First Midterm-
Binary Choice Questions:
1. The income of Americans working abroad is greater than the income of foreigners working in the US. Therefore the GDP of the US is ___ its GNP.
a. less than
b. greater than
2. What do we call data on the income of 100 million households at one point in time?
a. Time series data
b. Cross-sectional data
3. A bowed-out production possibilities frontier indicates that the opportunity cost of producing good X is _________ as resources become more heavily allocated to the production of good X.
a. increasing
b. decreasing
4. Which of the following is a normative statement?
a. Government intervention is not good for the economy.
b. The average temperature in September this year was higher than last year.
5. Gains from trade result when each country specializes in the production of the good which is relatively more expensive for them (in terms of opportunity cost) and then trade with each other.
a. True
b. False
6. If an economy is at full employment, then the unemployment rate equals zero.
a. True
b. False
7. A recession is a less severe economic downturn than a depression.
a. True
b. False
8. The opportunity cost of producing a good is the the sum of all resource costs that a producer paid in the production process.
a. True
b. False
9. Bob, an American citizen, works in France for 6 months. His income while working in France is counted as part of US GNP.
a. True
b. False
10. Technological improvements that increase productivity in a country will shift the country's production possibilities frontier outward.
a. True
b. False
Multiple Choice Questions:
Use the following table, which shows the GDP and population in a country for 2 years, to answer the next question.
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Year
|
Population
|
Real GDP
|
|
2005
|
80
|
800
|
|
2006
|
100
|
1,100
|
11. What is the growth rate of real GDP per capita in this country from 2005 to 2006 (using 2005 as the base year)?
a. 1%
b. 10%
c. 25%
d. 37.5%
12. Which of the following will cause a shift in the supply curve for gas?
a. The economy is doing well and everyone's income increases.
b. The price of cars falls.
c. A major oil production plant is destroyed during a storm.
d. A new car is sold that uses less gasoline than older models.
13. Which of the following activities is included in America's GDP?
a. A woman living in New York spends a day cleaning her house.
b. An American businessman opens a plant in Japan that produces computers.
c. Nick volunteers at the animal rescue shelter in Washington, DC.
d. An American businessman produces computers in Idaho and sells these computers to consumers in Japan.
14. Which of the following events would not affect the unemployment rate?
a. Jackie graduates from UW-Madison and starts a job at a bank in New York.
b. Raymond finishes his service in the military and retires.
c. James lost his job in November and looked for work during all of December. He is still not working, but since December he has been frustrated about not finding a new job, and he has stopped looking for a job.
d. Mr. Lawrence, who ran a small company with his family, was prosecuted for tax evasion and imprisoned.
Use the following information to answer the next two questions.
There are 600,000 inhabitants on Badger Island. Among them, 100,000 people are under the age of 16, and 150,000 people are retired. Of the remaining people, 200,000 are employed, 50,000 are looking for a job but are not currently employed, and 100,000 are not working and are not looking for a job.
15. What is the unemployment rate on Badger Island?
a. 8.5%
b. 10%
c. 20%
d.25%
16. What is the labor force participation rate on Badger Island?
a. 40%
b. 50%
c. 62.5%
d. 80%
Use the following information to answer the next two questions
South and Ning each produce 2 goods: bread and milk. They both work 16 hours a day. It takes Ning 2 hours to produce a loaf of bread, and it takes her 2 hours to produce a gallon of milk. It takes South 1 hour to produce a loaf of bread, and it takes him 4 hours to produce a gallon of milk. Both Ning and South have constant opportunity costs of producing a gallon of milk (in terms of the production of a loaf of bread).
17. Which of the following statements is true?
a. South has the absolute advantage in the production of milk, and Ning has the absolute advantage in the production of bread.
b. Ning has the absolute advantage in the production of both goods.
c. South has the comparative advantage in the production of bread, and Ning has the comparative advantage in the production of milk.
d. Ning has the comparative advantage in the production of bread, and South has the comparative advantage in the production of milk.
18. Identify the range of prices such that Ning and South can both gain from trade.
a. Less than one loaf of bread for a gallon of milk.
b. One to four loaves of bread for a gallon of milk.
c. Two to five loaves of bread for a gallon of milk.
d. One to five loaves of bread for a gallon of milk.
