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4)
Topic: GDP
Skill: Recognition
1)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Gross domestic product is the total ____ produced within a country in a given time period.
market value of all final and intermediate goods
and services
market value of all final and intermediate goods
and services plus investment and depreciation
amount of final and intermediate goods and services
market value of all final goods and services
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: D
Answer: D
2)
A)
B)
C)
D)
MEASURING GDP
AND ECONOMIC
GROWTH*
5)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: B
Answer: D
Answer: B
Answer: A
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11) When imports into the United States exceed exports from the United States, the United States
A) borrows from the rest of the world or sells foreign assets.
B) lends to the rest of the world or sells foreign assets.
C) borrows from the rest of the world or buys foreign assets.
D) lends to the rest of the world or buys foreign assets.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: B
Answer: A
Answer: A
Topic: Rest of the World Sector
Skill: Conceptual
9)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: D
Topic: Rest of the World Sector
Skill: Conceptual
10) When exports from the United States exceed imports into the United States, the rest of the world
A) borrows from the United States or sells U.S. assets.
B) lends to the United States or sells U.S. assets.
C) borrows from the United States or buys U.S. assets.
D) lends to the United States or buys U.S. assets.
Answer: A
Answer: D
Topic: How Investment Is Financed
Skill: Recognition
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Answer: D
Topic: National Saving
Skill: Recognition
Answer: B
Topic: Borrowing from the Rest of the World
Skill: Conceptual
21) If our exports are $1.2 billion and our imports are
$1.7 billion,
A) the United States is lending to the rest of the
world.
B) U.S. national saving is too high.
C) the United States is borrowing from the rest of
the world.
D) U.S. investment must decrease.
Answer: C
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27)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: B
Topic: Flows and Stocks
Skill: Conceptual
23)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: C
Topic: Flows and Stocks
Skill: Conceptual
24)
A)
B)
C)
D)
GDP is
a measure of the amount of government debt.
investment in the nations economy.
stock.
flow.
Answer: D
Topic: Flows and Stocks
Skill: Conceptual
25)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: A
Topic: Flows and Stocks
Skill: Conceptual
26)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: B
Answer: B
Topic: Flows and Stocks
Skill: Conceptual
28)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: B
Topic: Flows and Stocks
Skill: Conceptual
29)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: A
Topic: Flows and Stocks
Skill: Conceptual
30)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: D
Topic: Wealth and Saving
Skill: Recognition
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Answer: A
Topic: Wealth and Saving
Skill: Analytical
Answer: D
Topic: Capital and Investment
Skill: Recognition
37) Capital
A) includes the plant, equipment, and buildings
owned by firms.
B) increases when depreciation increases.
C) does not include semifinished goods used to
produce other goods and services.
D) is a flow variable.
Answer: A
Topic: Capital and Investment
Skill: Recognition
38) Depreciation
A) does not change the level of capital in the economy.
B) is the decrease in the capital stock because of
wear and tear.
C) is also known as capital consumption.
D) Both answers B and C are correct.
Answer: D
Topic: Capital and Investment
Skill: Recognition
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41)
A)
B)
C)
D)
46)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Gross investment
is the purchase of new capital.
includes only replacement investment.
does not include additions to inventories.
Both answers A and B are correct.
Answer: A
Answer: A
47)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: B
Topic: Capital and Investment
Skill: Recognition
45) Depreciation is
A) the sum of gross and net investment.
B) a stock variable that affects the economys ability
to produce.
C) the difference between gross investment and the
capital stock.
D) one of the flow variables affecting the capital
stock.
Answer: D
Answer: C
Topic: Capital and Investment
Skill: Analytical
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54) In the nation of Nirvana, depreciation is $22 billion, GDP is $260.4 billion, and national income
is $215.2 billion. Net domestic product is
A) smaller than national income.
B) $215.2 billion.
C) $238.4 billion.
D) $445.2 billion.
Answer: C
Topic: Capital and Investment
Skill: Analytical
53)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: B
Answer: C
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Answer: D
Topic: Expenditure Approach
Skill: Recognition
59) Which of the following is NOT part of the expenditure approach to measuring GDP?
A) Gross private domestic investment
B) Net exports of goods and services
C) Net interest
D) Personal consumption expenditures
Answer: C
Answer: B
Topic: Expenditure Approach
Skill: Recognition
63) Let C represent consumption expenditure, S saving, I gross private domestic investment, G government purchases of goods and services, and NX
net exports of goods and services. Then GDP
equals
A) C + S + G + NX.
B) C + S + G NX.
C) C + I + G + NX.
D) C + I + G NX.
