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