2009, Form B, Question 1 · 9 points

Tax cut or wait in Southland

Graph an economy with high unemployment, then compare an adviser who wants a tax cut with one who wants no action, showing each path on AD and AS and short-run Phillips curve graphs.

This exam had three free-response questions with a 10 minute planning period and 50 minutes of writing, and students were told to spend about half the time on Question 1 and split the rest evenly between Questions 2 and 3. The current exam has 3 free-response questions in 60 minutes. The skills these questions practice still count.

1 Read the question

The question is College Board's, from the 2009, Form B exam. It starts on page 2 of the PDF. College Board no longer posts this exam, so it opens from the copy of College Board's PDF that the Internet Archive saved on June 23, 2024.

Open Question 1 (PDF, page 2)

2 Write your answer

Answer each part the way you would on the exam, in full sentences, with your work shown. Your writing saves as you type.

3 Score it

Score your answer against College Board's scoring guidelines, one point at a time. Give yourself a point only when your answer says what the guideline asks for.

Scoring guidelines (PDF, page 2)

Question, scoring guidelines and Chief Reader report: College Board, from the Internet Archive. The title, summary are ours.