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CLEP Macroeconomics: National Income And Price Determination
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Instructions:
Answer 46 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Disposable Income (DI) = Consumption(C) + Saving Consumption (S)
recessionary gap
monetary policy
substitution effect
equation for saving function
2. Tendency for increases in the price level to lower the purchasing power of assets of financial assets and reduce total spending in the economy
inflationary gap
wealth effect
vertical LAS
stagflation
3. Potential GDP
slope of consumption function is equal to...
vertical LAS
shift to right
break even income level
4. People change consumption preferences daily between domestic goods and services and foreign goods and services
consumption function
LAS
substitution effect
aggregate quantity
5. The government's attempt to influence the economy by setting and changing taxes - transfer payments - and expenditures on goods and services
right
vertical LAS
break even income level
fiscal policy
6. When potential GDP increases - both LAS and SAS curves shift _____.
shift to left
right
decrease
aggregate demand
7. Relationship between saving and disposable income
saving function
marginal propensity to save (MPS)
aggregate supply
fiscal policy
8. When AD increases - the price level ________.
LAS
increases
equation for saving function
surplus
9. A rise in both the price level and the money wage rate that maintains full employment brings a movement along the ____ curve.
saving function
break even income level
LAS
inflationary gap
10. The relationship between the quantity of real GDP supplied and the price level
decrease
equation for saving function
consumption function
aggregate supply
11. The point on a consumption function where the consumption line intersects the 45 degree line
increases
break even income level
LAS
left
12. Equilibrium real GDP is below potential GDP
recessionary gap
aggregate supply
equation for saving function
slope of consumption function is equal to...
13. A non-price related change causes a _____ in the demand curve
shift
increase in potential GDP
saving function
equation for MPC
14. The government's attempt to influence the economy by setting and changing interest rates - the exchange rate - and the quantity of money
equation for saving function
inflationary gap
increase in potential GDP
monetary policy
15. Decrease in AD
consumption function
shift to left
equation for MPS
aggregate demand
16. The value of consumption goods and services bought by households
consumption expenditure
long-run aggregate supply
leftward shift of SAS
1
17. Equilibrium real GDP exceeds potential GDP
inflationary gap
long-run aggregate supply
equation for saving function
right-ward shift of SAS
18. Economic slowdown
equation for saving function
stagflation
break even income level
leftward shift of SAS
19. Increase in long-term growth
consumption expenditure
fluctuation in AD brings fluctuation in...
equation for saving function
increase in potential GDP
20. When Short Run Aggregate Supply decreases - Real GDP falls below Potential GDP and the price level _________.
shift to right
inflation is a result of...
increases
vertical LAS
21. The fraction of a change in disposable income that is saved
consumption function
break even income level
1
marginal propensity to save (MPS)
22. Slopes downward
consumption expenditure
AD curve
factors that cause shifts in AD curve
aggregate quantity
23. The quantity of real GDP demanded equals the quantity of real GDP supplied
right
short-run equilibrium
shift to left
marginal propensity to save (MPS)
24. MPC
slope of consumption function is equal to...
aggregate quantity
monetary policy
surplus
25. When AD increases - real GDP __________.
consumption function
increases
LAS
equation for MPS
26. A persistent increase in aggregate demand that exceeds the increase in potential GDP
shift to left
inflation is a result of...
vertical LAS
increases
27. The relationship between the quantity of real GDP supplied and the price level when real GDP equals potential GDP; potential GDP is real GDP when all the economy's labor - capital - land - and entrepreneurial ability are fully employed
long-run aggregate supply
leftward shift of SAS
slope of consumption function is equal to...
inflationary gap
28. The change in savings divided by the change in disposable income
equation for MPS
substitution effect
SAS
consumption function
29. Relationship between consumption expenditure and disposable income
consumption function
increases
marginal propensity to save (MPS)
equation for MPC
30. MPC + MPS
increases
1
equation for MPC
aggregate supply
31. Price levels rise due to a decrease in Short Run Aggregate Supply
stagflation
right-ward shift of SAS
aggregate demand
leftward shift of SAS
32. Economic growth
short-run aggregate supply
inflation is a result of...
equation for MPC
right-ward shift of SAS
33. A rise in resource costs (labor - fuel - material - etc) will _______ SAS.
decrease
increases
marginal propensity to consume (MPC)
saving function
34. Change in consumption expenditure divided by the change in disposable income
right-ward shift of SAS
marginal propensity to save (MPS)
equation for MPC
inflationary gap
35. Job expectations - fiscal or monetary policy - world economy - inflation - profits
factors that cause shifts in AD curve
consumption expenditure
wealth effect
marginal propensity to save (MPS)
36. When the money wage rate rises - the SAS curve shifts ____ but the LAS curve remains unchanged.
aggregate demand
break even income level
left
short-run aggregate supply
37. The ratio of change in consumption to change in income
equation for saving function
marginal propensity to consume (MPC)
leftward shift of SAS
vertical LAS
38. Sum of the quantities of all the final goods produced in the economy
aggregate quantity
increases
saving function
inflation is a result of...
39. Increase in AD
shift to right
inflation is a result of...
consumption expenditure
fiscal policy
40. Real GDP and around potential GDP
monetary policy
decrease
shift to right
fluctuation in AD brings fluctuation in...
41. Indicates simultaneous change in price level and money wage rate
movement along vertical LAS
equation for saving function
AD curve
shift to right
42. A rise in the price level at a constant money wage rate brings a change in employment and real GDP and a movement along the ___ curve.
long-run aggregate supply
saving function
SAS
short-run equilibrium
43. The relationship between the quantity of real GDP supplied and the price level when the money wage rate and all other influences on production plans remain constant
1
marginal propensity to save (MPS)
short-run aggregate supply
SAS
44. Relationship between the quantity of real GDP demanded and the price level
aggregate demand
marginal propensity to consume (MPC)
monetary policy
increases
45. Increased AD brings a(n) ___________ in SAS.
decrease
short-run equilibrium
left
increases
46. Price level exceeds equilibrium price
surplus
inflation is a result of...
stagflation
movement along vertical LAS