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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Everything else held constant, a decrease in government spending ________ aggregate ________. 1)
A) increases; demand B) decreases; demand
C) decreases; supply D) increases; supply
2) The aggregate demand curve is the total quantity of an economyʹs 2)
A) final goods and services demanded at a particular inflation rate.
B) intermediate goods demanded at a particular inflation rate.
C) final goods and services demanded at different inflation rates.
D) intermediate goods demanded at different inflation rates.
3) Everything else held constant, an increase in net taxes ________ aggregate ________. 3)
A) increases; demand B) decreases; demand
C) decreases; supply D) increases; supply
4) Which of the followings is NOT true about the word ʺautonomousʺ that economists use? 4)
A) The autonomous component of a variable is exogenous.
B) The autonomous component of a variable is independent of other variables in the model.
C) Changes in autonomous components are associated with movements along a curve.
D) Changes in autonomous components are associated with shifts of a curve.
5) In the short-run 5)
A) real GDP is always equal to potential GDP.
B) the money wage rate can change.
C) the aggregate supply curve is upward sloping.
D) the price level does not change.
6) In the long-run 6)
A) aggregate supply depends on the price level.
B) real GDP is equal to potential GDP.
C) the aggregate supply curve is upward sloping.
D) All of the above answers are correct.
7) The aggregate supply curve is the total quantity of 7)
A) raw materials offered for sale at different inflation rates.
B) final goods and services offered for sale at different inflation rates.
C) intermediate and final goods and service offered for sale at different inflation rates.
D) final goods and services offered for sale at the current inflation rate.
8) A decrease in the inflationary expectations: 8)
A) increases the short-run aggregate supply.
B) increases the long-run aggregate supply.
C) decreases the short-run aggregate supply.
D) decreases the long-run aggregate supply.
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9) An increase in the amount of human capital ________ the short -run aggregate supply curve and 9)
________ the long-run aggregate supply curve.
A) shifts; does not shift B) does not shift; shifts
C) does not shift; does not shift D) shifts; shifts
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18) Factors that shift the long-run aggregate supply and potential GDP rightward include an increase 18)
in:
A) quantity of labor.
B) quality and quantity of other inputs.
C) quantity of capital (physical capital and human capital).
D) technology.
E) all of the answers in this question.
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27) The short-run aggregate supply curve is upward sloping because 27)
A) each firm must keep its production up to the level of its rivals, and some firms will expand
production as the price level increases.
B) the money wage rate (and other input prices) remains constant so the higher prices from
inflation makes it profitable for firms to expand production.
C) firms can increase their profits by increasing their maintenance.
D) the higher prices allow the firm to hire more workers by offering higher wages, thereby
increasing productivity and profits.
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35) A major technological advance shifts the 35)
A) long-run and the short-run aggregate supply curves rightward.
B) long-run aggregate supply curve rightward and the short-run aggregate supply curve
leftward.
C) short-run aggregate supply curve rightward but does not shift the long -run aggregate
supply curve.
D) long-run aggregate supply curve rightward but does not shift the short-run aggregate
supply curve.
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44) Employing the modern FED approach , aggregate demand curve is downward sloping because 44)
A) a higher inflation rate causes the real interest rate to fall, and stimulates planned investment
spending.
B) a lower inflation rate causes the real interest rate to fall, and stimulates planned investment
spending.
C) a higher inflation rate causes the real interest rate to rise, and stimulates planned investment
spending.
D) a lower inflation rate causes the real interest rate to rise, and stimulates planned investment
spending.
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Answer Key
Testname: ASSIGNMENT 5 343 FALL 18
1) B
2) C
3) B
4) C
5) C
6) B
7) B
8) A
9) D
10) C
11) A
12) D
13) C
14) B
15) D
16) D
17) B
18) E
19) B
20) A
21) C
22) D
23) A
24) C
25) D
26) C
27) B
28) C
29) B
30) C
31) A
32) D
33) A
34) D
35) A
36) A
37) B
38) C
39) B
40) A
41) D
42) C
43) D
44) B
45) D
46) B
47) B
48) C
49) B
50) A
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