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Q: The M2 monetary aggregate contains everything that is in M1 plus other assets that are highly ________ (can be turned into cash quickly at very little cost). A) liquid B) stable C) consistent D) efficient

Q: Small-denomination time deposits refer to certificates of deposit with a denomination of less than A) $1,000. B) $10,000. C) $100,000. D) $1,000,000.

Q: If an individual uses money from a demand deposit account to purchase a U.S. savings bond, A) M1 decreases and M2 stays the same. B) M1 stays the same and M2 increases. C) M1 stays the same and M2 stays the same. D) M1 decreases and M2 decreases.

Q: If an individual moves money from a money market deposit account to currency, A) M1 increases and M2 stays the same. B) M1 stays the same and M2 increases. C) M1 stays the same and M2 stays the same. D) M1 increases and M2 decreases.

Q: If an individual moves money from currency to a demand deposit account, A) M1 decreases and M2 stays the same. B) M1 stays the same and M2 increases. C) M1 stays the same and M2 stays the same. D) M1 increases and M2 stays the same.

Q: If an individual moves money from a savings deposit account to a money market deposit account, A) M1 decreases and M2 stays the same. B) M1 stays the same and M2 increases. C) M1 stays the same and M2 stays the same. D) M1 increases and M2 decreases.

Q: If an individual moves money from a demand deposit account to a money market deposit account, A) M1 decreases and M2 stays the same. B) M1 stays the same and M2 increases. C) M1 stays the same and M2 stays the same. D) M1 increases and M2 decreases.

Q: If an individual moves money from a small-denomination time deposit to a demand deposit account, A) M1 increases and M2 stays the same. B) M1 stays the same and M2 increases. C) M1 stays the same and M2 stays the same. D) M1 increases and M2 decreases.

Q: If an individual redeems a U.S. savings bond for currency A) M1 stays the same and M2 decreases. B) M1 increases and M2 increases. C) M1 increases and M2 stays the same. D) M1 stays the same and M2 stays the same.

Q: Of the following, the largest is A) money market deposit accounts. B) demand deposits. C) M1. D) M2.

Q: Which of the following is included in M2 but not in M1? A) NOW accounts B) Demand deposits C) Currency D) Money market mutual fund shares (retail)

Q: Which of the following is not included in the monetary aggregate M2? A) Currency B) Savings bonds C) Traveler's checks D) Checking deposits

Q: Which of the following is included in both M1 and M2? A) Currency B) Savings deposits C) Small-denomination time deposits D) Money market deposit accounts

Q: Which of the following is not included in the M1 measure of money but is included in the M2 measure of money? A) Currency B) Traveler's checks C) Demand deposits D) Small-denomination time deposits

Q: Which of the following is not included in the measure of M1? A) NOW accounts B) Demand deposits C) Currency D) Savings deposits

Q: The M1 measure of money includes A) small denomination time deposits. B) traveler's checks. C) money market deposit accounts. D) money market mutual fund shares.

Q: The components of the U.S. M1 money supply are demand and checkable deposits plus A) currency. B) currency plus savings deposits. C) currency plus travelers checks. D) currency plus travelers checks plus money market deposits.

Q: The other checkable deposits component of the M1 measure reported by the Federal Reserve includes A) negotiable time deposits. B) money market mutual fund shares. C) automatic transfer from savings accounts. D) money market deposit accounts.

Q: The currency component includes paper money and coins held in A) bank vaults. B) ATMs. C) the hands of the nonbank public. D) the central bank.

Q: ________ is the narrowest monetary aggregate that the Fed reports. A) M0 B) M1 C) M2 D) M3

Q: Monetary aggregates are A) measures of the money supply reported by the Federal Reserve. B) measures of the wealth of individuals. C) never redefined since "money" never changes. D) reported by the Treasury Department annually.

Q: Defining money becomes ________ difficult as the pace of financial innovation ________. A) less; quickens B) more; quickens C) more; slows D) more; stops

Q: Recent financial innovation makes the Federal Reserve's job of conducting monetary policy A) easier, since the Fed now knows what to consider money. B) more difficult, since the Fed now knows what to consider money. C) easier, since the Fed no longer knows what to consider money. D) more difficult, since the Fed no longer knows what to consider money.

Q: What factors have slowed down the movement to a system where all payments are made electronically?

Q: In explaining the evolution of money A) government regulation is the most important factor. B) commodity money, because it is valued more highly, tends to drive out paper money. C) new forms of money evolve to lower transaction costs. D) paper money is always backed by gold and therefore more desirable than checks.

Q: An electronic payments system has not completely replaced the paper payments system because of all of the following reasons except A) expensive equipment is necessary to set up the system. B) security concerns. C) privacy concerns. D) transportation costs.

Q: A smart card is the equivalent of A) cash. B) savings bonds. C) savings deposits. D) certificates of deposit.

