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Economics Unit 3-4

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Unemployment resulting from seasonal changes in weather or in the demand for certain products or job

a)

Frictional

Uemployment

b)

Cyclical Unemployment

c)

Seasonal Unemployment

d)

Structural Unemployment

2.

Workers are between jobs for one reason or another, usually short term and results from natural changes in the economy

a)

Structural Unemployment

b)

Seasonal Unemployment

c)

Cyclical Unemployment

d)

Frictional Unemployment

3.

Unemployment that is directly related to swings in the business cycle

a)

Structural Unemployment

b)

Cyclical Unemployment

c)

Frictional Unemployment

d)

Seasonal Unemplouyment

4.

Unemployment causes by a fundamental change in the economy that reduces the demand for some workers and their skills

a)

Structural Unemployment

b)

Cyclical Unemployment

c)

Frictional Unemployment

d)

Seasonal Unemployment

5.

Which of the following is counted when looking at unemployment?

a)

All the people currently working in the United States

b)

The jobless (16t) who made an effort to find a job in the last month

c)

People who do not have a job and do not want one

d)

Those who are disabled or can not work for one reason or another

6.

Part of economic theory that deals with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole?

a)

Macroeconomics

b)

Microeconomces

c)

Business Economics

d)

World Economics

7.

What is the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?

a)

It monitors changes in the stock market to determine prices consumers pay for goods

b)

It monitors changes in housing prices to determine cost of living

c)

It tracks monthly changes in prices paid by consumers for a representative "basket" of goods, used to measure inflation

d)

It tracks changes in GDP to measure economic growth

8.

This occurs when there is general decrease in the price paid for goods and services

a)

Deflation

b)

Hyperinflation

c)

Inflation

d)

Recession

9.

Inflation occurs when

a)

The tax rate is lower than the government spending rate

b)

Demand for products rises

c)

The price of any given commodity rises

d)

The average price of most goods and services rises

10.

Who is calculated in the labor force?

a)

All people who are currently employed

b)

All persons 16+ who are unemployed and not seeking jobs

c)

Sum of all persons 16+ who are either employed or actively seeking employment

d)

Any one who can not work or is not old enough to work

11.

The federal government's overall approach to spending and taxes is called?

a)

Physical Policy

b)

Fiscal Policy

c)

Monetary Policy

d)

Tax Policy

12.

What are actions by the Federal Reserve System to expand or contract money supply and effect the cost and availability of credit?

a)

Fiscal Policy

b)

Money Policy

c)

Federal Policy

d)

Monetary Policy

13.

What is the central bank of the United States that is controls monetary policy and helps to stabilize the countries banking system?

a)

National Federal Bank

b)

Federal Reserve System

c)

Federal Bank of U.S.

d)

Federal Monetary Bank

14.

Regular changes in real GDP marked by alternating periods of expansion and contraction (ups and downs)

a)

Business Cycle

b)

Economic Growth

c)

Business Patterns

d)

GDP Cycles

15.

What is number 3 and 7 on the graph called?

a)

Retraction

b)

Peak

c)

Trough

d)

Expansion

16.

What is number 4 on the graph called?

a)

Retraction

b)

Peak

c)

Trough

d)

Expansion

17.

What is number 6 on the graph called?

a)

Retraction

b)

Peak

c)

Trough

d)

Expansion

18.

What is number 2 on the graph called?

a)

Retraction

b)

Peak

c)

Trough

d)

Expansion

19.

What do you label 1 and 5 on the graph?

4 lines
20.

What is the dollar value of all final goods, services, and structures produced within a country's national borders during a 1 year period? 

a)

Gross National Product

b)

Gross Domestic Product

c)

GDP Per Capita

d)

GNP Per Capita

21.

GDP takes what into account?

a)

Population

b)

Umemployment

c)

Standard of Living

d)

Inflation

22.

  A decline in real GDP lasting at least two quarters or more is called a?

a)

Recession

b)

Peak

c)

Fluctuation

d)

Expansion

23.

A period of recovery from a recession is known as?

a)

Trough

b)

Expansion

c)

Peak

d)

Econometric Model

24.

The movement toward a more interdependent and integrated world economy is known as: 

a)

Regional Economic Corporation

b)

Interdependence

c)

Globalization

d)

Economic Connection

25.

Why is it important to live on a budget?

a)

Living on a budget will eliminate how many bills you have to pay

b)

Living on a budget will increase your salary

c)

Living on a budget will make your life easier and allow for less stress

d)

Living on a budget will make you a financial advisor

26.

  Every student who wants financial aid must _______?

a)

Apply for a social security card

b)

Apply for FASFA

c)

Join the military

d)

Take AP classes

27.

These are mandatory contributions levied on individuals or corporations by the government, whether local, regional, or national? 

a)

Fiscal policy

b)

Taxes

c)

Income Contributions

d)

Donations