Question 1

Which of the following types of industry engages in the gathering or extracting of undeveloped natural resources?

Accepted Answer

A)   ​Secondary
B)   ​Tertiary
C)   ​Primary C

Question 2

Which of the following is a primary service provided by employee assistance programs?

Accepted Answer

A)   ​Dating services
B)   ​Low-interest loans
C)   ​Recreational facilities at work
D)   ​Career counseling D

Question 3

​President Reagan's plan to revive the economy included an increase in federal spending for social welfare programs and for educational programs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

​Which of the following is true about occupational health hazards?

Accepted Answer

A)   ​People elect to stay unemployed when given a choice to work in an industry that is a recognized health hazard.
B)   ​Rubber workers belong to one of the few groups involved in manufacturing processes that are not exposed to any known carcinogens.
C)   ​Occupations that have the highest fatality rates are agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, transportation, and construction.
D)   ​The use of nuclear power for energy purposes is no longer a controversial occupational hazard due to the advances in technology.

Question 5

In the context of on-the-job and work-related hazards, the most common injuries are disorders associated with repeated motion, such as carpal tunnel and tendinitis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

​The practice of locating plants that produce products for American markets in Third World nations where the corporation can take advantage of lower wage rates is sometimes referred to as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   ​alienation
B)   ​deindustrialization
C)   ​international integration
D)   ​importation

Question 7

​Occupational social work is synonymous with employee assistance programs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

​Which of the following is a reason for the high unemployment among African Americans and Latinos?

Accepted Answer

A)   ​They are thought to be less productive, clumsier, and more accident prone than other workers.
B)   ​They are less healthy, and more prone to absenteeism than White workers.
C)   ​They have a lower-than-average level of educational achievement than other workers.
D)   ​They are considered more difficult to get along with when compared to White workers.

Question 9

Which of the following is a prominent trend in the American workforce that has been observed for the past 10 decades?

Accepted Answer

A)   ​Less specialization
B)   ​Fewer adult women in paid employment
C)   Decline in low-paying jobs
D)   ​Emphasis on intrinsic rewards

Question 10

Outsourcing deals with the export of manufacturing jobs from the United States to the Third World.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

_____ are work-improvement task forces in which managers and employees meet regularly to allow employees to air their grievances, to identify problems that reduce productivity, and to obtain suggestions for alleviating these concerns.

Accepted Answer

A)   ​Autocratic task forces
B)   ​Quality circles
C)   ​Suggestion programs
D)   ​Self-managing teams

Question 12

Which of the following is true about Theory Y managers?

Accepted Answer

A)   ​They believe that they must control, direct, force, or threaten employees to make them work.
B)   ​They view employees as having relatively little ambition.
C)   They carefully spell out job responsibilities and use external rewards to make employees work.
D)   ​They view mistakes and errors as necessary phases of the learning process.

Question 13

​Widespread unemployment sharply cuts government tax revenues that generally lead to reductions in the services provided by the government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

​Alienation is the sense of meaninglessness and powerlessness that people experience when interacting with social institutions they consider oppressive and beyond their control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

​What are the major sources of the alienation that many people feel with respect to their jobs?

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

​The American society has become highly interdependent because of specialization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

​In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, _____ asserted that the Protestant ethic encouraged and made possible the emergence of capitalism.

Accepted Answer

A)   ​John Calvin
B)   ​Max Weber
C)   ​Martin Luther
D)   ​Steve Gates

Question 18

​The _____ holds that when subjects know they are participants in a study, this awareness may lead them to behave differently and thereby substantially influence the results of the study.

Accepted Answer

A)   ​Wittenburg theory
B)   ​Hawthorne effect
C)   ​participative phenomenon
D)   ​survey subjectivity quotient

Question 19

​Extrinsic rewards are rewards that come from the nature of the work itself.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

​Which of the following types of industry involves turning raw materials into manufactured goods such as processed foods, steel, and automobiles:

Accepted Answer

A)   ​Secondary
B)   ​Primary
C)   ​Tertiary

Exam 11: Work-Related Problems and Social Work in the Workplace

Which of the following types of industry engages in the gathering or extracting of undeveloped natural resources?

Which of the following is a primary service provided by employee assistance programs?

​President Reagan's plan to revive the economy included an increase in federal spending for social welfare programs and for educational programs.

​Which of the following is true about occupational health hazards?

In the context of on-the-job and work-related hazards, the most common injuries are disorders associated with repeated motion, such as carpal tunnel and tendinitis.

​The practice of locating plants that produce products for American markets in Third World nations where the corporation can take advantage of lower wage rates is sometimes referred to as _____.

​Occupational social work is synonymous with employee assistance programs.

​Which of the following is a reason for the high unemployment among African Americans and Latinos?

Which of the following is a prominent trend in the American workforce that has been observed for the past 10 decades?

Outsourcing deals with the export of manufacturing jobs from the United States to the Third World.

_____ are work-improvement task forces in which managers and employees meet regularly to allow employees to air their grievances, to identify problems that reduce productivity, and to obtain suggestions for alleviating these concerns.

Which of the following is true about Theory Y managers?

​Widespread unemployment sharply cuts government tax revenues that generally lead to reductions in the services provided by the government.

​Alienation is the sense of meaninglessness and powerlessness that people experience when interacting with social institutions they consider oppressive and beyond their control.

​What are the major sources of the alienation that many people feel with respect to their jobs?

​The American society has become highly interdependent because of specialization.

​In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, _____ asserted that the Protestant ethic encouraged and made possible the emergence of capitalism.

​The _____ holds that when subjects know they are participants in a study, this awareness may lead them to behave differently and thereby substantially influence the results of the study.

​Extrinsic rewards are rewards that come from the nature of the work itself.

​Which of the following types of industry involves turning raw materials into manufactured goods such as processed foods, steel, and automobiles:

President Reagan's plan to revive the economy included an increase in federal spending for social welfare programs and for educational programs.

Which of the following is true about occupational health hazards?

The practice of locating plants that produce products for American markets in Third World nations where the corporation can take advantage of lower wage rates is sometimes referred to as _____.

Occupational social work is synonymous with employee assistance programs.

Which of the following is a reason for the high unemployment among African Americans and Latinos?

Widespread unemployment sharply cuts government tax revenues that generally lead to reductions in the services provided by the government.

Alienation is the sense of meaninglessness and powerlessness that people experience when interacting with social institutions they consider oppressive and beyond their control.

What are the major sources of the alienation that many people feel with respect to their jobs?

The American society has become highly interdependent because of specialization.

In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, _____ asserted that the Protestant ethic encouraged and made possible the emergence of capitalism.

The _____ holds that when subjects know they are participants in a study, this awareness may lead them to behave differently and thereby substantially influence the results of the study.

Extrinsic rewards are rewards that come from the nature of the work itself.

Which of the following types of industry involves turning raw materials into manufactured goods such as processed foods, steel, and automobiles: