MCQ Bank
In the IS-LM model, which component is essential for solving the equilibrium of the goods market?
- A) Consumption function.
- B) Aggregate supply curve.
- C) Labor supply.
- D) Productivity shifts.
Policymakers, economists, and investors can learn more about an economy's general health and any weaknesses by analyzing the movements of:
- A) Money market.
- B) Goods market.
- C) Assets market.
- D) Labor market.
Expenditure on durable goods rises more noticeably during economic expansions and falls more precipitously during;
- A) Recovery.
- B) Peak.
- C) Depression.
- D) Downturn.
A vertical line which denotes a situation in which output stays constant at the full employment level regardless of changes in prices is called;
- A) Short-run aggregate demand curve.
- B) Short-run aggregagte supply curve.
- C) Long-run aggregate demand curve.
- D) Long-run aggregate supply curve.
Since in the short run, firms are ready to sell any amount at the existing price during this period, prices remain constant, resulting in a horizontal line representing the;
- A) Long-run aggregagte supply curve.
- B) Long-run aggregate demand curve.
- C) Short-run aggregate supply curve.
- D) Short-run aggregate demand curve.
The equilibrium of the goods market occurs when the desired investment equals the desired national saving, which is intricately linked to the;
- A) Real interest rate.
- B) Nominal interest rate.
- C) Nominal inflation.
- D) Real inflation.
In the context of economic growth theory, the Solow residual measures:
- A) Employment.
- B) Productivity shocks.
- C) Interest rates.
- D) Inflation.
Excess demand for money (Md – M) plus excess demand for nonmonetary assets (NMd – NM) equals to:
- A) Three.
- B) Zero.
- C) Two.
- D) One.
General equilibrium in the IS-LM model emphasizes the relationship between:
- A) Aggregate demand and supply.
- B) Nominal wages and inflation.
- C) Consumption and savings.
- D) Real interest rates and money supply.
In assest market equilibrium, if real money supply decreases compared to real money demand, it leads to the shift in LM curve;
- A) No change.
- B) Upward.
- C) Rightward.
- D) Downward.
According to the Real Business Cycle model, what happens to prices and wages in response to an economic shock?
- A) They adjust slowly.
- B) They do not adjust.
- C) They adjust quickly.
- D) They adjust randomly.
In the IS-LM model, the IS curve represents equilibrium in the;
- A) Interest rate.
- B) Assets market.
- C) Labor market.
- D) Goods market.
What does the long-run equilibrium analysis in the IS-LM model focus on?
- A) Full employment, output and real interest rates.
- B) Tax function and nominal interest rates.
- C) Consumption and government spending.
- D) Price level and labor productivity.
Which of the following best describes the classical view of price adjustment in the IS-LM model?
- A) Prices are determined by aggregate demand alone.
- B) Prices are fixed in the short run.
- C) Prices are flexible and adjust to ensure full employment.
- D) Prices adjust only after government intervention.
Which of the following is most likely to cause a rightward shift in the Aggregate Demand (AD) curve?
- A) An increase in taxes.
- B) An increase in consumer confidence.
- C) A decrease in government spending.
- D) A decrease in the money supply.
What do Dynamic, Stochastic, and General Equilibrium (DSGE) models account for?
- A) Only productivity shocks.
- B) Fixed prices.
- C) Multiple economic shocks.
- D) Constant growth.
According to the Real Business Cycle theory, which factor can cause economic fluctuations?
- A) Trade policies.
- B) Money supply.
- C) Exchange rates.
- D) Production methods.
The endogenous growth model proposes that the overall quantity saved depends upon the:
- A) Investment.
- B) Consumption.
- C) Production.
- D) Savings.
The aggregate demand curve changes leftward if consumers become pessimistic about the present or the future, which results in less;
- A) Saving.
- B) Consumption.
- C) Income.
- D) Investment.
Classical economics holds that changes in the production level at which full employment is achieved are primarily caused by the shocks from;
- A) Output.
- B) Aggregate demand.
- C) Aggregate consumption.
- D) Aggregate supply.