Mankiw Macroeconomics 6e Ch02 Test Ans

Mankiw Macroeconomics 6e Ch02
1.Which of the following is a flow variable?

A. The value of the house in which you live
B. The balance in your savings account
C. Your monthly consumption of hamburgers
D. The number of hamburgers in your refrigerator at the
beginning of the month
2. Which of the following is not a stock variable?

A. Government debt
B. The labor force
C. The amount of money held by the public
D. Inventory investment
3. GDP is
A. a stock.
B. a flow.
C. both a stock and a flow.
D. neither a stock nor a flow.
4. GDP measures
A. expenditure on all final goods and services.
B. total income of everyone in the economy.
C. total value-added by all firms in the economy.
D. all of the above.
5. Suppose that a farmer grows wheat and sells it to a baker for

$1, the baker makes bread and sells it to a store for $2, and the
store sells it to the customer for $3. This transaction increases
GDP by
A. $1.
B. $2.
C. $3.
D. $6.
6. Which of the following is not included in GDP?
A. The salary paid to a federal judge
B. The value of housing services enjoyed by homeowners
C. The value of automobile services enjoyed by car owners
D. The value-added of a shipping company that transports goods
from the factory to retail stores
7. In which case is total expenditure in an economy not equal to

total income?
A. if total saving is larger than total investment
B. if net exports are not zero
C. if inventory investment is negative
D. none of the above--they are always equal
8. All other things equal, GDP will rise if

A. imports rise.
B. exports fall.
C. durable goods consumption rises.
D. military spending falls.
9. Which of the following statements describes the difference

between nominal and real GDP?
A. Real GDP includes only goods; nominal GDP includes goods
and services.
B. Real GDP is measured using constant base-year prices;
nominal GDP is measured using current prices.
C. Real GDP is equal to nominal GDP less the depreciation of
the capital stock.
D. Real GDP is equal to nominal GDP multiplied by the CPI.
10. If production remains the same and all prices double, then
real GDP
A. and nominal GDP are both constant.
B. is constant and nominal GDP is reduced by half.
C. is constant and nominal GDP doubles.
D. doubles and nominal GDP is constant.
11. Real GDP equals
A. nominal GDP minus net exports.
B. nominal GDP divided by the GDP deflator.
C. nominal GDP multiplied by the GDP deflator.
D. GDP minus depreciation.
12. If production remains the same and all prices double relative
to the base year, then the GDP deflator is
A. 1/4.
B. 1/2.
C. 1.
D. 2.
13. Consider the following table:
APPLES/ ORANGES
Year Production/Price Production/Price
1995 20/ $0.50 10/$1.00

2000 10/ $1.00 10/$0.50
If 1995 is the base year, what is the GDP deflator for 2000?
A.0
B.between 0 and 1
C.1
D.greater than 1
14. To obtain the net domestic product (NDP), start with GDP
and subtract
A.depreciation.
B.depreciation and indirect business taxes.
C.depreciation, indirect business taxes, and corporate profits.
D.depreciation, indirect business taxes, corporate profits, and
social insurance contributions.
15. To obtain national income, start with GDP and subtract
A. depreciation.
B. depreciation and indirect business taxes.
C. depreciation, indirect business taxes, and corporate profits.
D. depreciation, indirect business taxes, corporate profits, and
social insurance contributions.
16. Approximately what percentage of national income consists

of compensation of employees?
A. 10 percent
B. 25 percent
C. 70 percent
D. 95 percent
17. The consumer price index (CPI)

