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.   A bureaucracy is characterized by standardized rules and procedures.
B.   By definition, a bureaucracy can exist only in the government or not-for-profit sector.
C.   Bureaucracies are highly inefficient by nature.
D.   Bureaucracies exist only in Europe and the United States.
E.   A bureaucracy is a hierarchy based on personal authority and charisma.
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 target population
B.   not in the labor force
C.   discouraged worker
D.   unemployed
E.   employed
Question #3
How occupations are perceived by others is measured by
A.   establishment surveys.
B.   mixed methods.
C.   socioeconomic status scores.
D.   occupational prestige.
E.   detailed occupation groupings.
Question #4
Characteristics of work that are hard to measure often involve
A.   the Hawthorne Effect.
B.   sample surveys.
C.   both objective and subjective elements.
D.   official labor force statistics.
E.   experimental bias.
Question #5
Sociologists who study work use as their unit of analysis all of the following EXCEPT
A.   income tax returns.
B.   the worker.
C.   the labor force.
D.   occupations.
E.   unions.
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 has a smaller response error than the population.
B.   The sample is representative of the population.
C.   The sample represents only the working part of the population.
D.   The sample answers questions that the population refuses to answer.
E.   The sample is the same as the population.
Question #7
Serfs are associated with
A.   sheep enclosures.
B.   service work.
C.   craft work in a city.
D.   craft work in ancient Rome.
E.   corvee labor.
Question #8
A good survey includes all of the following EXCEPT
A.   experimenter bias.
B.   a representative set of respondents.
C.   reliable questions.
D.   minimal response error.
E.   valid questions.
Question #9
The social stratification of a society is most influenced by
A.   the level of technology in services.
B.   the number of factories per thousand workers.
C.   the division of labor.
D.   the number of women who work outside the home.
E.   the ratio of unpaid to paid labor.
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.   discouraged worker
B.   not in the target population
C.   unemployed
D.   employed
E.   not in the labor force
Question #11
The contradictory nature of work is depicted by
A.   the relationship of bureaucracy to technology.
B.   the contrast between the situations of free workers and slaves.
C.   the fact that both workers and managers can be described as working.
D.   the fact that work generates both goods and services.
E.   the fact that work produces both satisfaction and alienation.
F.     
Question #12
Classical and contemporary theories of work are challenged by
A.   the monetization of commodity production.
B.   the development of bureaucracy.
C.   the creation of a class structure.
D.   the alienation of workers.
E.   rapid change in the nature of work.
Question #13
Imperial societies developed
A.   markets.
B.   the assembly line.
C.   slave labor.
D.   agriculture.
E.   bureaucracy.
Question #14
An advantage of multiple methods is
A.   less experimental bias.
B.   greater government subsidy.
C.   less response error.
D.   greater reliability.
E.   less attention to ascribed characteristics.
Question #15
The relative disadvantage of sample surveys is
A.   interviewer fatigue.
B.   response error.
C.   lack of generalizability.
D.   experimenter bias.
E.   lack of reliability.
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.   employed
B.   not in the labor force
C.   unemployed
D.   not in the target population
E.   discouraged worker
Question #17
Industrial capitalism (the factory system) was accompanied by
A.   the emancipation of women through participation in the workforce.
B.   stopping emigration to the colonies.
C.   greater attention to workers' conditions.
D.   the introduction of machinery.
E.   a decrease in the division of labor.
Question #18
Markets in modern societies
A.   cover many more commodities used in daily life.
B.   involve services as well as goods.
C.   have replaced barter.
D.   are global in reach.
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.   putting-out industry
B.   craft guilds (Middle Ages)
C.   guild system (Roman Era)
D.   postindustrial society
E.   the factory system
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.   employed
B.   unemployed
C.   discouraged worker
D.   not in the labor force
E.   not in the target population
Question #21
In which of these societies was work regarded as a sacred ritual?
A.   mass production
B.   postindustrial society
C.   hunting and gathering societies
D.   merchant capitalism
E.   feudal system
Question #22
The division of labor is highest in which type of society?
A.   feudal
B.   industrial
C.   hunting and gathering
D.   advanced industrial
E.   imperial societies

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