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