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Quizzes in Economic Concepts for Grade 8

What does GDP measure?

  • Only the number of residents
  • Only tax rates
  • The value of goods and services produced within an economy
  • Only exports
Correct answer(s):
  • The value of goods and services produced within an economy

What does current-dollar GDP use?

  • No prices at all
  • Only international prices
  • Prices from the period being measured
  • Only prices from 1776
Correct answer(s):
  • Prices from the period being measured

Why is real GDP useful for comparing output across years?

  • It measures rainfall
  • It counts population only
  • It ignores production
  • It adjusts for price changes
Correct answer(s):
  • It adjusts for price changes

Why should current-dollar GDP and real GDP not be treated as the same measure?

  • Real GDP adjusts for price changes while current-dollar GDP does not
  • Current-dollar GDP measures rainfall
  • They are always identical
  • Real GDP counts only people
Correct answer(s):
  • Real GDP adjusts for price changes while current-dollar GDP does not

What does GDP per capita calculate?

  • Economic output divided by population
  • Household income divided by taxes
  • Exports divided by imports
  • Population divided by land area
Correct answer(s):
  • Economic output divided by population

Why is Colorado’s approximate $97,000 GDP-per-resident figure not the same as personal income?

  • It is a tax bill
  • It measures only school spending
  • GDP per capita measures output, not what each person earns
  • It is a guaranteed salary
Correct answer(s):
  • GDP per capita measures output, not what each person earns