
Final Exam
Principles of Macroeconomics
Philip Leatherwood, Lecturer
12 May, 2001
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Multiple Choice.
Circle the letter of the best answer.
Gross Domestic Product can be considered as—
- personal consumption expenditures, gross private domestic investment, and net exports.
- the sum of wage and salary compensation of employees, interest income, and rental income.
- the value added of all final and intermediate goods and services produced by the economy in one year.
- the market value of final goods and services produced by the economy in one year.
- None of the above
Net exports is a positive when—
- prices of goods in Kazakstan are higher than price of the same goods in Russia.
- depreciation is greater than gross private domestic investment.
- a nation’s exports of goods and services exceed its imports.
- a nation’s imports of goods and services exceed its exports.
- None of the above
The GDP deflator equals—
- gross private domestic investment less the consumption of fixed capital.
- gross national product less net foreign factor income earned in the United States.
- nominal GDP divided by real GDP.
- real GDP divided by nominal GDP.
- None of the above
Money is best defined as—
- All currency and coin
- Something generally accepted in trade for stuff
- A government issued IOU for a specified amount of gold or silver
- All of the above
- None of the above
The asset demand for money and the rate of interest are:
- inversely related.
- directly related.
- unrelated.
- both stable.
Assume that in the next year the government institutes a social program for supporting birth rates in Kazakhstan. As a result, in 20 years, there is a labor force increase. What effects will the increase in labor force likely to have on aggregate supply and aggregate demand?
- AS & AD are shifted to the right.
- AS & AD are shifted to the left
- AS is shifted to the right, AD is shifted to the left
- AS is shifted to the left, AD is shifted to the right
- None of the above
A vertical aggregate supply curve—
- Is associated with classical theory
- Is implied by Say’s Law
- Suggests that changes in demand have no real effect on output and employment
- All of the above
- None of the above
For the next five questions, assume the following macro model:
Y = C + I + G + X – M
Consumer Spending = C = 440 + 0.85Yd
Investment = I = 800
Government Spending = G = 1200
Taxes = T = 1000
Exports = X = 600
Imports = M = 100 + 0.1Yd
Equilibrium Income (Y) equals—
- 8760
- 8360
- 2190
- 11760
- none of the above
The expenditures multiplier equals—
- 6.67
- 4
- 3
- 0.25
- none of the above
The government deficit equals—
- 400
- -300
- 0
- It depends on the income tax rate
- None of the above
The trade deficit equals—
- 0
- 376
- 276
- we need more information
- none of the above
To bring equilibrium income to a full employment level of 8600, government might—
- Increase spending by 160
- Decrease taxes by 233
- Increase both spending and taxes by 640
- Any of the above
- None of the above
The traditional Phillips Curve—
- Proves that Keynesian economics is wrong
- Gives support to Keynesian Theory
- Is especially applicable to long run tendencies
- All of the above
- None of the above
The Quantity Theory of Money—
- Rests on an interpretation of the Cambridge Equation
- Is one of the underlying assumptions of monetarist theory
- Says that money supplies and prices are closely linked
- All of the above
- None of the above
The following are included in the measure of Kazakhstan’s GDP
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- Blackmarket goods
- The environmental damage caused by economic activity
- All of the above are included
- None of the above
Macroeconomics is a branch of Economics that:
- is only concerned with the impact of inflation on the unemployment rate.
- studies the aggregate behavior of all decision-making units in the economy.
- studies neither inflation nor employment but economic growth.
- All of the above
- None of the above
In a circular flow diagram of the economy, households provide ----------- and receive -----------, which when expended become the ----------- of businesses.
- goods /money/ capital
- money / bonds / capital
- economic resources / money income / sales revenue
- money income / employment / property
Unemployment caused by economic decline or recession is called:
- frictional unemployment.
- structural unemployment.
- cyclical unemployment.
- natural unemployment.
- None of the above
If the rate of inflation increases more in Kazakhstan than in the United States, the tenge will likely:
- appreciate
- depreciate
- remain unchanged
- the demand for tenge by foreigners will increase.
- None of the above are likely
If the CPI in year 1 equals 100 and the CPI in year 2 equals 113, it can be concluded that:
- year 2 is the base year.
- the rate of inflation from year 1 to year 2 is 113 %.
- the rate of inflation from year 1 to year 2 is 13 %.
