Introduction To Macroeconomics (Eco 1102) C. Théoret Practice Exam #1 Answers On Last Page
Introduction To Macroeconomics (Eco 1102) C. Théoret Practice Exam #1 Answers On Last Page
Introduction To Macroeconomics (Eco 1102) C. Théoret Practice Exam #1 Answers On Last Page
C. Théoret
Practice Exam #1
Topics
• Macroeconomic principles
• Income metrics (Nominal and real): GDP, NDP, NI, PI and PDI; Deflators
• Cost of living (CPI and PPP)
• Economic growth
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A. Macroeconomic Principles
A1. Macroeconomics includes the study of topics such as
a. national output, the inflation rate, and the trade deficit.
b. the price of Cisco stock, wage differences between genders, and antitrust laws.
c. differences in market structure, and how consumers maximize utility.
d. None of the above is correct.
A2. In a simple circular-flow diagram, total income and total expenditures in an economy are
a. equal because firms are ultimately owned by
households.
b. equal only if there is no saving.
c. never equal because some people’s income is
not for production.
d. equal because every transaction has a buyer
and a seller.
e. none of the above is true
A4. Which of the following statements best describes the study of economics?
a. economics studies how governments determine appropriate tax rates.
b. economics studies how the Bank of Canada handles fluctuation in business cycles.
c. economics studies how individuals and groups manage resources.
d. economics studies how people maximize returns in the stock market.
A10. Correlation and causation can be confused in which of the following ways?
a. Correlation without causation; b. Reverse causality; c. Omitted variables;
d. All of these.
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B. Income Metrics
B1. The existence of which one of the following is a reason for the fact that GDP gives an
underestimated value of total output in the economy?
a. environmental problems.
b. pollution.
c. underground economy.
d. capital consumption allowance.
e. market activities.
B5. Mikey likes bagels, so he buys an old pizza shop for $150,000 and spends $10,000 in
stalling new equipment which will allow him to make bagels instead of pizza. How will
Mikey's recent purchases affect GDP?
a. Investment will increase $150,000 by, and consumption will increase $10,000.
b. Investment will increase by $160,000.
c. Consumption will increase by $150,000, and investment will increase $10,000.
d. Investment will increase by $10,000.
B7. If nominal GDP increased by 11 percent during a year while real GDP increased by only 5
percent, then the
a. price level remained steady but real output fell by 6 percent.
b. unemployment rate must have fallen during the year.
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c. price level must have increased by 6 percent.
d. price level must have increased by 16 percent.
e. price level must have decreased by 6 percent.
B11. Kate and Louise are sharing household chores and think they have an even exchange.
Other things being the same, if they paid each other for the chores the other did, GDP would
a. fall.
b. rise.
c. be unaffected because paid or not, household chores are not included in GDP.
d. be unaffected because paid or not, household chores are included in GDP.
B13. Canadian GDP increased from $1.5 trillion in 2009 to $1.97 trillion in 2009. This means that
a. people in Canada produced more goods and services in 2009 than in 2005.
b. the prices of all goods and services were lower in 2005 than in 2009.
c. Either a. or b. could be true.
d. Both a. and b. must be true.
B14. Which of the following equations will always represent GDP in an open economy?
a. S = I – G
b. I = Y - C + G
c. Y = C + I + G
d. Y = C + I + G + NX
B15. Which of the following equations most simply represents GDP in a closed economy?
a. Y = C + I + G + NX
b. S = I – G
c. I = Y - C + G
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d. Y = C + I + G
B16. In a closed economy, what does (T – G) represent?
a. national saving
b. Investment
c. private saving
d. public saving
e. None of the above is correct.
Figure 1
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B22. What is aggregate expenditure in Figure 1?
a. 50.
b. 90.
c. 75.
d. 100.
e. Not calculable with the information given.
B24. Suppose that in a closed economy GDP = 15,000, taxes = 2,500, consumption = 7,500, and
government expenditures = 3,000. What are private saving and public saving?
a. 6,000 and -600
b. 5,000 and -500
c. 5000 and 500
d. 6,000 and 600
e. None of the above is correct.
