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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The value of all final goods and services produced during a given time period measures a nation's A) consumer price index. B) net national product. C) net exports. D) gross domestic product.

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Answer: D 2) Gross domestic product calculations count only final goods and services because A) it is difficult to measure the prices of intermediate goods produced. B) one cannot calculate the quantities of intermediate goods produced. C) these are the only goods and services that are produced in an economy. D) counting all goods and services would lead to double-counting of many activities.

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Answer: D 3) "Final goods and services" are those that are A) double counted in the calculation of GDP. B) used in the production of other goods and services. C) sold to the ultimate or final purchasers. D) produced outside of the United States.

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Answer: C 4) If an economy produced 10 pizzas at $20 each and fifteen gallons of root beer at $5 each, the total value of these goods and services would be A) $75. B) $200. C) $275. D) $2,750.

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Answer: C 5) Which of the following is an example of an intermediate good? A) the blueberries you buy to bake yourself some muffins B) the lumber you buy to build a house for your dog C) the chocolate chips you purchase to make cookies to sell at a bake sale for your kids' school D) the tortillas you buy to make yourself a burrito for lunch

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Answer: C 6) By not counting the value of intermediate goods when calculating GDP, you avoid A) double counting. B) black-market accounting. C) deficit spending. D) year-to-date calculations.

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Answer: A 7) Which of the following would NOT be counted in 2010's GDP? A) the value of a laser printer manufactured in 2010 but not sold in 2010 B) the value of a 2006 convertible you purchase from a dealer in 2010 C) the 2010 salary of a used furniture salesperson D) the commissions earned by a sales associate in selling home theater systems built prior to 2010 Answer: B

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8) If, in 2010, an economy's total production was 50 bushels of soybeans at $20 each and 40 gallons of honey at $15 per gallon, its gross domestic product would be A) $400. B) $600. C) $1,000. D) $1,600.

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Answer: D 9) A rancher raises alpaca. Once a year, he shears them and sells the raw wool to a processor who spins it into yarn. The yarn is then sold to a mill which produces and sells alpaca sweaters. In calculating GDP we would count A) only the raw wool and the yarn. B) only the sweaters. C) the raw wool, the yarn and the sweaters. D) only the yarn and the sweaters.

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Answer: B 10) The total market value of all final goods and services produced by resources owned by a country, regardless of where production takes place is A) gross national product. B) gross domestic product. C) gross private domestic investment. D) national income.

10)

Answer: A 11) A country's GNP will definitely exceed its GDP if ________ foreign companies produce in the country and ________ of the country's companies produce abroad. A) many; none B) no; none C) no; many D) many; many

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Answer: C 12) The value of all motorcycles produced by Harley Davidson in the United States is A) included in the U.S. GNP but not the U.S. GDP. B) included in both the U.S. GDP and GNP. C) not included in either the U.S. GDP or GNP. D) included in the U.S. GDP but not the U.S. GNP.

12)

Answer: B 13) Which of the following is counted in the GNP of the United States? A) the interest earned by a Brazilian bank on loans to a business firm located in the U.S. B) the profit earned by a restaurant located in the U.S. but owned by a Guatemalan company C) the value of services that are produced by state and local governments in the United States D) the wage of a foreign citizen who works in the United States for a U.S. firm

13)

Answer: C 14) The value of what Burger King produces in France is included in the United States ________ and in the French ________. A) GNP; GDP B) GDP; GDP C) GNP; GNP D) GDP; GNP

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Answer: A 15) Profits earned in a foreign country by U.S.-owned companies are included in A) neither the United States GDP nor GNP. B) the United States GDP but not GNP. C) the United States GNP but not GDP. D) both the United States GDP and GNP. Answer: C

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16) The GDP of the United States in 2008 was around $14 trillion. This means A) that the value of output produced in the U.S. in 2008 was around $14 trillion. B) that total income in the U.S. in 2008 was more than $14 trillion. C) that the value of output produced by U.S.-owned resources was less than $14 trillion. D) that total spending in the U.S. in 2008 was more than $14 trillion.

