Question 1

_______________ is defined as the values and systems that guide the conscious decisions made about activities and time use.

Accepted Answer

A) Time management 
B) Attitudinal change 
C) Family life management 
D) Corporal management A

Question 2

The most accurate quantitative time measure is:

Accepted Answer

A) Self-report or diary method 
B) Recall method 
C) Observation method 
D) A combination of all of the above methods to allow for cross checks. D

Question 3

A central management concept is _______________ which is concerned with how time spent in one activity takes away from time spent in another activity.

Accepted Answer

A) time displacement 
B) time exploitation 
C) time strategy 
D) time aspiration A

Question 4

David Elkind,author and child expert,says that:

Accepted Answer

A) Children do not have enough to do 
B) Children have too much free time 
C) Children are overcommitted and growing up too fast and too soon 
D) Children spend too much time in unorganized activities

Question 5

Whose last words were "All my possessions for a moment of time?"

Accepted Answer

A) Stanley Whitehall 
B) Queen Elizabeth I 
C) Peter Senge 
D) Queen Margaret

Question 6

According to employment studies,what is the most productive day of the week?

Accepted Answer

A) Monday 
B) Tuesday 
C) Wednesday 
D) Thursday

Question 7

When cross-sections of Americans are asked what the main problem they are dealing with is,the majority will say they don't have:

Accepted Answer

A) Nearly enough time 
B) A big enough house 
C) Enough money 
D) Meaningful relationships

Question 8

In Alan Lakein's book How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life,he divides time use into different levels called ABC,the C level stands for:

Accepted Answer

A) The most important activities 
B) Medium value activities 
C) Low-value activities 
D) None of the above are correct

Question 9

In the U.S.,time use data is collected on a national level by the:

Accepted Answer

A) Consumer Product Safety Commission 
B) Federal Reserve Board 
C) Dept.of Health and Human Services 
D) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Question 10

______________ is the time that an individual cannot control totally by himself or herself.

Accepted Answer

A) Discretionary time 
B) Real time 
C) Psychic time 
D) Nondiscretionary time

Question 11

_____________ time use investigates the meaning or significance of time use and how individuals feel about time use.

Accepted Answer

A) Episodic 
B) Quantitative 
C) Qualitative 
D) Derisive

Question 12

In Alan Lakein's book How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life,he states that daily time use should be directly related to:

Accepted Answer

A) Resources 
B) Goals 
C) Values 
D) Attitudes

Question 13

Time is primarily a __________ that can be measured in units.

Accepted Answer

A) Value 
B) Goal 
C) Resource 
D) Decision device

Question 14

_____________ rhythms are the daily rhythmic activity cycles,based on 24-hour intervals,that humans experience.

Accepted Answer

A) Circadian 
B) Cybernetic 
C) Dynamic 
D) Calibrated

Question 15

According to The Silent Language written by E.T.Hall,there are three anthropological models of time.Which of the following is not one of them?

Accepted Answer

A) Procedural-traditional 
B) Linear-separable 
C) Circular-traditional 
D) Spatial-sequential

Question 16

Only about ____ of families eat together daily,meaning one meal or more a day.

Accepted Answer

A) 10% 
B) 25% 
C) 43% 
D) 76%

Exam 9: Managing Time