Question : 101) Bo available and willing to work but has not : 1238457

 

101) Bo is available and willing to work but has not actively looked for work in the past month. Bo is ________ of the labor force and is ________.

A) part; counted as unemployed

B) part; not counted as unemployed

C) not part; not counted as unemployed

D) not part; counted as unemployed only if he has had a job within the last 12 months

E) not part; counted as unemployed regardless of whether or not he has had a job within the last 12 months

102) Which of the following statements about the United States is (are) correct?

i.The labor force is larger than the number of employed people.

ii.The labor force is larger than the number of unemployed people.

iii.The number of unemployed people is larger than the number of employed people.

A) ii only

B) iii only

C) ii and iii

D) i and ii

E) i, ii, and iii

103) The unemployment rate equals

A) (number of people without a job ÷ population)× 100.

B) (number of people unemployed ÷ labor force) × 100.

C) (number of people without a job ÷ working-age population) × 100.

D) (number of people unemployed ÷ population) × 100.

E) [(working-age population – number of people employed) ÷ labor force] × 100.

104) If the working age population is 200 million, 150 million are employed, and 6 million are unemployed, the unemployment rate is

A) 3.0 percent.

B) 25.0 percent.

C) 4.0 percent.

D) 12.0 percent.

E) 3.8 percent.

105) Suppose the population is 250 million people, the labor force is 150 million people, the number of people employed is 130 million and the working-age population is 200 million people. What is the unemployment rate?

A) 8.0 percent

B) 10.0 percent

C) 13.3 percent

D) 20 million

E) 15.4 percent

 

106) The table above gives the number of people employed and the number of people unemployed in Canada, Japan, and the United States on the average during 1999. In 1999, the unemployment rate in ________ was the highest and the unemployment rate in ________ was the lowest.

A) the United States; Japan

B) Canada; the United States

C) Japan; Canada

D) Canada; Japan

E) Japan; the United States

 

107) The table above shows data reported by the Office for National Statistics for the United Kingdom in September 2000. In September 2000, the unemployment rate is

A) 5.5 percent.

B) 1,619 thousand.

C) 3.5 percent.

D) 3.7 percent.

E) 5.8 percent.

108) The table above shows data reported by the Office for National Statistics for the United Kingdom in September 2000. In September 2000, the labor force participation rate is

A) 59.7 percent.

B) 63.1 percent.

C) 34.8 percent.

D) 40.3 percent.

E) 58.3 percent.

109) Discouraged workers and marginally attached workers are

A) counted as employed by the BLS but are not part of the labor force.

B) counted as employed by the BLS and are part of the labor force.

C) counted as unemployed by the BLS and are part of the labor force.

D) not part of the labor force.

E) counted as unemployed by the BLS but are not part of the labor force.

110) While in school, Kiki spends 20 hours a week as a computer programmer for Microsoft and studies 30 hours a week.

A) Kiki is classified as a full-time worker, working 50 hours a week.

B) Kiki is classified as a part-time worker, working 30 hours a week.

C) Kiki is classified as a part-time worker, working 20 hours a week.

D) Because Kiki is a student, she is not classified as working.

E) Because Kiki is a student, she is classified as a full-time worker, working 20 hours a week at a paid job.

111) Part-time workers for noneconomic reasons are people who

A) work less than 35 hours a week but would like to work more than 35 hours a week.

B) work more than 35 hours a week but would like to work less than 35 hours a week.

C) have lost their jobs within the last four weeks and are seeking another job.

D) do not want to work full time.

E) are discouraged workers.

 

112) The table shows data reported by Statistics Canada for 1999. In 1999, the unemployment rate was

A) 1.2 million.

B) 5.0 percent.

C) 7.6 percent.

D) 7.9 percent.

E) 6.1 percent.

 

 

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