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Answer: A 17) Which of the following is NOT a component of gross domestic product? A) net exports B) purchases by consumers of used goods C) purchases by consumers of finished goods D) government purchases

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Answer: B 18) Which prices are used to measure goods and services in calculating GDP? A) projected prices B) past year prices C) current prices

D) average prices

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Answer: C TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false. 19) GNP measures the total income of everyone and the total spending by everyone in the economy. Answer:

True

False

20) Total spending on final goods and services in the economy can sometimes be less than total income. Answer:

True

True

True

22)

False

23) Value added is the sum of the value of goods as they leave a stage of production and cost of the goods as they entered that stage of production. Answer:

True

21)

False

22) Stock market transactions are part of GDP. Answer:

20)

False

21) The income of U.S. citizens working abroad counts in U.S. GNP. Answer:

19)

23)

False

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 24) The expenditure approach to GDP is shown by which of the following equations? A) GDP = C + I + G + EX - IM B) GDP = C + I + G + IM - EX C) GDP = C + I + G - EX - IM D) GDP = C + I + G + EX + IM

24)

Answer: A 25) The largest component of GDP is A) consumption expenditures. C) private investment expenditures.

B) government spending. D) net exports.

Answer: A

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25)

Refer to the information provided in Table 6.1 below to answer the questions that follow. Table 6.1 Durable goods Nonresidential investment Federal purchases of goods Exports State and local purchases of goods Residential investment Services Imports Change in business inventories Nondurable goods

$Billions 600 400 350 300 100 150 900 100 -40 800

26) Refer to Table 6.1. Personal consumption expenditures in billions of dollars are A) 1,400. B) 1,500. C) 1,700. D) 2,300.

26)

Answer: D 27) Refer to Table 6.1. The value for gross private domestic investment in billions of dollars is A) 360. B) 400. C) 440. D) 510.

27)

Answer: D 28) Refer to Table 6.1. The value for net exports in billions of dollars is A) -200. B) 100. C) 200.

D) 400.

28)

Answer: C 29) Refer to Table 6.1. The value of gross domestic product in billions of dollars is A) 3,190. B) 3,430. C) 3,460.

D) 3,650.

29)

Answer: C 30) Refer to Table 6.1. The value of government spending in billions of dollars is A) 100. B) 250. C) 350. Answer: D

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D) 450.

30)

Refer to the information provided in Table 6.2 below to answer the questions that follow. Table 6.2 Federal purchases of goods Services Imports Change in business inventories Durable goods Nondurable goods Exports Residential investment State and local purchases Nonresidential investment

$Billions 1,400 700 500 100 400 600 300 300 600 700

31) Refer to Table 6.2. Personal consumption expenditures in billions of dollars are A) 1,000. B) 1,100. C) 1,300. D) 1,700.

31)

Answer: D 32) Refer to Table 6.2. The value for gross private domestic investment in billions of dollars is A) 800. B) 900. C) 1,000. D) 1,100.

32)

Answer: D 33) Refer to Table 6.2. The value for net exports in billions of dollars is A) 800. B) 200. C) -200.

D) -500.

33)

Answer: C 34) Refer to Table 6.2. The value for gross domestic product in billions of dollars is A) 3,800. B) 4,000. C) 4,500. D) 4,600.

34)

Answer: D 35) Refer to Table 6.2. The value of government spending in billions of dollars is A) 800. B) 1,400. C) 2,000.

D) 2,300.

35)

Answer: C 36) A company produced 12 motorcycles in 2010. The company sold 8 in 2010 and added 4 to its inventories. The market value of the motorcycles in 2010 was $1,000 per unit. What is the value of this company's output that will be included in the 2010 GDP? A) $4,000 B) $8,000 C) $12,000 D) $16,000

36)

Answer: C 37) A radiologist buys a new x-ray machine from General Electric to use in her medical practice. This x-ray machine is included in GDP as A) a durable consumption good. B) a nondurable consumption good. C) a service. D) part of gross private domestic investment. Answer: D

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38) GDP minus final sales gives a measure of the A) change in business inventories. C) GNP.

