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Since1913theFederalReserveSystemhasservedasthecentralbankfortheUnitedStates.ItconsistsoftwelveDistrict
ReserveBanksandtheirbranchoffices,alongwithseveralcommitteesandcouncils.Themostpowerfulbodyistheseven
memberBoardofGovernorsinWashington,appointedbythePresidentandconfirmedbytheSenate.TheSystem'sprimary
functionistocontrolmonetarypolicybyinfluencingthecostandavailabilityofmoneyandcreditthroughthepurchaseand
saleofgovernmentsecurities.IftheFederalReserveprovidestoolittlemoney,interestratestendtobehigh,borrowingis
expensive,businessactivityslowsdown,unemploymentgoesup,andthereisadangerofrecession.Ifthereistoomuch
money,interestratesdecline,andborrowingcanleadtoexcessdemand,pushinguppricesandfuelinginflation.
1)Whichofthefollowingwouldbethemostappropriatetitleforthispassage?
TheFederalReserveSystem
Banking
EconomicPolicies
TheBoardofGovernors
MonetaryPolicies
2)TheprincipalresponsibilityoftheFederalReserveSystemis:
toprintgovernmentsecurities
toborrowmoney
toregulatemonetarypolicies
toappointtheBoardofGovernors
toavoidcosts
3)Whatisthebestinterpretationforthewordsecurities?
assurance
protection
investments
governmentdebt
confidence
4)Accordingtotheinformationinthispassage,whatcausesinflation?
Highunemploymentrates
Toomuchmoneyintheeconomy
Alimitedsupplyofgoods
Veryhighfuelprices
Highfoodprices
5)WhathappenswhentheFederalReserveprovidestoolittlemoney?
Thepricethefuelgoesdown
Demandforloansincreases
Businessesexpand
Unemploymentslowsdown
Interestratesgoup
6)Whichprofessorwouldprobablygivethislecture?
PoliticalScience
CriminalJustice
History
Economics
Mathematics
TheRichterscaleisanumericallogarithmicscaledevelopedandintroducedbyCharlesR.Richterin1935tomeasurethe
amplitude of the largest trace recorded by a standard seismograph one hundred kilometers from the epicenter of an
earthquake. Tables have been formulated to demonstrate the magnitude of any earthquake from any seismograph. For
example, for a oneunit increase in magnitude, there is an increase of times thirty in released energy. The Richter scale
considersearthquakesof6.75as"great"and7.0to7.75as"major".
Anearthquakethatreads4to5.5wouldbeexpectedtocauselocalizeddamage,andthoseofmagnitude2maybefelt.Itis
estimatedthatalmostonemillionearthquakesoccureachyear,butmostofthemaresominorthattheypassunnoticed.
7)Whatdoesthispassagemainlydiscuss?
CharlesF.Richter
Twisters
TheRichterscale
Earthquakes
Seismography
8)Inwhatkindoftextbookwouldthispassagemostlikelybefound?
Mathematics
Geology
Biography
Economics
History
9)Accordingtotheinformationinthepassage,whatdoestheRichterscalerecord?
Thedistancefromtheepicenter
Justanumericaldata
Thelocationoftheepicenter
Thedegreeofdamage
Theamplitudeofthelargesttrace
10)Whatisthevalueofthetables?
Theyhelpustocalculateourdistancefromearthquakes
Theyhelpustocalculatethelocationoftheepicenter
Theyallowustointerpretthemagnitudeofearthquakes
Theyrecordallearthquakes
Theyreleasetheenergyofearthquakes
11)AccordingtotheRichterscale,whichofthefollowingnumberswouldindicatethattherehadprobablybeendamageto
theimmediateareaonly?
5.0
2.0
6.75
6.0
7.0
ThefactthatmostAmericansliveinurbanareasdoesnotmeanthattheyresideinthecenteroflargecities.Infact,more
Americansliveinthesuburbsoflargemetropolitanareasratherthaninthecitiesthemselves.TheBureauofCensusregards
anyareawithmorethan2500peopleasanurbanarea,anddoesnotconsiderboundariesofcitiesandsuburbs.According
totheBureau,thepoliticalboundariesarelesssignificantthanthesocialandeconomicrelationshipsandthetransportation
andcommunicationsystemsthatintegratealocale.ThetermusedbytheBureauforanintegratedmetropolisisanMSA,
which stands for Metropolitan Statistical Area. In general, an MSA is any area that contains a city and its surrounding
suburbsandhasatotalpopulationof50,000ormore.Atthepresenttime,theBureaureportsmorethat280MSAs,which
togetheraccountfor75percent of the U.S. population. In addition, the Bureau recognizes eighteen megapolises, that is,
continuousadjacentmetropolitanareas.Oneofthemostobviousmegapolicesincludesachainofhundredsofcitiesand
suburbsacrosstenstatesontheEastCoastfromMassachussettstoVirginia,includingBoston,NewYork,andWashington,
D.C..IntheEasternCorridor,asitiscalled,apopulationof45millioninhabitantsisconcentrated.Anothermegapolisthatis
growingrapidlyistheCaliforniacoastfromSanFranciscothroughLosAngelestoSanDiego.
12)Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?
Megapolises
Understandingandmeasuringpopulationstatistics
TheBureauofCensus
TypesofPopulationCenters
MetropolitanStatisticalAreas
13)WheredomostAmericanslive?
InLosAngeles
Inthesuburbssurroundinglargecities
Insmalltowns
Inthecenterofcities
Inruralareas
14)AccordingtotheBureauofCensus,whatisanurbanarea?
Anareawith2500peopleormore
Anareawithatleast50,000people
Achainofadjacentcities
Thetenlargestcities
Theeighteenlargestcities
15)WhichofthefollowingareNOTconsideredimportantindefininganurbanarea?
Transportationnetworks
Geographiclocations
Socialrelationships
Politicalboundaries
Economicsystems
16)AccordingtotheBureauofCensus,whatisanMSA?
Anyarea
Thecenterofacitywithapopulationof50,000peopletotheboundariesofthesurroundingsuburbs
Thesurroundingsuburbsofacitywithatotalpopulationof50,000people
Anyareawithatotalpopulationof50,000people
Acityanditssuburbswithatotalpopulationofatleast50,000people
17)HowmanyMSAsarethereintheUnitedStates?
280
2500
50,000
10
18
18)WhereinthepassagedoestheauthorsuggestthatthreequartersoftheU.S.populationnowresidesinMSAs?
Anothermegapolis...
Atthepresenttime,...
AccordingtotheBureau,...
Oneofthemostobviousmegapolises...
ThetermusedbytheBureau...
19)Amegalopolisis:
oneofthehundredcitiesbetweenBostonandWashington
oneoftheeighteenlargestcitiesintheUnitedStates
anynumberofcontinuousadjacentcitiesandsuburbs
oneofthetenlargestcitiesintheUnitedStates
onlyLosAngeles
20)HowmanypeopleliveintheEasternCorridor?
50,000
45million
10million
75million
4to5million
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