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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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