B) non-residential investment. D) value of intermediate goods.

38)

Answer: A 39) In 2010 final sales equal $400 billion, and the change in business inventories is $100 billion. GDP in 2010 is A) $100 billion. B) $300 billion. C) $400 billion. D) $500 billion.

39)

Answer: D 40) In 2010 final sales equal $500 billion and the change in business inventories is -$40 billion. GDP in 2010 is A) -$40 billion. B) $460 billion. C) $500 billion. D) $540 billion.

40)

Answer: B 41) In 2010 the change in business inventories is -$30 billion and GDP is $160 billion. Final sales in 2010 are A) $100 billion. B) $130 billion. C) $160 billion. D) $190 billion.

41)

Answer: D 42) In 2010, GDP was exactly equal to final sales. This implies that A) GDP did not grow that year compared to the year before. B) there was accumulation of inventories that year. C) there was no change in inventories that year. D) there was a decline in inventories that year.

42)

Answer: C 43) If the change in business inventories is positive, then final sales are A) zero. B) equal to GDP. C) greater than GDP. D) less than GDP.

43)

Answer: D 44) If in a year there is a negative inventory investment, then final sales A) equal GDP. B) exceed GDP. C) are zero. D) are less than GDP.

44)

Answer: B 45) Gross investment minus depreciation equals A) change in business inventories. C) GDP.

B) net investment. D) GNP.

45)

Answer: B 46) If net investment is positive, then A) gross investment is greater than depreciation. B) gross investment is less than depreciation. C) depreciation is negative. D) gross investment equals depreciation.

46)

Answer: A

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47) Suppose that net investment in 2010 was $90 billion and depreciation was $27 billion. Gross investment in 2010 was A) -$27 billion. B) $63 billion. C) $90 billion. D) $117 billion.

47)

Answer: D 48) Gross investment is A) the total value of all capital goods newly produced in a given period. B) net investment divided by depreciation. C) GDP minus depreciation. D) GDP minus GNP.

48)

Answer: A 49) Gross investment minus depreciation is equal to A) the value of durable goods. C) non-residential investment.

B) gross national product. D) the change in capital stock.

49)

Answer: D 50) Gross investment minus net investment is A) zero. C) total investment.

B) depreciation. D) the change in inventories.

50)

Answer: B 51) The yearly value of worn out machinery is called A) net investment. C) depreciation.

B) capital gains. D) non-durable goods.

51)

Answer: C 52) If net investment in 2011 is $225 billion and gross investment in 2011 is $350 billion, depreciation in 2011 is A) $125 billion. B) $175 billion. C) $225 billion. D) $575 billion.

52)

Answer: A 53) If net investment in 2010 is $550 billion and gross investment in 2010 is $900 billion, depreciation in 2010 is A) $900 billion. B) $550 billion. C) $450 billion. D) $350 billion.

53)

Answer: D 54) If gross investment in 2011 is $750 billion and depreciation in 2011 is $750 billion, net investment in 2011 is A) -$750 billion. B) zero. C) $750 billion. D) $1,500 billion.

54)

Answer: B 55) If gross investment in 2010 is $525 billion and depreciation in 2010 is $650 billion, net investment in 2010 is A) -$650 billion. B) -$125 billion. C) $125 billion. D) $1,175 billion. Answer: B

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55)

56) Imports equal A) exports - net exports. C) net exports/exports.

B) 1 - exports. D) exports + (exports - imports).

56)

Answer: A 57) When calculating GDP, ________ are added and ________ are subtracted. A) imports; net exports B) imports; exports C) exports; net exports D) exports; imports

57)

Answer: D 58) If the value of net exports is positive, then A) imports exceed exports. C) exports exceed imports.

58)

B) exports equal imports. D) imports are zero.

Answer: C 59) Compensation of employees is A) the largest income component of GDP. C) the smallest income component of GDP.

B) not included in GDP. D) an expenditure component of GDP.

