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CFA® Level I Chartered Financial Analyst Questions 1386–1390 (page: 279)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

Which of the following would increase GDP?

  1. buying a 10-year-old house
  2. giving $100 to a charity
  3. buying a new automobile made in Indiana by a Japanese owned firm
  4. buying hamburger buns by McDonald's

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Since GDP is the total market value of all final goods and services produced domestically during a specific period, the purchase of any good that was produced within the U.S. will positively contribute to the calculation of GDP. Despite the fact that the transaction profits a foreign company, the good was produced within the U.S.
and therefore is counted in GDP.
The hamburger buns do not contribute to GDP because they are an intermediate good. The house is a re-sold item, which would have been counted in GDP when it was produced, therefore is not recounted when sold.



According to the quantity theory of money, which one of the following economic variables would change in response to an increase in the money supply?

  1. prices
  2. velocity
  3. real income
  4. employment

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

The quantity theory of money implies that the existing money stock M multiplied by velocity V equals the nominal GDP (output times the price level). In order to maintain the equality, if M increases, the price level P must also increase.



Higher unemployment insurance benefits tend to increase unemployment because they

  1. reduce the opportunity cost of job search and hence decrease the search time.
  2. increase the opportunity cost of job search and hence increase the search time.
  3. reduce the opportunity cost of job search and hence increase the search time.
  4. increase the opportunity cost of job search and hence decrease the search time.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

A change that reduced the job seeker's cost of continued search would lead to more lengthy periods of search.
If unemployment benefits increase, it is less costly to continue looking for a preferred job. This reduction in the cost of job search would induce job seekers to expand their search time.
Unemployment would be pushed upward.



Which one of the following would be classified as employed?

  1. an auto worker vacationing in Florida during a layoff at a General Motors plant due to an annual change- over in models
  2. a parent who works 50-60 hours per week caring for family members
  3. a 21-year-old full-time college student
  4. a 17-year-old high school student who works six hours per week as a route person for the local newspaper

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

A person who is not actively looking for a job is not a member of the labor force and therefore is not employed.
An individual who is not a member of the formal market and works at home without wages is not a member of the formal labor force. An auto worker who is waiting to be re-hired or who was laid off is considered unemployed.



If unemployment was deemed too high by policy makers, which of the following policy tools might be utilized?

  1. decrease the money supply
  2. borrow to finance new military spending
  3. reduce government debt
  4. increase target interest rates
  5. reduce both taxes and government spending
  6. raise tariffs to help domestic workers

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

One method to reduce unemployment is to engage in expansionary fiscal policy. This requires the government to spend more than it collects in taxes. The result is a net increase in aggregate demand, which will increase the quantity supplied, and therefore reduce unemployment.



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