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