Chapter 6 Multiple choice questions

. What was the principal driver of UK population change in the first decade of this century?

Net migration-excess of out migration over in migration correct incorrect

Net migration-excess of in migration over out migration correct incorrect

Natural change-excess of births over deaths correct incorrect

Natural change-excess of deaths over births correct incorrect

. What was the UK population according to the 2011 census estimate (in millions)?

63.2 correct incorrect

73.2 correct incorrect

83.2 correct incorrect

53.2 correct incorrect

. In 2000 the world population was 6.12 billion. By 2050 this is projected by the United Nations to increase to (billions):

6.15 correct incorrect

7.15 correct incorrect

8.15 correct incorrect

9.15 correct incorrect

. In a socialist conception of class in a capitalist society, the basic class division is seen in terms of:

The distinction between manual and non-manual occupations correct incorrect

The employer-employee relationship correct incorrect

High-paid versus low-paid work correct incorrect

Routine versus professional and managerial occupations correct incorrect

. Under current government proposals (July 2017) an increase in the state pension age (SPA) will be phased in by 2039, rising to what age?

70 correct incorrect

69 correct incorrect

67 correct incorrect

68 correct incorrect

. From 2006 UK employers were able to set 65 as a mandatory age of retirement for their employees. This retirement age was referred to as:

State pension age (SPA) correct incorrect

Default retirement age (DRA) correct incorrect

Compulsory retirement age (CRA) correct incorrect

Minimum retirement age (MRA) correct incorrect

. London is often described as a 'cosmopolitan' city. This means that it:

Is the principal city of the UK correct incorrect

Is a city of great wealth correct incorrect

Is a city with a global reputation correct incorrect

Is a city with an ethnically diverse population correct incorrect

. Which category of occupations in the UK declined from roughly three in four of the workforce in 1911 to three in eight in 1991?

All manual occupations correct incorrect

All non-manual occupations correct incorrect

Higher professions correct incorrect

Clerical occupations correct incorrect

. By 1991 what percentage of the workforce in Great Britain were employed in non-manual ('white collar') occupations?

32.3 correct incorrect

42.3 correct incorrect

62.3 correct incorrect

72.3 correct incorrect

. Poland and the other Eastern European 'A8' former communist 'accession countries' joined the EU in:

2008 correct incorrect

2002 correct incorrect

2006 correct incorrect

2004 correct incorrect

. Compared to the indigenous UK population, EU-born immigrants are more likely to:

Be older correct incorrect

Be unemployed correct incorrect

Be low skilled correct incorrect

Be highly skilled correct incorrect