Econ 103 Final Exam Practice

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ECON 103 Quiz sobre Econ 103 Final Exam Practice, criado por Natalie Balzert em 12-12-2016.
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Questão 1

Questão
To use monetary policy to lessen the effects of a recession, the Federal Reserve would:
Responda
  • increase the money supply and increase interest rates
  • decrease the money supply and increase interest rates
  • increase the money supply and decrease interest rates
  • decrease the money supply and decrease interest rates

Questão 2

Questão
Federal Reserve Notes in the Us are:
Responda
  • commodity money
  • fiat money
  • specie money
  • regulated money

Questão 3

Questão
When the USA was founded, the official monetary system was based on:
Responda
  • gold and silver
  • silver only
  • gold only
  • gold, silver, and/or paper as determined by Congress

Questão 4

Questão
Prior to the Civil War, US banks could print paper money, the government could not.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 5

Questão
Some countries in Central America, South America, and Africa use the US dollar their currency and no longer print their own,
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 6

Questão
It is called a [blank_start]Currency Board[blank_end] if a country issues its money backed by dollars or yen.
Responda
  • Currency Board

Questão 7

Questão
Which of the following is not one of the functions of money?
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  • medium of exchange
  • insurer of commodities
  • store of value
  • unit of account

Questão 8

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When David Hume said that money was the oil of trade, he meant which function of money?
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  • Medium of exchange
  • Insurer of commodities
  • Store of valie
  • Unite of Account

Questão 9

Questão
An economic system without money is a [blank_start]Barter[blank_end] system.
Responda
  • Barter

Questão 10

Questão
In the book the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the author supports:
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  • bimetallism
  • the gold standard
  • fiat money
  • reserve currencies

Questão 11

Questão
Which of the following is false about the Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
Responda
  • The yellow brick road is the gold standard
  • The scarecrow represents farmers
  • Dorothy's slippers are made of silver in the original story
  • The tin woodsman represents Wall Street

Questão 12

Questão
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is about the presidential election of 1896.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 13

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In the Wonderful Wizard of Oz the wizard is the president of the US.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 14

Questão
In a fractional reserve banking system, banks must keep:
Responda
  • a % of their of their loans on reserve in the bank
  • a % of their deposits on reserve in the bank
  • a set dollar amount on reserve in the bank, based on their size
  • a percentage of their average daily transactions on reserve in the bank

Questão 15

Questão
The Federal Reserve was founded in 1913. It is the first central bank the US has ever had, while most of the central banks in Europe are hundreds of years old.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 16

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The Fed is divided into Districts because:
Responda
  • it is more efficient to issue currency that way due to the size of the country
  • separate districts can better adapt to local economic conditions
  • too many states wanted the Fed located there, so having 12 was a political compromise
  • Katniss Everdeen decided

Questão 17

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In today's financial system, the value of our money depends only on our [blank_start]faith[blank_end] in it, according to your professor.
Responda
  • faith

Questão 18

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The Fed decreases the money supply by [blank_start]selling[blank_end] bonds.
Responda
  • selling

Questão 19

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The Federal Reserve is intended to be independent of the President and Congress.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 20

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When the Fed increases the money supply, interest rates should:
Responda
  • fall
  • rise
  • remain inchanged

Questão 21

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The [blank_start]discount[blank_end] rate is what the Fed charges banks when they borrow from it.
Responda
  • discount

Questão 22

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The [blank_start]Federal Fund[blank_end] rate is what US banks are charged for overnight loans.
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  • Federal Funds

Questão 23

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The [blank_start]LIBOR[blank_end] is the European version of the previous question.
Responda
  • LIBOR

Questão 24

Questão
Most of the money in the world is:
Responda
  • cash printed by the government
  • created by banks when they make loans
  • created through printing bonds
  • created by banks taking deposits

Questão 25

Questão
A credit default swap is actually an insurance policy on a financial asset.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 26

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M1 is mainly:
Responda
  • cash and coins
  • currency and checking accounts
  • currency, checking accounts, and small savings and time deposits
  • a freeway in London

Questão 27

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If Bill's bank is the only bank, it can legally make a loan of $50000. That is, it's accounts will still balance legally after the loan is made.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 28

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When the interest rate rises, investment should do what?
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  • rise
  • fall
  • be unchanged

Questão 29

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The modern theory of economic growth is based on _____ as the key to growth.
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  • savings
  • ideas and innovations
  • infrastructure investment
  • banking reform

Questão 30

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The size of a country's _____ relative to its population tells us how rich it is.
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  • bank reserves
  • capital stock
  • financial markets
  • exports

Questão 31

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According to the United Nations, what is the biggest obstacle to economic development for poor nations in the world today?
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  • too much debt
  • treatment of women
  • child labor
  • poor transportation systems

Questão 32

Questão
Despite the theories, the quantity of natural resources a country has turns out to be the most important factor to its economic growth in the real world.
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  • True
  • False

Questão 33

Questão
When the government uses its taxing and spending powers to affect the economy, it is called:
Responda
  • monetary policy
  • congressional policy
  • financial policy
  • fiscal policy

