Test Bank for Public Finance in Canada, 6th Edition by Harvey S. Rosen

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Chapter 01 6ce - Rosen
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1) Public finance
1) ______
A) is not like public economics.
B) develops principles for understanding the government's taxing and spending
activities.
C) only works for local and provincial governments.
D) studies how fiscal and monetary policies work

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Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : Easy
Learning Objective : 01-01 Summarize the legal framework within which governments in Canada conduct t
Topic : 01-01 CANADA'S GOVERNMENT AT A GLANCE
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TB 01-01 Public finance



2) Which of the following is a revenue source for a provincial government?
2) ______
A) federal transfers
B) health
C) education
D) profit from Crown corporations

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Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : Easy
Learning Objective : 01-04 Summarize the major sources of revenue for provincial governments and the
Topic : 01-11 Provincial Revenues
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TB 01-02 Which of the following is a revenue source for...




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,3) ___________ are exclusively the domain of provincial and local governments, and the
federal government does not receive any revenue from this source.
3) ______
A) personal income taxes
B) property taxes
C) sales taxes
D) payroll taxes

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Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : Easy
Learning Objective : 01-04 Summarize the major sources of revenue for provincial governments and the
Topic : 01-11 Provincial Revenues
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TB 01-03 ___________ are exclusively the domain of provincial...



4) In 2019/20, provincial governments received the largest amount of revenue from
4) ______
A) personal income taxes.
B) property taxes.
C) sales taxes.
D) payroll taxes.

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Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : Easy
Learning Objective : 01-04 Summarize the major sources of revenue for provincial governments and the
Topic : 01-11 Provincial Revenues
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TB 01-04 In 2019/20, provincial governments received...




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,5) In 2019, the federal government received most of its revenue from
5) ______
A) income taxes.
B) property taxes.
C) sales taxes.
D) payroll taxes.

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Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : Easy
Learning Objective : 01-03 Summarize the major sources of federal government revenue and the main cat
Topic : 01-08 Federal Revenues
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TB 01-05 In 2019, the federal government received most...



6) In 2019, the federal government accounts for _______ of federal expenditures.
6) ______
A) 20%
B) 26%
C) 32%
D) 40%

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Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : Medium
Learning Objective : 01-03 Summarize the major sources of federal government revenue and the main cat
Topic : 01-09 Federal Expenditures
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TB 01-06 In 2019, the federal government accounts for...




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, 7) In evaluating changes in the growth of government, economists take into account
7) ______
A) population growth and size of the economy.
B) size of the economy and inflation.
C) inflation and population growth.
D) population growth, size of the economy, and inflation

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Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : Easy
Learning Objective : 01-02 Describe various measures of the size of government and why accounting for
Topic : 01-06 Some Numbers
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TB 01-07 In evaluating changes in the growth of government...



8) If the size of government triples but at the same time the economy doubles, then the relative
size of government has
8) ______
A) shrunk.
B) grown.
C) remained constant.
D) no relevance.

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Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : Medium
Learning Objective : 01-02 Describe various measures of the size of government and why accounting for
Topic : 01-06 Some Numbers
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank > TB 01-08 If the size of government triples but at the same ...




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