Quiz - Chapter 35 Quiz
Quiz - Chapter 35 Quiz
Quiz - Chapter 35 Quiz
Quiz Instructions
Question 1 1 pts
Which of the following transactions has the immediate effect of increasing the money supply M1?
A commercial bank lends some excess reserves in the federal funds market.
Question 2 1 pts
The accompanying table gives data for a commercial bank or thrift. When the legal reserve ratio is 25
percent, the excess reserves of this single bank are
$5,000.
$0.
$1,000.
$30,000.
Question 3 1 pts
When the receipts given by goldsmiths to depositors were used to make purchases,
a fractional reserve banking system was created.
Question 4 1 pts
Money is destroyed when
Question 5 1 pts
When a check is cleared against a bank, the bank will lose
Question 6 1 pts
12 percent.
10 percent.
20 percent.
14 percent.
Question 7 1 pts
The federal funds rate is the rate that banks pay for loans from
other banks.
the Fed.
large corporations.
Question 8 1 pts
A bank has excess reserves of $5,000 and demand deposits of $50,000; the required reserve ratio is
20 percent. If the reserve ratio is raised to 25 percent, then this bank can lend a maximum of
$2,500.
$1,000.
$2,000.
$1,500.
Question 9 1 pts
The claims of depositors of a bank against the bank's assets are called
liabilities.
required reserves.
net worth.
loans.
Question 10 1 pts
Which of the following are liabilities to a bank?
Question 11 1 pts
If we both have checking accounts in the same commercial bank and I write a check in your favor for
$200, the bank's
liabilities will decline by $200, but its net worth will increase by $200.
Question 12 1 pts
Assume Company X deposits $100,000 in cash in commercial Bank A. If no excess reserves exist at
the time this deposit is made and the reserve ratio is 20 percent, Bank A can increase the money
supply by a maximum of
$80,000.
$50,000.
$500,000.
$180,000.
Question 13 1 pts
Refer to the accompanying balance sheet for the ABC National Bank. Assume the required reserve
ratio is 20 percent. Assuming the bank loans out all of its remaining excess reserves as a checkable
deposit and has a check cleared against it for that amount, its reserves and checkable deposits will
now be
Question 14 1 pts
A commercial bank has no excess reserves until a depositor places $2,000 in cash in the bank. The
reserve ratio is 10 percent. The bank then lends $1,500 to a borrower. As a consequence of these
transactions, the bank's excess reserves are
increased by $300.
increased by $200.
not affected.
increased by $500.
Question 15 1 pts
Assets Liabilities + Net Worth
Reserves $ 50,000 Checkable Deposits $ 120,000
Loans 75,000 Stock Shares 130,000
Securities 25,000
Property 100,000
Refer to the accompanying balance sheet for the First National Bank. Assume the reserve ratio is 15
percent. If a check for $14,000 is drawn and cleared against this bank, then its reserves and
checkable deposits will be
Question 16 1 pts
Fractional reserve banking refers to a system where banks
Question 17 1 pts
Refer to the accompanying balance sheet for the ABC National Bank. Assume the required reserve
ratio is 20 percent. This bank can safely expand its loans by a maximum of
$7,000.
$12,000.
$5,000.
$25,000.
Question 18 1 pts
Which of the following are all assets to a commercial bank?
Question 19 1 pts
Henry deposits $2,000 in currency in the First Street Bank. Later that same day, Jane Harris
negotiates a loan for $5,400 at the same bank. After these transactions, the supply of money has
increased by $2,100.
increased by $5,400.
decreased by $3,300.
increased by $3,300.
Question 20 1 pts
Commercial banks monetize claims when they