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