Questão 34

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Open Market operations are
Responda
  • the buying and selling of government bonds by the Federal Reserve
  • the means by which the Federal Reserve acts as the government's banker
  • the buying and selling of Federal Reserve Notes in the open market
  • the buying and selling of government bonds by the Treasury

Questão 35

Questão
When the government of Japan targeted its automobile companies as a way to make the economy grow, this was called _____ policy.
Responda
  • fiscal
  • regional
  • industrial
  • referntial

Questão 36

Questão
In the current economic crisis, a Classical economist would have done what with the failing banks and insurance companies?
Responda
  • let them go bankrupt, regardless of effect on anything else
  • let them go bankrupt, with the Fed protecting other financial institutions affected by it
  • forced another financial institution to buy them, with help from the Fed
  • exactly what the Fed did, buy billions in their stock to increase their reserves

Questão 37

Questão
Keynesians believe that the best way to end a recession is:
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  • increase the money supply and lower interest rates
  • increase government spending and make tax cuts
  • raise interest rates and cut taxes
  • do nothing

Questão 38

Questão
When lowering interest rates dows not affect the economy, economists say we are in a(n):
Responda
  • functional deficit
  • liquidity trap
  • crowding out
  • transitional lag

Questão 39

Questão
Correctly measured the US national debt:
Responda
  • is larger than it has ever been
  • has increased under every president since 1900, except Clinton
  • is smaller than Japan's
  • b and c only
  • a,b, and c are all correct

Questão 40

Questão
The last US president who did not have a budget deficit was:
Responda
  • Reagan
  • Kennedy
  • Jackson
  • Clinton

Questão 41

Questão
Almost all money in the world today is _____ money
Responda
  • commodity
  • fiat
  • industrial
  • contractual

Questão 42

Questão
An economic system without money is a(n) [blank_start]Barter[blank_end] system.
Responda
  • Barter

Questão 43

Questão
The central bank increases the money supply by [blank_start]buying[blank_end] bonds.
Responda
  • buying

Questão 44

Questão
The Fed is divided into 12 districts which are supposed to:
Responda
  • simplify the Fed's accounting
  • each contain 1/12 of the population, creating a monetary "congress"
  • represent the unique economic interests of different parts of the country
  • all members of congress to appoint those who their local economy

Questão 45

Questão
Most of the money is the world is:
Responda
  • cash printed by the government
  • created by banks when they make loans
  • created through printing bonds
  • created by banks taking deposits

Questão 46

Questão
The entity intended to be the central bank for the world is the:
Responda
  • ECB
  • IMF
  • World Bank
  • Wynn Resorts

Questão 47

Questão
When the entity in the previous question make a loan to a country, it requires a(n) _____ program in exchange
Responda
  • re-invigoration
  • austerity
  • spending

Questão 48

Questão
The changes made to US currency have been made to:
Responda
  • lengthen the time the money is used in circulation
  • prevent couterfeiting
  • lower the costs of printing
  • b and c

Questão 49

Questão
M2 consists of the [blank_start]sum of M1[blank_end], [blank_start]saving accounts[blank_end], and [blank_start]small time deposits[blank_end].
Responda
  • sum of M1
  • savings account
  • small time deposits

Questão 50

Questão
The [blank_start]Glass-Steagal[blank_end] Act separated banking and stock brokers. It has since been repealed.
Responda
  • Glass-Steagal

Questão 51

Questão
Congress in 1999 passed a law which prohibited the government from creating rules that regulated mortgage backed securities.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 52

Questão
When lowering interest rates does not affect the economy, economists say that we are in a(n) [blank_start]liquidity trap[blank_end].
Responda
  • liquidity trap

Questão 53

Questão
It is called [blank_start]crowding out[blank_end] when the government's borrowing to pay for something like the stimulus package makes interest rates go up, and lessons private borrowing.
Responda
  • crowding out

Questão 54

Questão
Data tell us that changing taxes has the strongest effect on the economy when times are good, and less effect as times go bad.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 55

Questão
Banks in the US in the 1800s were generally allowed to print their own money.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 56

Questão
The approval that a bank must have to be allowed to operate is called a(n) [blank_start]charter[blank_end].
Responda
  • charter

Questão 57

Questão
Bill's Bank has $5,000 in cash, $10,000 in loans, and $40,000 in deposits. Its actual reserves are:
Responda
  • $10,000
  • $4,000
  • $40,000
  • $5,000

Questão 58

Questão
Bill's Bank has $5,000 in cash, $10,000 in loans, and $40,000 in deposits. It requires reserves, assuming 10% reserve requirement, are:
Responda
  • $4,000
  • $1,000
  • $10,000

Questão 59

Questão
Bill's Bank has $5,000 in cash, $10,000 in loans, and $40,000 in deposits. Its excess reserves, assuming 10% reserve requirement, are:
Responda
  • $0
  • $2,000
  • $1,000

Questão 60

Questão
Bill's Bank has $5,000 in cash, $10,000 in loans, and $40,000 in deposits. It can make a $5,000 loan and remain legal, assuming a 10% reserve requirement.
Responda
  • True
  • False

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