19. If the GDP deflator is rising by 2% per year, and nominal GDP is rising by 5% a year, then
a. real GDP growth is negative.
b. real GDP growth is positive.
c. real GDP growth is zero.
d. real GDP growth can not be determined.
20. Which of the following questions is relevant for the study of macroeconomics?
a. What will happen to U.S. imports to Japan if the dollar becomes expensive in terms of Japanese yen?
b. How will the price of cheese change when milk becomes less expensive?
c. If the tax rate on cigars increases, what will happen to Mr. Brown's consumption of cigars?
d. The government imposes a tax on firms' capital stock. What will happen to the marginal cost of production for these firms?
Use the graph below to answer the next question.
21. A country has to choose between consumption and investment. PPF1 represents their production possibility frontier today. PPF2 and PPF3 represent two potential production possibility frontiers for the country 10 years from now. The economy is more likely to have the production possibilities described by PPF3 instead of PPF2 if today the country chooses to produce at:
a. Point A
b. Point B
c. Point C
d. Point D
22. The gasoline market was originally in equilibrium. However, people are now more concerned about global warming, which is believed to be caused by emissions from gasoline. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The demand curve for gasoline will shift to the right.
b. The demand curve for gasoline will shift to the left.
c. The demand and supply curves for gasoline will not change.
d. The supply curve for gasoline will shift to the left.
23. Nike used to operate a shoe factory in Idaho. However, they decided to move the factory to China because of the cheaper labor costs there. John used to work at this factory, but he lost his job when the plant was moved to China. John is experiencing what type of unemployment?
a. seasonal unemployment
b. cyclical unemployment
c. frictional unemployment
d. structural unemployment
24. For two countries to gain by trading with each other, which of the following conditions must be true?
I. Both countries need to have a comparative advantage in the production of at least one good.
II. Both countries need to have an absolute advantage in the production of at least one good.
III. The price of a good must be between the opportunity costs of producing the good for the two countries.
a. I only
b. II only
c. I and III
d. II and III
Use the following information to answer the next three questions.
The domestic demand for hats in Badgerland is given by Qd = 14 - 2Pd. The domestic supply curve for hats is given by Ps = Qs + 1. The world price of hats is $2.
25. Badgerland is initially closed to world trade. However, they decide to open up their markets and trade with other countries. By how much will the domestic production of hats change when this happens?
a. Badgerland's domestic production will not change.
b. Badgerland's domestic production will decrease by 1 unit.
c. Badgerland's domestic production will decrease by 3 units.
d. Badgerland's domestic production will increase by 6 units.
26. Now assume that Badgerland is still open to world trade, but the government of Badgerland imposes a quota of 3 hats. A year later, they decide to replace this quota with a tariff. However, they do not want the new policy to cause any change in the distributional outcome in the market. In other words, they want the tariff to result in the same market price, quantity supplied and consumed, and consumer and producer surplus as the quota. If they do this, what will their tariff revenue equal?
a. $2
b. $4
c. $6
d. $8
27. What is the deadweight loss from this tariff?
a. $2
b. $4
c. $6
d. $8
28. Tim, an American citizen, works as a teacher in the United States and is paid $11,000 a year. During the summer, he translates a textbook from English into Chinese. He exports the translated book to China and earns $2,000 in extra income. What is Tim's contribution to US GNP and to US GDP?
a. He contributes $11,000 to US GDP and $11,000 to US GNP.
b. He contributes $13,000 to US GDP and $13,000 to US GNP.
c. He contributes $11,000 to US GDP and $13,000 to US GNP.
d. He contributes $13,000 to US GDP and $11,000 to US GNP.
29. Suppose that in a small open economy the domestic demand function for basketballs is Pd = 6 - Qd, and the domestic supply function is Ps = Qs. Furthermore, suppose the world price is $2. Now, the government of this small open economy imposes a tariff on basketballs, causing the price of basketballs to increase by $1. What will the tariff revenue equal?
a. $0
b. $2
c. $4
d. $6
30. A farm produces $200,000 worth of corn in a year. Half of the corn, worth $100,000, is used to raise the farmer's cows, and the other half is sold at the market. This farm also earns $300,000 a year by selling milk. How much does this farm contribute to GDP each year?
a. $300,000
b. $400,000
c. $500,000
d. $600,000