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