UNIT 28: UNEMPLOYMENT

Câu Hỏi 1
The population of Ectenia is 100 people: 40 work full time, 20 work half-time but would prefer to
work fulltime, 10 are looking for a job, 10 would like to work but are so discouraged they have
given up looking, 10 are not interested in working because they are full time students, and 10
are retired. What is the number of unemployed?
Select one:
a. 30
b. 40
c. 20
d. 10
Câu Hỏi 2
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that in January 2013, of all adult Americans,
143,322,000 were employed, 12,332,000 were unemployed, and 89,008,000 were not in the
labor force. Calculate the unemployment rate?
Select one:
a. 6.9%
b. 7.9%
c. 8.9%
d. None of the above is correct.
Câu Hỏi 3
Quang was laid off two months ago. He has not searched for other work because he is
expecting to be recalled to work. The General Statistic Office of Vietnam counts Quang as
Select one:
a. employed and in the labor force.
b. unemployed and in the labor force.
c. unemployed and not in the labor force.
d. not in the labor force.
Câu Hỏi 4
A person who is counted as “unemployed” by the General Statistic Office of Vietnam
Select one:
a. is also in the labor force.
b. must have recently looked for work or be on temporary layoff.
c. must be at least 15 years old.
d. All of the above are correct.
Câu Hỏi 5
The amount of unemployment that an economy normally experiences is called the
Select one:
a. typical rate of unemployment.
b. average rate of unemployment.
c. natural rate of unemployment.
d. cyclical rate of unemployment.
Câu Hỏi 6
In the long run the unemployment rate equals
Select one:
a. the sum of the cyclical and natural rate of unemployment.
b. zero.
c. the natural rate of unemployment.
d. the cyclical rate of unemployment.
Câu Hỏi 7
Cyclical unemployment refers to
Select one:
a. short-run fluctuations around the natural rate of unemployment.
b. the portion of unemployment created by job search.
c. the portion of unemployment created by wages set above the equilibrium level.
d. changes in unemployment due to changes in the natural rate of unemployment.
Câu Hỏi 8
The deviation of unemployment from its natural rate is called
Select one:
a. the economic rate of unemployment.
b. structural unemployment.
c. cyclical unemployment.
d. frictional unemployment.
Câu Hỏi 9
Cyclical unemployment
Select one:
a. has a different explanation than does the natural rate of unemployment.
b. refers to the year-to-year fluctuation in unemployment around an economy’s natural rate
of unemployment.
c. is closely associated with short-run ups and downs of economic activity.
d. All of the above are correct.
Câu Hỏi 10
The General Statistic Office of Vietnam places people in the “employed” category if they
Select one:
a. are temporarily absent from their jobs.
b. are self-employed.
c. work without pay in a family member’s business.
d. All of the above are correct.
Câu Hỏi 11
Lan just lost her job, and she has not yet started looking for a new one. The General Statistic
Office of Vietnam counts Lan as
Select one:
a. in the labor force but not unemployed.
b. unemployed and in the labor force.
c. unemployed but not in the labor force.
d. neither in the labor force nor unemployed.
Câu Hỏi 12
Trang is a full-time college student who is not working or looking for a job. The General Statistic
Office of Vietnam counts Trang as
Select one:
a. unemployed but not in the labor force.
b. in the labor force but not unemployed.
c. unemployed and in the labor force.
d. neither in the labor force nor unemployed.
Câu Hỏi 13
Suppose there are a large number of men who used to work or seek work who now no longer
do either. Other things the same, this makes
Select one:
a. the number of people unemployed rise but does not change the labor force.
b. the number of people unemployed fall but does not change the labor force.
c. both the number of people unemployed and the labor force fall.
d. the number of people unemployed rise but makes the labor force fall.
Câu Hỏi 14
The labor-force participation rate measures the percentage of the
Select one:
a. total adult population that is in the labor force.
b. labor force that is either employed or unemployed.
c. labor force that is employed.
 d. total adult population that is employed.
Câu Hỏi 15
Hung loses his job and immediately begins looking for another. Other things the same, the
unemployment rate
Select one:
a. is unaffected, and the labor-force participation rate decreases.
b. increases, and the labor-force participation rate decreases.
c. increases, and the labor-force participation rate is unaffected.
d. and the labor-force participation rate both increase.
Câu Hỏi 16
If an unemployed person quits looking for work, then, eventually the unemployment rate
Select one:
a. decreases, and the labor-force participation rate is unaffected.
b. and the labor-force participation rate both decrease.
c. is unaffected, and the labor-force participation rate decreases.
d. and the labor-force participation rate are both unaffected.
Câu Hỏi 17
Unemployment that results because it takes time for workers to search for the jobs that best suit
their tastes and skills is called
Select one:
a. structural unemployment.
b. frictional unemployment.
c. cyclical unemployment.
d. the natural rate of unemployment.
Câu Hỏi 18
Which of the following is not an explanation for the existence of structural unemployment?
Select one:
a. job search
b. unions
c. efficiency wages
d. minimum-wage laws
Câu Hỏi 19
People who are unemployed because wages are, for some reason, set above the level that
brings labor supply and demand into equilibrium are best classified as
Select one:
 a. discouraged workers.
b. structurally unemployed.
c. frictionally unemployed.
d. cyclically unemployed.
Câu Hỏi 20
Which of the following is not an explanation for the existence of unemployment in the long run?
Select one:
a. minimum-wage laws
b. unions
c. the business cycle
d. it takes time for workers to search for the jobs that are best suited for them