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