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Question #1

Federal law now requires the employers of fifty or more employees to provide:

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

Mr. Ostrowski’s suggestion to Malcolm X that he become a carpenter instead of a lawyer is an example of

A occupational guidance.

B early job socialization.

C lateral mobility.

D occupational steering.

E pragmatic job counseling.

Question #3

Assembly-line work is typically thought to be alienating because

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

Maslow is to self-actualization as Marx is to __________.

A self-estrangement

B boredom

C alienation

D revolution

E powerlessness

Question #5

The income squeeze refers to

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

Which of the following work rule changes is most likely to increase the alienation of the workers?

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

Home production would include all of the following EXCEPT

A preparing meals.

B buying groceries.

C writing freelance articles for publication.

D taking children to sports lessons.

E washing laundry.

Question #8

Strikes involving several trades simultaneously are called

A mass strikes.

B sit-down strikes.

C gridlock strikes.

D general strikes.

E secondary boycotts.

Question #9

The legal basis for the elimination of employment discrimination is

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

Mass-production workers used sit-down strikes as means of resistance. They could not withhold their labor because

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

Which of the following is NOT true of the Knights of Labor?

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

In assessing the effects of alienation and self-actualization upon workers’ lives off the job, we may conclude that

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

Refer to the following set of facts: Lakeisha works in a medium-sized firm in Chicago. Her husband Michael works for a large firm and was recently transferred to Salt Lake City. Lakeisha and Michael have one daughter, Yvonne, who is two years old. Yvonne lives with her mother in Chicago. Which of the following fringe benefits could be most helpful in this situation?

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

The existence of a large proletariat is most consistent with the work of

A Barbara Reskin

B Karl Marx

C Charles Tilly

D William Julius Wilson

E Max Weber

Question #15

How does organizational structure affect job satisfaction?

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

“Solidarity Forever,” a union inspirational song, was used

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

Sociologists have suggested that the following are significant job characteristics in promoting healthy mental functioning among workers:

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 group that has often experienced upward mobility is

A unskilled workers.

B part-time workers.

C the underclass.

D the children of immigrants.

E divorced women.

Question #19

A contemporary successor of Marx, Seeman says alienation is subjectively experienced as:

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

Which of the following is an intrinsic reward?

A fringe benefits

B job security

C pay

D craft and machine tending.

E positive relations with co-workers

Question #21

Which of the following is part of the ‘hidden curriculum’ of the kindergarten?

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 fast food worker may experience ____ because of the conflicting expectations to sell as much food as possible and to have pleasant interactions with customers.

A job angst

B self-actualization

C bullying

D role strain

E alienation

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