题目

Which of the following is associated with a negative Public Sector Net Cash Requirement?

A

The government is running a budget deficit.

B

The government's expenditure exceeds its income

C

The government is running a budget surplus

D

Public Sector Debt Repayment (PSDR) is high.

Rationale: A budget surplus occurs when a government's income exceeds its expenditure: there is a negative PSNCR or PSDR. When a government's expenditure exceeds its income, so that it must borrow to make up the difference, there is a positive PSNCR and we say that the government is running a budget deficit.Ways in: If you recognised that a negative PSNC means no borrowing, you might have been able to start eliminating someoptions

多做几道

Which of the following is not an element of fiscal policy?

A

Government spending

B

Government borrowing

C

Taxation

D

Exchange rates

For demographic purposes, which of the following is not a variable in the identification of social class?

A

Income level

B

Lifestyle

C

Occupation

D

Education

Which of the following would be identified as a cultural trend?

A

Health and safety legislation

B

Concern with health and diet

C

Increasing age of the population

Three of the following strategies are closely related. Which is the exception?

A

Downsizing

B

Delegating

C

Outsourcing

D

Delayering

In Porter's five forces model, which of the following would not constitute a 'barrier to entry'?

A

Scale economies available to existing competitors

B

High capital investment requirements

C

Low switching costs in the market