B25. The borders of country Xanada are closed. Its GDP is $20 billion. Its government purchases
$3 billion worth of goods and services each year, collects $3 billion in taxes, and provides $2
billion in transfer payments to households. If its private saving is $4 billion, what is Xanada’s
investment?
a. $4 billion
b. $3 billion
c. $2 billion
d. There is not enough information to answer the question.
B27. Is it possible for a country's nominal GDP to increase and real GDP to decrease from one
year to the next?
a. No, since prices are held constant and that would be mathematically impossible.
b. Yes, it would indicate a larger rise in output relative to a decrease in prices.
c. No, since output is held constant and that would be mathematically impossible.
d. Yes, it would indicate a larger rise in prices relative to a decrease in output.
B29. For any given year, the CPI is the price of the basket of goods and services in the
a. given year divided by the price of the basket in the base year, then multiplied by
100.
b. given year divided by the price of the basket in the previous year, then multiplied
by 100.
c. base year divided by the price of the basket in the given year, then multiplied by
100.
d. previous year divided by the price of the basket in the given year, then multiplied
by 100.
B30. When the quality of a good improves the purchasing power of the dollar
a. increases, so the CPI overstates the change in the cost of living if the quality
change is not accounted for.
b. increases, so the CPI understates the change in the cost of living if the quality
change is not accounted for.
c. decreases, so the CPI overstates the change in the cost of living if the quality
change is not accounted for.
d. decreases, so the CPI understates the change in the cost of living if the quality
change is not accounted for.
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Questions B38 and B39
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C. Cost of living
C1. When the CPI is based on 1967 prices, a consumer price index of 322 in 1985 means that
a. the market basket of consumer goods that cost $100 in 1967 could be purchased for
$322 in 1985.
b. the market basket of consumer goods that cost $322 in 1967 could be purchased for
$100 in 1985.
c. prices of consumer goods have gone up by a factor of 32.2.
d. an item that cost $100 in 1967 now costs $322.
e. prices of consumer goods have less than doubled.
C4. The Speedy Computer has an increase in inventory of 25 computers in 2015. In 2016 it
sells all 25 computers.
a. The value of increased inventory will be counted as part of GDP in 2015, but the
value of the computers sold in 2016 will not cause GDP to increase.
b. The value of the increased inventory will not affect 2015 GDP but will be included
in 2016 GDP.
c. The value of the increased inventory will be counted as 2015 GDP and the value
of the computers sold in 2016 will increase 2016 GDP.
d. None of the above are correct.
C6. The steps involved in calculating the consumer price index include, in order:
a. choose a base year, determine the basket, compute the inflation rate, compute
the basket's cost, and compute the inflation rate.
b. choose a base year, find the prices, determine the basket, compute the basket's
cost, and compute the inflation rate.
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c. determine the basket, find the prices, compute the basket's cost, choose a base
year and compute the inflation rate.
d. determine the basket, find the prices, compute the inflation rate, choose a base
year and compute the inflation rate.
C7. The consumer basket consists of 5 bushels of oranges and 10 bushels of apples. If the base
year is 2015, what is the consumer price index for 2015?
a. 100
b. 160
c. 200
d. There is insufficient information to answer this question.
C8. The consumer basket consists of 5 bushels of oranges and 10 bushels of apples. If the base
year is 2015, what is the consumer price index for 2016?
a. 80
b. 100
c. 125
d. 200
e. None of the above
C10. With 2015 as the base year, the price index in 2015 is
a. 100. b. 157. c. 153. d. 129. e. 63.
C11. With 2005 as the base year, the price index in 2015 is
a. 63. b. 152. c. 158. d. 100. e. 1,340.
C12. With 2005 as the base year, which one of the following statements is true?
a. The relative price of apples in terms of bananas has risen.
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b. From 2005 to 2015, the cost of the market basket has risen by 57 percent.
c. It costs 158 times more in 2015 than it does in 2015 to buy the same market basket.
d. All prices have risen by the same amount.
e. The relative price of apples in terms of oranges has risen.
C13. With 2005 as the base year, the price index in 2005 is
a. 157. b. 152. c. 129. d. 63. e. 100.
C14. For any given year, the CPI is the cost of the basket of goods and services in the
a. given year divided by the price of the basket in the base year, then multiplied by
100.
b. given year divided by the price of the basket in the previous year, then multiplied
by 100.
c. base year divided by the price of the basket in the given year, then multiplied by
100.
d. previous year divided by the price of the basket in the given year, then multiplied
by 100.