Answer: C
65)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: B
Topic: Expenditure Approach, Consumption
Expenditure
Skill: Recognition
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70) Goods that are produced this year, stored in inventories, and then sold to consumers next year
A) count in this years GDP.
B) count in next years GDP.
C) count in both this years and next years GDP.
D) are not counted as a part of GDP.
Answer: A
Topic: Expenditure Approach, Investment
Skill: Conceptual
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77) Which of the following is included in the government purchases component of the expenditure
approach to GDP?
A) State government expenditure on local schools
B) Transfer payments
C) Changes in inventories
D) Taxes
Answer: B
Answer: A
78) Which one of the following transactions in a particular year is included in gross domestic product
for that year?
A) Social Security payments to retirees
B) The government pays a computer services company that assisted in the delivery of Social Security payments to retirees
C) A car is produced in the previous year and remains in inventory for the entire year under
consideration
D) A stay-at-home parent performs housework that
the family would otherwise have paid a maid
$20,000 a year to perform.
Answer: B
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Answer: B
Answer: C
$240
240
400
140
120
80
640
100
84)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: D
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Answer: A
Answer: B
90)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: D
Topic: Income Approach
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: A
Topic: Income Approach, Compensation of
Employees
Skill: Recognition
91) Which of the following is included in compensation of employees part of the income approach
to measuring GDP?
I.
Wages and salaries.
II. Pension fund contributions.
III. Social security contributions.
A) I only.
B) I and II.
C) I and III.
D) I, II and III.
Answer: D
Topic: Income Approach, Compensation of
Employees
Skill: Recognition
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97)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: B
Topic: Income Approach, Rental Income
Skill: Recognition
95) Which of the following are included in the category of corporate profits when measuring GDP?
I.
Profits paid as dividends.
II. Undistributed profits.
III. Income received by owners and operators of
businesses.
A) I only.
B) I and II.
C) I and III.
D) I, II and III.
Answer: B
Topic: Indirect Tax
Skill: Recognition
Answer: B
Topic: Net Domestic Income At Factor Cost
Skill: Recognition
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Corporate profits
Net interest
Indirect taxes less subsidies
Depreciation
Compensation of employees
Proprietors income
Rental income
Personal consumption expenditures
Government purchases of goods
and services
Net exports of goods and services
$200
150
230
250
1,350
150
70
1,400
Component
500
Gross investment
Personal consumption
expenditure
Depreciation
Government purchases
U.S. imports
U.S. exports
Compensation of employees
40
Amount
(billions of dollars)
1300
1475
25
1315
260
249
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104) The above table gives data for a hypothetical nation. Gross domestic product is
A) $4,049 billion.
B) $4,079 billion.
C) $4,054 billion.
D) $4,339 billion.
Answer: B
Answer: D
105) The above table gives data for a hypothetical nation. Net domestic product is
A) $4,039 billion.
B) $4,044 billion.
C) $4,054 billion.
D) $4,314 billion.
103) Using the data in the above table, net private domestic investment equals
A) $210.
B) $260.
C) $510.
D) some amount that cannot be determined without more information.
Answer: A
Answer: C
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107) The old, traditional base-year method of calculating real GDP compared
A) the quantities of goods produced in consecutive
years using prices in both years and averaging
the percentage changes in the value of output.
B) quantities produced in different years using
prices from a year chosen as a reference period.
C) quantities produced in different years with the
prices that prevailed during the year in which
the output was produced.
D) prices at different points in time using a sample
of goods that is representative of goods purchased by households.
Answer: B
Topic: Real and Nominal GDP
Skill: Recognition
Answer: A
Topic: Real and Nominal GDP
Skill: Conceptual
113) If nominal GDP is $5 trillion and the GDP deflator is 125, what is real GDP?
A) $4 trillion
B) $.04 trillion
C) $625 trillion
D) $6.25 trillion
Answer: A
Topic: Real and Nominal GDP
Skill: Analytical
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Answer: B
116) The chain-weighted output index method of calculating real GDP compares
A) compares the quantities of goods produced in
consecutive years using prices in both years and
averaging the percentage changes in the value of
output.
B) quantities produced in different years using
prices from a year chosen as a reference period.
C) quantities produced in different years with the
prices that prevailed during the year in which
the output was produced.
D) prices at different points in time using a sample
of goods that is representative of goods purchased by households.
Answer: A
Topic: Chain-Weighted Growth Rate
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: A
Topic: Real and Nominal GDP
Skill: Analytical
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Answer: D
Answer: C
Topic: Underground Economic Activity
Skill: Conceptual
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Answer: A
Answer: C
130) Which of the following would lead GDP to overstate economic welfare?
