Question 1

How has the Information Revolution changed the nature of work and the economy?

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A)   It has slowed down the process of globalization.
B)   It has made it less likely that individuals will be able to work from home.
C)   It has shifted the economy toward the production of knowledge and services.
D)   It has made companies more likely to manufacture and sell goods within a single nation.

Question 2

Describe the three major revolutions that transformed the nature of work and working.Make sure you describe the major technological innovation that accompanied each revolution.

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Question 3

According to the U.S.General Accounting Office,an employer that violates more than one federal or state labor law concerning wages,overtime,child labor,safety and health,or industrial regulation is classified as a(n) :

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A)   postmodern corporation.
B)   runaway shop.
C)   independent contractor.
D)   sweatshop.

Question 4

New innovations in farming like mechanized seed spreaders and new techniques of crop rotation were part of what macro-level social change?

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A)   the Instrumental Revolution
B)   the Information Revolution
C)   the Great Depression
D)   the Agricultural Revolution

Question 5

The Information Revolution has changed many things about the economy,but most other aspects of life have remained unchanged.Describe two things that are not different.

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Question 6

Which of the following social problems might be alleviated if more Americans were encouraged to telecommute?

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A)   pollution
B)   anomie
C)   the breakdown of social networks
D)   crime

Question 7

Which area of the economy has seen increases in union membership since the early 1970s?

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A)   the information economy
B)   the manufacturing sector
C)   the public sector
D)   the private sector

Question 8

When office workers hang pictures in their cubicles or waste time daydreaming while on the clock,it is an example of:

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A)   individual resistance.
B)   slacking.
C)   sticking it to the man.
D)   collective resistance.

Question 9

Who led campaigns to end child labor and increase workplace safety?

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A)   women's groups
B)   chambers of commerce
C)   unions
D)   the federal government

Question 10

Barbara Ehrenreich,in her book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not)Getting By in America,found numerous ways service workers were being exploited.List and describe three of these.

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Question 11

Describe three ways the rise of the industrial economy increased levels of stratification by class,race,and gender.

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Question 12

What effect did the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 have on unions?

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A)   It gave unions greater power.
B)   It prohibited government workers from unionizing.
C)   It instituted limits on secondary strikes and boycotts.
D)   It made unions illegal.

Question 13

How has the Information Revolution diminished the importance of place?

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Question 14

"from each according to his ability,to each according to his need." This slogan could only be fully realized with:

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A)   pure capitalism.
B)   a mixture of capitalism and socialism.
C)   a mixture of capitalism and communism.
D)   pure communism.

Question 15

In a capitalist system,what do workers have available to sell?

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A)   raw materials
B)   stocks and bonds
C)   their own labor
D)   different kinds of commodities

Question 16

In "The Credential Society" sociologist Randall Collins argues that:

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A)   the fewer credentials a worker has, the more money he or she makes in the long run.
B)   college provides a credential that can be enormously valuable over the long run.
C)   high school credentials earn a worker, on average, $45,000 per year.
D)   the more college credentials (degrees)  a person has, the less value he or she has to society.

Question 17

What change caused people to migrate to cities from rural areas?

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A)   the switch to a manufacturing economy
B)   the development of crop rotation and better animal husbandry techniques
C)   the switch from a manufacturing economy to an information economy
D)   the emancipation of slaves in the United States

Question 18

How did the Industrial Revolution create "work" in the modern sense?

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A)   In preindustrial economies, most work happened in the home.
B)   Work is only possible when there is a wide variety of consumer goods on the market.
C)   It was the first time class struggle existed in society.
D)   It made the worker more autonomous.

Question 19

Identify three things from which workers,according to Karl Marx,are alienated in an Industrial or Postindustrial economy.

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Question 20

How are strictly controlled workers within bureaucracies different from robots?

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A)   Human workers need forms of upkeep.
B)   Human workers can resist and undermine the bureaucratic restraints that limit their autonomy.
C)   Human workers are more reliable.
D)   Human workers are cheaper.

Exam 11: the Economy and Work

Describe three ways the rise of the industrial economy increased levels of stratification by class,race,and gender.

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What effect did the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 have on unions?

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When office workers hang pictures in their cubicles or waste time daydreaming while on the clock,it is an example of:

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How did the Industrial Revolution create "work" in the modern sense?

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Which of the following social problems might be alleviated if more Americans were encouraged to telecommute?

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What change caused people to migrate to cities from rural areas?

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The Information Revolution has changed many things about the economy,but most other aspects of life have remained unchanged.Describe two things that are not different.

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In a capitalist system,what do workers have available to sell?

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Barbara Ehrenreich,in her book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not)Getting By in America,found numerous ways service workers were being exploited.List and describe three of these.

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How has the Information Revolution diminished the importance of place?

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"from each according to his ability,to each according to his need." This slogan could only be fully realized with:

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Describe the three major revolutions that transformed the nature of work and working.Make sure you describe the major technological innovation that accompanied each revolution.

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Who led campaigns to end child labor and increase workplace safety?

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According to the U.S.General Accounting Office,an employer that violates more than one federal or state labor law concerning wages,overtime,child labor,safety and health,or industrial regulation is classified as a(n) :

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In "The Credential Society" sociologist Randall Collins argues that:

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Identify three things from which workers,according to Karl Marx,are alienated in an Industrial or Postindustrial economy.

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New innovations in farming like mechanized seed spreaders and new techniques of crop rotation were part of what macro-level social change?

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How are strictly controlled workers within bureaucracies different from robots?

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Which area of the economy has seen increases in union membership since the early 1970s?

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