Government Budget Categories Quiz

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Which payment mode in international trade involves a transfer of money from the buyer's bank account to the seller's bank account?

  • Banker's transfer (correct)
  • Letter of credit
  • Cheque payment
  • Bill of exchange

What is the key document required in a Bill of Exchange?

  • Insurance policy
  • Letter addressed by banker to exporter (correct)
  • Shipping receipt
  • Invoice

Which payment method is commonly used for imports in Ethiopia?

  • Promissory note
  • Letter of credit (correct)
  • Cheque payment
  • Banker's transfer

In international trade, what kind of document specifies the nature, unit price, and total price of goods being shipped?

<p>Letter of credit (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which payment mode in international trade involves a banker making a payment to an exporter against specific documents?

<p>Letter of credit (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What document is similar to a check and can be drawn by either individuals or banks?

<p>Bill of exchange (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is issuing currency to finance a deficit considered highly inflationary?

<p>It leads to an increase in money supply, causing demand-pull inflation. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of income tax policy levies an increasing percent of tax rate as income increases?

<p>Progressive income tax rate (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who does a regressive income tax rate hurt the most?

<p>People in the low-income brackets (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does a progressive income tax rate hurt those with high-income brackets more?

<p>It levies an increasing percent of tax rate as income increases. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does a proportional income tax rate treat all incomes?

<p>Levies a flat amount regardless of income level (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason why issuing currency to finance deficits is not advisable?

<p>It leads to high levels of inflation due to increased money supply. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What occurs when governmental expenditure is greater than government revenue?

<p>Government budgetary deficit (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does external borrowing to finance a budget deficit affect the balance of payments?

<p>It widens the balance of payments in current account deficit. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a consequence of the government borrowing funds from domestic sources to finance its deficit?

<p>Rise in cost of credit in the domestic market (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What effect does the 'crowding out effect' have on private investment?

<p>Discourages private investment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which sector experiences competition with the private sector when the government borrows from domestic sources?

<p>Production activities (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key disadvantage of borrowing funds from international financial markets to finance a budget deficit?

<p>Widens the current account deficit in the balance of payments (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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