Question 1

What are three examples of "contingent work"?

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Examples include independent contractors, on-call workers, temporary workers, part-time workers, and adjunct faculty.

Question 2

Large social and economic changes followed from the domestication of plants and animals and the gradually increasing efficiency of food production. What do scholars call this type of revolution?

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A)   industrial
B)   domestic
C)   agricultural
D)   farming C

Question 3

The fact that almost all of the small electronics used in the United States are made in Asia is an illustration of

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A)   the Industrial Revolution.
B)   globalization.
C)   the rise of cybernetics.
D)   collective resistance.

Question 4

What disadvantages result from increased international trade, according to critics of globalization?

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A)   Multinational corporations will increasingly shape the policies of governments.
B)   More consumer goods will be produced.
C)   Prices of goods and services will decline.
D)   People will gain exposure to different cultures.

Question 5

The textbook suggests that not all corporations are evil and states that corporations are adopting new forms of self-regulation as well as taking proactive measures to integrate social and ethical concerns into their business models. This is part of a movement called "CSR." What does "CSR" stand for?

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A)   corporate self-regulation
B)   conscience, solutions, reform
C)   customer service representative
D)   corporate social responsibility

Question 6

In which year did the Industrial Revolution begin in England with the invention of the steam engine?

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A)   1717
B)   1752
C)   1769
D)   1803

Question 7

Which of the following groups is engaged in contingent work?

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A)   independent contractors
B)   teachers
C)   service workers
D)   knowledge workers A

Question 8

How has union membership changed in recent years?

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A)   Membership has steeply declined.
B)   It has not changed.
C)   Membership has greatly increased.
D)   Membership has slightly increased.

Question 9

The Industrial Revolution changed not only working conditions, but also many other elements of daily life. List three.

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Examples include science and m...

Question 10

The ________ was a macro-level social change that resulted in new innovations in farming such as mechanized seed spreaders and new techniques of crop rotation.

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A)   Instrumental Revolution
B)   Information Revolution
C)   Great Depression
D)   Agricultural Revolution

Question 11

How are workers' situations different in socialist versus capitalist economies?

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A)   Workers in a socialist economy have less protection from the welfare state than those in a capitalist economy.
B)   Workers in a socialist economy are more vulnerable to elimination of jobs by technological innovation than those in a capitalist economy.
C)   Workers in a socialist economy do not enjoy the same consumption patterns as those in a capitalist economy.
D)   Workers' jobs in a socialist economy are more vulnerable to elimination resulting from the movement of transnational capital than those in a capitalist economy.

Question 12

Are internships a way for students to earn a "leg up" on starting their careers? Are internships just another way organizations exploit "free menial labor" from willing participants?

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Question 13

Many customer service representatives with whom we talk over the phone are based in India. Which of the following terms applies to this phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A)   unionization
B)   collective resistance
C)   supersectors
D)   the death of distance

Question 14

What is it an example of when liquor stores in the United States import wine made entirely from French grapes and bottled in France or beer brewed from grain and hops grown in Holland?

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A)   shallow integration
B)   deep integration
C)   postindustrial work
D)   transnational corporations

Question 15

What are the tactics used by workers to reclaim control of the conditions of their labor called?

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A)   knowledge work
B)   resistance strategies
C)   service work
D)   collective bargaining

Question 16

What is the economic system based on collective ownership of the means of production and collective distribution of goods and services called?

Accepted Answer

A)   capitalism
B)   classical liberalism
C)   communism
D)   socialism

Question 17

Regarding class conflict, Karl Marx argues that

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A)   there have been class conflicts throughout all of human history.
B)   class conflict is a product of the Industrial Revolution.
C)   class conflict was first experienced during the Middle Ages, and modern society inherited it.
D)   class conflict is uniquely a feature of the Information Revolution.

Question 18

The change that caused people to migrate to cities from rural areas at high rates was the

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A)   switch to a manufacturing economy.
B)   development of crop rotation and better animal husbandry techniques.
C)   switch from a manufacturing economy to an information economy.
D)   emancipation of slaves in the United States.

Question 19

According to the U.S. General Accounting Office, an employer that violates more than one federal or state labor law concerning wages, overtime, child labor, safety and health, or industrial regulation is classified as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   postmodern corporation.
B)   runaway shop.
C)   independent contractor.
D)   sweatshop.

Question 20

What has an office worker engaged in, although it may not seem like much, when they bring in a plant to brighten up their cubicle?

Accepted Answer

A)   an act of collective resistance
B)   a sign of nonalienation in labor
C)   a postmodern gesture
D)   an act of individual resistance

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