Deck 16: Work

Question 1

Which term does Karl Marx use to describe individuals who sell their labour power?

A) Workers
B) The bourgeoise
C) The proletariat
D) Blue-collar workers

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to Karl Marx those who own the means of production are called:

A) The rich
B) The bourgeoise
C) Stakeholders
D) CEOs

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The term Fordism refers to:

A) Making cars
B) Selling handcrafted products for high profits
C) A labour production which requires highly specialized workers who make a large contribution to the manufacturing process
D) The standardized mass production of good which requires workers to make only a small contribution to the manufacturing process

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The term emotional labour describes:

A) The process of managing feelings and expressions to portray oneself to the public in a certain way
B) Feeling emotionally drained at work
C) Those working in psychiatry
D) Having to listen to your peers' problems

Question 5

Invisible work refers to work that is:

A) Insignificant
B) Based on theorizing rather than producing physical goods
C) Unnoticed or hidden from view, but necessary to make production work possible
D) Undertaken by people who are viewed as deviant

Question 6

Workers responsible for handling information are called:

A) Information workers
B) Knowledge workers
C) Educational specialists
D) Scholars

Question 7

The global slavery index estimates how many people live in modern slavery?

A) 15.2 million
B) 23.7 million
C) 43.3 million
D) 50 million

Question 8

The type of labour which describes how employees' appearances are commodified to fit an employer's image is called:

A) Aesthetic labour
B) Model labour
C) Appearance labour
D) Fashion labour

Question 9

Which term describes the decline of middle range jobs in favor of more low skilled jobs and fewer high skilled jobs?

A) Labour inequality
B) Labour stratification
C) Job polarization
D) Job divergence

Question 10

Which term describes that idea that technology will replace human labour in factories, releasing people from jobs?

A) Automation
B) Post-work society
C) Post-labour society
D) Robotization