EU29L1


  • 1
  • The production possibility frontier shows the boundary between ____________.

    those combinations of goods and services that can be produced and those that cannot
    real GDP and the quantity of labour employed
    leisure and work
    those combinations of goods and services that can be consumed and those that cannot


  • 2
  • The _______ shows how real GDP varies as the quantity of labour employed varies, other things remaining the same.

    production function
    short-run aggregate supply curve
    labour supply curve
    labour demand curve


  • 3
  • Factors that influence labour productivity include _______________________.

    physical capital, human capital, and technology
    the inflation rate, the real wage rate, and the exchange rate
    physical capital, the real wage rate, and technology
    the labour demand curve


  • 4
  • The demand for labour is the relationship between _______, when all other influences on firms' hiring plans remain the same.

    the quantity of labour demanded and the real wage rate
    real GDP and the quantity of labour demanded
    the quantity of labour demanded and the money wage rate
    the labour hours hired by all the firms in the economy and real GDP


  • 5
  • Which of the following statements is correct?

    A money wage rate is equal to a real wage rate multiplied by the price of a good.
    A real wage rate is equal to a money wage rate minus the price of a good.
    The price of a good is equal to the real wage rate minus the money wage rate.
    A real wage rate is equal to a money wage rate multiplied by the price of a good.


  • 6
  • The marginal product of labour is _______, when all other influences on production remain the same.

    the additional real GDP produced by an additional hour of labour
    the additional real GDP produced when the quantity of labour supplied increases
    real GDP divided by the quantity of labour
    the real GDP produced by labour


  • 7
  • The number of labour hours that all the households in the economy plan to work is the ________________________.

    quantity of labour supplied
    long-run aggregate labour supply
    long-run aggregate supply
    supply of labour


  • 8
  • When the quantity of labour demanded equals the quantity of labour supplied, _______________.

    the real GDP produced equals potential GDP
    the short-run aggregate supply curve is vertical
    the marginal product of labour is at its maximum possible value
    the real wage rate is $25 an hour


  • 9
  • The long-run aggregate supply curve is the relationship between the quantity of real GDP supplied and the price level when ___________________.

    real GDP equals potential GDP
    real GDP is greater than or equal to potential GDP
    the money wage rate, resource prices, and potential GDP remain constant
    the money wage rate and potential GDP remain constant


  • 10
  • The unemployment rate at full employment is __________________.

    the natural rate of unemployment
    between 0 and 1 per cent
    continually decreasing as the economy grows
    zero