THE ECONOMICS OF MONEY BANKING
AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● medium of exchange
Answer: anything that is used to determine value during the exchange of
g/s
●● barter
Answer: direct exchange of one set of g/s for another
●● unit of account
Answer: money provides a means for comparing the values of g/s
●● store of value
Answer: money keeps its value if you decide to hold on to it instead of
spending it
●● currency
Answer: coins and paper bills used as money
, ●● 6 characteristics of money
Answer: durable, uniform, divisible, limited supply of money,
acceptable as a form of payment, and portable
●● commodity money
Answer: consists of objects that have value in and of themselves and that
are also used as money
●● representative money
Answer: makes use of objects that have value solely because the holder
can exchange them for something else of value
●● specie
Answer: coins made of gold or silver
●● fiat money or legal tender
Answer: has value because a government has decreed that it is an
acceptable means to pay debts
●● national bank
Answer: a bank chartered, or licensed, by the federal government
AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● medium of exchange
Answer: anything that is used to determine value during the exchange of
g/s
●● barter
Answer: direct exchange of one set of g/s for another
●● unit of account
Answer: money provides a means for comparing the values of g/s
●● store of value
Answer: money keeps its value if you decide to hold on to it instead of
spending it
●● currency
Answer: coins and paper bills used as money
, ●● 6 characteristics of money
Answer: durable, uniform, divisible, limited supply of money,
acceptable as a form of payment, and portable
●● commodity money
Answer: consists of objects that have value in and of themselves and that
are also used as money
●● representative money
Answer: makes use of objects that have value solely because the holder
can exchange them for something else of value
●● specie
Answer: coins made of gold or silver
●● fiat money or legal tender
Answer: has value because a government has decreed that it is an
acceptable means to pay debts
●● national bank
Answer: a bank chartered, or licensed, by the federal government