Study
Questions
for Exam 2
Same Deal as last exam. Your first exam will be
over the study questions below.
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Chapter Five
1.________________ are conclusions or judgments about some issue
or matter
a. Decisions b. Criteria c. Influences d. Problems
2. __________________ is the process
of making a choice between
two or more alternatives.
a.Bargaining b.Decision making c. Problem solving d. Goal
setting
3.Good decisions meet several
criteria, including all but which
of the following?
a. quality b. acceptance c. flexibility d. risk
4. ________________guide decisions.
a.Values b.Resources c. Worries d.Concerns
5. The desire to _________________
positive outcomes and to minimize
mistakes motivates individuals to make the best decisions that they can.
a.maximize b.exploit c.implement d.accelerate
6. In the acronym DECIDE, the first
0 stands for:
a.define the decision b.disseminate information
c.declare the problem d.develop an action plan
7. In consumer decision making, the
step called ____________ refers
to The beliefs about the anticipated performance of a product or a
service.
a. reactive b. maintaining the status quo
c. implementation d. satisficing.
8. After the decision process has
been completed, the decision maker
looks back to judge how successful the decision was. In consumer
decision
making, this step is called:
a. prepurchase expectations. b. alternative sorting
c. postpurchase dissonance. d. prioritizing.
9. In the _______________ model of
decision making, each decision
builds on the previous one, forming a sequence of decisions, such as
the
steps involved in preparing a meal.
a. Central-satellite b. Foa & Foa c. Elbing d. Chain
10. In the __________ model of
decision making, a major decision
is surrounded by decisions that are offshoots of the central decision.
a. Central-satellite b. Foa&Foa c. Elbing d. Chain
11. One of the most important
decision rules is the necessity to
optimize or the usefulness of decisions.
a. utility b intuition c. risk d. assets
12. In the diagram of the decision
tree, what lies at its base (the
root of all decisions)?
a. alternatives b. resources c. goals d. values
13. The people who influence an
individual or provide guidance or
advice are members of that person's
a. family b. reference groups c. household d. community
14. In a study of college students'
smoking behavior, in more recent
years students said the main reasons they smoked were:
a. peer smoking and stress.
b. that they had parents and grandparents who smoked.
c. that they had older brothers and sisters who smoked.
d. social and academic pressures.
15. Indecisiveness can be a major
problem. The textbook listed some
possible causes of indecisiveness. Which of the following was not on
this
list?
a.fear of the unknown b.fear of making a wrong decision or mistake
c.boredom d.lack of "good judgment"
16. The _____________ refers to when
people are promoted beyond
their level of competence.
a.Peter Principle b.Abernathy Principle
c.Delaney Principle d.Samuelson Principle
18. According to a Table and
discussion in the book regarding "who
does what in the home men are more likely than women to do all but
which
of the following?
a.yard work b.make minor repairs
c.pay bills d.keep the car in good condition
19. The _________Model demonstrates
that decisions are influenced
by many factors and considerations and illustrates how two individuals
in a family make decisions given their reference groups, alternatives,
and environmental constraints.
a.West b.Elbing c.Christiansen d.Falhouse
20. According to a classic study by
Blood and Wolfe, the partner
who commands the greater amount of material resources will achieve
_______________
in spousal decision making.
a.greater power b.equality c. emotional bonding d.lesser power
21. According to the textbook, which
of the following statements
is false?
a. Family decision making on purchases can involve conflict.
b. Children have a significant influence on their parents' buying
habits.
c. In management, decision making and problem solving mean the
same thing; they are interchangeable.
d. Looking within oneself for information about decisions is called
an internal search.
22. A person weighing uncertainty
and risk is judging the ____________,
or likelihood, of a good or bad outcome.
a. probability b.perception
c.psychological extent d. uncertainty
23. An _________________ involves
gathering information from family,
friends, other people, and the media.
a. internal search b. efficiency search
c. exaggerated search d. external search
Essay Questions
24. Diagram the Central-Satellite and the Chain Models of decision
making. Put in an actual example of a decision situation in each.
25. What is the Peter Principle? In
employment situations, how can
it be avoided? Describe a situation in which you have observed the
Peter
Principle in action.
