Question : 21) If there a decrease in the percentage of employees : 1381175

 

21) If there is a decrease in the percentage of employees whose wages adjust automatically with changes in the price level, the aggregate supply curve will become

A) steeper.

B) flatter.

C) horizontal.

D) vertical.

22) If there is an increase in the percentage of employees whose wages adjust automatically with changes in the price level, the aggregate supply curve will become

A) steeper.

B) flatter.

C) horizontal.

D) vertical.

 

23) Coal is used as a source of energy in many manufacturing processes. Assume a long strike by coal miners reduced the supply of coal and increased the price of coal. This would cause

A) the short-run aggregate supply curve to shift to the right.

B) the short-run aggregate supply curve to become flatter.

C) the short-run aggregate supply curve to shift to the left.

D) the short-run aggregate supply curve to become nearly vertical at all levels of output.

 

24) If the United States were to pass legislation that would make it easier for people to emigrate to the United States, this would cause

A) the short-run aggregate supply curve to become nearly vertical at all levels of output.

B) the short-run aggregate supply curve to shift to the left.

C) the short-run aggregate supply curve to become flatter.

D) the short-run aggregate supply curve to shift to the right.

 

25) All of the following shift the short-run aggregate supply curve EXCEPT

A) a change in the price level.

B) a change in the price of oil.

C) a change in the price of raw material.

D) a change in wages as a result of a labor strike.

26) Which of the following would cause the short-run aggregate supply curve to shift to the right?

A) higher energy prices

B) an increase in taxes

C) increases in government regulation

D) retired workers reentering the labor force

 

Refer to the information provided in Figure 12.3 below to answer the questions that follow.

 

 

Figure 12.3

 

27) Refer to Figure 12.3. Hurricane Katrina destroyed a large portion of the infrastructure along the Gulf of Mexico coast. This caused

A) the short-run aggregate supply curve to shift from AS1 to AS2.

B) the short-run aggregate supply curve to shift from AS1 to AS0.

C) the economy to move from Point B to Point A along AS1.

D) the economy to move from Point C to Point B along AS1.

 

28) Refer to Figure 12.3. An increase in aggregate supply is represented by

A) a movement from Point B to Point A along AS1.

B) a movement from Point B to Point C along AS1.

C) a shift from AS1 to AS2.

D) a shift from AS1 to AS0.

29) Refer to Figure 12.3. During the 1980s, many firms in the United States were not investing in new capital. This would have caused

A) the short-run aggregate supply curve to shift from AS1 to AS0.

B) the short-run aggregate supply curve to shift from AS1 to AS2.

C) the economy to move from Point B to Point A along AS1.

D) the economy to move from Point C to Point B along AS1.

 

30) Refer to Figure 12.3. A decrease in aggregate supply is represented by

A) a movement from Point B to Point A along AS1.

B) a movement from Point B to Point C along AS1.

C) a shift from AS1 to AS2.

D) a shift from AS1 to AS0.

 

 

 

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