59)

Answer: A 60) What should be added to national income to calculate GNP? A) depreciation B) indirect taxes C) net factor payments to the rest of the world D) personal income taxes

60)

Answer: A 61) Proprietors' income includes all of the following EXCEPT A) the income of partnerships. B) the income of unincorporated businesses. C) the income of sole proprietorships. D) the income of all businesses incorporated and unincorporated.

61)

Answer: D 62) The interest on loans paid by businesses is called A) depreciation. C) net factor payments.

62)

B) net interest. D) retained earnings.

Answer: B 63) Interest paid by businesses is A) not counted in GDP but is counted in GNP because it is paid by U.S. businesses. B) not counted in GDP because it is not assumed to flow from the production of goods and services. C) included in both GDP and national income. D) counted in national income, but not in GDP.

63)

Answer: C 64) Indirect taxes include all of the following EXCEPT A) customs duties. B) license fees.

C) sales taxes.

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D) property taxes.

64)

65) Depreciation is A) added to GDP to get gross investment. B) subtracted from net investment to obtain gross investment. C) the difference between exports and imports. D) added to NNP to get GNP.

65)

Answer: D Refer to the information provided in Table 6.3 below to answer the questions that follow. Table 6.3

66) Refer to Table 6.3. The value for national income in billions of dollars is A) 710. B) 750. C) 800.

D) 825.

66)

Answer: D 67) Refer to Table 6.3. The value for gross domestic product in billions of dollars is A) 720. B) 800. C) 920. D) 975.

67)

Answer: C 68) Refer to Table 6.3. The value of net factor payments to the rest of the world is A) 45. B) 5. C) -5.

D) -45.

68)

Answer: B 69) Refer to Table 6.3. The value of disposable income A) is 625. B) is 710. C) is 800. D) cannot be calculated given the information in Table 6.3.

69)

Answer: D 70) If receipts of factor income from the rest of the world are less than payments of factor income to the rest of the world, then A) GDP is greater than GNP. B) GNP is greater than GDP. C) GNP equals NNP. D) GDP equals GNP. Answer: A

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70)

Refer to the information provided in Table 6.4 below to answer the questions that follow. Table 6.4 Depreciation Receipts of factor income from the rest of the world Government purchases Imports Payments of factor income to the rest of the world Net private domestic investment Personal income taxes Personal consumption expenditures Dividends Exports Amount of national income not going to households

71) Refer to Table 6.4. The value for GDP in billions of dollars is A) 950. B) 1,030. C) 1,050.

$Billions 20 40 150 50 40 160 80 700 10 70 30

D) 1,110.

71)

Answer: C 72) Refer to Table 6.4. The value for GNP in billions of dollars is A) 990. B) 1,050. C) 1,080.

D) 1,200.

72)

Answer: B 73) Refer to Table 6.4. The value for NNP in billions of dollars is A) 970. B) 1,030. C) 1,060.

D) 1,200.

73)

Answer: B 74) Refer to Table 6.4. The value for national income in billions of dollars is A) 970. B) 1,030. C) 1,060.

D) 1,200.

74)

Answer: B 75) Refer to Table 6.4. The value for personal income in billions of dollars is A) 970. B) 1,000. C) 1,050.

D) 1,110.

75)

Answer: B 76) Refer to Table 6.4. The value for disposable personal income in billions of dollars is A) 890. B) 920. C) 970. D) 1,020.

76)

Answer: B 77) If GNP is $625 billion, receipts of factor income from the rest of the world are $25 billion, and payments of factor income to the rest of the world are $50 billion, then GDP is A) $550 billion. B) $600 billion. C) $650 billion. D) $700 billion.

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Answer: C 78) If GNP is $500 billion, receipts of factor income from the rest of the world are $15 billion, and payments of factor income to the rest of the world are $5 billion, then GDP is A) $480 billion. B) $490 billion. C) $510 billion. D) $520 billion. Answer: B

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78)

79) If NNP is $175 billion and depreciation is $20 billion, then GDP A) is $155 billion. B) is $195 billion. C) is $215 billion. D) cannot be determined from this information.

