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