MACROECONOMICS

Section I
Time—70 minutes
60 Questions

Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or
completions. Select the one that is best in each case and place the letter of your choice in the corresponding box on
the student answer sheet.

1. If a certain combination of goods or services lies

outside the production possibilities curve of an
economy, which of the following is true?
(A) Effective trade barriers have reduced foreign
imports into the economy.
(B) New technology is being used in production.
(C) Resources are not available to achieve that
combination of goods or services.
(D) Resources are not being used efficiently to 4. According to the graph above, an increase in
achieve that combination of goods or aggregate supply will most likely cause income
services. and employment to change in which of the
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(A) depreciate, making United States imports
3. With a constant money supply, if the demand for from Britain more expensive
money decreases, the equilibrium interest rate and (B) depreciate, making United States imports
quantity of money will change in which of the from Britain cheaper
following ways? (C) appreciate, making United States imports
from Britain more expensive
Interest Rate Quantity of Money (D) appreciate, making United States imports
(A) Increase Decrease from Britain cheaper
(B) Increase Not change (E) purchase 3 times more British goods than
(C) Decrease Decrease before the change occurred
(D) Decrease Increase
(E) Decrease Not change

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6. If an economy is operating with significant 11. Which of the following would indicate that
unemployment, an increase in which of the economic growth has occurred?
following will most likely cause employment
(A) The production possibilities curve shifts to
to increase and the interest rate to decrease?
the left.
(A) Purchases of government bonds by the (B) The long-run aggregate supply curve shifts
central bank to the right.
(B) Transfer payments (C) The aggregate demand curve shifts to the
(C) Reserve requirements right.
(D) Government expenditures (D) The Phillips curve becomes flatter.
(E) Investment in basic infrastructure (E) Business cycles no longer exist.

7. An increase in which of the following is most 12. Which of the following is most likely to occur
likely to promote economic growth? if the Federal Reserve engages in open market
operations to reduce inflation?
(A) Consumption spending
(B) Investment tax credits (A) A decrease in interest rates
(C) The natural rate of unemployment (B) A decrease in reserves in the banking system
(D) The trade deficit (C) A decrease in the government deficit
(E) Real interest rates (D) An increase in the money supply
(E) An increase in exports
8. An appropriate fiscal policy to combat a recession
would be to increase which of the following? 13. Which Federal Reserve action can shift the
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technological research rowing by the government
(D) employment caused by higher inflation
10. An appreciation of the United States dollar on the (E) exports caused by an appreciating currency
foreign exchange market could be caused by a of a country
decrease in which of the following?
15. If the real interest rate in the United States
(A) United States interest rates
increases relative to that of the rest of the world,
(B) The United States consumer price index
capital should flow
(C) Demand for the dollar by United States
residents (A) into the United States and the dollar will
(D) Exports from the United States depreciate
(E) The tariff on goods imported into the United (B) into the United States and the dollar will
States appreciate
(C) out of the United States and the dollar will
depreciate
(D) out of the United States and the dollar will
appreciate
(E) out of the United States and the value of the
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16. Which of the following policy choices represents 19. Suppose that autonomous consumption is $400
a combination of fiscal and monetary policies and that the marginal propensity to consume is
