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Intro to Economics Final Exam Study Guide

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do the four gross domestic products stand for

C=

I=

G=

Nx=

(a)  

2.

Smartphones made in China and purchased in the USA

a)

Included in GDP (C)

b)

Included in GDP (I)

c)

Included in GDP (G)

d)

Included in GDP (NX)

e)

Excluded from GDP

3.

 

In contractionary fiscal policy, the government ___ either increases tax rates, decreases spending, or both.

a)

increases trade

b)

stops spending

c)

increases spending

d)

taxes more than it spends

4.

What does M V= P Y stand for?

a)

real GDP, money supply, price, velocity

b)

velocity, price, real GDP, money supply

c)

money supply, velocity, price, real GDP

d)

price, money supply, real GDP, velocity

5.

Soda purchased in the MUHS cafeteria

a)

Included in GDP (C)

b)

Included in GDP (I)

c)

Included in GDP (G)

d)

Included in GDP (NX)

e)

Excluded from GDP

6.

Which type of inflation is described as worrisome and costly?

Select one:

a)

high and steady

b)

low and steady

c)

low and volatile

d)

high and volatile

7.

An idea for a future business

a)

Included in GDP (C)

b)

Included in GDP (I)

c)

Included in GDP (G)

d)

Included in GDP (NX)

e)

Excluded from GDP

8.

Home purchased by one family from another

a)

Included in GDP (C)

b)

Included in GDP (I)

c)

Included in GDP (G)

d)

Included in GDP (NX)

e)

Excluded from GDP

9.

If the government performs expansionary fiscal policy, which curve shifts and in what direction?

Select one:

a)

The aggregate demand curve shifts right.

b)

The aggregate supply curve shifts left.

c)

The aggregate demand curve shifts left

d)

The aggregate supply curve shifts right.

10.

What is the unemployment rate?

(a)  

11.

 

What is the price level if the money supply is 2 trillion dollars, velocity is 12, and real GDP is 6 trillion dollars?

(a)  

12.

The Right Political Economy is ___ and the Left is ___

(a)  

13.

What does GDP stand for

(a)  

14.

What does the Federal Reserve do?

(a)  

15.

Industrial grill purchased by a restaurant to make hamburgers

a)

Included in GDP (C)

b)

Included in GDP (I)

c)

Included in GDP (G)

d)

Included in GDP (NX)

e)

Excluded from GDP

16.

New machinery purchased by a company to improve their productivity in a factory

a)

Included in GDP (C)

b)

Included in GDP (I)

c)

Included in GDP (G)

d)

Included in GDP (NX)

e)

Excluded from GDP

17.

Which of the following groups would be hurt most by a period of inflation?

a)

government employees.

b)

borrowers.

c)

people on fixed incomes.

d)

union members with an escalator clause (allows for potential increase in wages) in their contract.

18.

Banking

a)

government budgeting

b)

government banking

c)

cental banking

19.

Hamburgers you buy at a restaurant

a)

Included in GDP (C)

b)

Included in GDP (I)

c)

Included in GDP (G)

d)

Included in GDP (NX)

e)

Excluded from GDP

20.

What change in fiscal policy might cause aggregate demand to shift from AD1 to AD2 on the graph above?

Select one:

a)

A fall in taxes OR a rise in government spending.

b)

A rise in taxes OR a fall in government spending.

c)

A fall in taxes OR a fall in government spending.

d)

A rise in taxes OR a rise in government spending.

21.

What does FAFSA stand for

(a)  

22.

The governor's desk purchased through the state's budget

a)

Included in GDP (C)

b)

Included in GDP (I)

c)

Included in GDP (G)

d)

Included in GDP (NX)

e)

Excluded from GDP

23.

Family

a)

Included in GDP (C)

b)

Included in GDP (I)

c)

Included in GDP (G)

d)

Included in GDP (NX)

e)

Excluded from GDP

24.

Who said, "A national bank would fall under the necessary and proper clause because it will help stabilize money and banking".

a)

Hamilton

b)

Jefferson

25.

Apple stock purchased by a new fund that is managed by an MUHS economics class

a)

Included in GDP (C)

b)

Included in GDP (I)

c)

Included in GDP (G)

d)

Included in GDP (NX)

e)

Excluded from GDP

26.

When revenues exceed expenditures,

Select one:

a)

the government must create more money.

b)

the government is forced to issue more bonds to raise money.

c)

there is a budget deficit.

d)

there is a budget surplus.

27.

Fiscal Policy

a)

government budgeting

b)

government banking

c)

central banking

28.

