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12. [6 points) You have 9 coins in your pocket: 4 pennies, 3 nickels, and 2 quarters. You reach in and pull out three coins at random. What is the probability that you get more than one denomination of coin?

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All of the following are part of the narrowest definition of moneysupply, M1, except:
A) Bill has $50 worth of pennies in a coffee jar
B) Mike has $600 in his checking account
C) Jill has $400 in traveler’s checks
D) Jules has $400 worth of $1 bills in the piggybank
E) John has $500 in his savings account
2. Which of the following make up the money supply as it is mostnarrowly defined?
A) coins and currency held by the nonbank public, traveler'schecks, and savings deposits
B) all coins and currency held by the nonbank public
C) coins and currency held by the nonbank public, checkingdeposits, and traveler's checks
D) coins and currency held by the nonbank public, checkingdeposits, and savings deposits
E) checking deposits, savings deposits, and money market mutualfund accounts
3. Which of the following are included in the narrowest definitionof the money supply?
A) cash in bank vaults
B) savings deposits
C) money market mutual fund accounts
D) negotiable certificates of deposit
E) checkable deposits
4. If you returned a $5 Federal Reserve note to the Fed, you couldreceive
A) $5 in silver
B) $5 in gold
C) 5 one-dollar bills
D) 10 one-dollar bills
E) a small gold bar
5. The Federal Reserve's narrowest definition of money is
A) M3
B) M2
C) M1
D) near money
E) money market mutual funds
6. As a lender, a bank holds an advantage over any individualperson because
A) individuals do not diversify their asset holdings
B) individuals are better at enforcing loan contracts
C) banks have to engage in extensive and costly searches forpotential borrowers
D) banks develop expertise in evaluating borrowers' loanapplications
E) individuals have extensive knowledge of and experience inwriting loan contracts
7. If a bank has $1 million in assets and $50,000 in net worth, itsliabilities must equal
A) $50,000
B) $1,050,000
C) $50 million
D) $1,000,000
E) $950,000
8. Suppose the required reserve ratio is 0.1 and Linda deposits$4,000 in cash at the College State Bank. If the bank held noexcess reserves before Linda's deposit and now increases itsreserves by $500, which of the following is true?
A) The bank must have lent out an additional $4,000.
B) The $500 are required reserves.
C) The bank has excess reserves of $100.
D) Both the bank's assets and its liabilities rise by $500.
E) The bank has $500 in excess reserves.
9. Suppose that the First National Bank acquires $500,000 in newdeposits and the required reserve ratio is 12 percent. Which of thefollowing is true?
A) The First National Bank can increase the money supply by$500,000.
B) The First National Bank can increase the money supply by$400,000.
C) The First National Bank can increase the money supply by$440,000.
D) The entire banking system can increase the money supply by nomore than $500,000 if the First National Bank lends out its excessreserves.
E) The entire banking system can increase the money supply by nomore than $440,000 if the First National Bank lends out its excessreserves.
10. The ability to convert a store of value into a medium ofexchange with little loss of value is known as
A) arbitrage
B) solvency
C) liquidity
D) liability
E) currency
11. Which of the following would likely increase the moneysupply?
A) One bank buys government securities from another bank.
B) The required reserve ratio increases.
C) The Fed increases the reserves of commercial banks and the bankshold these as excess reserves.
D) The discount rate increases.
E) A bank sells government securities to the Fed.
12. The simple money multiplier equals
A) the required reserve ratio
B) the reciprocal of the required reserve ratio
C) 1 minus the required reserve ratio
D) 1 minus the reciprocal of the required reserve ratio
E) the square of the required reserve ratio
13. If the simple money multiplier is 5, the required reserve ratiomust be
A) 5 percent
B) 0
C) 10 percent
D) 50 percent
E) 20 percent
14. If an increase in excess reserves of $10 million increasescheckable deposits in the banking system by a maximum of $200million, the required reserve ratio is
A) 0
B) 5 percent
C) 10 percent
D) 20 percent
E) 2 percent
15. Suppose the reserve requirement ratio is 20 percent. Assumingno bank holds excess reserves and nobody withdraws cash, a $10,000injection of new excess reserves by the Fed can create
A) $2,000 in new checkable deposits
B) $10,000 in new checkable deposits
C) $50,000 in new checkable deposits
D) $500,000 in new checkable deposits
E) $50,000 in cash
16. Which of the following is not one of the procedures the Feduses to change the money supply?
A) buying government securities
B) selling government securities
C) lending reserves through the discount window
D) changing the required reserve ratio
E) extending loans to the public
17. Which of the following statements is correct?
A) To control the money supply, the Fed relies primarily on thereserve requirement.
B) The discount rate is the rate of interest banks charge to theirbest customers.
C) The Fed changes the reserve requirement frequently.
D) Because the Fed has no way to earn income, it is dependent uponCongress for appropriations.
E) Banks can turn a borrower's IOU into money--i.e., they cancreate money.
18. Lowering the discount rate is a way to expand the money supplybecause
A) it encourages banks to borrow from the Fed so they can moreeasily accommodate their customers' needs for loans
B) it encourages business customers to borrow directly from theFed
C) a lower discount rate reduces the amount of reserves banks arerequired to keep
D) a lower discount rate automatically reduces excessreserves
E) it encourages banks to sell U.S. government securities andincrease their cash reserves
19. The Fed operates
A) on a balanced budget
B) at a loss, since Federal Reserve notes and member bank depositsearn no interest
C) at a profit, since Federal Reserve notes and bank deposits earnno interest, but government securities and loans to commercialbanks do
D) at a profit, since Federal Reserve notes and member bankdeposits earn interest
E) at a loss, since Federal Reserve notes and member bank depositsearn interest, but government securities and loans to commercialbanks do not
20. Katie Sierra is willing to pay a higher interest rate. With noincome verification, she can apply for a type of loan commonlycalled
A) lion loans
B) liars loans
C) phantom loans
D) vaporware loans
E) prime-rate loans


the number of donuts a 9 year old child eats in a month is between .5 and 4 and follows uniform continuous distributon.

a. find the probability that a 9 year old child eats more than 2 donuts.

b. find the probability that a 9 year old child eats more than 2 donuts given that he/she has already eaten more than 1.5 donuts.

c. find the probability that one 9 year old child eats more than 3 donuts and another 9 year old eats less than 1 donut. Please be explicit about any assumptions you make.

d. on average, how many donuts with a 9 year old eat?

A travelling salesman enters the barter market of a small town finding the following prices:
1 bottle of milk can change for 3 apples or 2 bananas or 18 berries, 1 apple can change for 1/3 bottle of milk or 1/2 bananas or 6 berries, 1 banana can change for 1/2 bottle of milk or 2 apples or 9 berries, and 1 berry can change for 1/18 bottle of milk or 1/6 apples or 1/9 bananas.

Now suppose besides the barter market, people can also directly sell goods to the trading association for coins, which can be used anywhere in the whole country. The prices are 1 bottle of milk for 36 pence, 1 apple for 12 pence, 1 banana for 18 pence, and 1 berry for 2 pence. Goods purchased by the association will go back to the market for exchange.

(1) Say the salesman arrives at the town with 50 apples. What is the total amount the trading association needs to pay for the goods?
(2) What will happen to the barter rate of the small town? Hint: You answer in (1) is inspiring.

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