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POB Chapter 2 Economic Activity Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The unemployment rate includes all people over the age of 18 who are not working.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Deflation results in the decline of the buying power of a consumer.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Capital spending refers to money spent by a business for an item that will be used over a long period.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Most future economic growth is likely to occur in the industrialized nations of Europe and Asia.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

A period of economic recovery is considered the high point of the business cycle.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Equity represents the cost of money.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Owning stock means you're loaning money to a corporation.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

With the purchase of a bond, the investor becomes a creditor.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

If wages go up faster than prices, businesses tend to hire fewer workers, so unemployment worsens.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

GDP per capita is calculated by dividing GDP by the number of people working in a country.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which of the following would NOT be included in a measure of GDP?

a)

Ivanhoe Publications exports $25 million of books to Ireland.

b)

The U.S. government buys office supplies worth $30 million from The Supply Closet.

c)

You give your car a tune-up and change the oil yourself.

d)

You hire Larry’s Lawn Care to cut your grass once per week during the summer for $50/week.

12.

How do high interest rates affect the economy?

a)

They are likely to result in higher prices.

b)

They give consumers increased spending power.

c)

They increase demand.

d)

They increase productivity and employment.

13.

An increase in GDP per capita means that

a)

an economy is growing.

b)

an economy is in a recession.

c)

unemployment is too high.

d)

individuals are not saving enough.

14.

What type of inflation occurs when a large supply of money is spent on goods and services causing prices to rise faster than wages?

a)

demand-pull inflation

b)

cost-pull inflation

c)

cost-push inflation

d)

supply-push inflation

15.

What type of inflation occurs when production costs increase?

a)

demand-pull inflation

b)

cost-pull inflation

c)

cost-push inflation

d)

supply-push inflation

16.

The most widely used measure of national output is a nation's ________________, which calculates the total dollar value of all final goods and services produced each year in a country.

a)

gross domestic product (GDP)

b)

net national product (NNP)

c)

consumer price index (CPI)

d)

national income (NI)

17.

Monthly, the U.S. Department of Commerce measures ________________, or the sales of durable and nondurable goods bought by consumers.

a)

retail sales

b)

consumer price index

c)

gross domestic product

d)

unemployment rate

18.

A period of ________________ is one in which unemployment begins to rise, demand begins to decrease, and businesses lower production.

a)

recession

b)

expansion

c)

inflation

d)

boom

19.

The ________________ is the total amount owed by the federal government.

a)

national debt

b)

federal reserve

c)

budget deficit

d)

gross domestic product

20.

A corporation's ________________ represents equity in the company.

a)

stock

b)

bond

c)

debt

d)

liability