Macroeconomics Theories And Policies II Set 4

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This set of Macroeconomics, Theories and Policies 2 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Macroeconomics Theories And Policies II Set 4

Q1 | The purpose of Keynesian analysis is to explain what to determines the
  • size of the labor force
  • price level
  • amount of money required in the economy
  • levels of national income, output and employment
Q2 | In the Keynesian range of the SRAS, if AD shift to the right, then
  • the price level falls
  • the price level rises
  • real gdp is unchanged
  • the price level is unchanged
Q3 | In the very short term, in the Keynesian model which of the following is fixed and does notchange when GDP changes
  • planned investment
  • planned consumption
  • planned imports
  • all of the above
Q4 | The slope of the consumption function is (Keynesian)
  • less than the slope of the 45 degree line, but not equal to zero
  • greater than the slope of the 45 degree line
  • equal to the slope of the 45 degree line
  • equal to zero
Q5 | A decrease in expected future income, ______ consumption expenditure and ______ saving.
  • increases: increases
  • increases: decreases
  • decreases: increases
  • decreases: decreases
Q6 | If the aggregate supply curve is perfectly elastic as in the Keynesian model at low level ofnational incomes, as increase in AD will cause an increase in
  • the rate of inflation
  • the level of real national output
  • the government budget deficit
  • the level of consumer debt
Q7 | Attempts to force inflation below no-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU)will cause:
  • inflation accelerate without any change in employment or output
  • inflation to decelerate with rising employment and output
  • inflation to decelerate with employment and output remaining the same
  • inflation to remain unchanged with fall in employment and output
Q8 | Which of the following is true with respect to the monetary approach to the balance ofpayments?
  • it views the balance of payments as an essentially monetary phenomenon
  • a balance of payments deficit results from an excess demand of money in the nation
  • a balance of payments surplus results from an excess supply of money
  • balance of payments disequilibrium are not automatically corrected in the long run
Q9 | According to monetarists, money supply constitutes
  • currency+ demand deposits
  • currency +demand deposits+time deposits
  • currency + demand deposits + equity shares
  • currency + all kinds of banks + deposits with other institutions + borrowing
Q10 | According to monetary approach a revaluation of a nation’s currency
  • increase the nation’s demand for money
  • increase the nation’s supply of money
  • reduces the nation’s demand for money
  • reduces the nation’s supply of money
Q11 | what is the foundation of monetarism?
  • quantity theory of money
  • demand theory
  • islm model
  • none of these
Q12 | The economist who proposed that,” inflation is always and every where monetaryphenomenon”was
  • j. m keynes
  • john r hicks
  • milton friedman
  • franco modigliani
Q13 | Suppose that the money stock is $10 billion, each dollar generates $ 5worth of spending, andthe NAIRU is 7%. According to the quantity theory of what is nominal GDP (income)
  • $ 350 million
  • $ 70 million
  • $ 35 million
  • $ 50 million
Q14 | When there are vacancies in the job-market, but also high levels of unemployment, then wecould say that this unemployment is?
  • cyclical
  • regional
  • seasonal
  • structural
Q15 | Demand-side unemployment is partly caused by:
  • imperfections in the labour market
  • occupational and geographic immobility of factors
  • demographic changes
  • a lack of aggregate demand
Q16 | According to the basic classical model, an increase in the money supply will cause
  • employment to increase.
  • the price level to increase.
  • output to increase.
  • investment to increase.
Q17 | Why does a temporary decrease in government purchases decrease labour supply in theclassical model?
  • the fall in government spending decreases labour demand, decreasing the real wage, and so people decrease their labour supply.
  • the decrease in current or future taxes needed to pay for the decrease in government purchases increases people\s wealth.
  • people prefer to work less when the government is doing less for them.
  • decreased government purchases make people worse off, so they work less hours.