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Inflation Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not a measure of inflation?

a)

PPI

b)

CPI

c)

QPI

d)

RPI

2.

Which of the following is not an advantage of Inflation?

a)

It encourages consumption

b)

It reduces the value of debt

c)

It allows struggling firms to raise prices

d)

It raises the price of Exports

3.

If the CPI rises from 250 to 275 in a given year, the rate of inflations is:

a)

10%

b)

9.1%

c)

25%

d)

20%

4.

Which of the following is not part of calculating CPI

a)

Survey households on their day-to-day spending

b)

Assigning weights to different goods

c)

Transferring to index form

d)

Measuring changes to mortgage and other housing costs

5.

Which of the following would cause Demand Pull inflation

a)

An increase in the price of oil

b)

A depreciation in the exchange rate

c)

A cut in government spending

d)

An Increase in taxation

6.

Which of the following is most likely to be a cause of deflation

a)

An increase in the supply of cash printed by the central bank

b)

An increase in Oil prices

c)

A reduction in income tax

d)

An improvement in technology

7.

An increase in government spending will most likely lead to inflation when

a)

It is spent on education

b)

The economy is near full capacity

c)

There is a large amount of spare capacity

d)

It is spent on imported capital goods

8.

On reason that Deflation is a problem is that

a)

Consumers pay lower prices for goods

b)

Fixed incomes rise in real terms

c)

Borrowers struggle to repay debt

d)

Savers see falling returns for their savings

9.

The UK's target rate of inflation is

a)

2%

b)

less than 2%

c)

2%, unless Economic Growth needs to be targetted instead

d)

between 1 and 3%

10.

In the CPI:

Food is weighted at 40%

Non-Food is weighted at 60%


If the price of Food rises by 5% and the price of Non-Food rises by 10%, what is that CPI rate of inflation?

a)

8%

b)

15%

c)

7%

d)

6%