Question 1

Discuss the means of consumption, as theorized by Karl Marx and George Ritzer.Include an explanation of enchantment, reenchantment, and disenchantment.

Accepted Answer

Means of consumption: commodities that p

Question 2

Which of the following is true of the service sector?

Accepted Answer

A) Most positions require extensive education or training. 
B) A growing fraction of positions are part-time rather than full-time. 
C) A growing fraction of positions are unionized. 
D) Quite a few of these jobs are often viewed as "men's jobs." 
A) Most positions require extensive education or training. 
B) A growing fraction of positions are part-time rather than full-time. 
C) A growing fraction of positions are unionized. 
D) Quite a few of these jobs are often viewed as "men's jobs."

Question 3

Being a nurse or a flight attendant requires a high degree of emotional labor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the economic system of capitalism.

Accepted Answer

Varies.In competition with one another,

Question 5

Define the term emotional labor and provide three examples of occupations that require emotional labor.

Accepted Answer

Emotional labor: the commodification of

Question 6

Shoe shinning, working a cash register, and repairing a car are examples of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) goods 
B) services 
C) economies 
D) industries 
A) goods 
B) services 
C) economies 
D) industries

Question 7

Which of the following is true of the formal economy?

Accepted Answer

A) It is not regulated by government institutions. 
B) It excludes self-employment. 
C) It is what people ordinarily have in mind when they refer to work. 
D) It has decreased in significance since the Industrial Revolution. 
A) It is not regulated by government institutions. 
B) It excludes self-employment. 
C) It is what people ordinarily have in mind when they refer to work. 
D) It has decreased in significance since the Industrial Revolution.

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a private-sector job?

Accepted Answer

A) accountant at General Electric 
B) cop at the Chicago Police Department 
C) teacher at the Boston Public School system 
D) postal worker at the U.S.Postal Service 
A) accountant at General Electric 
B) cop at the Chicago Police Department 
C) teacher at the Boston Public School system 
D) postal worker at the U.S.Postal Service

Question 9

Which of the following is the true of the new economic order?

Accepted Answer

A) The U.S.economic order today has been powerfully affected by the emergence of a stratified economic system. 
B) The United States is an isolated economic unit. 
C) In many respects, the world is a single economic unit. 
D) Economic integration is becoming more shallow. 
A) The U.S.economic order today has been powerfully affected by the emergence of a stratified economic system. 
B) The United States is an isolated economic unit. 
C) In many respects, the world is a single economic unit. 
D) Economic integration is becoming more shallow.

Question 10

Which of the following would not be considered work?

Accepted Answer

A) playing a guitar in your backyard 
B) feeding and diapering one's baby 
C) volunteering at a nursing home 
D) writing campaign letters at your unpaid internship 
A) playing a guitar in your backyard 
B) feeding and diapering one's baby 
C) volunteering at a nursing home 
D) writing campaign letters at your unpaid internship

Question 11

Which of the following describes post-Fordism?

Accepted Answer

A) reliance on more flexible, less standardized forms of production 
B) reliance on outsourcing and offshoring 
C) reliance on contracted work 
D) reliance on symbolic analysts 
A) reliance on more flexible, less standardized forms of production 
B) reliance on outsourcing and offshoring 
C) reliance on contracted work 
D) reliance on symbolic analysts

Question 12

Which of the following is characteristic of deep economic integration?

Accepted Answer

A) It is typical of the globalization of several decades ago. 
B) Countries are less interdependent. 
C) All of the manufacturing of a product is done in one country. 
D) Management and sales might be located in different countries. 
A) It is typical of the globalization of several decades ago. 
B) Countries are less interdependent. 
C) All of the manufacturing of a product is done in one country. 
D) Management and sales might be located in different countries.

Question 13

Companies engaged with digital networking are the most financially valuable firms in the global economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of a means of production?

Accepted Answer

A) factories 
B) the bourgeoisie 
C) scientific management 
D) mass production 
A) factories 
B) the bourgeoisie 
C) scientific management 
D) mass production

Question 15

Which of the following is characteristic of shallow economic integration?

Accepted Answer

A) Corporations are multinational rather than just national. 
B) Raw materials may be sourced in one country and shipped to another for production. 
C) Most countries do business with other countries. 
D) A single product is made in a single country. 
A) Corporations are multinational rather than just national. 
B) Raw materials may be sourced in one country and shipped to another for production. 
C) Most countries do business with other countries. 
D) A single product is made in a single country.