designed to bring the economy out of a recession? 0.8. If disposable income increases by $1,200,
consumption spending will increase by
(A) Decreasing both taxes and the money supply
(B) Increasing both taxes and the money supply (A) $1,600
(C) Increasing government spending and (B) $1,360
decreasing the federal funds rate (C) $1,200
(D) Increasing both taxes and the discount rate (D) $ 960
(E) Engaging in deficit spending and government (E) $ 400
bond sales
20. In an economy in which all prices, including
17. Which of the following will be counted as wages, are completely flexible, an increase in
unemployed by the United States Bureau of Labor labor productivity will result in which of the
Statistics? following changes in output and real wages?
(A) Persons who quit their previous jobs to stay Output Real Wages
at home to care for sick parents
(A) Increase Increase
(B) Persons who were laid off from their previous
(B) Increase Decrease
jobs and have not applied for a job in two
(C) Decrease No change
years
(D) Decrease Increase
(C) Persons who were fired from their previous
(E) Decrease Decrease
jobs and are actively applying for work
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consumption spending decrease, aggregate
demand increases, and output and prices (A) Price will decrease to eliminate the surplus
decrease. and restore equilibrium.
(C) Interest rates increase, investment and (B) Price will decrease to eliminate the shortage
consumption spending increase, aggregate and restore equilibrium.
demand decreases, and output and prices (C) Price will increase to eliminate the surplus
decrease. and restore equilibrium.
(D) Interest rates decrease, investment and (D) Price will increase to eliminate the shortage
consumption spending decrease, aggregate and restore equilibrium.
demand decreases, and output and prices (E) Price will remain constant, because supply
decrease. will increase to eliminate the shortage.
(E) Interest rates decrease, investment and
consumption spending decrease, aggregate
demand decreases, and output and prices
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23. A short-run Phillips curve shows an inverse 28. Assume that the nominal interest rate is
relationship between 10 percent. If the expected inflation rate is
5 percent, the real interest rate is
(A) interest rates and borrowing
(B) inflation and unemployment (A) 0.5%
(C) income and consumption (B) 2%
(D) prices and quantity demanded (C) 5%
(E) inputs and outputs (D) 10%
(E) 15%
24. Which of the following can be expected to cause
an increase in gross domestic product in the 29. Which of the following will lead to an increase in
short run? the United States gross domestic product?
(A) An increase in the tax rate (A) More individuals prepare their own personal
(B) An increase in the interest rate income tax forms.
(C) Equal increases in both imports and exports (B) Some citizens begin working abroad as
(D) Equal increases in both taxes and government computer programmers.
expenditures (C) The government prohibits the sale of
(E) Equal decreases in both investment and alcoholic beverages.
government expenditures (D) Foreign companies build new assembly
plants in the United States.
25. If the federal government reduces its budget (E) A million United States households sell their
deficit when the economy is close to full employ- used cars to their children.
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from the public. If the required reserve ratio is
(B) An increase in interest rates in the United
20 percent, the maximum increase in the money
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supply is
(C) An increase in household income in Europe
(D) A decrease in interest rates in Europe (A) $1,600 billion
(E) A decrease in price level in the United States (B) $1,800 billion
(C) $2,000 billion
27. Stagflation is most likely to be caused by (D) $2,200 billion
(E) $2,400 billion
(A) an increase in aggregate demand
(B) a decrease in aggregate demand
(C) an increase in aggregate supply
(D) a decrease in aggregate supply
(E) a large increase in the money supply

