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Jobs and Unemployment
CLICKER QUESTIONS 2

3. Checkpoint 22.1 Checkpoint 22.2 Checkpoint 22.3 Question 1 Question 5

4. CHECKPOINT 22.1
Question 1
Bo is available and willing to work but has not actively looked for work in the past four weeks. Bo is ____ of the labor force and is ____.
part; counted as being unemployed
part; not counted as being unemployed
not part; not counted as being unemployed
not part; counted as being unemployed only if she has had a job within the last 12 months
not part; counted as being unemployed regardless of whether or not she has held a job within the last 12 months
Answer: C

5. CHECKPOINT 22.1
Question 2
If the working-age population is 200 million, 150 million are employed, and 6 million are unemployed, then the unemployment rate is ____.
3.0 percent
25.0 percent
4.0 percent
12.0 percent
3.8 percent
Answer: A

6. CHECKPOINT 22.1
Question 3
The official measure of the unemployment rate counts marginally attached workers as ______.
employed but not as part of the labor force
employed and as part of the labor force
unemployed and as part of the labor force
not part of the labor force
unemployed but not as part of the labor force
Answer: E

7. CHECKPOINT 22.1
Question 4
Part-time workers for noneconomic reasons are people who _______.
work less than 35 hours a week but would like to work more than 35 hours a week
work more than 35 hours a week but would like to work fewer than 35 hours a week
have lost their jobs within the last four weeks and are seeking another job
do not want to work full time
are discouraged workers
Answer: D

8. CHECKPOINT 22.2
Question 5
In 2011, part-time workers for noneconomic reasons were about ____ million people, and part-time workers for economic reasons were about ____ million people.
9; 18
15; 15
1; 25
10; 10
18; 9
Answer: E

9. CHECKPOINT 22.2
Question 6
From 1960 to 2010, male labor force participation rate ____ and the female labor force participation rate ____.
increased; increased
decreased rapidly; decreased slowly and now the two labor force participation rates are now equal
decreased; increased
decreased; decreased
did not change; increased
Answer: C

10. CHECKPOINT 22.2
Question 7
The number of part-time workers for economic reasons ____ during a recession and the number of part-time workers for noneconomic reasons ____.
increases; increases during a recession
increases; decreases during a recession
increases; is relatively steady
does not change; is relatively steady
decreases; increases
Answer: C

11. CHECKPOINT 22.3
Question 8
Tommy graduates from college and as he searches for a job, he is _______.
frictionally unemployed
structurally unemployed
cyclically unemployed
seasonally unemployed
a marginally attached worker
Answer: A

12. CHECKPOINT 22.3
Question 9
Other things remaining the same, an increase in unemployment benefits will ____ .
increase structural unemployment
decrease structural unemployment
increase cyclical unemployment
increase frictional unemployment
decrease cyclical unemployment
Answer: D

13. CHECKPOINT 22.3
Question 10
When the economy is at full employment, the _______.
natural unemployment rate is zero
amount of cyclical unemployment is zero
amount of structural unemployment is zero
amount of unemployment is zero
amount of frictional unemployment is zero
Answer: B