Deck 15: Conclusion: Work Today and Tomorrow

Question 1

The ratio of ____________ to ____________ ____________ has put stress on the U.S. Social Security System.

A) unskilled; paid laborers
B) part-time; retired workers
C) adults; young children
D) retirees; active workers

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Residential segregation has ______________ job opportunities for minorities.

A) eradicated
B) diminished
C) increased
D) generated

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The __________ sector has displaced the _________ and ___________ sectors of as the primary source of jobs in the U.S.

A) agricultural; manufacturing; technological
B) technological; service; industrial
C) service; agricultural; manufacturing
D) industrial; agricultural; manufacturing

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Because the world economy is a zero-sum game, competitive sports and even warfare
provide appropriate analogies for participation in it.

Question 5

The effects of gender are particular evident in occupational differentiation.

Question 6

Globalization has been stimulated by.

A) advances in communications technologies
B) profit-seeking corporations
C) free-trade agreements
D) all of the above
E) a and c only

Question 7

The loss of manufacturing jobs due to technological change and globalization has contributed significantly to the income gap that has widened in recent decades.

Question 8

The American tax system

A) has had little impact on the distribution of income
B) is only mildly progressive
C) has significantly reduced income inequality
D) has made the rich richer and the poor poorer

Question 9

The contemporary separation of work and home is a relatively __________ phenomenon.

A) post-industrial
B) negative
C) recent
D) beneficial

Question 10

Which of the following occupations will not be among the top ten sources of jobs in the next ten years?

A) Home health care workers
B) Accountants
C) Post-secondary teachers
D) Systems analysts
True/False Questions

Question 11

Workers doing minimum-wage work have kept up with inflation because the minimum wage is indexed to the cost of living.

Question 12

The autonomy of many professions is now being threatened by

A) The power of the organizations that employ many professionals
B) The greater access to information made possible by new communications technologies
C) Better-educated clients
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 13

More women graduate from college than young men do.

Question 14

Immigrant workers are likely to be needed in many countries because the birth rates in
these countries are below replacement levels

Question 15

Many of the consequences of globalization are similar to those of technological change.

Question 16

Technological, economic, and cultural changes have given rise to many new occupations and employment opportunities.

Question 17

About three-quarters of all graduate students in science and engineering come from abroad

Question 18

Technology is

A) out of control
B) a human creation
C) an unmixed blessing
D) all of the above

Question 19

The United States is similar to other countries in that employers are the prime source of health insurance.

Question 20

About half of the employees in the United States are employed by

A) The federal government
B) Small businesses
C) Fortune 500 companies
D) State governments

Question 21

The greatest increase in the number of jobs in the near future will be in occupations that have yet to be created.

Question 22

Of the top ten occupations adding the most workers in the next decade, eight will
require at least a bachelor's degree

Question 23

In what ways does residential segregation perpetuate racial occupational inequality?

Question 24

Why is the current social security system not projected to adequately meet the needs of future generations?

Question 25

What does demography tell us about the future of workers and jobs?

Question 26

What jobs will experience the greatest percentage increases over the next decade? Which will add the greatest numbers of workers?

Question 27

In the transition from an industrially based economy to what is often characterized as a post-industrial economy, what have been some of the most influential factors that have effected this transformation?

Question 28

Why do some elements of bureaucratic organization need to be abandoned or modified due to recent economic and technological changes?

Question 29

How has globalization affected the nature of capitalism in America?