Name: __________________________ Date: _____________


1.
The statistic used by economists to measure the value of economic output is:
A.
the CPI.
B.
GDP.
C.
the GDP deflator.
D.
the unemployment rate.


2.
A fixed-weight price index like the CPI ______ the change in the cost of living because it ______ take into account that people can substitute less expensive goods for ones that have become more expensive.
A.
underestimates; does not
B.
overestimates; does
C.
accurately estimates; does
D.
overestimates; does not


3.
When bread is baked but put away for later sale, this is called:
A.
waste.
B.
saving.
C.
fixed investment.
D.
investment in inventory.


4.
The circular flow model shows that households use income for:
A.
consumption, saving, and factor payments.
B.
consumption, taxes, and factor payments.
C.
taxes, saving, and factor payments.
D.
consumption, taxes, and saving.


5.
The real wage is the return to labour measured in:
A.
Euros.
B.
units of output.
C.
units of labour.
D.
units of capital.


6.
If domestic saving is less than domestic investment, then net exports are ______ and net capital outflows are ______.
A.
positive; positive
B.
positive; negative
C.
negative; negative
D.
negative; positive


7.
If a French corporation purchases a product made in the U.S. and the American producer uses the proceeds to purchase a French government bond, then French net exports ______ and net capital outflows ______.
A.
increase; increase
B.
increase; decrease
C.
decrease; increase
D.
decrease; decrease


8.
If the steady-state rate of unemployment equals 0.125 and the fraction of unemployed workers who find jobs each month (the rate of job findings) is 0.56, then the fraction of employed workers who lose their jobs each month (the rate of job separations) must be:
A.
0.08.
B.
0.125.
C.
0.22.
D.
0.435.


9.
Unemployment insurance increases the amount of frictional unemployment by:
A.
making workers more frantic in their search for new jobs.
B.
inducing workers to accept the first job offer that they receive.
C.
making employers more reluctant to lay off workers.
D.
softening the economic hardship of unemployment.


10.
The Solow growth model describes:
A.
how output is determined at a point in time.
B.
how output is determined with fixed amounts of capital and labour.
C.
how saving, population growth, and technological change affect output over time.
D.
the static allocation, production, and distribution of the economy's output.


11.
In the steady state, the capital stock does not change because investment equals:
A.
output per worker.
B.
the marginal product of capital.
C.
depreciation.
D.
consumption.


12.
In the Solow model with technological change, the Golden Rule level of capital is the steady state that maximizes:
A.
output per worker.
B.
output per effective worker.
C.
consumption per worker.
D.
consumption per effective worker.


13.
The analysis in Chapter 8 of the current capital stock in the United Kingdom versus the Golden Rule level of capital stock shows that the capital stock in the United Kingdom is:
A.
well above the Golden Rule level.
B.
about equal to the Golden Rule level.
C.
well below the Golden Rule level.
D.
slightly above the Golden Rule level.


14.
Planned expenditure is a function of:
A.
planned investment.
B.
planned government spending and taxes.
C.
planned investment, government spending and taxes.
D.
national income and planned investment, government spending and taxes.


15.
The government-purchases multiplier indicates how much ______ change(s) in response to a 1€ change in government purchases.
A.
the budget deficit
B.
consumption
C.
income
D.
real balances


16.
If MPC = 0.75 (and there are no income taxes) when G increases by 100, then the IS curve for any given interest rate shifts to the right by:
A.
100.
B.
200.
C.
300.
D.
400.


17.
If the money supply increases, then in the IS-LM analysis the ______ curve shifts to the ______.
A.
LM; left
B.
LM; right
C.
IS; left
D.
IS; right


18.
If short-run equilibrium in the Mundell-Fleming model is represented by a graph with Y along the horizontal axis and the exchange rate along the vertical axis, then the LM* curve:
A.
slopes upward and to the right because at a higher income a higher interest rate is needed to increase velocity.
B.
is vertical because monetary velocity is independent of the interest rate.
C.
is vertical because the exchange rate does not enter into the LM* equation.
D.
slopes upward and to the right because a higher exchange rate leads to a higher income.


19.
In a small open economy with a floating exchange rate, the supply of real money balances is fixed and a rise in government spending:
A.
raises the interest rate, so that income must rise to maintain equilibrium in the money market.
B.
raises the interest rate so that net exports must fall to maintain equilibrium in the goods market.
C.
cannot change the interest rate so that net exports must fall to maintain equilibrium in the goods market.
D.
cannot change the interest rate so income must rise to maintain equilibrium in the money market.


20.
The imperfect-information model bases the difference in the short-run and long-run aggregate supply curve on:
A.
sticky wages.
B.
sticky prices.
C.
temporary misperceptions about prices.
D.
procyclical real wages.


21.
After examining international data, the economist Robert Lucas found that aggregate demand has the biggest effect on output in countries where aggregate demand:
A.
and prices are most stable.
B.
and prices are most variable.
C.
is most stable but prices are most variable.
D.
is most variable but prices are most stable.