A. measures the price of a fixed basket of goods and services.
B. measures the price of a basket of goods and services that
constantly changes as the composition of consumer spending
changes.
C. measures the amount of money that it takes to produce a
fixed level of utility.
D. is one of the many statistics in the National Income Accounts.
18. Suppose that the typical consumer buys one apple and one
orange every month. In the base year 1986, the price for each
was $1. In 1996, the price of apples rises to $2, and the price of
oranges remains at $1. Assuming that the CPI for 1986 is equal
to 1, the CPI for 1996 would be equal to
A. 1/2.
B. 1.
C. 3/2.
D. 2.
19. Consider the following table:
Consumption Goods Nonconsumption Goods
Year Production Price Production Price
1995 20/$0.50 10/$1.00
2000 10/$1.00 10/$0.50
If 1995 is the base year, the CPI in 2000 is
A.0.
B.1/2.
C.1.
D.2.
20. Which of the following statements about the CPI and the
GDP deflator is true?
A. The CPI measures the price level; the GDP deflator measures
the production of an economy.
B. The CPI refers to a base year; the GDP deflator always refers
to the current year.
C. The weights given to prices are not the same.
D. The GDP deflator takes the price of imported goods into
account; the CPI does not.
21. All other things equal, if the price of foreign-made cars rises,
then the GDP deflator
A. and the CPI will rise by equal amounts.
B. will rise and the CPI will remain the same.
C. will remain the same and the CPI will rise.
D. and the CPI will rise by different amounts.
22. General Motors increases the price of a model car produced

exclusively for export to Europe. Which U.S. price index is
affected?
A. The CPI
B. The GDP deflator
C. Both the CPI and the GDP deflator
D. Neither the CPI nor the GDP deflator
23. Which of the following events will cause the unemployment
rate to increase?
A. An increase in population, with no change in the size of the
labor force
B. A proportionally equal increase in the labor force and the
number of unemployed workers
C. An increase in the labor force with no change in the number
of employed workers
D. An increase in the number of employed workers with no
change in the number of unemployed workers
24. An example of a person who is counted as unemployed is a

A. retired worker below the mandatory retirement age.
B. part-time worker who would like to work full-time.
C. senator who resigns her job to run for president.
D. student going to school full-time.
25. Suppose that a factory worker turns 62 years old and retires
from her job. Which statistic is not affected?
A. Number of unemployed
B. Unemployment rate
C. Labor force
D. Labor-force participation rate
26. Suppose that the size of the labor force is 100 million and
that the unemployment rate is 5 percent. Which of the following
actions would reduce the unemployment rate the most?
A. 1 million unemployed people get jobs.
B. 2 million unemployed people leave the labor force.
C. 3 million people join the labor force and they all get jobs.
D. 10 million people join the labor force and half of them get
jobs.
27. Okun's law expresses a relationship between a change in

A. the price level and a change in real GDP.
B. the price level and a change in the unemployment rate.
C. investment and change in the unemployment rate.
D. real GDP and a change in the unemployment rate.
28. Suppose that a Canadian citizen crosses the border each day
to work in the United States. Her income from this job would be
counted in
A. U.S. GNP and Canadian GNP.
B. U.S. GNP and Canadian GDP.
C. U.S. GDP and Canadian GNP.
D. U.S. GDP and Canadian GDP.
29. Suppose that an Italian working in the United States

renounces his Italian citizenship and is granted U.S. citizenship.
Which of the following will happen?
A. Italian GDP will fall; U.S. GNP will rise.
B. Italian GNP will fall; U.S. GNP will rise.
C. Italian GDP will fall; U.S. GDP will rise.
D. Italian GNP will fall; U.S. GDP will rise.

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Mankiw Macroeconomics 6e Ch02

1.Which of the following is a flow variable?

2. Which of the following is not a stock variable?

5. Suppose that a farmer grows wheat and sells it to a baker for

7. In which case is total expenditure in an economy not equal to

8. All other things equal, GDP will rise if

9. Which of the following statements describes the difference

13. Consider the following table:

1995 20/ $0.50 10/$1.00

16. Approximately what percentage of national income consists

17. The consumer price index (CPI)

22. General Motors increases the price of a model car produced

24. An example of a person who is counted as unemployed is a

27. Okun's law expresses a relationship between a change in

29. Suppose that an Italian working in the United States

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