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Questions 32-34 are based on the diagram below, 33. The theory of comparative advantage implies that
which shows the production alternatives of two Alpha would find it advantageous to
countries, Alpha and Beta, producing two goods,
(A) export grain and import steel
grain and steel, using all of their available resources.
(B) export steel and import grain
(C) export both grain and steel and import
nothing
(D) import both grain and steel and export
nothing
(E) trade 1 ton of grain for 0.5 ton of steel

34. At what real exchange ratio, also referred to as the

terms of trade, between grain (G) and steel (S)
would both Alpha and Beta find it mutually
advantageous to specialize and trade?
(A) 1G = 3.0S
(B) 1G = 1.5S
(C) 1G = 1.0S
(D) 1G = 0.5S
(E) There is no real exchange ratio that would
enable both countries to benefit, since
Alpha has an absolute advantage in both
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35. According to the graph above, which of the following is true
about the long-run equilibrium of the economy depicted?
(A) The economy is in long-run equilibrium.
(B) The aggregate demand curve will shift to the left to
restore long-run equilibrium.
(C) The long-run aggregate supply curve will shift to the
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36. An increase in personal income taxes will most 40. Assume that the economy is at full employment.
likely cause aggregate demand and aggregate Policymakers wish to maintain the price level but
supply to change in which of the following ways want to encourage greater investment. Which of
in the short run? the following combinations of monetary and fiscal
policies would best achieve this goal?
Aggregate Demand Aggregate Supply
Monetary Policy Fiscal Policy
(A) Not change Decrease
(B) Not change Increase (A) No change Contractionary
(C) Decrease Not change (B) Expansionary No change
(D) Decrease Increase (C) Expansionary Contractionary
(E) Increase Not change (D) Expansionary Expansionary
(E) Contractionary Expansionary
37. Which type of unemployment would increase if
workers lost their jobs because of a recession? 41. In one year, spending on consumption, invest-
ment, and government purchases was equal
(A) Cyclical
to 103 percent of a country’s gross domestic
(B) Frictional
product. This would be possible only if
(C) Seasonal
(D) Search (A) the money supply increased
(E) Structural (B) net exports were positive
(C) net exports were negative
38. Which of the following is true about the marginal (D) the government ran a budget surplus
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monetary policy would be to increase which of
43. An economy is in a short-run equilibrium at a
the following?
level of output that is less than full-employment
(A) The discount rate output. If there were no fiscal or monetary policy
(B) The required reserve ratio interventions, which of the following changes in
(C) The international value of the dollar output and the price level would occur in the long
(D) Open market purchases of government bonds run?
(E) Government expenditure on goods and
Output Price Level
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44. Assume that the world operates under a flexible 47. Suppose that the government decreases taxes and
exchange rate system. If the central bank of at the same time the central bank decreases the
Mexico increases its money supply but other discount rate. The combined actions will result in
countries do not change theirs, Mexico’s inflation
(A) an increase in unemployment and a decrease
rate and the international value of the Mexican
in the interest rate
peso will most likely change in which of the
(B) an increase in unemployment and an increase
following ways?
in the interest rate
International (C) an increase in the real gross domestic product
Inflation Rate Value of the Peso and a decrease in the interest rate
(D) an increase in the real gross domestic product
(A) Increase Appreciate
and an increase in the interest rate
(B) Increase Depreciate
(E) an increase in the real gross domestic product
(C) Increase No change
and an indeterminate change in the
(D) Decrease Appreciate
interest rate
(E) Decrease Depreciate
48. In a closed economy with only lump-sum
45. The Federal Reserve decreases the federal funds
taxation, if the marginal propensity to con-
rate by
sume is equal to 0.75, a $70 billion increase
(A) decreasing the reserve requirement in government spending could cause a max-
(B) decreasing the discount rate imum increase in output of
(C) increasing the discount rate
(A) $52.5 billion
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(B) 4.0% of the following will most likely create demand-
(C) 6.0% pull inflation in the short run?
(D) 6.38%
(E) 7.5% (A) An increase in the discount rate
(B) An increase in personal income taxes
(C) A decrease in the real rate of interest
(D) A decrease in government spending
(E) A decrease in the money supply

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51. Under rational expectations, an announced expan- 55. Assuming fixed exchange rates, if country Z’s
sion in the money supply will change nominal and rate of inflation increases relative to its trading
real gross domestic products (GDP) in which of partners, Country Z’s imports and exports will
the following ways? most likely change in which of the following
ways?
Nominal GDP Real GDP
Imports Exports
(A) Increase Increase
(B) Increase Decrease (A) Decrease Decrease
(C) Increase No change (B) Decrease Increase
(D) No change Decrease (C) Increase Decrease
(E) No change No change (D) Increase Increase
(E) No change No change
52. A decrease in labor productivity will shift the
56. Which of the following household purchases will
(A) aggregate demand curve to the right
be counted as part of gross private investment in a
(B) aggregate demand curve to the left
country’s gross domestic product?
(C) long-run aggregate supply curve to the right
(D) short-run aggregate supply curve to the right (A) Government bonds
(E) short-run aggregate supply curve to the left (B) Shares of a company stock
(C) Corporate bonds
53. In the long run, if aggregate demand decreases, (D) A new car for personal use
real gross domestic product (GDP) and the price (E) A newly constructed home
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58. Which of the following would cause the short-run
into her checking account, the maximum increase
aggregate supply curve to shift to the right?
in the total money supply will be
(A) An increase in the wage rate
(A) $10
(B) An increase in the interest rate
(B) $100
(C) An increase in the natural rate of
(C) $900
unemployment
(D) $1,000
(D) A decrease in the capital stock
(E) $1,100
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59. A decrease in business taxes would lead to an 60. In an open economy, an increase in government
increase in national income by increasing which budget deficit tends to cause the international
of the following? value of a country’s currency and its trade deficit
to change in which of the following ways?
(A) The money supply
(B) Unemployment Value
(C) Aggregate demand only of Currency Trade Deficit
(D) Aggregate supply only
(A) Appreciate Become smaller
(E) Both aggregate demand and aggregate supply
(B) Appreciate Become larger
(C) Depreciate Become smaller
(D) Depreciate Become larger
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