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Tutorial 8 MCQ Question

The document discusses different types of unemployment including: - Bob is unemployed if he is temporarily laid off or has looked for a job for two months and then quit looking (choice D is correct). - To be considered out of the labor force you can be a full-time student, retiree or below 16 years old (choice D is correct). - Structural unemployment results from changes in the economy that cause job losses in certain industries (choice A is correct). - The increase in unemployment during recessions is called cyclical unemployment (choice C is correct).

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Tutorial 8 MCQ Question

The document discusses different types of unemployment including: - Bob is unemployed if he is temporarily laid off or has looked for a job for two months and then quit looking (choice D is correct). - To be considered out of the labor force you can be a full-time student, retiree or below 16 years old (choice D is correct). - Structural unemployment results from changes in the economy that cause job losses in certain industries (choice A is correct). - The increase in unemployment during recessions is called cyclical unemployment (choice C is correct).

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MCQ Unemployment

1. Bob is unemployed if he

A is temporarily laid off.


B is not looking for a job.
C has looked for a job for two months and then quit looking.
D A and C are correct.

2. For you to be considered out of the labor force, you can be


A a full-time student.
B a full-time retiree.
C below 16 years old.
D any of the above

3. The number of people unemployed equals


A the number of people employed minus the labor force.
B the labor force plus the number of people employed.
C the labor force minus the number of people employed.
D the number of people employed divided by the labor force

4. When an individual quits his/her job and decides to stay at home for a while, the unemployment
rate
A decreases.
B increases.
C stays the same.
D may increase or decrease, depending on the length of time he/she stays at home.

5. Discouraged workers are


A considered cyclically unemployed
B .B) considered structurally unemployed.
C considered frictionally unemployed.
D not considered as part of the labor force.

6. Which of the following statements is true?


A The unemployment rate does not tell us anything about the duration of unemployment.
B The duration of unemployment decreases during recessions.
C The duration of unemployment increases during economic expansions.
D The duration of unemployment is predictable
7. Classifying discouraged workers as unemployed would
A increase the unemployment rate.
B decrease the unemployment rate.
C not change the unemployment rate.
D have an impact on the employment rate

8. Structural unemployment is the


A portion of unemployment that is due to changes in the structure of the economy that result in
a significant loss of jobs in certain industries.
B unemployment that occurs during recessions and depressions.
C portion of unemployment that is due to the normal working of the labor market.
D unemployment that results when people become discouraged about their chances of finding a
job so they stop looking for work

9. The increase in unemployment that occurs during recessions and depressions is called
A frictional unemployment.
B structural unemployment.
C cyclical unemployment.
D seasonal unemployment

10. When an individual quits his job and decides to look for a new job immediately, the labor-force
participation rate
A decreases.
B increases.
C stays the same.
D None of above correct

11. Unemployment that occurs during the normal workings of an economy as people change jobs and
move across the country is called
A structural unemployment.
B frictional unemployment.
C natural unemployment.
D cyclical unemployment

12. If you hear a person saying "I lost my job because I was replaced by a machine," you should
conclude that this person is ________ unemployed.
A cyclically
B structurally
C frictionally
D seasonally

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