Question 1

Which of the following reasons why women earn less than men is considered by some to be economic, and by others to be sociological?

Accepted Answer

A) women are the only ones who can give birth. 
B) the average man is physically stronger than the average women. 
C) women outnumber men. 
D) women are more likely to choose to stay at home to raise small children. 
A) women are the only ones who can give birth. 
B) the average man is physically stronger than the average women. 
C) women outnumber men. 
D) women are more likely to choose to stay at home to raise small children.

Question 2

In terms of all income, men make ____ more than women make.

Accepted Answer

A) 99% 
B) 90% 
C) 78% 
D) 63% 
A) 99% 
B) 90% 
C) 78% 
D) 63%

Question 3

Suppose a shipping company required all applicants to lift fifty pound boxes on and off a truck for an hour to test their strength and endurance and suppose that resulted in 50 out of 100 black applicants being hired and 10 out of 100 white applicants being hired. If this test measured the performance required on the job then this would be an example of

Accepted Answer

A) statistical discrimination. 
B) disparate treatment discrimination. 
C) rational discrimination. 
D) adverse impact discrimination. 
A) statistical discrimination. 
B) disparate treatment discrimination. 
C) rational discrimination. 
D) adverse impact discrimination.

Question 4

If a job requires a level of strength that the average woman cannot typically achieve, then interviewing and hiring no women would be an example of

Accepted Answer

A) statistical discrimination. 
B) disparate treatment discrimination. 
C) comprehensive discrimination. 
D) adverse impact discrimination. 
A) statistical discrimination. 
B) disparate treatment discrimination. 
C) comprehensive discrimination. 
D) adverse impact discrimination.

Question 5

When government agents are sent as actors into a bank to test whether loans are more likely to be granted to males than females they are using a statistical technique called

Accepted Answer

A) auditing. 
B) regression. 
C) standard deviating. 
D) quadratification. 
A) auditing. 
B) regression. 
C) standard deviating. 
D) quadratification.

Question 6

If you look at median income from all sources, women make ___ of what men make.

Accepted Answer

A) 10% 
B) 61% 
C) 78% 
D) nearly equal 
A) 10% 
B) 61% 
C) 78% 
D) nearly equal

Question 7

In terms of personal bankruptcies, the incidence of filings among single women has

Accepted Answer

A) decreased substantially. 
B) increased substantially. 
C) decreased slightly. 
D) remained steady. 
A) decreased substantially. 
B) increased substantially. 
C) decreased slightly. 
D) remained steady.

Question 8

In terms of median family income

Accepted Answer

A) black families earn about the same as whites. 
B) black families earn about 85% of what white families earn. 
C) black families earn about 61% of what white families earn. 
D) black families earn about 44% of what white families earn. 
A) black families earn about the same as whites. 
B) black families earn about 85% of what white families earn. 
C) black families earn about 61% of what white families earn. 
D) black families earn about 44% of what white families earn.

Question 9

Using supply and demand to model employment discrimination, if blacks are legally confined to certain professions then the wage paid to whites in other professions will be ______ and the wage paid to blacks will be ______.

Accepted Answer

A) just right; inefficiently low 
B) inefficiently high; inefficiently low 
C) just right; inefficiently high 
D) inefficiently high; just right 
A) just right; inefficiently low 
B) inefficiently high; inefficiently low 
C) just right; inefficiently high 
D) inefficiently high; just right

Question 10

When government agents use real life data on bank loans to determine if whites and blacks are treated equally they are using the statistical technique called

Accepted Answer

A) auditing. 
B) regression. 
C) standard deviating. 
D) quadratification. 
A) auditing. 
B) regression. 
C) standard deviating. 
D) quadratification.

Question 11

The removal of legal barriers alone may not be sufficient to eliminate the pay gap between men and women, because the increased competition may not be able to overcome

Accepted Answer

A) the indifference businesses have to profit. 
B) employer preferences to discriminate. 
C) the wide gap in pay. 
D) employer preferences to discriminate and the wide gap in pay. 
A) the indifference businesses have to profit. 
B) employer preferences to discriminate. 
C) the wide gap in pay. 
D) employer preferences to discriminate and the wide gap in pay.

Question 12

If a woman is pregnant and her boss must decide to give a promotion that entails a move to another city in a time frame that coincides with the expected birth of her child then the boss

Accepted Answer

A) can chose to by-pass her and give the pregnancy as a legally acceptable reason. 
B) can chose to by-pass her and give the pregnancy as a legally acceptable reason as long as the next promotion goes to her. 
C) must give her the promotion regardless of other candidates. 
D) must ignore the pregnancy in making the decision of whom to promote. 
A) can chose to by-pass her and give the pregnancy as a legally acceptable reason. 
B) can chose to by-pass her and give the pregnancy as a legally acceptable reason as long as the next promotion goes to her. 
C) must give her the promotion regardless of other candidates. 
D) must ignore the pregnancy in making the decision of whom to promote.

