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