ECO 203 Week 3 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

ECO 203 Week 3 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University 



Question 1

In the classical model, shifts in the AD curve __________.

 

o   Change both the price level and output

o   Change output only

o   Change the price level only

o   Have no effect on the price level and output

 

 

Question 2

Total planned spending by all sectors is called __________.

 

o   Government purchases

o   Aggregate expenditure

o   Collective consumption

o   Disposable income

 

 

 

Question 3

Regarding aggregate demand and aggregate supply, the Keynesian model assumes a(n) __________.

 

o   Upward-sloping AD curve and a vertical AS curve

o   Downward-sloping AD curve and a vertical AS curve

o   Upward-sloping AD curve and a horizontal AS curve

o   Downward-sloping AD curve and a horizontal AS curve

 

 

 

Question 4

About 31% of the national debt owed to individuals is owed to __________.

 

o   Foreigners

o   Importers

o   Loan cooperatives

o   Venture capitalists

 

 

Question 5

Another term for credit market is __________.

 

o   Market for loanable funds

o   Business market

o   Investment market

o   Market for interest loans

 

 

Question 6

What was Keynes’s main argument against Say’s law?

 

o   It fails to explain short-run changes in the velocity of money.

o   It ignores that long periods of overproduction and unemployment are possible.

o   It neglects the role of interest rates.

o   It neglects the role of individual investment.

 

 

 Question 7

If an economy has high unemployment, slow growth, and low inflation rates, what would an appropriate fiscal policy look like?

 

o   Lower taxes, higher government spending

o   Higher taxes, higher government spending

o   Higher taxes, lower government spending

o   Lower taxes, lower government spending

 

 

Question 8

With which group is a laissez-faire attitude toward most markets closely associated?

 

o   Keynesians

o   Supply-side economists

o   Monetarists

o   Classical economists

 

 

 

Question 9

The consumption function shows the relationship between the income received by households and __________.

 

o   The amount they plan to spend on currently produced final output

o   The amount they plan to save

o   The amount households and business firms plan to spend on investment

o   The taxes paid on personal income

 

 

 

 

Question 10

Keynesians argue for the use of fiscal policy because they believe that fiscal policy can __________.

 

o   Stabilize foreign currency

o   Stabilize economic activity

o   Result in equilibrium, which means full employment

o   Result in equilibrium, which means full use of resources

 

 

 

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