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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A The labor force to increase because the overall population of the country should increase because of immigration.
B The labor force to stay the same because the labor market is in equilibrium at that point.
C The labor force to increase as previously discouraged workers re-entered the labor force.
D The labor force to decrease as previously discouraged workers choose to remain unemployed.
E The labor force to increase because the overall population of the country should shrink.
Question #2
A The dynamic rate of decline
B the percentage of people in the economy who are not working.
C the percentage of people in the economy who are willing and able to work but cannot find jobs.
D the percentage of the employed people in the economy that become unemployed each month.
E the percentage of people in the economy who are willing and able to work full-time but cannot find full-time jobs.
Question #3
A Full employment
B Fortified unemployment
C Structural unemployment
D Frictional unemployment
E Cyclical Unemployment
Question #4
A Keynesian fiscal and monetary policies, where overall demand in the economy is managed.
B Classical fiscal policies where laissez-faire policies are implemented. This can lead to business cycles being dampened and smoothed.
C The fact that the economy has hit a long-term equilibrium point.
D The fact that secular growth trends have generally increased since World War II.
E Increased trade between Europe and the United States after World War II.
Question #5
A A recession
B A structural stagnation
C Keynesianism
D A business cycle
E Equilibrium
Question #6
A Before it hits the trough or bottom of the business cycle.
B Moves past the trough and moves in an upward trajectory.
C Is in between the recessionary expansions.
D Hits the peak of the business cycle.
E Hits an equilibrium point.
Question #7
A India
B The United States
C Germany
D China
Question #8
A The differences in amount of exports that both countries produce. Exports can have a large determining impact on overall living standards.
B The differences in savings rates between the two countries caused this disparity. The long-term growth of an economy is dependent on savings from its citizens.
C The difference in the consumption patterns between the two nations.
D The differences in growth rates in the economy, and the large impact that compound growth can have over long time periods.
E Compound growth and its tendency to create very small differences in living standards.
Question #9
A Savings per capita, which is savings divided by the population.
B The productive capacity of the economy, which is measured by total investment.
C The long-term secular growth trend, as opposed to cyclical growth trends.
D Per capita output, which is output divided by the population.
Question #10
A Creating incentives for for workers to enter the labor force.
B Sustaining adequate aggregate demand to prevent high rates of unemployment.
C Increasing business confidence, so that businesses create jobs.
D Creating incentives for businesses to increase rates of investment.
Question #11
A It is referring to a period in an economy where inflation is high and the economy is simultaneously in a recession.
B It is referring to a period in an economy where inflation is low and the economy is simultaneously in a recession.
C It is referring to a period in an economy where inflation is high and the economy is simultaneously simultaneously growing rapidly.
D It is referring to a period in an economy where unemployment is high and the economy is simultaneously in a recession.
Question #12
A Firms are likely to reduce prices if there is an oversupply of goods.
B Workers are likely to resist cuts in their nominal wages.
C Workers are likely to accept cuts in their nominal wages in order to reduce unemployment.
D Firms can reduce prices to reach a market equilibrium.
Question #13
A An increase in the rates of return on investments.
B Decreased confidence by firms due to excessively low wages.
C Unions, which cause wages to be higher than the market equilibrium wages.
D A decrease in the productive capacity of the economy.
Question #14
A Creating incentive plans to increase the size of the labor force
B Increasing the overall productive capacity of the economy
C Secular growth trends
D Unemployment