Deck 9: Managing Time

Question 1

In Alan Lakein's book How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life,he states that daily time use should be directly related to:

A)Resources
B)Goals
C)Values
D)Attitudes

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Only about ____ of families eat together daily,meaning one meal or more a day.

A)10%
B)25%
C)43%
D)76%

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In the U.S.,time use data is collected on a national level by the:

A)Consumer Product Safety Commission
B)Federal Reserve Board
C)Dept.of Health and Human Services
D)Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS)

Answer 3

D

Question 4

According to employment studies,what is the most productive day of the week?

A)Monday
B)Tuesday
C)Wednesday
D)Thursday

Question 5

David Elkind,author and child expert,says that:

A)Children do not have enough to do
B)Children have too much free time
C)Children are overcommitted and growing up too fast and too soon
D)Children spend too much time in unorganized activities

Question 6

_____________ time use investigates the meaning or significance of time use and how individuals feel about time use.

A)Episodic
B)Quantitative
C)Qualitative
D)Derisive

Question 7

_____________ rhythms are the daily rhythmic activity cycles,based on 24-hour intervals,that humans experience.

A)Circadian
B)Cybernetic
C)Dynamic
D)Calibrated

Question 8

Whose last words were "All my possessions for a moment of time?"

A)Stanley Whitehall
B)Queen Elizabeth I
C)Peter Senge
D)Queen Margaret

Question 9

Time is primarily a __________ that can be measured in units.

A)Value
B)Goal
C)Resource
D)Decision device

Question 10

_______________ is defined as the values and systems that guide the conscious decisions made about activities and time use.

A)Time management
B)Attitudinal change
C)Family life management
D)Corporal management

Question 11

When cross-sections of Americans are asked what the main problem they are dealing with is,the majority will say they don't have:

A)Nearly enough time
B)A big enough house
C)Enough money
D)Meaningful relationships

Question 12

According to The Silent Language written by E.T.Hall,there are three anthropological models of time.Which of the following is not one of them?

A)Procedural-traditional
B)Linear-separable
C)Circular-traditional
D)Spatial-sequential

Question 13

______________ is the time that an individual cannot control totally by himself or herself.

A)Discretionary time
B)Real time
C)Psychic time
D)Nondiscretionary time

Question 14

A central management concept is _______________ which is concerned with how time spent in one activity takes away from time spent in another activity.

A)time displacement
B)time exploitation
C)time strategy
D)time aspiration

Question 15

In Alan Lakein's book How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life,he divides time use into different levels called ABC,the C level stands for:

A)The most important activities
B)Medium value activities
C)Low-value activities
D)None of the above are correct

Question 16

The most accurate quantitative time measure is:

A)Self-report or diary method
B)Recall method
C)Observation method
D)A combination of all of the above methods to allow for cross checks.