According to the United States Department of Labor about _______ percent of “downsized “employees find new jabs ?

Related Mcqs:

1. of those in the United States who obtain a divorce about what percent later remarry ?

   A. two-thirds of divorced men
   B. three-fourths of divorced women
   C. two-thirds of divorced women
   D. 80 percent of divorced women

2. By the year 2020 it is projected that less than 2 percent of the entire global labor force will be engaged in ?

   A. farming
   B. service jobs
   C. factory work
   D. high-tech jobs

3. According to Marx the fruit of labor should go to________________?

   A. the capitalist
   B. the working class
   C. equally distributed
   D. to none of these

4. According to Durkheim the division of labor in industrial societies brings about______________?

   A. organic solidarity
   B. a loss of social solidarity
   C. mechanical solidarity
   D. communal solidarity

5. Which sociological perspective points out that while pure monopolies are not a basic element of the economy of the United States competition is much more restricted than one might expect in what is called a free enterprise system ?

   A. functionalist perspective
   B. conflict perspective
   C. interactionist perspective
   D. labeling theory

6. Which of the following factors is associated with the high divorce rate in the United States ?

   A. the liberalization of divorce laws
   B. divorce is easier to work out since contemporary families have fewer children than earlier families
   C. the increase in family incomes
   D. all of the above

7. While vacationing in Great Britain you discover that the British drive on the “wrong” side of the road are critical of your United States accent and will not accept dollars in stores You feel disoriented and out of place and thus are experiencing ?

   A. xenocentrism
   B. the Hawthorne effects
   C. the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
   D. culture shock

8. Which sociological perspective would note that poor and rural sections of the United States tend to be underserved because medical service concentrate where people are numerous or wealthy ?

   A. functionalist perspective
   B. conflict perspective
   C. interactionist perspective
   D. neo-Malthusian view

9. A researcher examines the literature written by Black novelists during the “Negro Renaissance” (1913-1935) to see if they reflect the political movements going on in the Black community in the United States at that time What type of research methodology is being used in this example ?

   A. secondary analysis
   B. interviews
   C. observation
   D. content analysis

10. The most dramatic population trend in the United States throughout the twentieth century has been_______________?

    A. urbanization
    B. suburbanization
    C. the move to the sunbelt
    D. the move to the “old homestead” in rural areas