79)

Answer: D 80) If GDP is $400 billion, depreciation is $100 billion, and net factor income from the rest of the world is -$60 billion, then net national product is A) $240 billion. B) $300 billion. C) $360 billion. D) $440 billion.

80)

Answer: A 81) If GNP is $650 billion and depreciation is $70 billion, then net national product is A) $560 billion. B) $580 billion. C) $610 billion. D) $720 billion.

81)

Answer: B 82) If GNP is $625 billion and depreciation is $125 billion, then net national product is A) $5 billion. B) $500 billion. C) $700 billion. D) $750 billion.

82)

Answer: B 83) If depreciation equals zero and retained earnings equal $25 billion, then A) GNP is greater than GDP by $25 billion. B) GNP is less than net national product by $25 billion. C) GNP equals net national product. D) net national product is less than GNP by $25 billion.

83)

Answer: C 84) GNP minus depreciation is A) national income. C) GDP.

B) NNP. D) retained earnings.

84)

Answer: B 85) The total income of the country is A) production income. C) national income.

B) personal income. D) net national product.

85)

Answer: C 86) National income minus the amount of national income not going to households is A) personal income. B) disposable income. C) interest income. D) proprietor's income.

86)

Answer: A 87) If national income is $400 billion, personal income is $350 billion, personal taxes are $100 billion, then disposable income equals A) $450 billion. B) $300 billion. C) $250 billion. D) -$50 billion. Answer: C

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87)

88) Which of the following is added to personal income to get national income? A) depreciation B) personal interest income C) personal taxes D) retained earnings

88)

Answer: D 89) National income A) may be greater than or less than personal income. B) will always equal personal income. C) is always less than personal income. D) is always greater than personal income.

89)

Answer: A 90) If personal income is $700 billion and personal income taxes are $140 billion, the value of disposable personal income is A) $560 billion. B) $630 billion. C) $640 billion. D) $840 billion.

90)

Answer: A 91) If personal saving is -$40 billion and disposable personal income is $430 billion, then personal consumption spending is A) $40 billion. B) $390 billion. C) $410 billion. D) $470 billion.

91)

Answer: D 92) The percentage of disposable personal income that is saved is the A) personal saving rate. B) MPC. C) MPS. D) personal investment rate.

92)

Answer: A 93) If disposable personal income is $500 billion and personal saving is $15 billion, the personal saving rate is A) 1.5%. B) 3%. C) 7.5%. D) 15%.

93)

Answer: B 94) If the personal saving rate is 20% and personal saving is $20 billion, the value of personal disposable income is A) $4 billion. B) $20 billion. C) $100 billion. D) $400 billion.

94)

Answer: C 95) Saving rates tend to rise during ________ and fall during ________. A) recessions; contractions B) boom times; expansions C) recessions; expansions D) boom times; recessions

95)

Answer: C 96) Related to the Economics in Practice on p. 427: The value of the fees charged by eBay to sellers who use eBay is A) only counted in U.S. GDP if the seller is in the U.S. B) never counted in U.S. GDP C) only counted in U.S. GDP if the product being sold is new. D) counted in U.S. GDP. Answer: D

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96)

97) Related to the Economics in Practice on p. 427: If a Harley Davidson dealer in Chicago sells a newly manufactured Harley motorcycle on eBay to a customer in Tokyo, Japan, the value of the motorcycle is A) not counted in U.S. GDP because it was sold to a foreign customer. B) counted in Japanese GDP. C) counted in U.S. GDP. D) counted in U.S. GDP and Japanese GNP.

97)

Answer: C 98) Related to the Economics in Practice on p. 431: The National Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs) were originally developed for the Commerce Department A) during the 1970s following the public distrust of the government from the Watergate scandal. B) during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. C) during the era of the Great Depression in the 1930s. D) at the onset of the Cold War in the 1950s.

98)

Answer: C 99) Related to the Economics in Practice on p. 431: The economist most closely associated with the development of the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs) is A) David Ricardo. B) Alan Greenspan. C) Simon Kuznets. D) John Maynard Keynes.