What is the labor force participation rate?

(a)  

29.

The quality of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at all possibilities during a certain time period

a)

Supply

b)

Demand

c)

Scarcity

d)

Economics

30.

The value of the next-best alternative when a decision is made; its what is given up

a)

Microeconmics

b)

Opportunity Cost

c)

Demand

d)

Macroeconomics

31.

The government increases taxes on corporations.  Is is expansionary or contractionary fiscal policy?

Select one:

a)

contractionary

b)

expansionary

32.

The CPI shows that the price of a basket of goods in 1990 was $100. The CPI shows the same price of goods is priced at $125 in 2020. What is the percent change (or inflation) for the CPI?

(a)  

33.

Monetary Policy

a)

government budgeting

b)

government banking

c)

central banking

34.

What banking was in the time period (1791-1836)

a)

First and Second Banks of the United States

b)

Banking of North America

c)

Era of "Free Banking"

d)

National Banks

35.

The everyday business of. A social science that studies the decisions people make when faced with score resources. In particular, economics is about decisions related to the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

a)

Microeconomic

b)

Opportunity Cost

c)

Economics

d)

Macroeconomics

36.

How to solve real GDP

(a)  

37.

Hidden Unemployment

(a)  

38.

Types of Unemployment *

(a)  

39.

Who said, "A national bank is not specifically mentioned in the Constitution. Therefore, it would be an overreach of government power."

a)

Hamilton

b)

Jefferson

40.

Which of the following are examples of conformation bias

a)

not seeing out objective dacts

b)

interpreting to support your existing belief

c)

paying attention to infomation that changes your belief.

d)

only remembering details that uphold your belief

41.

sticker price-scholarships and grants=

(a)  

42.

The study of the markets that make up the broad economy

a)

Economics

b)

Microeconmics

c)

Supply

d)

Macroeconomics

43.

What does utility =

(a)  

44.

What do the numbers in the 50/20/30 budget stand for?

(a)  

45.

What banking was in the time period (pre-Constitution to Constitution)

a)

First and Second Banks of the United States

b)

Banking of North America

c)

National Banks

d)

Federal Reserve

46.

Shoes made in Wisconsin and sold in Canada

a)

Included in GDP (C)

b)

Included in GDP (I)

c)

Included in GDP (G)

d)

Included in GDP (NX)

e)

Excluded from GDP

47.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a weighted average of the prices of:

Select one:

a)

thousands of goods and services bought by U.S. consumers.

b)

hundreds of grocery items bought by U.S. consumers.

c)

only durable goods bought by consumers.

d)

the top ten goods and services bought by U.S. consumers.

48.

The study of the broad economy, such as how an economy grows and how growth is maintanied.

a)

Economics

b)

Microeconmics

c)

Macroeconmics

d)

Demand

49.

What is the equation for the quantity theory of money?

(a)  

50.

What banking was in the time period (1837-1862-note civil war begins in 1861)

a)

Frist and Second Banks

b)

Banking of North America (pre-Constitution)

c)

Era of "Free Banking"

d)

National Banks

51.

 

What is the formula we used in class for determining percentage chance?

(a)  

52.

The quantity of goods or services that buyers are willing and able to buy at all possible prices during a time period.

a)

Opportunity Cost

b)

Macroeconomics

c)

Scarcity

d)

Demand

53.

At first cut, the simple solution to fighting inflation is

Select one:

a)

reducing the growth rate of the money supply.

b)

limiting the number of terms that politicians can serve in elective office.

c)

to impose price controls on businesses that attempt to raise prices.

d)

returning the economy to barter by prohibiting the use of fiat money.

54.

Desk purchased at a thrift store

a)

Included in GDP (C)

b)

Included in GDP (I)

c)

Included in GDP (G)

d)

Included in GDP (NX)

e)

Excluded from GDP

55.

The condition that exists becuase there are not enough resources

a)

demand

b)

supply

c)

scarcity

d)

microeconomics

56.

Fiscal policy that increases total demand in the economy directly through a _____ is typically called expansionary

a)

increase in government tax rates

b)

increase in government spending

c)

government taxing more than it spends

d)

government decreasing its spending

57.

Inflation

Select one:

a)

always reduces the cost of living

b)

reduces the purchasing power of a dollar.

c)

reduces the price of products.

d)

always reduces the standard of living.

58.

An example of contractionary fiscal policy would be

a)

decreasing government spending

b)

expanding the government's role in regulating private industry.

c)

cutting taxes

d)

increasing production of consumer goods.