Deck 2: Section 3: Economic Forces: Oh Canada, What Is Your Economy Like

Question 1

All of the following factors distinguish an "employee" from an "independent contractor" except:

A)Degree of Control
B)Coming on time to do the work
C)Degree of Economic Risk
D)Degree to which the worker performs an essential service for an organization.
E)Degree to which the organization provides the necessary tools

Answer 1

B

Question 2

All of the following is true of the Critical Perspective except:

A)It asserts that the capitalist system is exploitive
B)It draws its inspiration from Marxist theory
C)It argues that the interests of labour (workers) and capital (the owners and managers of economic organizations) are irreconcilably in conflict
D)It argues that the objective of capital is to extract from labour maximum effort and control at minimal cost.
E)It argues that employment regulation and collective bargaining are highly effective at protecting workers from exploitation.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

How to balance the interest of business in maximizing profits on one hand, with the interest of workers in securing a decent level of income and security, on the other hand, has been a subject of debate. This debate has been informed by a variety of perspectives that differ on all of the following issues except:

A)the role and effectiveness of markets;
B)The role of financial services
C)the role of bargaining power in the employment relationship;
D)the role of management, and the human resources function in particular; and
E)the role of unions and collective bargaining.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

According to the ___________ perspective, society needs to challenge the capitalist model and replace it with a more egalitarian model.

A)Critical
B)Managerial
C)Neoclassical model
D)Industrial Pluralist
E)Democratic

Question 5

In contrast with Neoclassicalists and Managerialists, Pluralists

A)assert that workers have sufficient bargaining power
B)support an activist government
C)support the minimum wage
D)believe in laisse faire government
E)promote employment contracts

Question 6

Pluralists believe that the most effective way to promote a healthy distribution of wealth throughout the economy, is to:

A)promote heavy government taxation
B)raise the minimum wage
C)promote collective bargaining and unionization.
D)promote strikes
E)promote more standard work relationships

Question 7

According to the ______________ perspective, 'competitive markets' are the best means of organizing complex economies and societies.

A)Neoclassical
B)Managerial
C)Industrial Pluralist
D)Democratic
E)critical

Question 8

According to the Managerial perspective:

A)employment standards and employment regulation should be kept to a maximum
B)legal standards should be set at high level
C)Unions and collective bargaining are an unnecessary impediment to managerial flexibility
D)Unions should be promoted by governments.
E)The decision of workers to support unionization reflects a success of management to address employee needs.

Question 9

A non-standard employment (NSE) includes all of the following except:

A)is less stable
B)is characterized by part-time, temporary, or variable working hours
C)is typically unionized
D)has lower pay
E)has fewer employer-provided benefits

Question 10

All of the following is true of the managerial perspective, except:

A)it is closely related to modern human resource management.
B)It shares a belief with the Neoclassical perspective that government intervention in the governance of work and employment should be minimal.
C)it believes in enlightened management practices rather than in the 'invisible hand' of the marketplace.
D)It argues that workers must form a union in order to be most productive.
E)it argues that workers who are treated decently and with respect will be the most productive workers

Question 11

According to the critical perspective, a central objective of workers should be to

A)join a union
B)strike
C)build class-consciousness
D)raise wages
E)demand better working conditions

Question 12

Employment that involves regular, full-time hours at a single employer, often spanning an entire working career is referred to as:

A)single career work
B)consistent employment relationship
C)standard employment relationship (SER)
D)non-standard employment relationship
E)Employment equity

Question 13

According to the ______________ perspective, the forces of supply and demand, if left to operate freely with limited state interference, will ensure optimal assignment of skills and expertise throughout the economy as well as the fairest distribution of wealth.