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Chapter Six
1.Planning needs change over the
life cycle. For example, the oldest
members of ___________ turned 50 in 1996, so a large segment of the
U.S.
population is seriously planning for retirement.
a. Generation X b. the baby boom generation
c. the Backstreet Boys d. Generation Y
2. A ________ is a detailed schema,
program, strategy, or method
worked out before-hand for the accomplishment of a desired end state.
a.plan b.process c. technique d.resource
3. _____________ is a thinking and
information-gathering process
involving a series of decisions.
a.Planning b.Acting c.Sequencing d.Brainstorming
4. The first step in the planning
process model diagrammed in the
textbook is:
a.carrying out a plan. b. gathering and analyzing information.
c.awareness. d. evaluation.
5.When short-term concerns create priorities and deadlines that absorb managerial attention and energy at the expense of long range concerns, this phenomenon is known as:
a.McGregor's Principle.
b.Gresham's Law of Planning.
c.Dorsey's Law of Time Management. d.Lakein's Law.
6. After purchasing a camera, an
__________________ person might
be more inclined to ask for help from the camera store owner or friends.
a.introverted b.extroverted c.experienced d.irritating
7. Which of the following is not one
of the main aspects of motivation?
a. The goal or objective must be attractive and desired.
b. The goal or objective seeker must be persistent.
c. The seeker becomes re-energized if she or he does not reach
the goal or objective.
d. Failure to reach a goal leads to discontent.
8. According to Maslow's theory of
the hierarchy of needs, a person
attempts to satisfy a more basic need before directing behavior to
higher
needs. He proposed that the typical adult satisfies which of the
following
needs first?
a. physiological b. safety and security c.love d.esteem
9. __________ refers to a person's
staying power; it is the personality
trait of not giving up when faced with adversity.
a. Autism b. Persistence c. Pessimism d. Flexibility
10. ________________ are another
important part of the planning
process. They are defined as quantitative and/or qualitative criteria
that
reconcile resources with demands and serve as measures of values and
goals.
a. Attitudes b. Mediation principles
c. Standards d. Total quality management principles
11. __________________ refers to the
specification of sets of time-bounded
projected activities which are sufficient for the achievement of a
desired
goal.
a.Substantiating b.Scheduling c.Strategies d.Clarifying
12. ______________ occurs when two
or more activities take place
at the same time.
a.Independent activities b.Dovetailing
c.Overlapping
d.Interdependent
13. ____________ activities involve
a combination of activities
that require intermittent and/or concurrent attention.
a. Overlapping b.Dovetailed c.Independent d.Registered
14. Which of the following is not
one of three types of plans described
in the text?
a.directional b.contingency c.strategic d.hierarchical
15. _______________ are backup or
secondary plans to be used in
case the first plan does not work out.
a.Unilateral b.Directional c.Multilateral d.Contingency
16. Which of the following is an
example of proactive language?
a. There's nothing I can do. b. That's just the way I am.
c. I choose. d. I can't.
17. Which of the following is an
example of reactive language?
a.They make me so mad. b.I will. c.I prefer. d.Let's look at our
options.
18. __________ people are often
overly affected by outside forces,
such as changes in the weather or the bad attitudes of their co-workers.
a. Proactive b. Reactive c. Obsessive d. Compulsive
19. Possible blocks to successful
implementation include all but
which of the following?
a. discouragement b. costs and other restrictions
c. competition d. too much motivation
20. ______________ is an activity in
which individuals or families
"read the world" by looking for signals or clues.
a. Veiling b. Controlling c. Scanning d. Procrastinating
21. _______________ is a planning
technique used by advertisers,
movie screenwriters, and television scriptwriters to show the sequence
of the main scenes in a commercial, movie, or lV show. The same
technique
can be used by individual and family resource managers.
a. Storyboarding b. Evaluating c. Scanning d. Plotting
Essay Questions
22. How does stress affect planning? Include a discussion of Greshams
Law of Planning in your answer.
23. What is the difference between proactive and reactive styles? Give examples of reactive and proactive language and approaches to planning.
24. Describe the roles of implementing and evaluating in the planning process. Define each and explain their function.
25. Describe the storyboarding
technique. Who normally uses it?
How can individuals and families use this technique?
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Chapter Seven
1.The average person spends
approximately ___________ percent of
his or her waking hours in some form of communication -- writing,
reading,
speaking and listening.
a 10 b. 25 c. 70 d. 95
2.Effective communicators have a
number of characteristics, including
all but which of the following?
a. sensitivity to others
b. a tendency to tell and demand
c. openness to differing opinions
d. the ability to pass along information, giving advanced notice
of impending changes and plans.
