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AP Macroeconomics
MR. GRAHAM
Unit Six Review
Inflation, Unemployment and Stabilization Policies
If government spending exceeds tax revenues,
which of the following is necessarily true? There is a
I. positive budget balance.
II. budget deficit.
III. recession.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
I only
II only
III only
I and II only
I, II and III
Which of the following fiscal policies is
expansionary?
Taxes
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Increase by $100 million
Decrease by $100 million
Increase by $100 million
Decrease by $100 million
both (a) and (d)
Government Spending
Increases by $100 million
Decreases by $100 million
Decreases by $100 million
Increases by $100 million
The cyclically adjusted budget deficit is
an estimate of what the budget
balance would be if real GDP were
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
greater than potential output.
equal to nominal GDP.
equal to potential output.
falling.
calculated during a recession.
During a recession in the United States,
what happens automatically to tax
revenues and government spending?
Taxes
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Government Spending
Increases
Decreases
Decreases
Increases
No Change
Which of the following is a reason to
be concerned about persistent budget
deficits?
A. crowding out
B. government default
C. the opportunity cost of future interest
payments
D. higher interest rates leading to decreased
long-run growth
E. all of the above
At each meeting of the Federal Open Market
Committee, the Federal Reserve sets a target for
which of the following?
I. the federal funds rate
II. the prime interest rate
III. the market interest rate
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
I only
II only
III only
I and III only
I, II and III
Which of the following actions can the
Fed take to decrease the equilibrium
interest rate?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
increase the money supply
increase money demand
decrease the money supply
decrease money demand
both (a) and (d)
Contractionary monetary policy
attempts to ________ aggregate
demand by ________ interest rates.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increasing
Decreasing
Decreasing
Increasing
Maintaining
Which of the following is a goal of
monetary policy?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
zero inflation
deflation
price stability
increased potential output
decreased actual real GDP
When implementing monetary policy,
the Federal Reserve attempts to
achieve
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
an explicit target inflation rate.
zero inflation.
a low rate of deflation.
a low, but positive inflation rate.
4–5% inflation.
In the long run, changes in the quantity of
money affect which of the following?
I. real aggregate output
II. interest rates
III. the aggregate price level
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
I only
II only
III only
I and II only
I, II and III
An increase in the money supply will
lead to which of the following in the
short run?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
higher interest rates
decreased investment spending
decreased consumer spending
increased aggregate demand
lower real GDP
A 10% decrease in the money supply
will change the aggregate price level in
the long run by
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
zero.
less than 10%.
10%.
20%.
more than 20%.
Monetary neutrality means that, in the
long run, changes in the money supply
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
cannot happen.
have no effect on the economy.
have no real effect on the economy.
increase real GDP.
change real interest rates
A graph of percentage increases in the
money supply and average annual increases
in the price level for various countries
provides evidence that
A. changes in the two variables are exactly equal.
B. the money supply and aggregate price level
are unrelated.
C. money neutrality holds only in wealthy
countries.
D. monetary policy is ineffective.
E. money is neutral in the long run.
The real quantity of money is
I. equal to M/P.
II. the money supply adjusted for inflation.
III. higher in the long run when the Fed
buys government securities.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
I only
II only
III only
I and II only
I, II and III
In the classical model of the price level
A.
B.
C.
D.
only the short-run aggregate supply curve is vertical.
The aggregate supply curve is vertical.
only the long-run aggregate supply curve is vertical.
both the short-run aggregate demand and supply
curves are vertical.
E. both the long-run aggregate demand and supply
curves are vertical.
The classical model of the price level is
most applicable in
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the United States.
periods of high inflation.
periods of low inflation.
recessions.
depressions.
An inflation tax is
A. imposed by governments to offset price increases.
B. paid directly as a percentage of the sale price on
purchases.
C. the result of a decrease in the value of money held
by the public.
D. generally levied by states rather than the federal
government.
E. higher during periods of low inflation.
Revenue generated by the government’s
right to print money is known as
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
seignorage.
an inflation tax.
hyperinflation.
fiat money.
monetary funds.
The long-run Phillips curve is
I. the same as the short-run Phillips curve.
II. vertical.
III. the short-run Phillips curve plus
expected inflation.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
I only
II only
III only
I and II only
I, II and III
The short-run Phillips curve shows a
_________ relationship between ________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
S
S
S
S
S
An increase in expected inflation will
shift
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the short-run Phillips curve downward.
the short-run Phillips curve upward.
the long-run Phillips curve upward.
the long-run Phillips curve downward.
neither the short-run nor the long-run
Phillips curve.
Bringing down inflation that has become
embedded in expectations is called
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
deflation.
negative inflation.
anti-inflation.
unexpected inflation.
disinflation.
Debt deflation is
A. the effect of deflation in decreasing
aggregate demand.
B. an idea proposed by Irving Fisher.
C. a contributing factor in causing the Great
Depression.
D. due to differences in how borrowers/
lenders respond to inflation losses/gains.
E. all of the above.
Which of the following was an important point
emphasized in Keynes’s influential work?
I. In the short run, shifts in aggregate
demand affect aggregate output.
II. Animal spirits are an important
determinant of business cycles.
III. In the long run we’re all dead.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
I only
II only
III only
I and II only
I, II, and III
Which of the following is a central
point of monetarism?
A. Business cycles are associated with
fluctuations in money demand.
B. Activist monetary policy is the best way to
address business cycles.
C. Discretionary monetary policy is effective
while discretionary fiscal policy is not.
D. The Fed should follow a monetary policy rule.
E. All of the above.
The natural rate hypothesis says that
the unemployment rate should be
A. below the NAIRU.
B. high enough that the actual rate of inflation
equals the expected rate.
C. as close to zero as possible.
D. 5%.
E. left wherever the economy sets it.
The main difference between the
classical model of the price level and
Keynesian economics is that
A. the classical model assumes a vertical short-run
aggregate supply curve.
B. Keynesian economics assumes a vertical shortrun aggregate supply curve.
C. the classical model assumes an upward sloping
long-run aggregate supply curve.
D. Keynesian economics assumes a vertical long-run
aggregate supply curve.
E. the classical model assumes aggregate demand
can not change in the long run.
That fluctuations in total factor
productivity growth cause the business
cycle is the main tenet of which theory?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Keynesian
Classical
rational expectations
real business cycle
natural rate