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