99)

Answer: C TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false. 100) Transfer payments are subtracted from national income to get to personal income. Answer:

True

False

101) If investment is less than depreciation, the capital stock decreases. Answer:

True

True

102)

False

103) Final sales minus changes in inventories equals GDP. Answer:

True

True

104)

False

105) Taco Bell opens a branch in Iceland. The sales of the restaurant enter the U.S. GNP and the Icelandic GDP. Answer:

True

True

True

106)

False

107) The difference between GNP and NNP is depreciation. Answer:

105)

False

106) Consumers can spend their entire disposable income. Answer:

103)

False

104) New automobiles count as consumer durables. Answer:

101)

False

102) Depreciation is included in GDP, GNP and NNP. Answer:

100)

False

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107)

108) Disposable personal income is personal income plus personal taxes. Answer:

True

108)

False

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 109) When GDP is measured in "current prices" it is known as the A) real GNP. B) nominal GNP. C) real GDP.

D) nominal GDP.

109)

Answer: D 110) When GDP is measured using "adjustments for price changes" it is known as the A) real GDP. B) nominal GNP. C) nominal GDP. D) real GNP.

110)

Answer: A 111) If the economy grows at 10 percent from year 1 to year 2 and real GDP is 300 in year 1, what will real GDP be in year 2? A) 10 B) 300 C) 315 D) 330

111)

Answer: D 112) When differences between nominal GDP and real GDP result due to price changes and nothing else is compared, an index called the ________ is created. A) GDP deflator B) index of leading indicators C) inflation index D) consumer price index

112)

Answer: A 113) If real GDP in 2011 using 2010 prices is higher than nominal GDP of 2011, then A) prices in 2011 are higher than prices in 2010. B) real GDP in 2011 is smaller than real GDP in 2010. C) prices in 2011 are lower than prices in 2010. D) nominal GDP in 2011 equals nominal GDP in 2010.

113)

Answer: C 114) If real GDP in 2011 using 2010 prices is equal to the nominal GDP of 2011, then A) the price level has not changed. B) prices in 2011 are higher than prices in the base year. C) prices in 2011 are lower than prices in the base year. D) real GDP in 2011 is larger than real GDP in 2010.

114)

Answer: A Refer to the information provided in Table 6.5 below to answer the questions that follow. Table 6.5 Production Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Good X 50 50 60 Good Y 100 120 140

Prices Year 1 Year 2 $1.00 $1.20 $0.60 $0.60

Year 3 $1.20 $1.00

115) Refer to Table 6.5. Assume that this economy produces only two goods Good X and Good Y. The value for this economy's nominal GDP in year 1 is A) $110. B) $130. C) $140. D) $160. Answer: A

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115)

116) Refer to Table 6.5. Assume that this economy produces only two goods Good X and Good Y. The value for this economy's nominal GDP in year 3 is A) $144. B) $160. C) $180. D) $212.

116)

Answer: D 117) Refer to Table 6.5. Assume that this economy produces only two goods Good X and Good Y. The value for this economy's nominal GDP in year 2 is A) $120. B) $122. C) $132. D) $140.

117)

Answer: C 118) Refer to Table 6.5. Assume that this economy produces only two goods Good X and Good Y. If year 1 is the base year, the value for this economy's real GDP in year 2 is A) $120. B) $122. C) $132. D) $140.

118)

Answer: B 119) Refer to Table 6.5. Assume that this economy produces only two goods Good X and Good Y. If year 1 is the base year, the value for this economy's GDP deflator in year 1 is A) 98. B) 100. C) 112. D) 120.

119)

Answer: B 120) Refer to Table 6.5. Assume that this economy produces only two goods Good X and Good Y. If year 1 is the base year, the value for this economy's GDP deflator in year 2 is A) 84.5. B) 92.4. C) 105.0. D) 108.2.

