Practice Quiz: Chapter 11

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. Which of the following is NOT a job/occupation in the primary sector?

a) Sewing correct incorrect

b) Mining correct incorrect

c) Fishing correct incorrect

d) Farming correct incorrect

e) Hunting correct incorrect

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. We live in a society where economic inequalities are wound up with inequalities based on which of the following?

a) Gender correct incorrect

b) Race correct incorrect

c) Ethnicity correct incorrect

d) Both A and C correct incorrect

e) All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following exists when several companies control an industry?

a) Monarchy correct incorrect

b) Monopoly correct incorrect

c) Oligarchy correct incorrect

d) Oligopoly correct incorrect

e) Antimonopoly correct incorrect

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. The shrinking or eliminating of the core workforce and replacing it with workers in non-standard employment is known as what?

a) Advantageous flexibility correct incorrect

b) Profit flexibility correct incorrect

c) Capital flexibility correct incorrect

d) Numerical flexibility correct incorrect

e) Marketization flexibility correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is based on private ownership of the means of production?

a) Capitalism correct incorrect

b) Socialism correct incorrect

c) Liberalism correct incorrect

d) Industrialism correct incorrect

e) Corporatism correct incorrect

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. A public relations representative working for a major corporation in Toronto would be considered to work which sector?

a) Primary sector correct incorrect

b) Secondary sector correct incorrect

c) Tertiary sector correct incorrect

d) Informal sector correct incorrect

e) Formal sector correct incorrect

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. How much money does the average woman earn for every dollar earned by a man?

a) 33 cents correct incorrect

b) 50 cents correct incorrect

c) 72 cents correct incorrect

d) 85 per cent correct incorrect

e) 92 per cent correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes the activities that typically make up the informal economy?

a) Jobs done for cash correct incorrect

b) Hidden from official growth figures correct incorrect

c) Not reported to the government correct incorrect

d) In unregulated work places correct incorrect

e) All of the above correct incorrect

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. What has been the trend of women's participation in the paid labour force in the last 40 years?

a) It has levelled off and stayed consistent. correct incorrect

b) It has increased steadily. correct incorrect

c) It has decreased slightly. correct incorrect

d) It has decreased significantly. correct incorrect

e) It has remained statistically low. correct incorrect

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. What term is commonly used to refer to organizing a group of workers to collectively represent themselves in negotiations with their employer?

a) Community correct incorrect

b) Socialist organization correct incorrect

c) Union correct incorrect

d) Collective correct incorrect

e) Labour movement correct incorrect

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. In industrial capitalism, conflict between classes decreased.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The proletariat organizes production with the specific goal of maximizing profits for personal wealth.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Family capitalism is also known as monopoly capitalism.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Many Canadians now work under a constant threat of company relocation to lower-cost areas.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The two-breadwinner family is now the norm.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The service sector embraces a wide range of jobs.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Work is central to our existence.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. A massive number of new jobs have been created recently in Canada in the manufacturing sector.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The sphere of production is typically involves some form of monetary exchange.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The informal economy only involves illegal forms of work and activities.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect