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Functions of Money

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A student records her income and spending for past month, she uses the function of money

a)

Medium of exchange

b)

Standard of deferred payments

c)

Unit of account

d)

Store of value

2.

A saving account in a bank represents the function of money:

a)

Store of value

b)

A medium of exchange

c)

A standard for deferred payments

d)

A measure of value

3.

Choose the most accurate definition of "money".

a)

Money is anything generally accepted in payment for goods or services or in the repayment of debts.

b)

Money is anything recognized in trading and transaction for goods.

c)

Money is legal currency that is released by banks to satisfy the financial needs of the people.

4.

For which function, money is accepted as a unit of account?

a)

Measure of value,

b)

Medium of exchange

c)

Standard of deferred payment

d)

Store of value

5.

Money serves as a unit of account. This means that________

a)

money is a common measure of value

b)

money is a means of calculating relative prices of goods and services.

c)

money is the value in exchange of all goods and services

d)

all of these

6.

What are the functions of money?

a)

Unit of account

b)

Store of Value

c)

Medium of Exchange

d)

Store of Bank Notes

e)

Measure of Value

7.

Which of the following statements explain why a barter system restricts exchange?

a)

There must be a coincidence of wants

b)

It is difficult to divide certain commodities

c)

The commodities used are not homogeneous

d)

A rate of exchange must be determined

8.

Which of the function is NOT a function of money?

a)

Indivisibility

b)

Measure of value

c)

Store of value

d)

Medium of exchange

9.

Barter is BEST described as the

a)

Purchase of goods and services using cheques

b)

Exchange of goods and services using notes and coins

c)

Process of exchange involving the use of money

d)

exchange of goods and services without the use of money

10.

Cows and cattle are type of _____________ money.

a)

Commodity

b)

Animal

c)

Paper

d)

Bank

11.

Examples of Commodity money are_________.

a)

Bows

b)

Arrow

c)

Coins

d)

Notes

e)

Shells

12.

Commodity money was changed into metallic money because___________

a)

Goods cannot be stored for longer period

b)

Goods are not divisible

c)

Goods lack uniformity

13.

Bank money is secure because:

a)

It can be transported easily

b)

No element of risk

c)

Bank money is in a finite amount

d)

Cheques can be written for exact amount

14.

Currency notes & coins are ___________

a)

Legal Tender Money

b)

Fiat Money

c)

Animal Money

d)

Commodity Money

15.

_____________ is a fundamental function of money.

a)

Medium of Exchange

b)

Store of Value

c)

Measure of Value