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41. Which of the following items is included in GDP?
a. the sale of stocks and bonds b. the sale of used goods
c. the sale of services such as those performed by a doctor d. All of the above are included in GDP. ANS: C DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Investment | GDP MSC: Applicative
42. Government purchases include spending on goods and services by
a. the federal government, but not by state or local governments. b. federal and state governments, but not by local governments. c. federal, state, and local governments.
d. federal, state, and local governments, as well as household spending by employees of
those governments.
ANS: C DIF: 1 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Government purchases MSC: Definitional
43. Which of the following items is counted as part of government purchases?
a. The federal government pays the salary of a Navy officer.
b. The state of Nevada pays a private firm to repair a Nevada state highway.
c. The city of Las Vegas, Nevada pays a private firm to collect garbage in that city. d. All of the above are correct. ANS: D DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Government purchases MSC: Applicative
44. Recently, the U.S. national income accounts have switched to calling government purchases
a. government spending and transfer payments.
b. transfer payments and gross investment by government. c. government consumption expenditure and gross investment. d. government wages, salaries, and investment expenditure. ANS: C DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Government purchases MSC: Definitional
45. A form of government spending that is not made in exchange for a currently produced good
or service is called
a. a transfer payment. 转移支付 b. consumption. c. investment.
d. None of the above is correct. ANS: A DIF: 1 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Transfer payments MSC: Definitional
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46. A transfer payment is
a. a payment for moving expenses a worker receives when he or she is transferred by an
employer to a new location.
b. a payment that is automatically transferred from your bank account to pay a bill or some
other obligation.
c. a form of government spending that is not made in exchange for a currently produced
good or service.
d. the benefit that a person receives from an expenditure by government minus the taxes
that were collected by government to fund that expenditure.
ANS: C DIF: 1 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Transfer payments MSC: Definitional
47. Transfer payments
a. are payments that flow from government to households.
b. are not made in exchange for currently produced goods or services.
c. alter household income, but they do not reflect the economy’s production. d. All of the above are correct. ANS: D DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Transfer payments MSC: Interpretive
48. A transfer payment is a payment made by
a. consumers, but not in exchange for a tangible product. b. firms, but not in exchange for capital equipment.
c. foreigners, but not in exchange for a domestically-produced good or service. d. government, but not in exchange for a currently produced good or service. ANS: D DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Transfer payments MSC: Interpretive
49. Transfer payments are 转移支付不计入政府购买
a. included in GDP because they represent income to individuals.
b. included in GDP because they eventually will be spent on consumption.
c. not included in GDP because they are not payments for currently produced goods or
services.
d. not included in GDP because taxes will have to be raised to pay for them. ANS: C DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Transfer payments MSC: Interpretive
50. Which of the following represents a transfer payment?
a. You transfer $1,000 from your bank account to a mutual fund. b. The government sends your grandfather his Social Security check.
c. You make a payment to get legal documents showing you purchased a previously
owned home.
d. Your employer automatically transfers $100 each month from your wages to a
non-taxable medical spending account.
ANS: B DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Transfer payments MSC: Applicative
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51. Social Security payments are
a. included in GDP because they represent current income.
b. included in GDP because they represent potential consumption. c. excluded from GDP because they are not private pensions.
d. excluded from GDP because they do not reflect the economy’s production. ANS: D DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Transfer payments MSC: Applicative
52. Unemployment compensation is
a. part of GDP because it represents income.
b. part of GDP because the recipients must have worked in the past to qualify. c. not part of GDP because it is a transfer payment.
d. not part of GDP because the payments reduce business profits. ANS: C DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Transfer payments MSC: Applicative
53. To encourage formation of small businesses, the government could provide subsidies; these
subsidies
a. would be included in GDP because they are part of government purchases. b. would be included in GDP because they are part of investment expenditures. c. would not be included in GDP because they are transfer payments.
d. would not be included in GDP because the government raises taxes to pay for them. ANS: C DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Transfer payments MSC: Applicative
54. After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, governments within the United States
raised expenditures to increase security at airports. These purchases of goods and services are
a. not included in GDP since they do not represent production.
b. not included in GDP since the government collects taxes to pay for them.
c. included in GDP since government expenditures on goods and services are included in
GDP.
d. included in GDP only to the extent that the federal government, rather than state or local
governments, paid for them.
ANS: C DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Government purchases MSC: Applicative
55. Which of the following items is counted as part of government purchases?
a. The federal government pays $2,000 in Social Security benefits to a retired person. b. The city of Athens, Ohio pays $10,000 to a tree-trimming firm to trim trees along city
boulevards.
c. The state of Nebraska pays $1,000 to help a low-income family pay its medical bills. d. All of the above are correct. ANS: B DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Government purchases MSC: Applicative
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56. The U.S. government pays an economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce $50,000 in
salary in 2006. The economist then retires. In 2007, the government pays him $30,000 in retirement benefits. Which of the following is correct?
a. The 2006 payment is included in 2006 GDP as government purchases, and the 2007
payment is included in 2007 GDP as government purchases.
b. The 2006 payment is included in 2006 GDP as government purchases, but the 2007
payment is not included in 2007 GDP.
c. The 2006 payment is included in 2006 GDP as government purchases, and the 2007
payment is included in 2007 GDP as government transfer payments.
d. The 2006 payment is included in 2006 GDP as government purchases, and the 2007
payment is allocated to previous years' GDP according to the amount of work performed by the economist each year.
ANS: B DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Government purchases MSC: Applicative
57. Consider the following three items of spending by the government: (i) the federal govern-ment pays a $500 unemployment benefit to an unemployed person; (ii) the federal govern-ment makes a $2,000 salary payment to a Navy lieutenant; (iii) the city of Bozeman, Mon-tana makes a $10,000 payment to ABC Lighting Company for street lights in Bozeman. Which of these payments contributes directly to government purchases in the national in-come accounts? a. only item (i) b. only item (ii)
c. only items (i) and (ii) d. only items (ii) and (iii) ANS: D DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic
LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Government purchases MSC: Applicative
58. Which of the following subcomponents of GDP can be either positive or negative? 哪个可
正可负
a. inventory investment 存货投资 b. exports
c. government purchases
d. All of the above are correct. ANS: A DIF: 2 REF: 10-3 NAT: Analytic LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics TOP: Net exports MSC: Interpretive
59. Net exports equal
a. exports plus imports. b. exports minus imports. c. imports minus exports. d. GDP minus imports. ANS: B DIF: 1 REF: 10-3 LOC: The study of economics and definitions in economics MSC: Definitional
NAT: Analytic TOP: Net exports
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