Of moneyʹs three functions, the one that distinguishes money from other assets is its function as a

3.2 Functions of Money
1) Of moneyʹs 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.
Answer: D
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2) 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.
D) loanable funds.
Answer: C
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3) ________ are the time and resources spent trying to exchange goods and services.
A) Bargaining costs.
B) Transaction costs.
C) Contracting costs.
D) Barter costs.
Answer: B
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4) Compared to an economy that uses a medium of exchange, in a barter economy
A) transaction costs are higher.
B) transaction costs are lower.
C) liquidity costs are higher.
D) liquidity costs are lower.
Answer: A
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5) When compared to exchange systems that rely on money, disadvantages of the barter system
include:
A) the requirement of a double coincidence of wants.
B) lowering the cost of exchanging goods over time.
C) lowering the cost of exchange to those who would specialize.
D) encouraging specialization and the division of labor.
Answer: A
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6) The conversion of a barter economy to one that uses money
A) increases efficiency by reducing the need to exchange goods and services.
B) increases efficiency by reducing the need to specialize.
C) increases efficiency by reducing transactions costs.
D) does not increase economic efficiency.
Answer: C
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7) 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.
Answer: C
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8) When economists say that money promotes ________, they mean that money encourages
specialization and the division of labor.
A) bargaining
B) contracting
C) efficiency
D) greed
Answer: C
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9) Money ________ transaction costs, allowing people to specialize in what they do best.
A) reduces
B) increases
C) enhances
D) eliminates
Answer: A
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10) For a commodity to function effectively as money it must be
A) easily standardized, making it easy to ascertain its value.
B) difficult to make change.
C) deteriorate quickly so that its supply does not become too large.
D) hard to carry around.
Answer: A
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11) All of the following are necessary criteria for a commodity to function as money except
A) it must deteriorate quickly.
B) it must be divisible.
C) it must be easy to carry.
D) it must be widely accepted.
Answer: A
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12) Whatever a society uses as money, the distinguishing characteristic is that it must
A) be completely inflation proof.
B) be generally acceptable as payment for goods and services or in the repayment of debt.
C) contain gold.
D) be produced by the government.
Answer: B
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13) All but the most primitive societies use money as a medium of exchange, implying that
A) the use of money is economically efficient.
B) barter exchange is economically efficient.
C) barter exchange cannot work outside the family.
D) inflation is not a concern.
Answer: A
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14) Kevin purchasing concert tickets with his debit card is an example of the ________ function of
money.
A) medium of exchange
B) unit of account
C) store of value
D) specialization
Answer: A
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15) When money prices are used to facilitate comparisons of value, money is said to function as a
A) unit of account.
B) medium of exchange.
C) store of value.
D) payments-system ruler.
Answer: A
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16) A problem with barter exchange when there are many goods is that in a barter system
A) transactions costs are minimized.
B) there exists a multiple number of prices for each good.
C) there is only one store of value.
D) exchange of services is impossible.
Answer: B
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17) In a barter economy the number of prices in an economy with N goods is
A) [N(N - 1)]/2.
B) N(N/2).
C) 2N.
D) N(N/2) - 1.
Answer: A
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18) If there are five goods in a barter economy, one needs to know ten prices in order to exchange
one good for another. If, however, there are ten goods in a barter economy, then one needs to
know ________ prices in order to exchange one good for another.
A) 20
B) 25
C) 30
D) 45
Answer: D
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19) If there are four goods in a barter economy, then one needs to know ________ prices in order to
exchange one good for another.
A) 8
B) 6
C) 5
D) 4
Answer: B
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20) Because it is a unit of account, money
A) increases transaction costs.
B) reduces the number of prices that need to be calculated.
C) does not earn interest.
D) discourages specialization.
Answer: B
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21) Dennis notices that jackets are on sale for $99. In this case money is functioning as a ________.
A) medium of exchange
B) unit of account
C) store of value
D) payments-system ruler
Answer: B
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22) As a store of value, money
A) does not earn interest.
B) cannot be a durable asset.
C) must be currency.
D) is a way of saving for future purchases.
Answer: D
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23) Patrick places his pocket change into his savings bank on his desk each evening. By his actions,
Patrick indicates that he believes that money is a
A) medium of exchange.
B) unit of account.
C) store of value.
D) unit of specialization.
Answer: C
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24) ________ 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
Answer: B
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25) Increasing transactions costs of selling an asset make the asset
A) more valuable.
B) more liquid.
C) less liquid.
D) more moneylike.
Answer: C
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26) Since it does not have to be converted into anything else to make purchases, ________ is the
most liquid asset.
A) money
B) stock
C) artwork
D) gold
Answer: A
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27) Of the following assets, the least liquid is
A) stocks.
B) travelerʹs checks.
C) checking deposits.
D) a house.
Answer: D
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28) Ranking assets from most liquid to least liquid, the correct order is
A) savings bonds; house; currency.
B) currency; savings bonds; house.
C) currency; house; savings bonds.
D) house; savings bonds; currency.
Answer: B
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29) People hold money even during inflationary episodes when other assets prove to be better
stores of value. This can be explained by the fact that money is
A) extremely liquid.
B) a unique good for which there are no substitutes.
C) the only thing accepted in economic exchange.
D) backed by gold.
Answer: A
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30) If the price level doubles, the value of money
A) doubles.
B) more than doubles, due to scale economies.
C) rises but does not double, due to diminishing returns.
D) falls by 50 percent.
Answer: D
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31) A fall in the level of prices
A) does not affect the value of money.
B) has an uncertain effect on the value of money.
C) increases the value of money.
D) reduces the value of money.
Answer: C
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32) 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.
Answer: A
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33) During hyperinflations,
A) the value of money rises rapidly.
B) money no longer functions as a good store of value and people may resort to barter
transactions on a much larger scale.
C) middle-class savers benefit as prices rise.
D) moneyʹs value remains fixed to the price level; that is, if prices double so does the value of
money.
Answer: B
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34) Because inflation in Germany after World War I sometimes exceeded 1,000 % per month, one
can conclude that the German economy suffered from
A) deflation.
B) disinflation.
C) hyperinflation.
D) superdeflation.
Answer: C
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35) If merchants in the country Zed choose to close their doors, preferring to be stuck with rotting
merchandise rather than worthless currency, then one can conclude that Zed is experiencing a
A) superdeflation.
B) hyperdeflation.
C) disinflation.
D) hyperinflation.
Answer: D
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36) Explain how cigarettes could be called ʺmoneyʺ in prisoner-of-war camps of World War II.
Answer: The cigarettes performed the three functions of money. They served as the medium of
exchange because individuals did exchange items for cigarettes. They served as a unit of
account because prices were quoted in terms of the number of cigarettes required for the
exchange. They served as a store of value because an individual would be willing to save
their cigarettes even if they did not smoke because they believed that they could
exchange the cigarettes for something that they did want at some time in the future.
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