22.
The underground economy:
A.
is included in the latest GDP accounts.
B.
includes only illegal activities.
C.
includes domestic workers for whom National Insurance contributions is not collected.
D.
excludes the illegal drug trade.


23.
In a closed economy, the components of GDP are:
A.
consumption, investment, government purchases, and exports.
B.
consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports.
C.
consumption, investment, and government purchases.
D.
consumption and investment.


24.
Assume that the consumption function is given by C = 150 + 0.85(Y - T), the tax function is given by T = t0 + t1Y, and Y is 5,000. If t1 decreases from 0.3 to 0.2, then consumption increases by:
A.
85.
B.
425.
C.
500.
D.
525.


25.
Real money balances equal the:
A.
sum of coin, currency, and balances in current accounts.
B.
amount of money expressed in terms of the quantity of goods and services it can purchase.
C.
number of Euros used as a medium of exchange.
D.
quantity of money created by the European Central Bank or Bank of England.


26.
If velocity is constant and, in addition, the factors of production and the production function determine real GDP, then:
A.
the price level is proportional to the money supply.
B.
real GDP is proportional to the money supply.
C.
the price level is fixed.
D.
nominal GDP is fixed.


27.
If the real exchange rate is high, foreign goods:
A.
and domestic goods are both relatively expensive.
B.
and domestic goods are both relatively cheap.
C.
are relatively expensive and domestic goods are relatively cheap.
D.
are relatively cheap and domestic goods are relatively expensive.


28.
In a small open economy, starting from a position of balanced trade, if the government increases the income tax, this produces a tendency toward a trade ______ and ______ net capital outflow.
A.
deficit; negative
B.
surplus; positive
C.
deficit; positive
D.
surplus; negative


29.
If the per-worker production function is given by y = k1/2, the saving ratio is 0.3, and the depreciation rate is 0.1, then the steady-state ratio of capital to labour is:
A.
1.
B.
2.
C.
4.
D.
9.


30.
Examination of recent data for many countries shows that countries with high saving rates generally have high levels of output per person because:
A.
high saving rates mean permanently higher growth rates of output.
B.
high saving rates lead to high levels of capital per worker.
C.
countries with high levels of output per worker can afford to save a lot.
D.
countries with large amounts of natural resources have both high output levels and high saving rates.


31.
If productivity growth in the United Kingdom had remained at its level before the recent productivity slowdown, real income today would be more than ______ per cent higher.
A.
10
B.
20
C.
30
D.
40


32.
In the two-sector endogenous growth model, the saving rate (s) affects the steady-state:
A.
level of income.
B.
growth rate of income.
C.
level of income and growth rate of income.
D.
growth rate of the stock of knowledge.


33.
The simple investment function shows that investment ______ as ______ increases.
A.
decreases; the interest rate
B.
increases; the interest rate
C.
decreases; government spending
D.
increases; government spending


34.
Economists based their prediction that secular stagnation would occur as economies prospered on the conjecture that:
A.
the marginal propensity to consume is greater than zero.
B.
the marginal propensity to consume is less than one.
C.
the average propensity to consume falls as income rises.
D.
income is the primary determinant of consumption.


35.
When the consumer has chosen his or her optimal values of first-period and second-period consumption, the marginal rate of substitution equals:
A.
1 plus the interest rate r.
B.
1 minus the interest rate r.
C.
1 divided by the interest rate r.
D.
the interest rate r.


36.
In a system with fractional-reserve banking:
A.
all banks must hold reserves equal to a fraction of their loans.
B.
no banks can make loans.
C.
the banking system completely controls the size of the money supply.
D.
all banks must hold reserves equal to a fraction of their deposits.


37.
The reserve-deposit ratio is determined by:
A.
the central bank .
B.
business policies of banks and the laws regulating banks.
C.
preferences of households about the form of money they wish to hold.
D.
the organisation that manages deposit insurance.


38.
The Phillips curve depends on all of the following forces except:
A.
the current exchange rate.
B.
expected inflation.
C.
the deviation of unemployment from its natural rate.
D.
supply shocks.


39.
The assumption of adaptive expectations for inflation means that people will form their expectations of inflation by:
A.
taking all information into account using the best economic model available.
B.
asking the opinions of experts.
C.
basing their opinions on recently observed inflation.
D.
flipping a coin.


40.
The rate of inflation is the:
A.
median level of prices.
B.
average level of prices.
C.
percentage change in the level of prices.
D.
measure of the overall level of prices.


Answer Key

1. B
2. D
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. A
9. D
10. C
11. C
12. D
13. C
14. D
15. C
16. D
17. B
18. C
19. C
20. C
21. A
22. C
23. B
24. B
25. B
26. A
27. D
28. B
29. D
30. B
31. B
32. A
33. A
34. C
35. A
36. D
37. B
38. A
39. C
40. C