Question 1

Which of the following was an outcome of the human relations school of management?

Accepted Answer

A)  the introduction of joint or cooperative business ownership 
B)  an emphasis on more efficient means of organizing work 
C)  the insight that workers are not motivated by wages alone 
D)  a push by managers to reintroduce scientific management 
A)  the introduction of joint or cooperative business ownership 
B)  an emphasis on more efficient means of organizing work 
C)  the insight that workers are not motivated by wages alone 
D)  a push by managers to reintroduce scientific management

Question 2

Which of the following describes a 30-year trend in union membership in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  Union representation of contract workers has grown. 
B)  Unions have grown rapidly in nonstandard work. 
C)  Membership has increased among females. 
D)  Union membership has declined significantly. 
A)  Union representation of contract workers has grown. 
B)  Unions have grown rapidly in nonstandard work. 
C)  Membership has increased among females. 
D)  Union membership has declined significantly.

Question 3

Vidan worked in a factory with strict regulations outlining when workers could take breaks. He began to protest the system by getting back to work later than his coworkers. Unfortunately, it only got him in trouble. Which of the following would have had a greater chance of being a successful protest?

Accepted Answer

A)  slowing his productivity down 
B)  bringing his unfinished lunch back to the factory floor 
C)  convincing everyone to get back late from breaks 
D)  calling in sick for a week at a time 
A)  slowing his productivity down 
B)  bringing his unfinished lunch back to the factory floor 
C)  convincing everyone to get back late from breaks 
D)  calling in sick for a week at a time

Question 4

What is the Canadian trend in nonstandard jobs?

Accepted Answer

A)  They have become a central part of the economy. 
B)  These jobs are slowly disappearing. 
C)  They are paying more with an increasing number of benefits. 
D)  They provide employment to roughly 10 percent of the workforce. 
A)  They have become a central part of the economy. 
B)  These jobs are slowly disappearing. 
C)  They are paying more with an increasing number of benefits. 
D)  They provide employment to roughly 10 percent of the workforce.

Question 5

The Canadian economy is shifting away from a manufacturing-based economy toward a service economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Hiring people with disabilities is usually very costly to employers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A recent university graduate is looking for work; he has heard that contacting acquaintances is more effective than answering advertisements or contacting employment agencies. He contacts his family members and his friends, and lands a job through a friend of a friend. Which term best identifies what he was using?

Accepted Answer

A)  social networks 
B)  kin-friend affiliation 
C)  personal contacts 
D)  the old-boys network 
A)  social networks 
B)  kin-friend affiliation 
C)  personal contacts 
D)  the old-boys network

Question 8

According to the text, what is predicted about the changing nature of jobs for present-day undergraduates?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is an increasing marginalization of the educated worker. 
B)  There are more job ghettos, digital dungeons, and sweatshops. 
C)  There is a growing interest in the rise of self-employment. 
D)  There is a scramble for vanishing jobs in larger corporations. 
A)  There is an increasing marginalization of the educated worker. 
B)  There are more job ghettos, digital dungeons, and sweatshops. 
C)  There is a growing interest in the rise of self-employment. 
D)  There is a scramble for vanishing jobs in larger corporations.

Question 9

Nicole went to ABC Temp Agency and was hired as a receptionist in a doctor's office. When the full-time receptionist returned from her maternity leave, the doctor then offered Nicole a full-time position doing the bookkeeping and payroll for his practice. When reviewing her bank statement, Nicole realized that she had not been paid for her last two weeks work as a receptionist. Who should she talk with in regards to her missing wages?

Accepted Answer

A)  the doctor who is her present employer 
B)  Employment Canada 
C)  ABC Temp Agency 
D)  the full-time receptionist who may have been paid twice 
A)  the doctor who is her present employer 
B)  Employment Canada 
C)  ABC Temp Agency 
D)  the full-time receptionist who may have been paid twice

Question 10

Jacques, a recent university graduate, starts work as a civil engineer with the city of Calgary. He is gratified by the design challenges in making the city work, and the freedom he has implementing his ideas. Which term best identifies the aspects of work that are most pleasing to Jacques?

Accepted Answer

A)  intrinsic rewards 
B)  extrinsic rewards 
C)  professional recognition 
D)  job autonomy 
A)  intrinsic rewards 
B)  extrinsic rewards 
C)  professional recognition 
D)  job autonomy

Question 11

According to the text, what does playing games and socializing with coworkers, while they should be working, accomplish?

Accepted Answer

A)  These behaviours are individually adaptive strategies that boost productivity. 
B)  These behaviours contribute to an increased sense of alienation. 
C)  These behaviours are atypical reactions to alienating work situations. 
D)  These behaviours momentarily increase workers' feelings of control. 
A)  These behaviours are individually adaptive strategies that boost productivity. 
B)  These behaviours contribute to an increased sense of alienation. 
C)  These behaviours are atypical reactions to alienating work situations. 
D)  These behaviours momentarily increase workers' feelings of control.

