Chapter 3 MCQ
Chapter 3 MCQ
Chapter 3 MCQ
1) To an economist, ________ is anything that is generally accepted in payment for goods and
services or in the repayment of debt.
A) wealth
B) income
C) money
D) credit
2) Currency includes
A) paper money and coins.
B) paper money, coins, and checks.
C) paper money and checks.
D) paper money, coins, checks, and savings deposits.
3) The total collection of pieces of property that serve to store value is a person's
A) wealth.
B) income.
C) money.
D) credit.
4) ________ is used to make purchases while ________ is the total collection of pieces of
property that serve to store value.
A) Money; income
B) Wealth; income
C) Income; money
D) Money; wealth
6) Of money's three functions, the one that distinguishes money from other assets is its function
as a
A) store of value.
B) unit of account.
C) standard of deferred payment.
D) medium of exchange.
7) If peanuts serve as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value, then peanuts
are
A) bank deposits.
B) reserves.
C) money.
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D) loanable funds.
9) 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.
11) ________ 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
13) 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.
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money.
15) 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.
16) 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
17) 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.
20) 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.
21) A feature of Bitcoin, a new type of electronic money, that make it attractive as a medium of
exchange is
A) anonymous transactions.
B) volatility of value.
C) heavy regulations by the central bank.
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D) wide acceptance by businesses.
22) 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.
25) 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.
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