Q: Which of the following is not a form of e-money? A) a debit card B) a credit card C) a stored-value card D) a smart card

Q: An important characteristic of the modern payments system has been the rapidly increasing use of A) checks and decreasing use of currency. B) electronic fund transfers. C) commodity monies. D) fiat money.

Q: Which of the following sequences accurately describes the evolution of the payments system? A) Barter, coins made of precious metals, paper currency, checks, electronic funds transfers B) Barter, coins made of precious metals, checks, paper currency, electronic funds transfers C) Barter, checks, paper currency, coins made of precious metals, electronic funds transfers D) Barter, checks, paper currency, electronic funds transfers

Q: Compared to an electronic payments system, a payments system based on checks has the major drawback that A) checks are less costly to process. B) checks take longer to process, meaning that it may take several days before the depositor can get her cash. C) fraud may be more difficult to commit when paper receipts are eliminated. D) legal liability is more clearly defined.

Q: The evolution of the payments system from barter to precious metals, then to fiat money, then to checks can best be understood as a consequence of A) government regulations designed to improve the efficiency of the payments system. B) government regulations designed to promote the safety of the payments system. C) innovations that reduced the costs of exchanging goods and services. D) competition among firms to make it easier for customers to purchase their products.

Q: Introduction of checks into the payments system reduced the costs of exchanging goods and services. Another advantage of checks is that A) they provide convenient receipts for purchases. B) they can never be stolen. C) they are more widely accepted than currency. D) the funds from a deposited check are available for use immediately.

Q: Although ________ currency is lighter than coins made of metals, a disadvantage arising from modern technology is the ease of ________. A) paper; transport B) commodity; counterfeiting C) fiat; transport D) paper; counterfeiting

Q: Compared to checks, paper currency and coins have the major drawbacks that they A) are easily stolen. B) are hard to counterfeit. C) are not the most liquid assets. D) must be backed by gold.

Q: The evolution of the payments system from barter to precious metals, then to fiat money, then to checks can best be understood as a consequence of the fact that A) paper is more costly to produce than precious metals. B) precious metals were not generally acceptable. C) precious metals were difficult to carry and transport. D) paper money is less accepted than checks.

Q: When paper currency is decreed by governments as legal tender, legally it must be A) paper currency backed by gold. B) a precious metal such as gold or silver. C) accepted as payment for debts. D) convertible into an electronic payment.

Q: Paper currency that has been declared legal tender but is not convertible into coins or precious metals is called ________ money. A) commodity B) fiat C) electronic D) funny

Q: A disadvantage of ________made from precious metals is that it is very heavy and hard to transport from one place to another. A) commodity money B) fiat money C) electronic money D) paper money

Q: ________ money could be used for some other purpose other than as a medium of exchange, for example, gold coins could be melted down and turned into gold jewelry. A) Commodity B) Fiat C) Paper D) Electronic

Q: As the payments system evolves from barter to a monetary system, A) commodity money is likely to precede the use of paper currency. B) transaction costs increase. C) the number of prices that need to be calculated increase rather dramatically. D) specialization decreases.

Q: The payments system is A) the method of conducting transactions in the economy. B) used by union officials to set salary caps. C) an illegal method of rewarding contracts. D) used by your employer to determine salary increases.

Q: Explain how cigarettes could be called "money" in prisoner-of-war camps of World War II.

Q: If merchants in the country Zed choose to close their doors, preferring to be stuck with rotting merchandise rather than worthless currency, then one can conclude that Zed is experiencing a A) superdeflation. B) hyperdeflation. C) disinflation. D) hyperinflation.

Q: Because inflation in Germany after World War I sometimes exceeded 1,000 % per month, one can conclude that the German economy suffered from A) deflation. B) disinflation. C) hyperinflation. D) superdeflation.

Q: During hyperinflations, A) the value of money rises rapidly. B) money no longer functions as a good store of value and people may resort to barter transactions on a much larger scale. C) middle-class savers benefit as prices rise. D) money's value remains fixed to the price level; that is, if prices double so does the value of money.

Q: A hyperinflation is A) a period of extreme inflation generally greater than 50% per month. B) a period of anxiety caused by rising prices. C) an increase in output caused by higher prices. D) impossible today because of tighter regulations.

Q: A fall in the level of prices A) does not affect the value of money. B) has an uncertain effect on the value of money. C) increases the value of money. D) reduces the value of money.

Q: If the price level doubles, the value of money A) doubles. B) more than doubles, due to scale economies. C) rises but does not double, due to diminishing returns. D) falls by 50 percent.

Q: People hold money even during inflationary episodes when other assets prove to be better stores of value. This can be explained by the fact that money is A) extremely liquid. B) a unique good for which there are no substitutes. C) the only thing accepted in economic exchange. D) backed by gold.

Q: Ranking assets from most liquid to least liquid, the correct order is A) savings bonds; house; currency. B) currency; savings bonds; house. C) currency; house; savings bonds. D) house; savings bonds; currency.

Q: Of the following assets, the least liquid is A) stocks. B) traveler's checks. C) checking deposits. D) a house.

