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1
An effect of inflation
people on fixed incomes have decreased purchasing power
consumers, bus. & govts buy more goods than can produce
people speculate heavily to take advantage of rising prices
cost of a raw material, such as oil, unexpectedly increases
2
You graduated from COLLEGE and are currently looking for your 1st job. You are ___ unemployed.
Structurally (structural)
Not Counted as Unemployed
Frictionally (frictional)
Cyclically (cyclical)
3
Which phase of the business cycle would the economy experience its lowest rate of unemployment?
depression
peak
recession
trough
4
Which of the following would be counted in this year's GDP?
buying stocks
fixing my own car
the purchase of a used car
the sale of a new house
5
advance in producing capital goods shown by shift the production possibilities curve from AB to
AF
CD
GH
EB
6
Which component of GDP can be a negative number?
net migration
investment spending
consumer spending
net exports
7
C + I + G + (X-M) - which letter represents the largest sector of the macroeconomy
I
C
X
G
8
When calculating GDP, the purchase of a new business office is counted as
goverment
net export
investment
consumption
9
Which order shows the major market structures from most competitive to least competitive:
pure/perfect, monopolistic, oligopoly, monoply
pure/perfect, monoply, oligopoly, monopolistic competition
pure/perfect, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, monoply
pure/perfect, monopolistic competition, monoply, oligopoly
10
Retail profits fell leading to the termination of a part-time cashier. Cashier is _ unemployed.
Cyclically (cyclical)
Frictionally (frictional)
Structurally (structural)
Not Counted as Unemployed
11
There are always workers who are in the process of changing jobs, so there is always some ____
frictional unemployment
structural unemployment
technological unemployment
cyclical unemployment
12
If intermediate goods and services were included in GDP:
GDP would be understated.
GDP would be overstated.
GDP would have to be deflated for changes in price level.
nominal GDP would exceed real GDP.
13
When Coca-Cola buys a shipment their secret ingredient it is considered to be
an intermediate product.
a final sale.
a secondhand item.
a nonmarket transaction.
14
GDP expressed in constant—or unadjusted for inflation—prices could also be referred to as
Aggregate Supply
Real GDP
Nominal GDP
Aggregate Demand
15
A business fires 75% of their employees in '08 b/c of recession. Employees are ___ unemployed.
Structurally (structural)
Cyclically (cyclical)
Not Counted as Unemployed
Frictionally (frictional)
16
What's the effect of an increase in automobile worker wages on the market for automobiles?
supply decrease, demand increases
supply increases, demand decreases
supply & demand increase
supply & demand decrease
17
Toll-booth cashier becomes unemployed when a machine does his job better. He is ___ unemployed.
Frictionally (frictional)
Cyclically (cyclical)
Not Counted as Unemployed
Structurally (structural)
18
Economists like to convert statistical series to real terms (i.e. real GDP) b/c the adjustment
removes the distortions caused by inflation.
is easy to do.
makes the statistical series seem to grow faster.
removes the problem of unemployment.
19
Choose the correct letter on the graph that represents a recession.
Z
X
Y
W
20
To be counted in the civilian labor force, a person must be
employed or looking for work, and age 16 and over.
already employed and between the ages of 16 and 65.
male and more than 18 years old.
female and a member of the military
21
Inflation that occurs because the price of essential raw materials or wages has incr. is called
price drop inflation
cost-push inflation
demand-pull inflation
deflation
22
During periods of unexpected inflation, people who previously borrowed:
lose to lenders, who become more eager to make loans.
should repay loans as quickly as possible.
gain because they repay loans with cheaper dollars.
lose-they repay loans after higher prices erode real income.
23
Employment figures understate the extent of unemployment because they include
homemakers without income.
students in secondary schools.
retirees on pensions.
part-time jobs at minimum wage.
24
Index of avg level of prices for approx. 90,000 goods and services in the economy is the ___
consumer price index.
implicit GDP price deflator.
current GDP.
producer price index.
25
Which line represents the flow of goods & services?
1
4
3
2
26
The market value of all final goods & services produced in a country in a given period of time.
Gross National Product
Gross Production Ratio
Gross Dollar Prices
Gross Domestic Product
27
A person who cleans their own house takes part in
the underground economy
reducing GDP
stimulating GDP
nonmarket transaction