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