A) the existence of home-cooked meals.
B) restaurant workers that under-report tip income.
C) a self-employed CPA who takes a longer than
normal vacation.
D) electric utilities that switch to burning coal because of higher natural gas prices and thereby
create more acid rain pollution.
Answer: D
Topic: Purchasing Power Parity Prices
Skill: Conceptual
131) Purchasing power parity prices are used to construct GDP data that
A) do not omit the underground economy.
B) can be used to make more valid comparisons between one country and another.
C) is a proper measure of economic welfare.
D) adjust for differences in population.
Answer: B
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Answer: D
Topic: Study Guide Question, Flows and Stocks
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: A
Topic: Study Guide Question, Flows and Stocks
Skill: Conceptual
139) Gross private domestic investment is a component of which approach to measuring GDP?
A) Incomes approach
B) Expenditure approach
C) Linking approach
D) Output approach
Answer: B
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Year
2004
2005
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Nominal GDP
(billions of
dollars)
2500
____
Real GDP
(billions of
dollars)
____
2400
GDP deflator
105
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MyEconLab Questions
Topic: Flows and Stocks
Level 1: Definitions and Concepts
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Answer: D
Topic: Expenditure Approach, Government
Purchases
Level 1: Definitions and Concepts
Answer: B
Topic: Chain-Weighted Growth Rate
Level 1: Definitions and Concepts
157) The measure of the price level, which is an average of current year prices expressed as a percentage of base-year prices is the ____.
A) GDP inflator
B) inflation rate
C) Urban GDP Price Level
D) GDP deflator
Answer: D
Topic: GDP Deflator
Level 1: Definitions and Concepts
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Answer: A
Answer: D
Answer: B
161) If the government budget is balanced and investment is equal to saving, then ____.
A) exports equal imports
B) net exports are positive
C) the country does not trade internationally
D) net exports are negative
Answer: B
Answer: A
166) One year after the base year, the price level rises.
In this year, nominal GDP is ____ real GDP, and
the GDP deflator is ____.
A) less than; less than 100
B) equal to; equal to 10
C) greater than; greater than 100
D) less than; greater than 100
Answer: C
Topic: GDP and Economic Welfare Comparisons
Level 2: Using Definitions and Concepts
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171) Use the information in the table above to calculate the value of private saving.
A) $15 million
B) $40 million
C) $25 million
D) $20 million
Answer: D
Item
Personal consumption
expenditure
Government purchases of
goods and services
Net taxes
Gross private domestic
investment
Imports of goods and services
Exports of goods and services
Millions of dollars
80
30
35
20
10
20
169) Using the information in the table above, calculate the value of GDP.
A) $185 million
B) $145 million
C) $195 million
D) $140 million
Answer: D
Topic: Expenditure Approach, Net Exports
Level 3: Calculations and Predictions
170) Use the information in the table above to calculate the value of net exports.
A) $10 million
B) $0
C) $10 million
D) $30 million
Answer: A
Answer: C
Topic: Financing Investment
Level 3: Calculations and Predictions
172) Use the information in the table above to calculate the value of government saving.
A) $15 million
B) $5 million
C) $5 million
D) $45 million
Answer: C
Item
Compensation of employees
Net interest and rental income
Corporate profits
Proprietors income
Billions of dollars
80
30
10
20
173) Use the information in the table above to calculate the value of net domestic income at factor
cost.
A) $80 billion
B) $140 billion
C) $100 billion
D) $90 billion
Answer: B
Topic: Income Approach
Level 3: Calculations and Predictions
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Year
2003
2004
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Nominal
GDP
(billions of
dollars)
Real GDP
(billions of
2000
dollars)
90
125
GDP
deflator
120
125
175) Use the information in the table above to calculate nominal GDP in 2003.
A) $75 billion
B) $0.75 billion
C) $10,800 billion
D) $108 billion
Answer: D
Topic: Real and Nominal GDP
Level 3: Calculations and Predictions
176) Use the information in the table above to calculate real GDP in 2004.
A) $1 billion
B) $100 billion
C) $156.25 billion
D) $95 billion
Answer: B
Topic: GDP Growth Rate
Level 3: Calculations and Predictions
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182) The country of Erdf has net exports of $5 million. Government purchases of goods and services
are $15 million and the government has a budget
surplus of $5 million. Investment is $5 million.
National saving in Erdf is ____.
A) $10 million
B) $15 million
C) $5 million
D) $5 million
Answer: A
Answer: A
Answer: D
Topic: Income Approach
Level 4: Advanced Calculations and Predictions
Answer: A
Topic: GDP Growth Rate
Level 4: Advanced Calculations and Predictions
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