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