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