Midterm Exam

A  AD; left

B  AS; right

C  AS; left

D  AD; right

A  flatter top portion of AD curve

B  downward sloping AD curve

C  longer distance to equilibrium point

D  shorter distance to equilibrium point

A  foreign price effect; discouraging; encouraging

B  employment effect; discouraging; encouraging

C  interest rate effect; encouraging; discouraging

D  wealth effect; encouraging; discouraging

A  government borrowing will increase sharply.

B  the rise in domestic investment will mean a higher trade surplus.

C  the trade deficit will decline sharply.

D  the rise in domestic investment will mean a higher trade deficit.

A  foreign aid supplied; be lower than the quantity of domestic aid demanded

B  foreign capital imports; less than the supply of domestic capital available

C  financial capital supplied; equal the quantity of capital financial demanded

D  foreign financial capital imports; equal to supply of domestic capital available

A  current trade balance; foreign aid announced by the government.

B  current trade balance; finance, law, and software product design.

C  current account balance; goods, services, international income flows, and foreign aid.

D  current account balance; telecommunications, computers, finance, law, and advertising.

A  surplus of $1300

B  deficit of $1300

C  deficit of $300

D  surplus of $300

A  a trade surplus exists if there is a net inflow of capital excluding foreign borrowing and lending

B  a trade surplus exists if there is a net outflow of capital excluding foreign borrowing and lending

C  a trade surplus means that there is a net outflow of capital

D  a trade surplus means that there is a net inflow of capital

A  38.58%

B  151.48%

C  18.34%

D  70.61%

A  wage protection clauses

B  inflation ceiling guarantees

C  cost of living adjustments

D  inflation protection plans

A  recreation

B  transportation and insurance

C  apparel and accessories

D  entertainment

A  ongoing decrease

B  ongoing rise

C  short term decrease

D  short term rise

A  COLA plus 2.2%

B  COLA plus 1.6%

C  COLA plus 1.9%

D  COLA plus 2.4%

A  20.2 %.

B  16.8%.

C  11%.

D  14.4%.

A  seasonal unemployment

B  cyclical employment

C  cyclical unemployment

D  frictional unemployment

A  It would fall.

B  It would change, but the effect cannot be predicted.

C  It would increase.

D  It would not change.

A  business activity in the macroeconomy declines.

B  the agriculture sector completes the cycle of planting, cultivating, and harvesting the nation’s food supply.

C  the business cycle enters an expansionary phase.

D  labor unions strike for higher wages.

A  10%

B  1%

C  20%

D  5%

A  5.3%.

B  5.6%.

C  7.1%

D  6.0%.

A  people falsely claim that they are actively seeking work in order to receive unemployment benefits.

B  either B) or C) occurs.

C  many people who claim to be unemployed actually work in the underground economy.

D  many part-time employees would like to work fulltime, but are unable to get the additional work.

A  the productivity of labor declines

B  taxes are imposed on investment in capital.

C  more resources are allocated to consumption goods.

D  it devotes more resources to research and development.

A  technological change

B  the quality of available resources

C  the quantity of available resources

D  the level of government spending

A  6.2 billion

B  2.6 billion

C  260 million

D  5 billion

A  double

B  triple

C  one-half

D  one-fourth

A  a production function

B  an aggregate production function

C  human capital

D  physical capital

A  increase welfare payments to the poor.

B  promote economic growth.

C  increase the tax deduction for child dependents.

D  use less capital and more labor in the production process.

A  10%

B  1%

C  0.5%

D  20%

A  expansion, peak, recession, trough

B  expansion, trough, recession, peak

C  trough, expansion, recession, peak

D  contraction, recession, expansion, boom

A  the value of goods produced domestically and sold abroad.

B  the value of final goods and services produced, but not sold, during a period.

C  the value of intermediate goods sold during a period.

D  the value of services rendered during a period.

A  the amount spent on purchases of art.

B  the amount spent on stocks and bonds.

C  the amount spent on consumer goods that last more than one year.

D  the amount spent on new factories and machinery.

A  During the contractionary phase of the business cycle, the rate of unemployment is generally quite low.

B  A depression is a recession that is mild and relatively brief.

C  The expansions and contractions of real world business cycles last varying lengths of time and often differ in magnitude.

D  The timing of business fluctuations is regular and therefore easily predictable.

A  a crisp $50 bill received on your birthday

B  cash income received by a self-employed landscaper that is not reported to the IRS

C  the university tuition paid to enroll in a course

D  sales revenue received from a yard sale

A  NNP; GNP

B  GNP; NNP

C  NNP; GDP

D  GDP; NNP

A  quantity supplied, quantity demanded

B  quantity demanded, price

C  price, quantity supplied

D  price, quantity demanded

A  no change; only the supply curve for beef is likely to be affected.

B  a shift of the demand curve for beef to the left.

C  a movement down along the demand curve for beef to the right.

D  a shift of the demand curve for beef to the right.

A  would like to have if the good were free.

B  will buy at various prices.

C  need to achieve a minimum standard of living.

D  will buy at alternative income levels.

A  utility

B  scarcity

C  allocative efficiency

D  the production possibilities frontier

A  an increase in the production of capital goods

B  a decrease in the average number of hours worked per week as the labor force chooses to enjoy more leisure time

C  an increase in the number of hours factories are in use

D  technological progress

A  can be objectively determined only by economists.

B  can be determined by adding up the bills incurred as a result of the action.

C  is a subjective valuation that can be determined only by the individual who chooses the action.

D  can be determined by considering both the benefits that flow from as well as the monetary costs incurred as a result of the action.

A  measuring all of the costs of a meal against all of the benefits when deciding whether to order a second milkshake

B  acquiring the information relevant to a choice before making that choice

C  deciding to never purchase a coat made with animal skins or furs

D  choosing to spend one more hour studying economics because you think the improvement in your score on the next quiz will be worth the sacrifice of time.

A  at the current market price, consumers are willing to purchase more of a good than suppliers are willing to produce.

B  consumers are too poor to afford the goods and services available.

C  consumers would be willing to purchase the same quantity of a good at a higher price.

D  it is impossible to completely fulfill the unlimited human desire for goods and services with the limited resources available.

A  is concerned with the expansion of a small business into a large corporation.

B  is narrower in scope than microeconomics.

C  is concerned with the expansion and contraction of the overall economy.

D  analyzes mergers and acquisitions between firms.

A  labor market

B  savings market

C  financial investment market

D  financial capital market

A  business

B  capital market

C  government

D  household

A  Division of labor

B  Skill

C  Economies of scale

D  Specialization

A  macroeconomics is concerned with generalization while microeconomics is concerned with specialization.

B  microeconomics looks at the forest (aggregate markets) while macroeconomics looks at the trees (individual markets).

C  macroeconomics is concerned with groups of individuals while microeconomics is concerned with single countries.

D  microeconomics is concerned with the trees (individual markets) while macroeconomics is concerned with the forest (aggregate markets).

A  government spending

B  interest rates

C  household savings

D  taxes