Economics Test 8

Total Questions: 24

1 - What can a central bank increase in order to reduce consumer borrowing?

A ) Commercial bank deposits
B ) Government spending
C ) Interest rates ✅
D ) The exchange rate

2 - What is more likely to be found in a free market economy than in a planned economy?

A ) An even distribution of income
B ) An incentive to innovate ✅
C ) A wide range of public goods
D ) Full employment of labour

3 - Which of the following would not be classified as capital investment by an economist?

A ) An operating theatre for a hospital
B ) Computers for a bank
C ) New homes for private citizens ✅
D ) Share issues for public limited Companies

4 - Which of the following is an indirect tax?

A ) A tax on company profits
B ) A tax on consumer goods ✅
C ) A tax on income
D ) A tax on wealth

5 - What is the most likely result of an increase in interest rates?

A ) A rise in imports
B ) A rise in borrowing
C ) A fall in new consumer spending ✅
D ) A fall in saving

6 - What does the phrase 'terms of trade' describes?

A ) A measure of trade restrictions with other countries
B ) The level of foreign exchange reserves
C ) The relationship between the price of imports and the price of exports ✅
D ) The value of one currency in terms of another currency

7 - Which of the following is an example of the factor of production known as capital?

A ) A truck ✅
B ) A truck driver
C ) A truck driver's savings
D ) A truck driver's wage

8 - What will increase the level of specialisation in an economy?

A ) A computer manufacturer takes over a mobile phone company.
B ) A retail store issues its own credit card.
C ) A travel agent provides transport to the airport.
D ) A vehicle assembler reduces it's range of vehicles ✅

9 - Which of the following are usually found in a developing economy?

A ) A low GDP per head together with a high calorie intake
B ) A low life expectancy together with a high rate of adult literacy
C ) A low rate of infant mortality together with a high death rate
D ) A low school-leaving age together with a low rate of employment ✅

10 - When stock market is falling it is called.......

A ) Bearish ✅
B ) Bullish
C ) Cresh
D ) Fall down

11 - What is most likely to cause the government to have a budget surplus?

A ) An increase in exports
B ) An increase in unemployment
C ) A decrease in government spending ✅
D ) A decrease in private sector investment

12 - Which of the following would an economist use to measure living standards?

A ) The average size of families
B ) The gross domestic Product per head ✅
C ) The number of workers in agriculture
D ) The size of cities

13 - A country is experiencing inflation. What must be increasing?

A ) Wage levels
B ) The output of goods and services
C ) The amount of money spent on goods and services
D ) The amount of money needed to purchase a given quantity of goods and services ✅

14 - More than 2/3 of the world's tin comes from

A ) China ✅
B ) Bolivia
C ) Malaysia
D ) Nigeria

15 - ISO 9001 standard was being used when it is required to demonstrate the supplier's capabilities in:

A ) Design, development, production and servicing ✅
B ) Production, installation of the product and servicing
C ) Detection and control of the disposition of any product nonconformity during the final inspection and testing stages
D ) All of these

18 - The most industrialized country in Asia is

A ) Japan ✅
B ) South Korea
C ) Taiwan
D ) Malaysia

19 - International Monetary Fund helps the member countries

A ) In the short period disequilibrium in their balance of payments ✅
B ) In their long period disequilibrium in their balance of payments
C ) Advises the member countries on economic and monetary matters
D ) All the above

20 - How do we define the terms bull and bear with regard to stock markets?

A ) A bull is an optimistic operator who first buys and then sells shares in expectation of the price going up;a bear is a pessimistic market operator who sells the shares in expectation of buying them back at a lower price ✅
B ) There is nothing significantly different as both operate in the capital market
C ) Bull is one who first sells a share and then buys it at a lower price;bear means one who first buys and then sells it in expectation of prices going up
D ) A bull is ready to buy any share; a bear only deals in government securities

21 - National Income of a country is based on

A ) The taxes earned by the State
B ) The sum of all factors of income ✅
C ) Personal incomes of all the citizens
D ) Surplus of exports over imports

22 - Which of the following payment instruments introduced by the banks is known as plastic money?

A ) Bearer Cheques
B ) Credit Cards ✅
C ) Demand Drafts
D ) Gift Cheques

24 - Which of the following is not rated by credit rating agencies?

A ) Shares ✅
B ) Debentures and bonds
C ) Commercial paper
D ) Government securities