- more information is needed to determine the rate of inflation.
Graphically, macroeconomic equilibrium occurs where—
- the consumption function and saving line intersect.
- the planned investment line and the government spending line intersect.
- spending equals saving.
- the aggregate spending line intersects the 45-degree line
With flexible exchange rates and no barriers to trade, prices tend to become equivilent through variations in the exchange rate. This is called--
- market power.
- purchasing power parity.
- monetary trade policy.
- Exchange rate policy.
- None of the above
Money policy should follow a strict rule of constant growth in the money supply. This view is held by—
- Keynesian Economists
- Monetarists
- Neoclassical economists
- All of the above
- None of the above
For the next three questions, assume a macro model of the following relationships:
Y = C + I + G
C = 40 + 4/5Yd
I = 300
G = 200
T = 250
Equilibrium Income (Y) equals—
- 2700
- 340
- the sum of expenditures
- the value of all fully employed resources
- None of the above
The expenditures multiplier equals—
- 6.67
- 4
- 3
- 0.2
- none of the above
This model assumes the following about the workings of a market economy:
- Supply creates its own demand
- Investment must equal savings
- Equilibrium implies full employment
- All of the above
- None of the above
Which of the following theories holds that individuals use all information available in forming expectations?
- Adaptive expectations theory
- Rational expectations theory
- Monetarism
- a and c
- none of the above
An increase in aggregate demand:
- results in a move along the fixed Phillips curve in the short run
- shifts the Phillips curve upward in the short run
- shifts the Philips curve downward in the short run
- does not shift the Philips curve nor does it result in a movement along the curve in the short run
Which of the following statements is not true?
- The Phillips curve shows an inverse relationship between the unemployment rate and the rate of inflation
- "Unemployment rate-inflation rate" trade-off is embodied in the Phillips curve.
- Supply shocks may shift the aggregate supply curve leftward resulting in stagflation.
- Stagflation means lower price level accompanied by a decline in unemployment
- All of the above are true
The Laffer curve
- shows the relationship between tax rates and the tax revenues of government
- suggests that there is a tax rate at which tax revenues are maximized
- is based on the argument that higher tax rates will decrease incentives for production
- all of the above is true
- none of the above is true
You are an advisor to the President of Kazakhstan. You report to the President that the impact of an increase in the money supply is to increase inflation in the short and long run, but real GNP is unchanged, as the public will anticipate inflation. Which of the following theories is primarily responsible for your view?
- Keynesian
- Rational expectations
- Adaptive expectations
- Monetarism
- All of the above
Keynesians believe that
- the economy remains stable
- the economy has a reliable self-correction mechanism to cure recessions
- fiscal policy should be used to manage aggregate demand
- supply side rather than demand side polices shall be empathized
- None of the above
Monetarists believe
- fiscal policy is ineffective because of the crowding out effect
- the velocity of money is variable and unpredictable
- households and businesses make forecasts about the future and the effects of changes in economic polices based on the information available to them and some basic idea about how the economy operates
- all of the above are true
- none of the above are true
All LDC’s suffer from critical shortages of:
- land
- population
- capital goods
- government regulation
- all of the above
The number of times per year the average dollar is spent on final goods and services is the:
- monetary rule
- asset demand for money
- transaction demand for money
- velocity of money
- none of the above
Money is an asset. Which of the following represents this function?
- medium of exchange
- store of value
- standard of value
- standard of deferred payment
- none of the above
For the next three questions, assume that a bank has the following assets and liabilities:
|
Assets |
Liabilities |
|
25 million tenge in cash |
100 million tenge in demand deposits |
|
45 million in securities |
|
|
30 million in loans |
|
The reserve requirement is 20%.
What is the bank’s level of excess reserves?
- 0
- 5 million
- 25 million
- 75 million
- none of the above
By how much could the bank change the overall money supply?
- 4 million
- 25 million
- by the level of required reserves times the money multiplier
- by no more than the level of required reserves
- none of the above
If the central bank sells 10 million tenge worth of securities to this bank, the potential overall effect on the money supply is—
- -10 million
- +10 million
- +25 million
- –50 million
- none of the above
The Central Bank can increase money supplies by—
- Decreasing reserve requirements
- Increasing the interest rates they charge other banks
- Selling securities on the open market
- All of the above
- None of the above
Thank you my friends. I wish you great success.
-Philip