Question 16

What is the global wage?

Accepted Answer

A) the global average wage 
B) the global minimum wage established by the United Nations 
C) the wage equivalent to the lowest worldwide cost of obtaining labor for a particular task 
D) the wage equivalent to the average worldwide cost of obtaining labor for a particular task 
A) the global average wage 
B) the global minimum wage established by the United Nations 
C) the wage equivalent to the lowest worldwide cost of obtaining labor for a particular task 
D) the wage equivalent to the average worldwide cost of obtaining labor for a particular task

Question 17

Describe the class system in an industrial society, including discussion of the relationships between classes.Discuss how this class system created conflict.

Accepted Answer

New class composed of industrialists who

Question 18

Use a feminist perspective to explain why certain types of work in the informal economy, such as prostitution, are illegal.

Accepted Answer

Varies.Can discuss the disprop

Question 19

Compare and contrast workers in the early industrial era (1800s), industrial workers in the 1900s, and industrial workers today.What is life like for the average worker?

Accepted Answer

Varies.Early industrial: wage laborers w

Question 20

A recent article on robot surgeons highlighted which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Robots are generally ineffective at complex analytical and technological tasks. 
B) Robots are better at many tasks than humans. 
C) Robots are generally not trusted by patients. 
D) Robots reduce headcount efficiency. 
A) Robots are generally ineffective at complex analytical and technological tasks. 
B) Robots are better at many tasks than humans. 
C) Robots are generally not trusted by patients. 
D) Robots reduce headcount efficiency.

Discuss the means of consumption, as theorized by Karl Marx and George Ritzer.Include an explanation of enchantment, reenchantment, and disenchantment.

Which of the following is true of the service sector?

Being a nurse or a flight attendant requires a high degree of emotional labor.

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the economic system of capitalism.

Define the term emotional labor and provide three examples of occupations that require emotional labor.

Shoe shinning, working a cash register, and repairing a car are examples of which of the following?

Which of the following is true of the formal economy?

Which of the following is an example of a private-sector job?

Which of the following is the true of the new economic order?

Which of the following would not be considered work?

Which of the following describes post-Fordism?

Which of the following is characteristic of deep economic integration?

Companies engaged with digital networking are the most financially valuable firms in the global economy.

Which of the following is an example of a means of production?

Which of the following is characteristic of shallow economic integration?

What is the global wage?

Describe the class system in an industrial society, including discussion of the relationships between classes.Discuss how this class system created conflict.

Use a feminist perspective to explain why certain types of work in the informal economy, such as prostitution, are illegal.

Compare and contrast workers in the early industrial era (1800s), industrial workers in the 1900s, and industrial workers today.What is life like for the average worker?

A recent article on robot surgeons highlighted which of the following?

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Exam 15: Work, Consumption, and the Economy

Discuss the means of consumption, as theorized by Karl Marx and George Ritzer.Include an explanation of enchantment, reenchantment, and disenchantment.

Which of the following is true of the service sector?

Being a nurse or a flight attendant requires a high degree of emotional labor.

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the economic system of capitalism.

Define the term emotional labor and provide three examples of occupations that require emotional labor.

Shoe shinning, working a cash register, and repairing a car are examples of which of the following?

Which of the following is true of the formal economy?

Which of the following is an example of a private-sector job?

Which of the following is the true of the new economic order?

Which of the following would not be considered work?

Which of the following describes post-Fordism?

Which of the following is characteristic of deep economic integration?

Companies engaged with digital networking are the most financially valuable firms in the global economy.

Which of the following is an example of a means of production?

Which of the following is characteristic of shallow economic integration?

What is the global wage?

Describe the class system in an industrial society, including discussion of the relationships between classes.Discuss how this class system created conflict.

Use a feminist perspective to explain why certain types of work in the informal economy, such as prostitution, are illegal.

Compare and contrast workers in the early industrial era (1800s), industrial workers in the 1900s, and industrial workers today.What is life like for the average worker?

A recent article on robot surgeons highlighted which of the following?

Discover Sociology

Discover Sociological Research

Culture and Mass Media

Socialization and Social Interaction

Groups, Organizations, and Bureaucracies

Deviance and Social Control

Social Class and Inequality in the United States

Global Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality

Race and Ethnicity

Gender and Society

Families and Society

Education and Society

Religion and Society

The State, War, and Terror

Health and Medicine

Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Social Movements and Social Change

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