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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A unpaid family leave for up to twelve weeks.
B retirement counseling.
C paid family leave for six months.
D on-site child care.
E pension plans.
Question #2
A lateral mobility.
B pragmatic job counseling.
C occupational guidance.
D occupational steering.
E early job socialization.
Question #3
A the tasks are too difficult.
B it requires more manual dexterity than many workers possess.
C new technologies have created too many stressful intellectual demands.
D it is poorly paid.
E it is repetitive.
Question #4
A self-estrangement
B boredom
C powerlessness
D alienation
E revolution
Question #5
A the difference between increasing family expenses across the life cycle and relatively stable earnings.
B the difference between the average earnings of adult children and their parents.
C the difference between the average earnings of husbands and wives.
D the difference between the income of workers and the needs of their aged parents.
E the difference between the average earnings of new workers and experienced workers.
Question #6
A installing a hot-line for anonymous complaints about safety concerns
B requiring workers to keep track of their expenses while traveling on company business
C requiring workers to eat only in the company cafeteria
D requiring that all promotion possibilities be posted for three weeks before the job is filled
E forbidding workers to talk with their co-workers
Question #7
A buying groceries.
B preparing meals.
C washing laundry.
D taking children to sports lessons.
E writing freelance articles for publication.
Question #8
A general strikes.
B secondary boycotts.
C sit-down strikes.
D mass strikes.
E gridlock strikes.
Question #9
A Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
B the Executive Order of 1962.
C the bill of rights.
D the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
E Brown v. Board of Education.
Question #10
A strikes were illegal.
B family members employed by the same company would be fired.
C they were not unionized yet.
D they were considered to be easily replaceable.
E their wage was too cheap to stop working.
Question #11
A It was basically a self-improvement and social reform society.
B The Knights officially opposed strikes.
C Like many early unions, it excluded working women.
D It was a general union.
E The Knights favored social and political reform.
Question #12
A technology mediates the effects of alienation and self-actualization upon workers’ families.
B both self-actualization and alienation may have an effect outside the workplace.
C only self-actualization has an effect outside the workplace.
D alcohol, drug abuse, and family problems have no connection with workers’ job experiences.
E only alienation has an effect outside the workplace.
Question #13
A elder care, a defined benefit plan, and health care
B retirement counseling, defined contribution plans, and health care
C maternal leave, health care, and education benefits
D job sharing, paid leave, and elder care
E on-site child care, relocation counseling, and flextime
Question #14
A William Julius Wilson
B Barbara Reskin
C Karl Marx
D Max Weber
E Charles Tilly
Question #15
A Job satisfaction increases as division of labor increases.
B Opportunities for promotion appear to be unrelated to job satisfaction.
C The nature of the job tasks is unrelated to job satisfaction.
D Workers in very small companies report low job satisfaction due to limited job complexity.
E Workers prefer small companies to large corporations.
Question #16
A as an ineffective organizing tool.
B to persuade employers to recognize unions.
C to persuade political parties to support unions.
D to convince workers that their problems are shared by others.
E as an illegal labor practice.
Question #17
A job complexity and security
B job flexibility and diversity
C job security, job rotation, and training
D job rotation, close supervision, and flexibility
E job autonomy, complexity, and diversity
Question #18
A part-time workers.
B unskilled workers.
C divorced women.
D the children of immigrants.
E the underclass.
Question #19
A anger, self-estrangement, meaninglessness, isolation, normlessness
B dissatisfaction, powerlessness, anger, self-estrangement, isolation
C powerlessness, self-estrangement, meaninglessness, isolation, normlessness
D dissatisfaction, meaninglessness, powerlessness, isolation, anger, normlessness, self-estrangement
E dissatisfaction, powerlessness, meaninglessness, isolation, normlessness
Question #20
A craft and machine tending.
B pay
C positive relations with co-workers
D fringe benefits
E job security
Question #21
A learning to distinguish different colors.
B learning how to use a pencil properly.
C learning the letters of the alphabet.
D learning to raise one’s hand before speaking.
E learning to count to one hundred.
Question #22
A self-actualization
B job angst
C bullying
D alienation
E role strain