Question 1

Who tends to perform routine household labor in the home? Who tends to perform occasion household labor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women; women
B)  Women; men
C)  Men; women
D)  Men; men B

Question 2

Why is the ACA relatively unpopular?

Accepted Answer

A)  After implemented,the number of people with health insurance declined in every state except Kentucky,Alaska,and Vermont.
B)  In order to save costs,dependent children cannot stay on their parents' insurance plan after they turn 21.
C)  Many people do not know that Obamacare and the ACA are the same thing.
D)  More people prefer the new health care plan developed and implemented by the President Trump and Republicans in Congress. C

Question 3

Which statement is TRUE regarding the changing occupational structure?

Accepted Answer

A)  The number of manufacturing jobs has increased over the past two decades.
B)  Outsourcing jobs to China cost almost 1.6 million jobs since 2001.
C)  Some families are still pulling themselves out of the consequences of the recession.
D)  The widespread use of personal computers began in about 1950 in response to WWII. C

Question 4

Lorinda works as a cashier in a store.Her work hours vary each week.Sometimes she works days while other times,she works at night.Her job is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  market conditions.
B)  nonstandard work schedule.
C)  flexible indemnity.
D)  temp help.

Question 5

The ACA

Accepted Answer

A)  is a jobs training program to help those workers that are sometimes referred to as "the disposable workforce.
B)  was developed under President Roosevelt.
C)  abolished the fee-for-service health care system.
D)  was modeled after a Republican-led plan in Massachusetts.

Question 6

The primary purpose of ECEC programs is to

Accepted Answer

A)  allow women to work part-time if they wish,but to retain retirement benefits.
B)  offer health insurance to those who do not have it.
C)  enhance children's cognitive,social,and emotional well-being.
D)  allow families to draw upon Social Security when they are in their prime child-rearing years.

Question 7

Breanna is setting up a childcare center for a corporation in the United States.The center will be located in the company headquarter and parents will be able to eat lunch with their children,if they wish.In addition,the rooms will have one-way mirrors so parents can see their children without the children seeing them.If Breanna wants to follow a European model,which policy should she consider?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pay staff minimum wage.
B)  Staff should have three years of college.
C)  Employees should pay full cost of childcare.
D)  Parents should volunteer 3 hours a week.

Question 8

Which of the following statements about household labor and childcare is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men spend about half the time on household chores per day as do women.
B)  Men's housework is more likely to be routine than is the housework performed by women.
C)  Men may not do as much childcare as women do,but they do more housework than women.
D)  Men may not do as much housework as women do,but they do more childcare than women.

Question 9

What is the main point of the feature box "Fixing Social Insecurity?"

Accepted Answer

A)  Allow working parents to draw Social Security benefits during their prime child-rearing years.
B)  Allow grandparents to get an increase in their Social Security benefits for taking care of their grandchildren.
C)  Allow women who do not work outside the home the opportunity to collect Social Security benefits for their labor in the home.
D)  Suspend Security taxes among working families with dependent children.

Question 10

Which statement accurately reflects the bulk of research on the effects of childcare on children?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children in childcare more than 20 hours a week exhibit poor relationships with parents.
B)  The type of childcare (center vs.a home) is the primary factor in child development.
C)  Childcare has a negative effect on cognitive development if more than 10 hours a week.
D)  The quality of childcare is a factor that affects child development.

Question 11

Research has noted that parents spend as much time or even more time with children than they did in the past.Then why do parents report that they aren't involved enough?

Accepted Answer

A)  Expectations for parenting have changed.
B)  Parents are more involved with girls than with boys and feel guilty about the difference.
C)  A growing number of mothers report that they would prefer to work full-time.
D)  Only White families report that they are not doing enough,and they skewed the research results.

Question 12

In the 19th century,women's role was redefined as

Accepted Answer

A)  educated professional in the workforce.
B)  domestic laborer in paid employment.
C)  caregiver to husband and children.
D)  caregiver to aging parents.

Question 13

Rosa had a bad day at work and came home in a bad mood.This ________ can affect her family.

Accepted Answer

A)  strain
B)  conflict
C)  overload
D)  spillover

Question 14

Unemployment rates hit a high of 9.8 percent in _________,and a low of 3.7% in _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  2010; 2018
B)  2007; 2016
C)  2008; 2015
D)  2013; 2018

Question 15

In which of the following years did we see the majority of mothers with children the age of three employed outside the home?

Accepted Answer

A)  1969
B)  1975
C)  1995
D)  2016

Question 16

Work and family are

Accepted Answer

A)  based on whether the parents want kids or a career.
B)  having no commonality.
C)  directly interrelated.
D)  based on the economy.

Question 17

What is the concept used when a person feels overwhelmed by many different commitments and not having enough time to meet each commitment effectively?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spillover
B)  Overload
C)  Conflict
D)  Strain

Question 18

How can one distinguish the Time Availability Perspective from the Relative Resources Perspective?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Time Availability Perspective is based on exchange theory and the Relative Resources Perspective is based on the Functionalist Perspective.
B)  Gender is an issue in the Relative Resources Perspective,but not in the Time Resources Perspective.
C)  Power is an issue in the Relative Resources Perspective,but not in the Time Availability Perspective.
D)  The Time Availability Perspective is based on the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective and the Relative Resources Perspective is not.

Question 19

Michelle is a working mom of two children aged 13 and 15.After school,she drives them to activities and makes sure they stay busy.When her son doesn't make the select soccer team,she complains that the coach has never liked her son and tells her son they will find another team for him.Similarly,when her daughter doesn't get into the honors choir,she calls the principal and complains and then her daughter gets in.Michelle could be called a ________ parent.

Accepted Answer

A)  taxi
B)  helicopter
C)  responsible
D)  involved

Question 20

High unemployment rates tend to cause a decrease in

Accepted Answer

A)  death rates.
B)  divorce rates.
C)  child abuse rates.
D)  marriage rates.

Exam 11: Families and the Work They Do