120)

Answer: D 121) Refer to Table 6.5. Assume that this economy produces only two goods Good X and Good Y. If year 2 is the base year, the value for this economy's real GDP in year 3 is A) $270. B) $178. C) $156. D) $132.

121)

Answer: C 122) The ratio of nominal GDP to real GDP multiplied by 100 is the A) GDP deflator. B) NNP. C) national income. D) same as depreciation.

122)

Answer: A 123) If nominal GDP is $18 trillion and real GDP is $3 trillion, the GDP deflator is A) 6. B) 21. C) 54.

D) 600.

123)

Answer: D 124) If the GDP deflator is less than 100, then A) prices decreased by more than half between the current and the base years. B) nominal GDP equals real GDP. C) nominal GDP is greater than real GDP. D) nominal GDP is lower than real GDP.

124)

Answer: D 125) The GDP deflator in year 4 is 120 and the GDP deflator in year 5 is 130. The rate of inflation between years 4 and 5 is A) -10%. B) 7.7%. C) 8.33%. D) 10%. Answer: C 15

125)

126) The GDP deflator in year 3 is 135 using year 1 as a base year. This means that, on average, the price of goods and services is A) 17.5% higher in year 1 than in year 3. B) 35% higher in year 3 than in year 1. C) 17.5% higher in year 3 than in year 1. D) 135% higher in year 3 than in year 1.

126)

Answer: B 127) The GDP deflator in year 3 is 85 using year 1 as a base year. This means that, on average, the price of goods and services is A) 15% higher in year 1 than in year 3. B) 15% higher in year 3 than in year 1. C) 7.5% higher in year 1 than in year 3. D) 7.5% higher in year 3 than in year 1.

127)

Answer: A TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false. 128) If in the same period output doubles and the price level doubles, nominal GDP doubles. Answer:

True

False

129) A GDP deflator is real GDP times nominal GDP times 100. Answer:

True

True

True

True

132)

False

133) If real GDP falls, then so must nominal GDP. Answer:

True

133)

False

134) If real GDP decreased during a year, then output must have decreased. Answer:

True

131)

False

132) If nominal GDP falls, then so must real GDP. Answer:

130)

False

131) GDP measured in base year prices is nominal GDP. Answer:

129)

False

130) If the GDP deflator next year is greater than the GDP deflator this year, then the price level has fallen. Answer:

128)

134)

False

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 135) One of the flaws of GDP is that it A) ignores transactions that do not take place in organized markets. B) includes only transactions that take place in formal businesses. C) includes measures of the underground economy. D) includes measures of changes of life associated with producing output. Answer: A

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135)

136) GDP understates the value of output produced by an economy because it A) excludes the value of the wages and fringe benefits of government employees. B) includes environmental degradation caused by increased output production. C) excludes value added from the underground economy, such as tips taken "under the table." D) includes transactions that do not take place in organized markets, such as home-cooked meals.

136)

Answer: C 137) Per capita gross national income (GNI) increases when A) GNI does not change and the population increases. B) GNI increases and the population does not change. C) GNI and the population decrease at the same rate. D) GNI and the population increase at the same rate.

137)

Answer: B 138) GNP converted into dollars using an average exchange rate over several years adjusted for rates of inflation is A) real national product. B) net national product. C) gross domestic product. D) gross national income.

138)

Answer: D 139) The year chosen for the weights in a fixed weight procedure is known as the A) fiscal year. B) base year. C) bilateral year.

D) nominal year.

139)

Answer: B 140) Fixed weight indexes A) generally become less accurate the farther in time from the base year. B) account for responses to supply shifts. C) account for response to demand shifts. D) account for the introduction of new types of goods and services.

140)

Answer: A TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false. 141) Not all economic activities in the economy are included in the GDP. Answer:

True

False

142) The costs of pollution are excluded from the value of final sales before calculating GDP. Answer:

True

True

True

True

144)

False

145) Fixed weight indexes account for new goods. Answer:

143)

False

144) Production in the underground economy is reflected in GDP. Answer:

142)

False

143) A strength in the concept of GDP is that it ignores income distribution. Answer:

141)

145)

False

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