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21) Structural unemployment includes people who become unemployed from
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21) Structural unemployment includes people who become unemployed from
A) changes in the seasons.
B) normal changes in the labor force.
C) technological changes.
D) changes in the business cycle.
E) going back to school.
22) An employee who is fired from his or her job because he or she lacks the skills required to accomplish the task, is part of ________ unemployment.
A) frictional
B) cyclical
C) unskilled
D) structural
E) withdrawal
23) Structural unemployment usually lasts ________ period of time ________ unemployment
A) a longer ; than frictional
B) a shorter; than frictional
C) a shorter; than seasonal
D) a shorter; than cyclical
E) the same; as cyclical
24) Which type of unemployment is most likely to lead unemployed workers to retrain or relocate?
A) cyclical
B) forced
C) structural
D) frictional
E) search
25) When the automobile replaced horse-drawn carriages as the principal means of transportation, firms producing horse-drawn carriages went bankrupt and permanently laid off all their workers, thereby increasing
i.seasonal unemployment.
ii.structural unemployment.
iii.cyclical unemployment.
A) i only
B) ii only
C) i and iii
D) i and ii
E) ii and iii
26) During 2009, General Motors announced that it would close its Saturn facilities in the United States because of the foreign competition it faced. This corporate move
A) increased structural unemployment.
B) increased avoidable unemployment.
C) increased cyclical unemployment.
D) had no impact on unemployment.
E) decreased frictional unemployment.
27) After 15 years with Ford Motor Corporation, one summer Cameron loses his job. His boss explained that his position has been downsized after the technological advances in automobile production. Cameron is best considered
A) not in the labor force.
B) frictionally unemployed.
C) structurally unemployed.
D) cyclically unemployed.
E) avoidably unemployed.
28) Juan recently lost his job as a travel agent, which he has had for 20 years, because the demand for his services has fallen over time as more and more people book their vacations online. Unfortunately, Juan has not been able to find a new job because he lacks the skills needed to get hired in other industries where job growth is occurring. Juan is considered to be
A) structurally unemployed.
B) frictionally unemployed.
C) cyclically unemployed.
D) a marginally attached worker.
E) not in the labor force.
29) For twenty years, Jim was a customer service representation at a call center in Minnesota. In order to save money, his firm moved the call center to India and laid off Jim two years ago. Jim has been unable to find a similar job anywhere. Jim’s unemployment is best classified as
A) cyclical.
B) transported.
C) structural.
D) frictional.
E) competitive.
30) Joann has just lost her job because her company was faced with more foreign competition and decided to restructure, which reduced the number of jobs at the company. Joann is
A) frictionally unemployed.
B) structurally unemployed.
C) transported unemployed.
D) cyclically unemployed.
E) internationally unemployed.
