Question 1

Which of the following is an achieved characteristic?

Accepted Answer

A)  race
B)  age
C)  years of schooling completed
D)  number of brothers and sisters
E)  sex

Question 2

In a certain industry, two large producers have just merged to form a much larger company.What indicator is most likely to reflect this change?

Accepted Answer

A)  the unemployment rate
B)  the balance of trade deficit
C)  the labor force participation rate
D)  the occupational prestige scores
E)  the four-firm concentration ratio

Question 3

How occupations are perceived by others is measured by

Accepted Answer

A)  occupational prestige.
B)  socioeconomic status scores.
C)  detailed occupation groupings.
D)  mixed methods.
E)  establishment surveys.

Question 4

Which of the following yields the largest number of people?

Accepted Answer

A)  All the people who receive unemployment benefits.
B)  All of the people who are unemployed.
C)  All of the people who are unemployed plus discouraged workers.
D)  All of the people who register for work at the state employment office.
E)  All of the people who have stopped looking for work because they believe they cannot find it.

Question 5

Organizational collaboration at GM was used as an example of which method of research?

Accepted Answer

A)  a sample survey of secretaries
B)  analysis of government statistics
C)  multiple regression analysis
D)  a case study
E)  historical research

Question 6

Industry classifications are based on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  the specific skills a worker uses
B)  the technology used in the workplace where the worker works
C)  the products a worker helps to produce
D)  the amount of status associated with a worker's job
E)  the number of workers at a work site

Question 7

The economically active population is an equivalent term to

Accepted Answer

A)  the labor force.
B)  blue-collar workers.
C)  the labor force plus the discouraged workers.
D)  the employed minus the unemployed.
E)  c and d

Question 8

All noninstitutionalized persons over the age of 16 are eligible to be

Accepted Answer

A)  members of the labor force.
B)  employed.
C)  unemployed.
D)  NILF.
E)  all of the above

Question 9

Who is counted in the numerator of the unemployment rate?

Accepted Answer

A)  the unemployed people
B)  the members of the labor force
C)  the employed people
D)  the target population
E)  the general population

Question 10

Michael is an 18-year-old high school student who lives with his parents and watches a lot of MTV.He has never held a job and has never looked for a job.How would Michael's labor force status be classified by the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics?

Accepted Answer

A)  not eligible to be counted as a member of the labor force
B)  a member of the labor force, but unemployed
C)  employed in the labor force (as a student) 
D)  eligible to be counted as a member of the labor force but not actually in the labor force
E)  able but not willing to work

Question 11

A researcher wants to demonstrate that in 2008 there are relatively more women
Engaged in paid labor than there were in 1958.The best measure for showing this
Change is

Accepted Answer

A)  the unemployment rate for women.
B)  the labor force participation rate for women.
C)  the number of women who are NILF.
D)  the number of women who were covered by Social Security payroll taxes.
E)  the number of women who filed federal income tax returns.

Question 12

People who are 'with a job, but not at work' represent a sub-category of the

Accepted Answer

A)  employed.
B)  unemployed.
C)  discouraged workers.
D)  NILF.
E)  unpaid family workers.

Question 13

An ethnography differs from personal anecdote in that

Accepted Answer

A)  an anecdote is humorous.
B)  not all anecdotes are about work.
C)  the ethnographic observer is more detached and objective.
D)  an ethnography is not about real people.
E)  an ethnography is not reliable.

Question 14

In "Putting on the Hair Shirt," (Box 2.2) , the ethnographer demonstrated an ability to

Accepted Answer

A)  participate fully in the work group.
B)  learn sensitive information about on-the-job failures
C)  create a Hawthorne Effect.
D)  operate covertly.
E)  both a and c

Question 15

An advantage of multiple methods is

Accepted Answer

A)  less response error.
B)  less experimental bias.
C)  greater reliability.
D)  greater government subsidy.
E)  less attention to ascribed characteristics.

Question 16

The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines "discouraged workers" as those who

Accepted Answer

A)  report little or no job satisfaction.
B)  do not make a living wage.
C)  have ceased looking for employment.
D)  have been black-listed by anti-union companies.
E)  have low productivity

Question 17

An unemployment rate of 5% means

Accepted Answer

A)  five out of every one hundred adults are unemployed.
B)  five out of every one hundred people who want a job cannot find one.
C)  five out of every one hundred experienced workers cannot find a job.
D)  five out of every one hundred labor force participants are actively seeking work.
E)  five out of every one hundred labor force participants are currently receiving unemployment compensation benefits.

Question 18

When sociologists conduct sample surveys, they ask questions of a systematic sample of people.What is the relationship of the sample to the population of interest?

Accepted Answer

A)  The sample is the same as the population.
B)  The sample is representative of the population.
C)  The sample answers questions that the population refuses to answer.
D)  The sample has a smaller response error than the population.
E)  The sample represents only the working part of the population.

Question 19

Background characteristics of survey respondents such as sex, race, or age are

Accepted Answer

A)  described.
B)  pretested.
C)  achieved.
D)  ascribed.
E)  ordinal.

Question 20

A case study of an establishment is most likely to present a misleading picture of the firm if

Accepted Answer

A)  the firm is publicly held.
B)  the firm is a subsidiary.
C)  the firm is a parent company.
D)  the firm's parent company is a conglomerate.
E)  the firm has only one establishment.

Exam 2: Studying the World of Work

The economically active population is an equivalent term to

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Which of the following yields the largest number of people?

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Which of the following is an achieved characteristic?

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An unemployment rate of 5% means

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In a certain industry, two large producers have just merged to form a much larger company.What indicator is most likely to reflect this change?

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All noninstitutionalized persons over the age of 16 are eligible to be

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines "discouraged workers" as those who

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Organizational collaboration at GM was used as an example of which method of research?

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An advantage of multiple methods is

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Michael is an 18-year-old high school student who lives with his parents and watches a lot of MTV.He has never held a job and has never looked for a job.How would Michael's labor force status be classified by the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics?

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Who is counted in the numerator of the unemployment rate?

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A researcher wants to demonstrate that in 2008 there are relatively more women Engaged in paid labor than there were in 1958.The best measure for showing this Change is

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A case study of an establishment is most likely to present a misleading picture of the firm if

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Background characteristics of survey respondents such as sex, race, or age are

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In "Putting on the Hair Shirt," (Box 2.2) , the ethnographer demonstrated an ability to

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Industry classifications are based on which of the following?

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An ethnography differs from personal anecdote in that

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When sociologists conduct sample surveys, they ask questions of a systematic sample of people.What is the relationship of the sample to the population of interest?

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People who are 'with a job, but not at work' represent a sub-category of the

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