntary unemployment. B) Government's fiscal operations can reduce unemployment. C) Unemployment and inflation exist together. D) Economy will be in full employment equilibrium in the long run. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economy will be in full employment equilibrium in the long run. 2. The concept of the "invisible hand" only applies to a very small part of the free market. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Text book purchased by a students. A) Intermediate goods. B) Final Goods. C) None of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Final Goods. 4. The ..... is the fraction of bank deposits that a bank holds as reserves. A) Reserve Ratio. B) Bank Reserves. C) Reserve Requirements. D) Required Reserve Ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reserve Ratio. 5. Monetary policy is BEST described as ..... A) Benefits received by employees in addition to wages and salaries. B) Actions by the Federal Reserve System to expand or contract the money supply. C) A system that relies on supply and demand to determine the value of one currency to another. D) Actions by the federal government to use spending and revenue collection to influence the economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actions by the Federal Reserve System to expand or contract the money supply. 6. T/F:Inflation is defined as an increase in general price level of all goods and services. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. In early America, a traditional market structure existed when A) Merchants purchased goods from England. B) Farmers sold produce in markets in towns. C) People bartered goods they produced for goods they needed. D) People set up guilds to regulate specific industries, like masons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People bartered goods they produced for goods they needed. 8. Which of the following is true if the economy is producing at the full-employment level of output? A) The balance of trade is in equilibrium. B) The unemployment rate is zero. C) There is frictional unemployment. D) The government's budget is balanced. E) No person is receiving unemployment compensation from the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is frictional unemployment. 9. GDP includes goods and services ..... A) That are intermediate in nature. B) At a moment in time because GDP is a stock variable. C) Produced by citizens or firms of a country regardless of where. D) Produced even if they are not sold in the marketplace. E) And it is NOT accurately described by any of these statements. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) And it is NOT accurately described by any of these statements. 10. Total spending in the economy is most likely to increase by the largest amount if which of the following occur to government spending and taxes? Taxes (1)-Government Spending (2) A) Decrease-(2) Increase. B) Increase-(2) Decrease. C) Increase-(2) Increase. D) No change-(2) Increase. E) Decrease-(2) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decrease-(2) Increase. 11. Fiscal policy refers to what power of the federal government? A) Controlling credit. B) Printing money. C) Regulating interstate commerce. D) Taxing and spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taxing and spending. 12. A yard and lawn landscaper requires enough mechanical skill or training to run a lawn mower. This type of job falls under the category of ..... A) Semi-skilled labor. B) Skilled labor. C) Professional labor. D) Unskilled labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semi-skilled labor. 13. These are actions by the Federal Reserve to manage the money supply. A) Proportional tax. B) Monetary policy. C) Fiscal policy. D) Regressive tax. E) Progressive tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monetary policy. 14. How does operating at a deficit impact future federal budgets? A) It increases the amount of interest owed. B) It decreases the amount of future interest owed. C) It increases the amount of taxes owed by citizens. D) It increases the amount of money needed for healthcare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It increases the amount of interest owed. 15. Who is considered as father of modern macroeconomics? A) Prof. J. M. Keynes. B) Prof. J. N. Keynes. C) Adam Smith. D) Alfred Marshal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prof. J. M. Keynes. 16. Inflation which is considered to be the "greases the wheels" of labor markets is..... A) 2% per year. B) 20% per year. C) 200% per year. D) All wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2% per year. 17. In the United States, a healthy economy should have an unemployment rate of 4-6%. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 18. Who controls fiscal policy? A) Federal Income Tax. B) The Federal Reserve. C) The FBI. D) The Federal Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Federal Government. 19. If the supply and demand curves intersect at a price of $ 20 then any price above that would result in a(n): A) Shortage. B) Equilibrium. C) Increase in demand. D) Surplus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surplus. 20. The key word "transaction" describes with which role of money? A) Unit of account. B) Medium of exchange. C) Store of value. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medium of exchange. 21. Bobby earns 23, 258.45 pesos per month. He has a total monthly contribution or 857.50 pesos to SSS, pag-ibig, and PhilHealth. How much is his Taxable income? A) 3, 762.28. B) 268, 811.40. C) 3, 726.28. D) 267, 811.40. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 268, 811.40. 22. In the long run, a sustained increase in growth of the money supply relative to the growth rate of potential real output will most likely A) Cause the nominal interest rate to fall. B) Cause the real interest rate to fall. C) Reduce the natural rate of unemployment. D) Increase real output growth. E) Do none of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increase real output growth. 23. Which one of the following is a correct statement? A) Fiscal policy can be used to affect the pattern of economic activity. B) The Bank of England is responsible for fiscal policy. C) Fiscal policy is only used to affect the demand side of the economy. D) The government uses fiscal policy to control the exchange rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiscal policy can be used to affect the pattern of economic activity. 24. The rule of 70 indicates that a 6% annual increase in the potential level of real GDP would lead to the potential output doubling in about ..... years. A) 12. B) 30. C) 24. D) 6. E) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12. 25. TRUE or FALSE:Suppose that logging on a hillside above a town has exposed the town to the threat of flooding. A flood would cause $ 10 million in damage to the town but they decide to build a small dam for $ 2 million. Using the maintenance cost approach, the value of the flood-prevention environmental services provided by the trees that were logged is $ 2 million. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 26. Improving the standard of living and overall production from quarter to quarter, year to year and generation to generation in the economy is the focus of economic A) Equity. B) Freedom. C) Equality. D) Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Growth. 27. A demand for a product or resource because of its contribution to the final product. Workers with higher productivity tend to earn higher wages. A) Derived Demand. B) Wages. C) Derived Supply. D) Human Capital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derived Demand. 28. Which of the following is NOT the objective of macroeconomics from the ISlamic point of view? A) Universal education. B) Social justice. C) Favourable balance of payment. D) Economic growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Favourable balance of payment. 29. Europe and North America enter a period of recovery from a recession. Other things remaining the same, the impact on the UK economy is most likely to be A) An increase in structural unemployment. B) A reduction in cyclical unemployment. C) A reduction in UK economic growth. D) An increase in the current account deficit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A reduction in cyclical unemployment. 30. WHO BENEFITS AND WHO LOSES WHEN UNEXPECTED INFLATION OCCURS? A) Creditors benefit; debtors lose. B) Creditors lose; debtors benefit. 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