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