Question 13

The removal of legal barriers alone may not be sufficient to eliminate the pay gap between whites and blacks because the increased competition may not be able to overcome

Accepted Answer

A) the wide gap in pay. 
B) employer preferences to discriminate. 
C) customer preferences that lead employers to discriminate. 
D) employer preferences to discriminate and customer preferences that lead employers to discriminate. 
A) the wide gap in pay. 
B) employer preferences to discriminate. 
C) customer preferences that lead employers to discriminate. 
D) employer preferences to discriminate and customer preferences that lead employers to discriminate.

Question 14

The removal of legal barriers alone may not be sufficient to eliminate the pay gap between men and women because the increased competition may not be able to overcome

Accepted Answer

A) the wide gap in pay. 
B) employer preferences to discriminate. 
C) customer preferences that lead employers to discriminate. 
D) employer preferences to discriminate and customer preferences that lead employers to discriminate. 
A) the wide gap in pay. 
B) employer preferences to discriminate. 
C) customer preferences that lead employers to discriminate. 
D) employer preferences to discriminate and customer preferences that lead employers to discriminate.

Question 15

The labor force participation rate for men is

Accepted Answer

A) less than that of women. 
B) equal to that of women. 
C) greater than that of women and increasing. 
D) greater than that of women but decreasing. 
A) less than that of women. 
B) equal to that of women. 
C) greater than that of women and increasing. 
D) greater than that of women but decreasing.

Question 16

Treating two otherwise equal people differently because of their race is called

Accepted Answer

A) "perfect" discrimination. 
B) disparate treatment discrimination. 
C) rational discrimination. 
D) adverse impact discrimination. 
A) "perfect" discrimination. 
B) disparate treatment discrimination. 
C) rational discrimination. 
D) adverse impact discrimination.

Question 17

The labor force participation rate for women 16 and over has

Accepted Answer

A) increased from 38% in the 1960s to 57% today. 
B) increased from 8% in the 1960s to 18% today. 
C) remained steady for nearly 40 years at 50%. 
D) decreased since the 1960s. 
A) increased from 38% in the 1960s to 57% today. 
B) increased from 8% in the 1960s to 18% today. 
C) remained steady for nearly 40 years at 50%. 
D) decreased since the 1960s.

Question 18

When government agents are sent as actors into a bank to test whether loans are more likely to be granted to whites than blacks they are using a statistical technique called

Accepted Answer

A) auditing. 
B) regression. 
C) standard deviating. 
D) quadratification. 
A) auditing. 
B) regression. 
C) standard deviating. 
D) quadratification.

Question 19

Treating two otherwise equal people differently because of their gender or race is called

Accepted Answer

A) statistical discrimination. 
B) disparate treatment discrimination. 
C) rational discrimination. 
D) adverse impact discrimination. 
A) statistical discrimination. 
B) disparate treatment discrimination. 
C) rational discrimination. 
D) adverse impact discrimination.

Question 20

The unemployment rate for African-Americans is, across age categories,

Accepted Answer

A) about the same as that for whites. 
B) one percentage points lower than that of whites. 
C) several percentage points higher than that of whites. 
D) less than half that of whites. 
A) about the same as that for whites. 
B) one percentage points lower than that of whites. 
C) several percentage points higher than that of whites. 
D) less than half that of whites.

Exam 30: The Economics of Race and Discrimination

Which of the following reasons why women earn less than men is considered by some to be economic, and by others to be sociological?

In terms of all income, men make ____ more than women make.

If a job requires a level of strength that the average woman cannot typically achieve, then interviewing and hiring no women would be an example of

When government agents are sent as actors into a bank to test whether loans are more likely to be granted to males than females they are using a statistical technique called

If you look at median income from all sources, women make ___ of what men make.

In terms of personal bankruptcies, the incidence of filings among single women has

In terms of median family income

Using supply and demand to model employment discrimination, if blacks are legally confined to certain professions then the wage paid to whites in other professions will be ______ and the wage paid to blacks will be ______.

When government agents use real life data on bank loans to determine if whites and blacks are treated equally they are using the statistical technique called

The removal of legal barriers alone may not be sufficient to eliminate the pay gap between men and women, because the increased competition may not be able to overcome

If a woman is pregnant and her boss must decide to give a promotion that entails a move to another city in a time frame that coincides with the expected birth of her child then the boss

The removal of legal barriers alone may not be sufficient to eliminate the pay gap between whites and blacks because the increased competition may not be able to overcome

The removal of legal barriers alone may not be sufficient to eliminate the pay gap between men and women because the increased competition may not be able to overcome

The labor force participation rate for men is

Treating two otherwise equal people differently because of their race is called

The labor force participation rate for women 16 and over has

When government agents are sent as actors into a bank to test whether loans are more likely to be granted to whites than blacks they are using a statistical technique called

Treating two otherwise equal people differently because of their gender or race is called

The unemployment rate for African-Americans is, across age categories,

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Using supply and demand to model employment discrimination, if blacks are legally confined to certain professions then the wage paid to whites in other professions will be and the wage paid to blacks will be .