Please answer the following questions about the sociology of work.

QUESTION 1

Participating in this course, The Sociology of Work, is a form of:

Answer

formal socialization

informal socialization

on-the-job socialization

none of the above

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QUESTION 2

Which of the following is NOT noted by the textbook as a way to improve the fit between work and family?

Answer

postponing marriage until after a key job promotion

change in opportunity structures

delaying the arrival of children to avoid the income squeeze

refusing to accept job transfers

raising the minimum wage

1 points

QUESTION 3

According to Glynn, cited in Sweet and Meiskins, about 10% of the population of the United States is foreign born. How does this compare with the proportion of the world’s population which has migrated from the county of its birth.

Answer

The United States is about equally accepting of immigrants as other nations.

The United States is more accepting of immigrants than most nations.

The United States is less ethnically diverse than most nations.

The United States is less accepting of immigrants than most nations.

1 points

QUESTION 4

Health savings and other market based plans shift risk from __________ to __________.

Answer

government, employers

employers, workers

workers, employers

workers, government

1 points

QUESTION 5

Which statistics is a poor measure of income inequality?

Answer

mean

median

standard deviation

interquartile range

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QUESTION 6

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

Answer

family members employed by the same company would be fired.

they were considered easily replaceable.

they were not unionized yet

strikes were illegal

their wage was too cheap to stop working

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QUESTION 7

Worker sabotage is generally a result of:

Answer

lower than average pay

passive resistance

too much management control

outside agitation

lack of management control

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QUESTION 8

Power holders structuring opportunities in in a biased manner which employees may find difficult to detect is called:

Answer

a hostile work environment

covert discrimination

overt discrimination

hostile discrimination

benevolent discrimination

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QUESTION 9

Juan’s father came from Mexico to the United States as a teen age day laborer. He joined the Marines during the Vietnam War, earned his high school diploma and eventually became a U.S. citizen. After his discharge he went to Queens College where he received free tuition by promising to become a high school teacher. While teaching he earned a master’s degree and retired as the principal of a Vocational-Technical High School. This is an example of:

Answer

intragenerational mobility

intergenerational mobility

affirmative action

an urban myth

1 points

QUESTION 10

The primary buffer against job loss for American workers is:

Answer

unemployment insurance

social security

one-stop job centers

medicaid

1 points

QUESTION 11

Studies of Eastern Europe under communism indicate that:

Answer

Marx was correct in associating alienation with capitalism.

workers in socialist countres do not experience alienation.

workers in the former socialist countries experienced role conflict, but not alienation.

the organization of work affects alienation more than the economic system does.

only women workers experienced alienation in the former socialist countries.

1 points

QUESTION 12

Typically, a homemaker is called “displaced” following:

Answer

her husband’s unemployment

her own illness

her children leaving for college or work

her husband’s retirement

a divorce

1 points

QUESTION 13

Figure 3.11. in Sweet and Meiskins indicates that the United States provides provides about __________ weeks of __________ Family and Medical leave.

Answer

12, unpaid

10, unpaid

10, paid

12, paid

1 points

QUESTION 14

Exhibit 5.1 in Sweet and Meiksins confirms that the United States has a system in which access to job security and benefits is heavily dependent on what kind of job workers have and for whom they work. This is called an entitlement system.

Answer

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 15

According to Exhibit 4.7 of Sweet and Meiksins, the greatest percentage of illegal workers are found in which secton of the economy?

Answer

services (quarternary)

processing (secondary)

extraction (primary)

transportation (tertiary)

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QUESTION 16

In recent years, workers have been reluctant to strike because:

Answer

federal judges are not sympathetic to labor legislation.

high unemployment has given management the advantage in strikes.

they find worker participation programs more effective.

the can’t afford to miss a day’s pay.

they are basically satisfied with their jobs.

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QUESTION 17

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

Answer

diversity, security, autonomy

complexity, diversity, security

security, complexity, flexibility

autonomy, complexity, diversity

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QUESTION 18

Which of the following occupations would likely be most alienating?

Answer

medical doctor

accountant

farmer

carpenter

assembly-line worker

1 points

QUESTION 19

Affirmative action has been of only limited help to people at the bottom of the class structure.

Answer

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 20

For all quintiles, at least _________ percent of people were born within one quintile of their adult position.

Answer

50

75

85

90

1 points

QUESTION 21

One advantage of affirmative action is that it provides a defense against illegal discrimination:

Answer

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 22

Comparing exhibits 4.4 and 4.6 of Sweet and Meiskins, which ethnic group is most likely to overcome poverty and graduate from college?

Answer

Asian

White

Black

Hispanic

1 points

QUESTION 23

One of the reasons why jobs are insecure in the new economy is that there is a growing acceptance that jobs should be insecure.

Answer

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 24

Unions in the United States exert political power through all EXCEPT one of the following: Which is the exception?

Answer

developing their own political party.

lobbying for legislation favorable to workers

encouraging workers to vote.

using union resources in political campaigns.

registering voters.

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QUESTION 25

The dual labor market has been carried over from the old economy to the new economy. What has changed however is the degree to which:

Answer

the appearance of an underclass as barriers to social mobility limit opportunities for career success.

a college degree has become the hinge to career success.

the role of race and ethnicity as a deteminer of career success.

the role of family and culture as a determinant of career success.