With Respect to Consumption, Investment, Government Purchases and Net Exports

question 24

Multiple Choice

With respect to consumption, investment, government purchases and net exports, the national- income and product accounts measure

• A)actual expenditures in each of the categories.
• B)desired expenditures in each of the categories.
• C)the flow of saving at any income.
• D)neither actual nor desired expenditures.
• E)both actual and desired expenditures, since actual expenditure must equal desired expenditure in each category.

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Definitions:

Plasma Membrane

The biological membrane that separates the interior of all cells from the outside environment, regulating the passage of substances in and out of cells.

Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis

A process by which cells internalize molecules (e.g., hormones, nutrients) by the inward budding of plasma membrane vesicles containing proteins with receptor sites specific to the molecules being internalized.

Exhibits Specificity

Describes the quality of being precise or particular in the interaction, such as the way enzymes selectively bind to specific substrates.

ATP

Adenosine triphosphate, the principal molecule for storing and transferring energy in cells.