Question 12

Free trade agreements with the United States and Mexico have facilitated the migration of manufacturing jobs out of Canada over the last three decades.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

On the sociology exam, students were asked to explain Taylorism in one sentence. Which of the following answers would Amit utilize to be awarded the mark for the question?

Accepted Answer

A)  Taylorism was a management technique founded on notions that did not work. 
B)  Taylorism was an attempt by management to regain direct control over the labour process. 
C)  Taylorism was used to refine the craftsmanship of journeymen labourers and other skilled workers. 
D)  Taylorism was a method that was applied to only automated factories with few workers. 
A)  Taylorism was a management technique founded on notions that did not work. 
B)  Taylorism was an attempt by management to regain direct control over the labour process. 
C)  Taylorism was used to refine the craftsmanship of journeymen labourers and other skilled workers. 
D)  Taylorism was a method that was applied to only automated factories with few workers.

Question 14

Why have managers organized the workplace along Taylorist lines? What are the advantages for them? What are the disadvantages for workers?

Accepted Answer

Managers have organized the workplace al

Question 15

What is the largest category of the retail trade business in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  milk marketing boards 
B)  women's clothing stores 
C)  food and beverage industry 
D)  cell phone sales businesses 
A)  milk marketing boards 
B)  women's clothing stores 
C)  food and beverage industry 
D)  cell phone sales businesses

Question 16

Among professional, technical, and managerial workers in a Boston suburb, 57 percent got jobs through personal contacts. How was the relationship with these contacts described?

Accepted Answer

A)  Eighty-three percent said the contact was someone they saw infrequently. 
B)  Eighty-three percent said the contact was someone they saw frequently. 
C)  Thirty-five percent said the contact was a close personal friend. 
D)  Thirty-five percent said the contact was a member of their extended family. 
A)  Eighty-three percent said the contact was someone they saw infrequently. 
B)  Eighty-three percent said the contact was someone they saw frequently. 
C)  Thirty-five percent said the contact was a close personal friend. 
D)  Thirty-five percent said the contact was a member of their extended family.

Which of the following was an outcome of the human relations school of management?

Which of the following describes a 30-year trend in union membership in Canada?

What is the Canadian trend in nonstandard jobs?

The Canadian economy is shifting away from a manufacturing-based economy toward a service economy.

Hiring people with disabilities is usually very costly to employers.

According to the text, what is predicted about the changing nature of jobs for present-day undergraduates?

Jacques, a recent university graduate, starts work as a civil engineer with the city of Calgary. He is gratified by the design challenges in making the city work, and the freedom he has implementing his ideas. Which term best identifies the aspects of work that are most pleasing to Jacques?

According to the text, what does playing games and socializing with coworkers, while they should be working, accomplish?

Free trade agreements with the United States and Mexico have facilitated the migration of manufacturing jobs out of Canada over the last three decades.

On the sociology exam, students were asked to explain Taylorism in one sentence. Which of the following answers would Amit utilize to be awarded the mark for the question?

Why have managers organized the workplace along Taylorist lines? What are the advantages for them? What are the disadvantages for workers?

What is the largest category of the retail trade business in Canada?

Among professional, technical, and managerial workers in a Boston suburb, 57 percent got jobs through personal contacts. How was the relationship with these contacts described?

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Exam 11: Work and Occupations

Which of the following was an outcome of the human relations school of management?

Which of the following describes a 30-year trend in union membership in Canada?

What is the Canadian trend in nonstandard jobs?

The Canadian economy is shifting away from a manufacturing-based economy toward a service economy.

Hiring people with disabilities is usually very costly to employers.

According to the text, what is predicted about the changing nature of jobs for present-day undergraduates?

Jacques, a recent university graduate, starts work as a civil engineer with the city of Calgary. He is gratified by the design challenges in making the city work, and the freedom he has implementing his ideas. Which term best identifies the aspects of work that are most pleasing to Jacques?

According to the text, what does playing games and socializing with coworkers, while they should be working, accomplish?

Free trade agreements with the United States and Mexico have facilitated the migration of manufacturing jobs out of Canada over the last three decades.

On the sociology exam, students were asked to explain Taylorism in one sentence. Which of the following answers would Amit utilize to be awarded the mark for the question?

Why have managers organized the workplace along Taylorist lines? What are the advantages for them? What are the disadvantages for workers?

What is the largest category of the retail trade business in Canada?

Among professional, technical, and managerial workers in a Boston suburb, 57 percent got jobs through personal contacts. How was the relationship with these contacts described?

Introduction to Sociology

Culture

Socialization

Gender and Sexuality

Communication and Mass Media

Social Stratification

Gender Inequality

Race and Ethnic Relations

Development and Underdevelopment

Families

Education

Religion

Deviance and Crime

Population and Urbanization

Sociology and the Environment

Health and Aging

Politics and Social Movements

Globalization

Research Methods

Networks, Groups, Bureaucracies, and Societies

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