A)Neoclassical
B)Managerial
C)Industrial Pluralist
D)Democratic
E)critical

Question 14

Workers employed under NSE arrangements, and low-income workers who are treated as independent contractors, are often described as

A)part-time workers
B)employees
C)temporary workers
D)precarious workers
E)partners

Question 15

Which of the following are considered employees?:

A)independent contractors
B)self-employed
C)accounting staff
D)partners
E)volunteers

Question 16

An employment contract involves all of the following except:

A)It sets out specific rules & obligations
B)It is usually enforceable in a court of law
C)It is applicable to the employer and employee
D)It governs the employment relationship
E)It requires the establishment of a union

Question 17

The government plays a very active role in the governance of the labour relationship in order to help achieve a balance between

A)the "efficiency" concerns of business, and the 'equity' concerns of workers
B)the "effectiveness" concerns of business, and the 'efficiency' concerns of workers
C)the "equity" concerns of business, and the 'efficiency' concerns of workers
D)the goals of unions and the goals of management
E)the goals of employment and the goals of profit

Question 18

The __________ Perspective emphasizes the imbalance of power between workers and employers, and the value to society and economies of striking a reasonable balance between the efficiency concerns of employers and the equity concerns of workers.

A)Neoclassical
B)Managerial
C)Industrial Pluralist
D)Democratic
E)Critical

Question 19

A major contributor to growing income inequality in Canada is

A)the shift from Standard employment to "self-employment"
B)collective bargaining
C)partnerships
D)employment contracts
E)minimum wages

Question 20

A central means by which wealth is distributed in a capitalist economy.

A)Employment
B)Pay
C)Work
D)Management
E)Unions

Question 21

The decline in the prevalence and impact of collective bargaining coincided with a shift in the dominant perspectives towards:

A)Critical and Managerialist
B)Neoclassical and Managerialist
C)Industrial Pluralism and Neoclassical
D)Neoclassical and Critical
E)Managerialist and Industrial pluralism

Question 22

If the Government of Ontario paid its female employees less than its male employees for the same work, that could be in violation of the Charter's protection of:

A)equality rights based on sex
B)Fundamental freedoms of speech, press, assembly, association, and religion
C)Democratic rights
D)Mobility rights regarding the right to move freely from province to province for the purposes of residence or employment
E)Language rights

Question 23

The term _______________ was intended to reflect a distinct Canadian process for achieving equality in all areas of employment.

A)affirmative action
B)equal opportunity
C)duty to accommodate
D)employment equity
E)affirmative equity

Question 24

Each of the following are designated groups in Canada, expect:

A)women
B)Aboriginal peoples
C)visible minorities
D)people with disabilities
E)Invisible minorities

Question 25

When a disabled worker is unable to perform all of the essential duties of a job, human rights legislation imposes on employers:

A)a penalty
B)undue hardship
C)a "duty to accommodate
D)employment equity
E)a contract

Question 26

The Employment Equity Act was designed for all of the following reasons except:

A)To eliminate employment barriers for the four designated groups identified in the Employment Equity Act
B)To redress past discrimination in employment opportunities
C)To prevent future barriers.
D)To improve access for the designated groups
E)To apply to the vast majority of private sector businesses in Canada

Question 27

The designated groups represent approximately:

A)60 percent of the total work force
B)50 percent of the total work force
C)30 percent of the total work force
D)15 percent of the total work force
E)5 percent of the total work force

Question 28

All of the following is true of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms except:

A)it forms part of the Canadian Constitution.
B)It governs the relationship between Canadian governments and citizens
C)it protect fundamental rights and freedoms of Canadians against certain state interference
D)it protects Equality rights, which guarantee no discrimination by law on grounds of race, ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental and physical ability
E)It governs the collective bargaining relationship

Question 29

Under the Employment equity Act, the employer must:

A)hire more members of the designated groups
B)Assess whether any barriers exist which may limit the employment opportunities of members of designated groups.
C)ensure a collective bargaining system is in place
D)fire managers who engage in systemic discrimination
E)increase the minimum wage

Question 30

Systemic discrimination refers to all of the following except:

A)internal policies that tend to disadvantage some groups and favour others.
B)Practices that tend to disadvantage some groups and favour others.
C)Patterns that tend to disadvantage some groups and favour others.
D)Biases that tend to disadvantage some groups and favour others.
E)intentional as opposed to unintentional exclusion of some groups.