C15. If the price index in the first year was 90, in the second year was 100, and in the third year
was 95, the economy experienced
a. 10 percent inflation between the first and second years and 5 percent inflation
between the second and third years.
b. 10 percent inflation between the first and second years and 5 percent deflation
between the second and third years.
c. 11 percent inflation between the first and second years and 5 percent inflation
between the second and third years.
d. 11 percent inflation between the first and second years and 5 percent deflation
between the second and third years.
e. None of the above is correct.
C17. When the CPI is based on 1998 prices, a consumer price index of 322 in 2016 means that
a. the market basket of consumer goods that cost $100 in 1998 could be purchased for
$322 in 2016.
b. the market basket of consumer goods that cost $322 in 1998 could be purchased for
$100 in 2016.
c. prices of consumer goods have gone up by a factor of 32.2.
d. an item that cost $100 in 1998 now costs $322.
e) prices of consumer goods have less than doubled.
C19. The substitution bias in the consumer price index refers to the
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a. substitution of new goods for old goods in the purchases of consumers.
b. substitution of quality for quantity in consumer purchases over time.
c. fact that consumers substitute toward goods that have become relatively less
expensive.
d. substitution of new prices for old prices in the basket of goods from one year to the
next.
C20. PPP Question. An identical good is readily available in both Canada and the USA. The
exchange rate is 0.8 CDN $ per US $ (i.e., one CND $ buys 0.8 US $). The good sells for
$4 in the USA (in US $) and 5.25 CDN $ in Canada. Is the cost of living (based on this
single good) higher in Canada than the USA?
a. Yes.
b. No.
c. Insufficient information to decide.
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D. Economic Growth
D1. Which of the following best states economists' understanding of the facts concerning the
relationship between natural resources and economic growth?
a. A country with no or few domestic natural resources is destined to be poor.
b. Differences in natural resources have virtually no role in explaining differences in
standards of living.
c. Some countries can be rich mostly because of their natural resources and
countries without natural resources need not be poor but can never have very
high standards of living.
d. Abundant domestic natural resources may help make a country rich, but even
countries with few natural resources can have high standards of living.
e. None of the above is correct.
D2. The relationship between the quantity of output created and the quantity of inputs needed to
create it is called
a. the capital accumulation function.
b. technological knowledge.
c. the production function.
d. human capital.
e. the proprietary function.
D10. Suppose that over the last ten years productivity grew faster in Oceania than in Freedonia
and the population of both countries was unchanged.
a. It follows that real GDP per person must be higher in Oceania than in Freedonia.
b. It follows that real GDP per person grew faster in Oceania than in Freedonia.
c. It follows that the standard of living must be higher in Oceania than in Freedonia.
d. All of the above are correct.
D12. When a country continually adds more capital to its existing stock:
a. productivity will increase at a decreasing rate.
b. productivity will decrease at a decreasing rate.
c. productivity will increase at an increasing rate.
d. productivity will decrease at an increasing rate.
D13. One way the government can encourage economic growth is to:
a. protect your freedom of speech.
b. ensure everyone has a cell phone.
c. protect property rights.
d. All of these actions will encourage economic growth.
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1) Which of the following is not a supply factor in economic growth? 1) _______
A) full employment
B) technological advance
C) the size and quality of the labour force
D) the stock of capital
3) Which is best considered a supply factor for long-run economic growth? 3) _______
A) government spending B) full employment of resources
C) the stock of capital goods D) personal consumption expenditures
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Questions Section A Section B Section C Section D Questions
1 A C A D 1
2 D A A C 2
3 A A B C 3
4 C B A B 4
5 D D B B 5
6 D A C C 6
7 C C A E 7
8 D D C D 8
9 A E A B 9
10 D D A B 10
11 B C A 11
12 A E A 12
13 C E C 13
14 D A C 14
15 D D D 15
16 D A 16
17 C A 17
18 C A 18
19 E C 19
20 B A 20
21 C C 21
22 D 22
23 D 23
24 B 24
25 C 25
26 C 26
27 D 27
28 A 28
29 A 29
30 A 30
31 C 31
32 A 32
33 A 33
34 A 34
35 A 35
36 E 36
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37 C 37
38 C 38
39 C
40 D
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