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