2nd Form Social Studies Unemployment Quiz

Tara doesn't like working at her current job anymore and decided to quit and look for work at other companies.

• Cyclical Unemployment

• Structural Unemployment

• Frictional Unemployment

• Seasonal Unemployment

Reebok said their sales were down for the first quarter. Two hundred employees were laid off.

• Seasonal Unemployment

• Structural Unemployment

• Frictional Unemployment

• Cyclical Unemployment

The secretaries at IBM used typewriters. Many of the secretaries were laid off when IBM stopped using typewriters and started buying computers for them to use.

• Frictional Unemployment

• Technical Unemployment

• Cyclical Unemployment

• Seasonal Unemployment

A man with a PhD working as a waiter at Olive Garden about 20-25 hours a week.

• Discouraged Worker

• Underemployed

• Overemployed

Your summer job at Bahama Bucks has come to an end due to school starting in August. You would be under what category of unemployment?

• Frictional

• Structural

• Seasonal

• Cyclical

How does structural unemployment differ from frictional unemployment?

• Structural unemployment is caused by a decrease in consumer spending, while frictional unemployment is caused by a lack of available jobs

• Structural unemployment is caused by excessive government regulations, while frictional unemployment is caused by technological advancements

• Structural unemployment is caused by a recession in the economy, while frictional unemployment is caused by a decrease in the labor force participation rate

• Structural unemployment is caused by a mismatch between the skills of the workforce and the requirements of the job market, while frictional unemployment is caused by temporary transitions or search for new jobs.

What are some examples of seasonal unemployment?

• Construction workers

• Retail workers

• Doctors and nurses

• Agricultural workers, lifeguards, ski resort workers

_______________refers

to the situation when the worker

deliberately chooses not to work

because of a low wage scale or

not able to find suitable

employment for him.

• Chronic

• Structural

• Voluntary

• Casual

is when the worker is employed on a day-to-day basis for a contractual job and has to leave it once the contract terminates.

• Casual

• Structural

• Cyclical

• Frictional

John and Michael are moving to Alabama so resigned from the company they worked for ten year. This example is a category of (a)   unemployment