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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Lowering taxes and raising government spending
B Increasing government spending and/or decreasing taxes
C Decreasing government spending and/or increasing taxes
D By only increasing taxes
Question #2
A Contractionary monetary policy
B Expansionary monetary policy
C Contractionary fiscal policy
D Expansionary fiscal policy
Question #3
A The rate of inflation is declining.
B The unemployment rate is declining.
C The government is spending more money than it receives in taxes for a given year.
D The government is receiving more money in taxes than it spends in a year.
Question #4
A Congress
B The President and Congress
C State Legislatures
D The President
Question #5
A Foreign firms dominating the domestic economy
B Excessive importation of goods and services
C Private consumption
D Government borrowing and spending
Question #6
A Decreasing in government spending and increasing in taxes
B Increasing consumption and decreasing taxes
C Decreasing in government spending and decreasing taxes
D Increasing investment and increasing government spending
Question #7
A Decrease taxes, decrease government spending, and/or decrease transfer payments
B Increase taxes, decrease transfer payments, and/or decrease government spending.
C Increase taxes, increase spending, and/or increase transfer payments
D Decrease taxes, increase transfer payments, and/or decrease government spending
Question #8
A Progressive tax; to current retirees from funds from their past contributions
B Legislative lag; deducted from the higher-income groups to pay the lower income groups
C Automatic stabilizers; current retirees using funds from current contributions
D Contractionary fiscal policy; current older workers from funds deducted from younger workers
Question #9
A One argument in support of a required balanced federal budget maintains that having a balanced budget each year would make the impacts of economic recessions less severe.
B One argument against a required balanced federal budget is that this mandate cannot be added to the Constitution, and therefore, could not be enforced.
C One argument against a required balanced federal budget is that the government does not have macroeconomic responsibilities
D One argument against a required balanced federal budget is that sometimes it is necessary or beneficial to run large budget deficits in the short-run.
Question #10
A Personal Income Tax
B Unemployment Insurance
C Stimulus Package
D Food Stamps
Question #11
A Both monetary and fiscal policy
B Monetary but not fiscal policy
C Fiscal but not monetary policy
D Neither monetary or fiscal policy
Question #12
A Decrease aggregate supply
B Decrease aggregate demand
C Increase aggregate demand
D Increase aggregate supply
Question #13
A It doubles
B It decreases
C It increases
D There is no change
Question #14
A $400 billion
B $400 million
C $200 million
D $200 billion
Question #15
A There are 14 members of the Federal Reserve Board
B The head of the Treasury also chairs the Federal Reserve Board
C The FOMC is smaller in size than the Federal Reserve Board
D There are 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks
Question #16
A Member banks
B Board of Governors of the Fed
C The president
D U. S. Congress
Question #17
A Issue more loans
B Raise interest rates
C Sell off government bonds
Question #18
A Discount rate
B Reserve requirements
C Open market operations
D Federal funds rate
Question #19
A Lower interest rates and lower GDP.
B Higher interest rates and lower GDP
C Higher interest rates and higher GDP
D Lower interest rates and higher GDP
Question #20
A Purchasing government securities
B Selling government securities
C Increasing the discount rate
D Lending to nonbanks