3. ______________ is the process of
putting thought into symbolic
form.
a.Sourcing b.Encoding c.Decoding d.Sending
4. The receiver of a message is the
or audience.
a.communicator b.sender c. destination d.channeler
5. The advertisement by General
Foods that says: "Turn a stormy
night into a quiet evening with the after-dinner-mint taste of
chocolaty
Irish Mocha Mint" appeals to the listeners:
a.senses. b.intellect. c.emotions. d.personality.
6. In ______________ the listener
evaluates or challenges what is
heard.
a.empathy b.critical listening
c.reflective listening e.pleasurable listening
7.An engagement ring is an example of
a.a visible symbol. b.an abstract symbol.
c.a critical message. d.a verbal symbol.
8. ______________ is the distance
between speakers.
a. Artifacts b. Proxemics c. Calisthenics d. Kinesics
9. Radio, television, magazines,
newspapers, and signs are _____________
of mass communication.
a. indirect channels b. social channels
c. advocate channels d. expert channels
10. Which of the following is not an
example of external noise?
a. an airplane overhead b. a howling wind
c. lightning d. daydreaming
11. Which of the following
statements is incorrect?
a. The setting is where management messages are communicated.
b Message content refers to the strategies or information that
may be used to communicate an idea or policy to receivers.
c. The channel is the medium or route through which the message
travels from sender to receiver.
d. E-mail usage has declined over the last five years.
12. Negotiations to remedy
communication conflict are known as:
a. conflict harmonizing. b. conflict resolution.
c. conflict channeling. d. conflict therapy.
13. Adding a second child to a
two-parent family results in ___________
potential communication interactions.
a.4 b.6 c.8 d.11
14. Researchers have identified
several common destructive messages
and tactics that characterize ineffective communication within
families.
Which of the following is an example of a destructive message or tactic?
a. cooperating b. ordering c. praising d. supporting
15. _____________ conflicts focus on
the issue or the problem rather
than on the other person's deficits.
a. Destructive b. Constructive c. Complex d. Personal
16. According to Deborah Tannen,
author of You Just Don't Understand,
which of the following is true?
a.Women talk far more than men, especially in public.
b.Women speak more at meetings, in the classroom, and in mixed
groups at work
c.Men and women differ in the way they express their troubles and
the
way they seek out information.
d.Women complain about men's refusal to take action to solve the
problems they complain about.
17. According to psychiatrist Aaron
Beck, which of the following
statements is true?
a.Wives tend to believe that their marriage is working as long
as they and their husbands are talking about it.
b.Men think their marriages are working if they talk about it a
lot with their wives.
c.Husbands and wives think it is equally important to discuss their
marital concerns frequently.
d.Neither husbands nor wives feel it is necessary to discuss their
marriage with each other,
18. According to Deborah Tannen,
author of You Just Don't Understand,
young girls are more likely than boys to say ___________ in their
conversations.
a. "give it to me" b. "let's" and 'We"
c. "you're a dope" d. "get up"
19. There are four distance zones
common in the United States. Business
tends to be conducted:
a. in the intimate zone of less than 18 inches.
b. in the social zone of 4 to 7 feet.
c. in the public zone of 12 to 25 feet.
d. in the professional zone of 26 to 40 feet.
20. Groups vary in size, but
research indicates that effective group
size (in terms of communication) ranges from 3 to 13, with the ideal
being
_______
a.3 b.5 c.10 d.12
21. In _________ all group members
suggest ideas -- no matter how
seemingly ridiculous or strange.
a.brainstorming b.the alpha method c.cohesion d.the
Delphi method
22. As consumers, individuals are
constantly bombarded with information.
Some of this information is ____________, such as through billboards,
airplane
messages, and loudspeakers at K-marts.
a. actively acquired b.passively acquired
c.sought after d.progressively acquired
23. Faith Popcorn, a predictor of
trends, noted that ______________
(the desire to remain at home as a place of coziness, control, peace,
insulation,
and protection) is already being facilitated by technology such as
videocassette
recorders and microwave ovens.
a. cocooning b. boomeranging c. harpooning d. hibernating
Essay Questions
24. Why is communication important in management? What part does
it play in the management process?
25. Do you agree or disagree with
Theodore Levitt's statement that
the more information you are exposed to, the less meaning it seems to
have?
Explain.
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Chapter Eight
1. One hundred years ago. 1.5 billion people inhabited the earth,
and most of the largest cities were located in:
a. Africa. b. South America. c. Western Europe. d. Asia.
