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[Grade Boost] Exam2 Review Document for Credit Redemption Part 1 Questions Question 1 Original Answer: “a downward bias; understate” Corrected Answer: “an upward bias; overstate” Reason: I misinterpreted what quality change bias is originally, but it overstates the true cost of living because improved products and increased quality of goods are not factored in. Question 3 Original Answer: “increase; increase by less than the CPI” Corrected Answer: “not change; increase” Reason: Caterpillar inc. does not manufacture products that would be calculated into the average American households’ goods and services basket. Question 4 Question 7 Original Answer: “case1: 7.5% ; case2: 7.5%” Corrected Answer: “case1: 7.5% ; case2: 5%” Reason: You must find the after-tax return and divide that by inflation in order to properly calculate the real rate of return after tax. Since the two cases have different inflation amounts, the real rate of return will differ. Question 8 Original Answer: “unemployed” Corrected Answer: “not in the labor force” Reason: Jose is not considered unemployed because he has not looked for work in the past 4 weeks, he is also not apart of the labor force because it includes those who are employed and unemployed, he is neither. Question 9 Original Answer: “Both answers A and B are correct” Corrected Answer: “Reduce unemployment benefits” Reason: Increasing the minimum wage may reduce the quantity of jobs available which will increase the duration of job search, reducing unemployment benefits will make
people less reliant on government aid and force them to start earning a wage that will sustain them. Question 11 Original Answer: “Zero” Corrected Answer: “Equal to the natural unemployment rate” Reason: The natural unemployment measure the unemployment rate when labor and capital has been employed at their maximum sustainable rates, unemployment cannot be zero without problems arising. Question 12 Original Answer: “cyclical; no; negative; positive; does not equal” Corrected Answer: “cyclical; no; negative; positive; equals” Reason: For the only part that has differs between these two answers, real GDP does equal potential GDP because the economy is operating at full employment. Question 16 Original Answer: “ii and iii” Corrected Answer: “i, ii, and iii” Reason: All three options are what labor productivity relies on, saving and investment is also included because it increases the amount of capital available to workers, which can lead to increased output per worker. Question 17 Original Answer: “an increase in the supply of labor because people are needed to operate the computers.” Corrected Answer: “an increase in labor productivity because computers are a capital good.” Reason: The adoption of computers may have actually reduced the supply of jobs as its capabilities automated many jobs without physical labor needs. It also increased labor productivity because allows workers to work more efficiently increasing output per person. Question 18 Original Answer: “$3 trillion, $3 trillion” Correct Answer?: “$3 trillion, $3 trillion, $5 trillion” Reason: I am not sure why I got this wrong or why there is a third answer because there is only 2 areas you can input an answer. I got the first two right I believe but the third wrong as there is nowhere to input that answer. Question 19 Original Answer: “Higher growth does not guarantee improved health for citizens.”
Corrected Answer: “Higher growth bestows greater income and more resources to reduce pollution.” Reason: Critics of these policies have not made this argument because it goes against their argument opposing economic growth policies. This corrected answer supports growth policies. Joseph Marasco
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