Unemployment Test

What type of unemployment would this individual be experiencing? A software engineer is laid off because their company outsourced jobs to India.

• Frictional
• Structural
• Cyclical
• Seasonal
• Not counted in labor force

What type of unemployment would this individual be experiencing? Workers lose their jobs at a paper factory due to a steep downturn in demand because of a recession.

• Frictional
• Structural
• Cyclical
• Seasonal

What type of unemployment would this individual be experiencing? A single mother who has been out of the workforce decides to start looking again for part-time work when she finds that affordable childcare is available in her local town.

• Frictional
• Structural
• Cyclical
• Seasonal
• Not counted in labor force

What type of unemployment would this individual be experiencing? Employees at a brick manufacturer are laid off following a recession in the housing market.

• Frictional
• Structural
• Cyclical
• Seasonal
• Not counted in labor force

What type of unemployment would this individual be experiencing? A number of workers are laid off when General Motors incorporates robotic workers to replace the human assembly-line production.

• Frictional
• Structural
• Cyclical
• Seasonal
• Not counted in labor force

What type of unemployment would this individual be experiencing? Employees at a brick manufacturer are laid off during the cold Chicago winter.

• Frictional
• Structural
• Cyclical
• Seasonal
• Not counted

What type of unemployment would this individual be experiencing? A newly graduated college student decides to go back to school for a graduate degree rather than try to find a job during a down economy.

• Frictional
• Structural
• Cyclical
• Seasonal
• Not counted in labor force

What type of unemployment would this individual be experiencing? A building firm lay off ten workers for three weeks and closes their existing building sites because of harsh weather in the winter.

• Frictional
• Structural
• Cyclical
• Seasonal
• Not counted

What type of unemployment would this individual be experiencing? A former bank manager decides to leave her job and take early retirement in order to look after an elderly relative. She is not looking for a job.

• Frictional
• Structural
• Cyclical
• Seasonal
• Not counted in labor force

Someone that is working a job that they have too much education, training or skills for would be considered

• Not in Labor Force
• Underemployed
• Underworked
• Discouraged Worker