2. According to the textbook, the
world population is a bout 6 billion,
and has become the center of the greatest concentrations of people.
a.Africa b. South America c.Western
Europe d.Asia
3. According to the textbook, human
resources can be divided into
three main categories. Which of the following is not one of the
categories?
a. cognitive b. financial c.
affective
d. psychomotor
4. The first U.S. census was taken
in:
a.1790 when George Washington was president.
b.1850 when Millard Fillmore was president.
c.1862 when Abraham Lincoln was president.
d.1933 when F. D. Roosevelt was president.
5. Which of the following statements
is incorrect?
a.The national census is taken every 10 years by the Bureau of
the Census.
b.India is the most populous country in the world.
c.Certain countries are losing population, such as Russia, Italy,
and Germany.
d. The census attempts to count every person living in the United
States and to collect vital information about family size and community
and housing conditions.
6. ______________ is the study of
characteristics of human populations.
a. Demography b. Geography c. Paleontology d. Gerontology
7. Population figures are affected
by three main factors. Which
of the following was not listed in the textbook?
a.births b. deaths c.immigration d.occupation
8. The yearly number of births per
1000 women of childbearing age
is called
a.mortality b.fertility rate c.immigration d.demographic
rate
9. In U.S. history, there have been
periods of fast and slow population
growth. Which of the following was a time of slow growth?
a. 1880-1900 b.1900-1 920 c.The Great Depression of the1930s
10. The nation with the lowest
fertility rate is:
a. Nigeria b. Pakistan c. Ireland d. Spain
11. Which of the following is true
about life expectancy?
a.Between 1970 and 1980, the average American's life expectancy
went up 15 yrs.
b.Life expectancy is higher for men than for women.
c.On average, women live longer than men.
d.Life expectancy is expected to go down in the 21 st century.
12. ____________ are the fastest
growing segment of the U.S. population.
a.Minority groups b.Anglo-Americans
c.Legal Immigrants d.Canadian-Americans
13. According to the textbook, which
of the following statements
is false about the U.S. population?
a. There are 505 federally recognized Indian tribes.
b. Hispanics are the largest minority group.
c. Asian Americans constitute 3 to 4 percent of the nation's population
d. The average African-American family has 3.5 members.
14. The median age of first
marriages in the U.S. is:
a.rising. b.staying the same.
c.lowering slightly. d.lowering significantly.
15. The number of households is
increasing in the United States
and the number of persons per household is:
a.increasing also. b.staying the same.
c.decreasing. d.barely changing.
16. According to a survey conducted
by the U.S. Census Bureau, the
typical householder moves every ___________
a.one or two years b.five or six years
c.ten years d. fifteen or twenty years
17.Certain states have more mobile
populations than others. has
the fewest number of natives (residents born in the state).
a. Nevada b.Pennsylvania c. California d.Texas
18. Based on information in the
textbook, which of the following
statements is false?
a.Dual-earner families usually report that they are happy and satisfied.
b.Managing change is inherently messy.
c.The terms dual income and dual career mean the same thing.
d.A Yale University study found that many parents prefer home-based
care for infants and toddlers and child-care centers for older children.
19. Nationally, women are:
a.having children at a younger age.
b. delaying childbirth.
c.having more children than twenty years ago.
d.spacing their children five years apart.
20. United States children spend days in school than children in
Japan.
a.fewer b.about the same number of c.slightly more
d.significantly more
21. According to the textbook, which
of the following statements
is false?
a. Demographers have found that men are more likely than women
to return to their parents' home after the age of 25.
b. Many middle-aged Americans, aged 45 to 64 (called the "sandwich
generation), are caring for both their children and their elderly
parents.
c. There have been homeless people in the United States since the
end of the Vietnam War.
d. Often the word disability is used as a synonym for handicap,
but the terms are different.
22. ________________ are moneys or
services given for which the
recipient does not directly pay.
a. Underclass payments b.Poverty payments c. Blended payments
d.Transfer
payments
23. Because of the lack of adequate
housing and other daily living
problems, over time many very low-income families become pessimistic
about
the future and feel that they have little control over their lives.
This feeling is termed __________
a. spiraling b. fatalism c. depression d. actuation
Essay Questions
24. Discuss population growth worldwide, changes in family structure,
mobility, the baby boom tidal wave, and the "aging of America"
25. Discuss the special management problems or concerns of elderly people, the homeless, and individuals with disabilities. What do they need?