Q: Since it does not have to be converted into anything else to make purchases, ________ is the most liquid asset. A) money B) stock C) artwork D) gold

Q: Increasing transactions costs of selling an asset make the asset A) more valuable. B) more liquid. C) less liquid. D) more moneylike.

Q: ________ is the relative ease and speed with which an asset can be converted into a medium of exchange. A) Efficiency B) Liquidity C) Deflation D) Specialization

Q: Patrick places his pocket change into his savings bank on his desk each evening. By his actions, Patrick indicates that he believes that money is a A) medium of exchange. B) unit of account. C) store of value. D) unit of specialization.

Q: As a store of value, money A) does not earn interest. B) cannot be a durable asset. C) must be currency. D) is a way of saving for future purchases.

Q: Dennis notices that jackets are on sale for $99. In this case money is functioning as a A) medium of exchange. B) unit of account. C) store of value. D) payments-system ruler.

Q: Because it is a unit of account, money A) increases transaction costs. B) reduces the number of prices that need to be calculated. C) does not earn interest. D) discourages specialization.

Q: If there are four goods in a barter economy, then one needs to know ________ prices in order to exchange one good for another. A) 8 B) 6 C) 5 D) 4

Q: If there are five goods in a barter economy, one needs to know ten prices in order to exchange one good for another. If, however, there are ten goods in a barter economy, then one needs to know ________ prices in order to exchange one good for another. A) 20 B) 25 C) 30 D) 45

Q: In a barter economy the number of prices in an economy with N goods is A) [N(N - 1)]/2. B) N(N/2). C) 2N. D) N(N/2) - 1.

Q: A problem with barter exchange when there are many goods is that in a barter system A) transactions costs are minimized. B) there exists a multiple number of prices for each good. C) there is only one store of value. D) exchange of services is impossible.

Q: When money prices are used to facilitate comparisons of value, money is said to function as a A) unit of account. B) medium of exchange. C) store of value. D) payments-system ruler.

Q: Kevin purchasing concert tickets with his debit card is an example of the ________ function of money. A) medium of exchange B) unit of account C) store of value D) specialization

Q: All but the most primitive societies use money as a medium of exchange, implying that A) the use of money is economically efficient. B) barter exchange is economically efficient. C) barter exchange cannot work outside the family. D) inflation is not a concern.

Q: Whatever a society uses as money, the distinguishing characteristic is that it must A) be completely inflation proof. B) be generally acceptable as payment for goods and services or in the repayment of debt. C) contain gold. D) be produced by the government.

Q: All of the following are necessary criteria for a commodity to function as money except A) it must deteriorate quickly. B) it must be divisible. C) it must be easy to carry. D) it must be widely accepted.

Q: For a commodity to function effectively as money it must be A) easily standardized, making it easy to ascertain its value. B) difficult to make change. C) deteriorate quickly so that its supply does not become too large. D) hard to carry around.

Q: Money ________ transaction costs, allowing people to specialize in what they do best. A) reduces B) increases C) enhances D) eliminates

Q: When economists say that money promotes ________, they mean that money encourages specialization and the division of labor. A) bargaining B) contracting C) efficiency D) greed

Q: Which of the following statements best explains how the use of money in an economy increases economic efficiency? A) Money increases economic efficiency because it is costless to produce. B) Money increases economic efficiency because it discourages specialization. C) Money increases economic efficiency because it decreases transactions costs. D) Money cannot have an effect on economic efficiency.

Q: The conversion of a barter economy to one that uses money A) increases efficiency by reducing the need to exchange goods and services. B) increases efficiency by reducing the need to specialize. C) increases efficiency by reducing transactions costs. D) does not increase economic efficiency.

Q: When compared to exchange systems that rely on money, disadvantages of the barter system include: A) the requirement of a double coincidence of wants. B) lowering the cost of exchanging goods over time. C) lowering the cost of exchange to those who would specialize. D) encouraging specialization and the division of labor.

Q: Compared to an economy that uses a medium of exchange, in a barter economy A) transaction costs are higher. B) transaction costs are lower. C) liquidity costs are higher. D) liquidity costs are lower.

Q: Asymmetric information is a universal problem. This would suggest that financial regulations A) in industrial countries are an unqualified failure. B) differ significantly around the world. C) in industrialized nations are similar. D) are unnecessary.

Q: The regulatory agency that sets reserve requirements for all banks is A) the Federal Reserve System. B) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. C) the Office of Thrift Supervision. D) the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Q: Savings and loan associations are regulated by the A) Federal Reserve System. B) Securities and Exchange Commission. C) Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. D) Office of Thrift Supervision.

Q: The agency that was created to protect depositors after the banking failures of 1930-1933 is the A) Federal Reserve System. B) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. C) Treasury Department. D) Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Q: The primary purpose of deposit insurance is to A) improve the flow of information to investors. B) prevent banking panics. C) protect bank shareholders against losses. D) protect bank employees from unemployment.