UMUC ECON 430 Quiz 3 with Answers / 2020

UMUC ECON 430 Quiz 3 with Answers / 2020



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ECON 430 Quiz 3 Answers / Technology in Banking/Finance
Question 1

1 / 1 point
An increase in which of the following factors (from the perspective of the domestic country) would cause an appreciation of the domestic currency in the long run?
Question options:
expected future exchange rate
relative import demand
relative productivity
all of the above

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Question 2

1 / 1 point
An increase in a country’s trade barriers will cause the _____ for its currency to shift to the
Question options:
demand, left.
supply, left.
supply, right.
demand, right

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Question 3

1 / 1 point
Most currency trading takes place
Question options:
between central banks.
via over the counter trading
on a centralized exchange
none of the above

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Question 4

1 / 1 point
A rise in the real interest rate in a country causes its currency to
Question options:
cannot be determined
remain unchanged
appreciate
depreciate

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Question 5

1 / 1 point
In practice, the primary tool used by the Federal Reserve to control the money supply is
Question options:
buying commercial paper
open market operations
discount lending
the reserve requirement

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Question 6

0 / 1 point
A change in which of the following tools shifts the demand for reserves?
Question options:
discount lending
the reserve requirement
open market operations
all of the above

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Question 7

1 / 1 point
The goal of quantitative easing is to _____.
Question options:
increase the prices of (increase the yields of) Treasury bonds in order to control inflation
increase the prices of (decrease the yields of) Treasury bonds and increase the money supply directly
decrease the prices of (increase the yields of) Treasury bonds and decrease the money supply directly
decrease the prices of (increase the yields of) Treasury bonds in order to control inflation

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Question 8

1 / 1 point
In practice, discount lending is used
Question options:
to control the money supply
to control the foreign exchange rate
to ease a financial panic
set a minimum for the federal funds rate

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Question 9

1 / 1 point
Central banks make money from interest on
Question options:
reserves
loans
the multiplier
notes

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Question 10

1 / 1 point
Which of the following is a liability of the Fed?
Question options:
they are all liabilities of the Fed
bank reserves
discount loans
bonds

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Question 11

1 / 1 point
If the Fed sells $50 in securities and the reserve requirement is 25%, according to the simple formula for the money multiplier, the money supply
Question options:
falls by $50
falls by $200
rises by $200
rises by $50

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Question 12

0 / 1 point
If the Fed buys $100 in securities and the reserve requirement is 10%, according to the simple formula for the money multiplier, the money supply
Question options:
falls by $100
rises by $1,000
rises by $100
falls by $1,000

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Question 13

1 / 1 point
Which of the following is a difference between Keynes liquidity preference theory and the modern quantity theory of money?
Question options:
The modern quantity theory predicts that interest rate changes have little effect on money demand unlike the liquidity preference theory.
The liquidity preference theory assumes velocity to be constant, unlike the modern quantity theory of money.
The modern quantity theory of money specifies 1 asset instead of 3 assets like the liquidity preference theory.
The liquidity preference theory assumes the return on money to be 1, unlike the modern quantity theory of money.

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Question 14

1 / 1 point
A liquidity trap occurs when
Question options:
money demand falls
inflation is zero
nominal interest rates are zero
all of the above

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Question 15

1 / 1 point
Which of the following is equivalent to velocity?
Question options:
MV/PY
YP/M
MP/Y
none of the above

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Question 16

1 / 1 point
People holding money in anticipation that bond yields will rise is an example of
Question options:
money demand for transactions
precautionary demand
speculative demand
outsourcing


Question 17

1 / 1 point
In Keynes’s model, a(n) _____ in interest rates can decrease the _____ demand for money.
Question options:
increase, transactions
decrease, transactions
decrease, speculative
increase, speculative

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Question 18

1 / 1 point
Which of the following is an asset of the Fed?
Question options:
Federal Reserve notes
bank reserves
gold
they are all liabilities of the Fed

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Question 19

1 / 1 point
Exchange rates are determined in
Question options:
the capital market
the foreign exchange market
the stock market
the money market

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Question 20

1 / 1 point
When the Fed raises the reserve requirement, the _____ of reserves shifts
Question options:
demand, right
demand, left
supply, left
supply, right

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