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Chapter Nine – Time Management
1. A central management concept is ____________________
which is concern over how time spent
in one activity
takes away from time spent in another activity.
a.
time aspiration
b. time
displacement c. time
delineation
d.time exploitation
2. Time is a ________________. a. resource b. value c. goal d. decision
3. _________________
is the time that an individual cannot control totally by himself or
herself.
a. Discretionary time
b. Nondiscretionary time
c. Real time d.
Psychic time
4. According to the
textbook, child expert and author David Elkind points out that:
a. Children today do not have enough to do,
b. Children today have too much free time
c. Children today
are overcommitted and are growing up too fast and too soon.
d. Children
today spend too much time in unorganized activities.
5. In Alan Lakein’s ABC Method of Time Control, the A stands
for:
a. low-value activities.
b. medium-value
activities.c. the most
important activities.
d. none
of the above.
6. In Alan Lakein’s book How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life, he emphasizes that
daily time use should be directly related to:
a. resources. b. values. c. attitudes. d. goals
7. ___________refers
to the process where sensory stimulation is translated into organized
experience. a. Memory
b.
Perception c. Intelligence
d. Wisdom
8.
Several factors
influence a person’s estimation of time. Which of the following was not
discussed
in the textbook?
a. type of activity (and interest in)
b. level of motivation
(absorption in task)
c. personality traits
d.
educational factor
9.
Age
appears to be a factor in time perception. According to the text, which
is is
false?
a.
Elderly people tend to find time longer than younger
people.
b. Children’s time estimates become more accurate after
the age of seven or eight.
c. Young children do not understand time the way an
adult does.
d. Middle-aged people are the most accurate in their
time perceptions.
10. The early
study of factory efficiency was closely associated with the work of
__________ who
is
widely considered
to be the father of time and motion studies.
a. James Webster
b.
Frederick Taylor c.
11.____________
are selected groups of people who are questioned by a discussion
leader or
moderator about
what they think about different topics, for example products and
services.
a. Focus groups
b.
Access groups
c. Booster groups
d.Total quality circles
a. how hard they worked.
b.
the number of years they were employed
c. how much they earned.
d.
both b and c are correct.
14.
According to
E. T. Hall, the author of The Silent Language, there are three
anthropological
models of time.
Which of the following is not one of them?
a. linear-separable
b.
circular-traditional c.
spatial-sequential d.
procedural-traditional
strongly
influenced by
16.
When most U.S.
residents are asked to think about the future, they think in terms of:
a. next week.
b.
next month.
c. next year. d.
5 to 25 years.
a. circular-traditional b. procedural-traditional
c. linear-separable
d. spatial-separable
less valued
in
than
in the
a. Canada b. Latin America c. Switzerland d. Great Britain
19. Southeast Asians tend to think of the
future in terms of:
a. 1 to 5 years.
b.
a decade. c. a
generation. d. hundreds or thousands of years.
20.________________
rhythms are the daily rhythmic activity cycles, based on 24-hour
intervals
that humans
experience. a. Circadian
b. Cybernetic c. Dynamic d. Aerobic
21.
The most
accurate quantitative time measure is:
a. self-report or diary method. b. recall method.
c. observation
method.
d. a combination of all the above methods to allow for
cross-checks.
22. _______________ time use investigates the meaning or significance of time use as well as how individuals feel about their time use. a. Quantitative b. Qualitative c. Episodic d. Calendar
23. _____________
is a mental estimation of the sequences that should take place, and the
approximate
amount of time
required for each activity in the sequence.
a. Time-tagging b. Tempo
c. Routine
d. Scheduling
Essay Questions
24.
Describe the basics of and the
differences between the three models of time perceptions:
linear-separable,
circular traditional, and procedural-traditional.
25. Guy
Claxton, author of Hare Brain
Tortoise Mind says that Western hurry-up methods have their
drawbacks
because slow ways of knowing exist and can be useful. What are some of
the
drawbacks involved in always being in a hurry? What are examples of
slow ways
of knowing
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Chapter Ten
1.When Sigmund Freud was asked his
recipe for happiness, his short
answer was:
a. rise early, work hard. b. work and love.
c. caring and sharing. d. understand thyself.
2.The recent influx of _____________
into the labor force has caused
a shift in the public's perception of the interchange between work and
family.
a.men b.teenagers c.women d.baby boomers
3. Post boomers or Gen-Xers are
________________ compared to baby
boomers regarding working long hours.
a. more diverse b. more dedicated c.more strict d.about
the same
4. Several facts, figures, and
research findings were presented
in the textbook regarding the work and family interchange. Based on the
information presented, which of the following statements is false?
a.In the majority of families today, one parent works outside the
home.
b.In the U.S., women on average earn about 76 cents to each dollar
men earn.
c.Internationally, the earnings gap between men & women is
on the average larger than in the United States.
d.More than 80 percent of all U.S. high school students hold jobs
before their high school graduation.
