PUBLIC
FINANCEIN
CANADA 5TH
EDITION BY
ROSEN, GAYER,
SNODDON
, CHAPTER i1: iIntroduction ito iPublic iFinance iin
iCanada
Multiple iChoice
1. Public ifinance
A) is inot ilike ipublic ieconomics.
B) develops iprinciples ifor iunderstanding ithe ieconomic irole iof igovernment.
C) only iworks ifor ilocal iand istate igovernments.
D) is iall iof ithe
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2. A iregulatory ibudget iwould
A) provide ian iaccounting iof igovernment iregulation.
B) be idifficult ito icompute.
C) have ito ibe iattempted iunofficially.
D) be iall iof ithe
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3. The ifederal igovernment
A) is ithe ilargest itaxing ientity iin ithe icountry.
B) is ionly iconcerned iwith iinternational iissues.
C) spends iheavily ion inet iinterest.
D) is iall iof ithe
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4. State iand ilocal igovernments ireceive ithe ilargest iamount iof irevenue ifrom
A) personal iincome itaxes.
B) property itaxes.
C) sales itaxes.
D) payroll
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5. The ifederal igovernment igets imost iof iits irevenue ifrom
A) personal iincome itaxes.
B) property itaxes.
C) sales itaxes.
D) payroll
itaxes.iAns: ia
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, 6. In ia ipure imarket ieconomy,
A) there iis ino irole ifor igovernment.
B) government iintervention imight ibe ineeded.
C) large imarkets iwhere ipeople imeet ito ibuy iand isell iare irequired.
D) all iof ithe
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7. A igovernment igood ior iservice iincludes
A) bridges.
B) parks.
C) national idefense.
D) all iof ithe
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8. Government ioutput iis ihard ito iaccount ifor ibecause igovernment
A) is iso ilarge.
B) provides igoods ithat ihave ino iresale ivalue.
C) keeps isecrets iabout iwhat iit iproduces.
D) goods iare igenerally inot isold ior iproduced iin ieasily imeasurable
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9. Economists iwho istudy ithe irole iof igovernment iin ithe imarket
A) agree imostly ion ithe irole ithat ithe igovernment ishould iplay.
B) study ifor imarket iproblems ithat ithe igovernment imight ihelp isolve.
C) find ithat isupply iand idemand igraphs inever iwork ifor ithe igovernment.
D) do inone iof ithe
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10. Economics
A) started ias ia ibusiness iapplication
B) can inever ibe idefined.
C) is ithe istudy iof iunlimited iwants ibut ilimited iresources.
D) has ino i“real iworld”
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11. Taxes
A) are imandatory ipayments.
B) are inecessary ifor ifinancing igovernment iexpenditures.
C) do inot idirectly irelate ito ithe ibenefit iof igovernment igoods iand iservices ireceived.
D) are iall iof ithe
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, 12. For ithe igovernment ito iprovide igoods iand iservices, icitizens
A) have ito icome ito ian iagreement iabout ihow imuch iis ineeded.
B) have ito iagree ion ia imethod iof ifinancing.
C) need ito ibe iinformed iabout ithe iopportunity icosts.
D) must ido iall iof ithe
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13. Education iis
A) generally ifinanced iat ithe istate iand ilocal ilevel.
B) too iexpensive ifor ithe ifederal igovernment.
C) generally ifinanced iat ithe ifederal ilevel.
D) financed ion ia ivoluntary
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14. Politics
A) play ino irole iin ipublic ifinance.
B) influence igovernment idecisions.
C) have ito ibe ifactored iinto ieconomic idecision imaking.
D) do iall iof ithe
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15. Individuals
A) are itoo ismall ito imatter iin imacroeconomic idecision imaking.
B) need ito iparticipate iin ia idemocracy.
C) make iup ithe igovernment.
D) a iand ib.
E) b iand
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16. The iunified ibudget iis
A) a ibudget ithat iincludes iall inations.
B) a idocument iwhich iitemizes iall ithe ifederal igovernment’s iexpenditures iand irevenues.
C) a idocument ithat iaccounts ifor iall ispending iby istates.
D) none iof ithe
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17. In i2009, ithe ifederal ibudget iwas ialmost
A) 1 imillion ipages ilong.
B) 17 ipages ilong.
C) 1,300 ipages ilong.
D) 500 ipages
ilong.
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True/False
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