Money, Interest Rates & Output Mcqs - Set 1

1)   A reduction in interest rates, causes an increases in the monetary base that results in an _________ in the availability of consumer credit and a ________ in the cost of consumer credit?

a. reduction, increase
b. reduction, reduction
c. increase, reduction
d. increase , increase
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: increase, reduction

Explanation:
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2)   Central banks prefer to fix the ____ and accept the resulting _____?

a. demand for money, interest rate
b. interest rate equilibrium money supply
c. demand for money equilibrium money supply
d. interest rate, demand for money
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: interest rate equilibrium money supply

Explanation:
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3)   If the central bank buys financial securities in the open market to increase the monetary base, this is and example of ?

a. lender of less resort
b. financial intermediation
c. Open Market operations
d. Financial regulation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Open Market operations

Explanation:
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4)   M4 is a __________ measure of money and includes deposits at both __________ and _________?

a. narrow, banks, building societies
b. wide, banks insurance companies
c. Narrow, banks insurance companies
d. Wide, banks building societies
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Wide, banks building societies

Explanation:
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5)   When interest rate rise, other things equal, we can expect the quantity of real money holding to ?

a. fall
b. increase
c. not change
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: fall

Explanation:
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6)   If the keep some money available in case I see a bargain this is an example of ?

a. asset demand for money
b. transactions demand for money
c. token demand for money
d. precautionary demand for money
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: precautionary demand for money

Explanation:
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7)   If banks and the private sector decide to hold less cash the money multiplier will be ?

a. Unchanged
b. Larger
c. Smaller
d. Unstable
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Larger

Explanation:
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8)   Banks create money by ?

a. printing it
b. issuing debit cards
c. accepting cheques
d. lending out part of their deposits
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: lending out part of their deposits

Explanation:
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9)   Money has 3 main function they are __________ and __________?

a. IOU , inflation hedge store of value
b. Medium of exchange inflation hedge store of value
c. Medium of exchange unit of account IOU
d. Medium of exchange unit of account store of value
e. Medium of exchange unit of account store of value
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Medium of exchange unit of account store of value

Explanation:
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10)   Each point on the LM curve represents the equilibrium point in the ?

a. money market for the given level of the money supply
b. money market for different combinations of interest rates and output
c. goods market for the given level of government spending
d. goods market for the given interest rate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: money market for different combinations of interest rates and output

Explanation:
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