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Government Spending

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the major component of government spending?

a)

Income Tax

b)

Transfer Payment

c)

Government borrowing

d)

fiscal deficit

2.

----------- is the money that all governments federal, state, and local-spend to pay employees and to buy things for their own use like paper clips, fire engines, and military weapons.

(a)  

3.

------- is a one-way payment to a person or organization which has given or exchanged no goods or services for it

(a)  

4.

---------- is when a government's expenditures exceed its revenues during a fiscal period, causing it to run a budget deficit.

(a)  

5.

what is the sources of public debt

a)

transfer payment

b)

Government securities

c)

collateral

d)

expenditure

6.

Can the government run conventionally-measured budget deficits forever?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

----------- refers to funds that are used by a company for the purchase, improvement or maintenance of long-term assets to improve the efficiency or capacity of the company.

(a)  

8.

Transfer payments do not include subsidies paid to

a)

exporters

b)

unemployment

c)

education

d)

disability

9.

When a government it spending more money than it is making, it is operating in a...

a)

deficit

b)

surplus

c)

IOU

d)

interest

10.

On which of the following does the government spend the largest portion of its budget?

a)

Medicare

b)

Defense

c)

Social Security

d)

Education

11.

Where does government get money for the economy? (select all which may apply)

a)

other countries

b)

citizen taxes

c)

the president

d)

new legislation

e)

business taxes