Masaryk University - Brno
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Lipová 507/41a, Pisárky, Brno
BPE_MAC1 Macroeconomics 1 – Spring Semester 2011
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Tutorial Session 5 - 25.03.2011, 10:15-11:00 a.m.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. In order for something to function well as a medium of exchange, it must be
a. issued by a central government.
b. readily and widely accepted in trade.
c. backed by a valuable commodity.
d. All of the above are correct.
____ 2. If a society chooses to use fiat money, it
a. must guarantee the convertibility of its currency into gold.
b. give its central bank independence.
c. cannot make use of a banking system.
d. must have a mechanism for regulating the quantity of money in the economy.
____ 3. Roberto won a lottery prize of €1 million. He put the money in the bank to save it for his daughter's
university education. For Roberto, money was functioning primarily as a
a. unit of account.
b. store of value.
c. means of payment.
d. type of short-term loan.
____ 4. Which one of the following is not included in the M1 money stock?
a. Deposits with maturity up to two years.
b. Overnight deposits.
c. Currency in circulation.
d. None of the above - they are all included in M1.
____ 5. The interest rate at which the central bank lends on a short-term basis to the banking system is the
a. bank funding rate.
b. refinancing rate.
c. reserve requirement.
d. prime rate.
____ 6. The price level that equates the quantity of money demanded with the quantity of money supplied is
called the
a. equilibrium price level.
b. natural price level.
c. relative price level.
d. commodity price level.
____ 7. According to the equation of exchange, the quantity of money multiplied by the velocity of money equals
a. nominal GDP.
b. real GDP.
c. inflation-adjusted total output in the economy.
d. the number of times each unit of money is spent on goods and services.
Masaryk University - Brno, Department of Economics - Faculty of Economics and Administration
Lipová 507/41a, Pisárky, Brno
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____ 8. In the quantity theory of money
a. prices are rigid.
b. both velocity of money and real output are variable.
c. changes in the money supply cause changes in velocity of money.
d. the velocity of money is assumed to be constant.
____ 9. The irrelevance of monetary changes for real variables is called
a. the classical dichotomy.
b. the equation of exchange.
c. monetary neutrality.
d. hyperinflation.
____ 10. Hyperinflation occurs because governments want to __________ spending but they ignore the fact that
increasing the money supply will __________.
a. decrease, require greater government spending
b. increase, also increase the price level
c. increase, put upward pressure on interest rates
d. decrease, put downward pressure on interest rates
ID: A
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Tutorial Session 5 - 25.03.2011, 10:15-11:00 a.m.
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: B
readily and widely accepted in trade.
PTS: 1
2. ANS: D
must have a mechanism for regulating the quantity of money in the economy.
PTS: 1
3. ANS: B
store of value.
PTS: 1
4. ANS: A
Deposits with maturity up to two years.
PTS: 1
5. ANS: B
refinancing rate.
PTS: 1
6. ANS: A
equilibrium price level.
PTS: 1
7. ANS: A
nominal GDP.
PTS: 1
8. ANS: D
the velocity of money is assumed to be constant.
PTS: 1
9. ANS: C
monetary neutrality.
PTS: 1
10. ANS: B
increase, also increase the price level
PTS: 1