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