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WorksheetsPOB Chapter 2 Economic Activity Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The unemployment rate includes all people over the age of 18 who are not working.
True
False
Deflation results in the decline of the buying power of a consumer.
True
False
Capital spending refers to money spent by a business for an item that will be used over a long period.
True
False
Most future economic growth is likely to occur in the industrialized nations of Europe and Asia.
True
False
A period of economic recovery is considered the high point of the business cycle.
True
False
Equity represents the cost of money.
True
False
Owning stock means you're loaning money to a corporation.
True
False
With the purchase of a bond, the investor becomes a creditor.
True
False
If wages go up faster than prices, businesses tend to hire fewer workers, so unemployment worsens.
True
False
GDP per capita is calculated by dividing GDP by the number of people working in a country.
True
False
Which of the following would NOT be included in a measure of GDP?
Ivanhoe Publications exports $25 million of books to Ireland.
The U.S. government buys office supplies worth $30 million from The Supply Closet.
You give your car a tune-up and change the oil yourself.
You hire Larry’s Lawn Care to cut your grass once per week during the summer for $50/week.
How do high interest rates affect the economy?
They are likely to result in higher prices.
They give consumers increased spending power.
They increase demand.
They increase productivity and employment.
An increase in GDP per capita means that
an economy is growing.
an economy is in a recession.
unemployment is too high.
individuals are not saving enough.
What type of inflation occurs when a large supply of money is spent on goods and services causing prices to rise faster than wages?
demand-pull inflation
cost-pull inflation
cost-push inflation
supply-push inflation
What type of inflation occurs when production costs increase?
demand-pull inflation
cost-pull inflation
cost-push inflation
supply-push inflation
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.
gross domestic product (GDP)
net national product (NNP)
consumer price index (CPI)
national income (NI)
Monthly, the U.S. Department of Commerce measures ________________, or the sales of durable and nondurable goods bought by consumers.
retail sales
consumer price index
gross domestic product
unemployment rate
A period of ________________ is one in which unemployment begins to rise, demand begins to decrease, and businesses lower production.
recession
expansion
inflation
boom
The ________________ is the total amount owed by the federal government.
national debt
federal reserve
budget deficit
gross domestic product
A corporation's ________________ represents equity in the company.
stock
bond
debt
liability
