Soc 340 - Sociology of Work » Spring 2021 » Test 1

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Question #1
Which of the following statements about bureaucracy is true?
A.   Bureaucracies are highly inefficient by nature.
B.   By definition, a bureaucracy can exist only in the government or not-for-profit sector.
C.   A bureaucracy is a hierarchy based on personal authority and charisma.
D.   Bureaucracies exist only in Europe and the United States.
E.   A bureaucracy is characterized by standardized rules and procedures.
Question #2
Select the government's reference week Current Population Survey term and classify the following person, based only on the following description choose the government's term in reference to the person's situation during the reference week for the Current Population Survey. Sharon Miller, age 17, spent four hours Friday evening and four hours Saturday evening baby-sitting for the Rodriguez family.
A.   not in the labor force
B.   not in the target population
C.   unemployed
D.   discouraged worker
E.   employed
Question #3
How occupations are perceived by others is measured by
A.   socioeconomic status scores.
B.   occupational prestige.
C.   detailed occupation groupings.
D.   establishment surveys.
E.   mixed methods.
Question #4
Characteristics of work that are hard to measure often involve
A.   both objective and subjective elements.
B.   sample surveys.
C.   the Hawthorne Effect.
D.   experimental bias.
E.   official labor force statistics.
Question #5
Sociologists who study work use as their unit of analysis all of the following EXCEPT
A.   income tax returns.
B.   the labor force.
C.   unions.
D.   the worker.
E.   occupations.
Question #6
When sociologists conduct sample surveys, they ask questions of a systematic sample of people. What is the relationship of the sample to the population of interest?
A.   The sample answers questions that the population refuses to answer.
B.   The sample is representative of the population.
C.   The sample is the same as the population.
D.   The sample has a smaller response error than the population.
E.   The sample represents only the working part of the population.
Question #7
Serfs are associated with
A.   service work.
B.   craft work in a city.
C.   corvee labor.
D.   craft work in ancient Rome.
E.   sheep enclosures.
Question #8
A good survey includes all of the following EXCEPT
A.   minimal response error.
B.   reliable questions.
C.   a representative set of respondents.
D.   valid questions.
E.   experimenter bias.
Question #9
The social stratification of a society is most influenced by
A.   the ratio of unpaid to paid labor.
B.   the division of labor.
C.   the level of technology in services.
D.   the number of factories per thousand workers.
E.   the number of women who work outside the home.
Question #10
Select the government's reference week Current Population Survey term and classify the following person, based only on the following description choose the government's term in reference to the person's situation during the reference week for the Current Population Survey. Clara Miller, Walter's wife, is age 75. She has stopped looking for work because she believes no one will hire a woman of her age.
A.   employed
B.   not in the labor force
C.   unemployed
D.   not in the target population
E.   discouraged worker
Question #11
The contradictory nature of work is depicted by
A.   the relationship of bureaucracy to technology.
B.   the fact that work generates both goods and services.
C.   the fact that both workers and managers can be described as working.
D.     
E.   the fact that work produces both satisfaction and alienation.
F.   the contrast between the situations of free workers and slaves.
Question #12
Classical and contemporary theories of work are challenged by
A.   the development of bureaucracy.
B.   rapid change in the nature of work.
C.   the alienation of workers.
D.   the creation of a class structure.
E.   the monetization of commodity production.
Question #13
Imperial societies developed
A.   bureaucracy.
B.   agriculture.
C.   slave labor.
D.   markets.
E.   the assembly line.
Question #14
An advantage of multiple methods is
A.   less experimental bias.
B.   less attention to ascribed characteristics.
C.   greater reliability.
D.   greater government subsidy.
E.   less response error.
Question #15
The relative disadvantage of sample surveys is
A.   lack of reliability.
B.   experimenter bias.
C.   response error.
D.   lack of generalizability.
E.   interviewer fatigue.
Question #16
Select the government's reference week Current Population Survey term and classify the following person, based only on the following description choose the government's term in reference to the person's situation during the reference week for the Current Population Survey. Joe Miller's father, Walter Miller, age 77, is retired but spent the week sitting in the courthouse square and playing checkers. He won $3 from Sam Smith by betting on the outcome of the checkers game.
A.   discouraged worker
B.   not in the labor force
C.   not in the target population
D.   employed
E.   unemployed
Question #17
Industrial capitalism (the factory system) was accompanied by
A.   greater attention to workers' conditions.
B.   the introduction of machinery.
C.   the emancipation of women through participation in the workforce.
D.   stopping emigration to the colonies.
E.   a decrease in the division of labor.
Question #18
Markets in modern societies
A.   have replaced barter.
B.   cover many more commodities used in daily life.
C.   are global in reach.
D.   involve services as well as goods.
E.   all of the others
Question #19
Historically, many systems of work encountered certain difficulties. Select the system of organizing work associated with that system's reason for difficulty: The work day lengthened, work intensified, and the number of holidays decreased.
A.   the factory system
B.   guild system (Roman Era)
C.   putting-out industry
D.   craft guilds (Middle Ages)
E.   postindustrial society
Question #20
Select the government's reference week Current Population Survey term and classify the following person, based only on the following description choose the government's term in reference to the person's situation during the reference week for the Current Population Survey. Joe Miller, age 45, worked Tuesday through Friday at the Westview Widget Works. He took Monday off to attend a neighbor's funeral.
A.   not in the labor force
B.   employed
C.   unemployed
D.   discouraged worker
E.   not in the target population
Question #21
In which of these societies was work regarded as a sacred ritual?
A.   feudal system
B.   mass production
C.   merchant capitalism
D.   hunting and gathering societies
E.   postindustrial society
Question #22
The division of labor is highest in which type of society?
A.   imperial societies
B.   advanced industrial
C.   feudal
D.   industrial
E.   hunting and gathering

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