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