5.Commuter marriages have become:
a. more common since large numbers of women entered the labor force.
b. less common because people are staying together more.
c. stable - stayed about the same.
d. less frequent because nearly all companies transfer couples
together.
6.As one way to manage work and
family demands, more parents are
choosing to have children ____________ the work/family life cycle.
a.earlier in b.later in c.midway in d.at the end of
7.Voydanoff has identified several
job demands that are related
to work/family conflict. Which of the following was not on her list of
demands?
a.Role ambiguity b.Role conflict
c.Intellectual or physical effort d.Methodical, expected
change
8. Most women in the labor force
work primarily because:
a.they want to get out of the house.
b.they seek praise and rewards.
c.they and/or their family needs the money.
d.they want to use their education and skills.
9. Several studies indicate that
performing the multiple roles of
worker, spouse, and parent has a ___________ effect on women's physical
& mental health.
a.negative b.slight c. positive d. insignificant
10. The textbook suggests that
individuals and families can reduce
work and family conflict by:
a. managing the conflict so that different ideas, opinions,
and approaches are brought out for discussion and handling.
b. resolving conflict when it becomes too disruptive.
c. working longer hours.
d. both a and b are correct.
11. In _______________ each person
makes concessions, giving in
a little in order to gain a valued settlement or outcome (e.g.,
harmony,
an intact, functioning family).
a.assimilation b.compromise c.socialization d.valuation
12. Due to changes in the U.S.
economy, increasing numbers of ____________
in the steel, automotive, rubber, textile, apparel, and electronic
industries
have been vulnerable to extended unemployment, permanent job loss, or
reemployment
at lower wage and benefit levels.
a.white collar jobs b.blue collar jobs
c.office jobs d.service jobs
13. Therapists Ulrich and Dunne
observed that many of the ways people
react to work, employers, and co-workers are based on:
a.school experiences, especially relationships with teachers.
b.first work experiences.
c.early childhood experiences, especially relationships with
parents/siblings.
d.language development.
14.Many employers offer
__________________ to help workers and families
with emotional, financial, and legal difficulties and problems with
alcoholism
and drug abuse.
a.Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) b.Cognitive Therapy
Programs
c.Money outpatient d.referrals
15. Examples of family-supportive
workplace policies include all
but which of the following:
a.Access to outside services
b.On-site seminars on financial planning
c.Wellness programs and fitness centers
d.Consistent programs across all employees
16. In the United States in 1993, President Bill Clinton signed ____________, which allows workers at companies with more than 50 employees to take up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave to care for newborns and newly adopted children or to care for ill family members.
a.NAFTA b.the Family and
Medical Leave Act
c.the Haistead Act d.the Kennedy-Nordstrom Leave Act
17. __________ is effort expended to
produce or accomplish something
or an activity that is rewarded, usually with pay.
a. Work b.Leisure c.Volunteer work d.Management
18. In 1938, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor
Standards Act, which established a _________________ workweek.
a.35-hour b.39-hour c.44-hour d.48 hour
19. ________________ refers to the
inability to stop thinking about
wQrk and doing work and the feeling that work is always the most
pleasurable
part of life.
a.Workaholism b.Procrastination
c.Proactivating d.Obsessing
20. ___________________ states that
a job expands to fill the time
available to accomplish tasks.
a.Pareto's principle b.Northootes theory
c.Parkinson's law d.The Peter Principle
21. ____________ also known as the
80-20 rule, states that 20 percent
of the time expended usually produces 80 percent of the results while
80
percent of the time expended produces only 20 percent of the results.
a.Pareto's principle b.Northcotes theory
c.Parkinson's law d. The Peter Principle
22. According to the textbook,
workforce trends include all but
which of the following?
a.Fewer working hours b.More mobility c. More home-based work
d. More lost weekends e. Increased demand for service workers
23. A survey conducted by the Gallup
Organization revealed that
people aged volunteer the most.
a.10-14 b.20-25 c.45-54 d.65-70
Essay Questions
24. Do you agree or disagree with Sigmund Freud that the recipe
for happiness is 'Work and love?" Should anything else be added? If
work
and love lead to happiness, why do people experience so many work and
family
conflicts?
25. What will the future workplace look like and how will it function? How will it differ from the typical office spaces in the past?