Question 1

Job sharing, working at home or telecommuting, compressed workweeks, and personal days are all examples of

Accepted Answer

A)  family leave. 
B)  flexible scheduling. 
C)  care programs. 
D)  profit sharing.

Question 2

The male provider role (and its counterpart, the female homemaker role) lasted into the

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A)  1950s and 1960s. 
B)  late 1970s. 
C)  early 1990s. 
D)  21st century.

Question 3

Generally, lesbian couples' division of labor is than that of gay male couples.

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A)  less systematic 
B)  more egalitarian 
C)  less egalitarian 
D)  more difficult to measure

Question 4

What is the "wage gap?" Give several examples.

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Question 5

involves flexible work starting and ending times, with required core hours.

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Question 6

Some large corporations demonstrate interest in effecting policies that are supportive of employee efforts to combine family and work commitments.

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Question 7

To be successful, two-earner marriages will require social policy support and

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A)  workplace flexibility. 
B)  authoritative marital roles. 
C)  a laissez-faire orientation. 
D)  social inequality.

Question 8

Compared with parents in the past, today's parents spend with their children.

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A)  about the same amount of time 
B)  as much or more time 
C)  far less time 
D)  significantly more time

Question 9

In about of gay male couples with children, one parent stays home.

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A)  one-quarter 
B)  one-third 
C)  half 
D)  two-thirds

Question 10

Policy researchers define child care as the full time education and care of children under age , and care before and after school for older children.

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A)  six 
B)  five 
C)  four 
D)  three

Question 11

work involves the necessary tasks of attending both the emotional needs of all family members and the practical needs of dependent members, as well as maintaining the family domicile.

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Question 12

Paid care is more common for children in families.

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A)  working class 
B)  higher-income 
C)  larger 
D)  none of these

Question 13

Virtually all research suggests that today's typical American family is

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A)  rushed and stressed. 
B)  peaceful and loving. 
C)  completely egalitarian. 
D)  conflict-ridden.

Question 14

More and more families today are choosing to work for employers who are sensitive to the needs of families. Describe a variety of strategies companies could adopt that would be more responsive to the needs of families.

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Question 15

Attitudes and behaviors in relationships became increasingly egalitarian since the 1970s. Then the trend toward egalitarian behavior slowed during the 1990s. Feminists refer to this development as a

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A)  gender strategy. 
B)  corrupt bargain. 
C)  stalled revolution. 
D)  gender role disruption.

Question 16

According to the text, fathers are spending time with their children in comparison to the past.

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A)  more 
B)  the same amount of 
C)  slightly less 
D)  substantially less

Question 17

involves providing assistance with daily living activities to an elderly relative who is chronically frail, ill, disabled, or just in need of assistance.

Accepted Answer

A)  Day care 
B)  Aging intervention 
C)  Elder care 
D)  Senior-sitting

Question 18

Joanne's mother is 90 years old, disabled, and in need of assistance with daily living activities. Recently, Joanne and her husband suggested that Joanne's mother move in with them. This situation is an example of what the text refers to as

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A)  elder care. 
B)  family care. 
C)  aged dependency. 
D)  infirmity.

Question 19

Some large corporations demonstrate interest in effecting workplace policies that are supportive of employee efforts to combine family and work commitments.

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A)  family-friendly 
B)  fast track 
C)  family track 
D)  third-shift

Question 20

Employees who are allowed some flexibility in deciding when to begin and end work report all EXCEPT which of the following benefits?

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A)  reduced incidences of dissatisfaction 
B)  less job-related fatigue 
C)  enhanced job satisfaction and loyalty to the employer 
D)  fewer family-work conflicts

Exam 10: Work and Family