Higher Education

Foundations of Sociology: Chapter 17

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Question 1:

Which of the following reflects Émile Durkheim’s view of solidarity?
a) The social cohesion shared by a group of people
b) The social cohesion shared by a society
c) The unity demonstrated by workers in the face of employer opposition
d) Both A and B

Question 2:

Ayla lives in a village where everyone, young and old, has a job. Typically in her village the women plant and tend the crops while the men tend to the pigs. According to Émile Durkheim, what is Ayla’s society characterized by?
a) Agricultural solidarity
b) Hunter-gatherer solidarity
c) Mechanical solidarity
d) Organic solidarity

Question 3:

Which of the following did Karl Marx refer to as the outcome of the worker revolution against the capitalists?
a) The revenge of the proletariat
b) The dictatorship of the proletariat
c) The renaissance of the proletariat
d) The rise of the proletariat

Question 4:

Which of the following is the name for the oldest and smallest unions, according to C. Wright Mills?
a) Guilds
b) Craft unions
c) Amalgamated unions
d) Industrial unions

Question 5:

Which of the following most closely reflects union density in Canada?
a) One-tenth of the population
b) One-third of the population
c) Half of the population
d) Two-thirds of the population

Question 6:

Which of following is the largest union in Canada today?
a) Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
b) Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
c) National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)
d) Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC)

Question 7:

Which of the following is an example of a special interest group, according to the text?
a) A class of owners
b) A group of unionized workers
c) A group of retirees
d) All of the above

Question 8:

Neoliberalism is characterized by which of the following political ideologies?
a) Conservative
b) Socialist
c) Liberal
d) Democrats

Question 9:

What untruth was used as a union busting tactic by anti-unionists during the Canadian strikes of 1919 and 1931 to delegitimize union activity?
a) The spectre of anarchy in the streets
b) The takeover of labour by alien agitators
c) The impending rule of unwashed masses
d) The bankruptcy of the nation as a collective

Question 10:

According to C. Wright Mills, when do media give news coverage to unions?
a) When there are accusations of corruption in a union
b) When there is a strike that is deemed to threaten public interests (e.g., shopping)
c) When there is violence of some sort involving striking workers
d) All of the above

Question 11:

What criterion must be met for a family to be considered a part of the working poor in Canada?
a) When the primary breadwinner earns $40,000 year or less
b) When the primary breadwinner makes minimum wage
c) When the primary breadwinner works fewer than 40 hours per week
d) All of the above

Question 12:

Which of the following characterizes the working poor, based on Fleury and Fortin
a) They are low paid.
b) “Bad jobs” are the cause of their poverty.
c) They are more likely than the “welfare poor” to escape poverty in the longer term.
d) Both A and B

Question 13:

Approximately what percentage of workers who work from home work in jobs classified as professional or managerial?
a) 5 per cent
b) 23 per cent
c) 55 per cent
d) 77 per cent

Question 14:

Equal pay for work of equal value is known as which of the following?
a) Equal pay
b) Pay equity
c) Employment equity
d) Affirmative action

Question 15:

Which of the following has seen an increase recently in Canada, with regard to the work force?
a) Working from home
b) Self-employment of immigrants
c) Temporary foreign workers
d) All of the above

Question 16:

"Mother Jones" was a famous American labour organizer in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 17:

Amalgamated unions are ones that represent entire industries.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 18:

The current cohort of young men in Canada will be more likely to belong to a union than their fathers ever were.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 19:

A wildcat strike is one where union organizers arrange for the union membership to do a strike consisting of a series of unpredictable actions.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 20:

Tommy Douglas was the democratic socialist premier of Saskatchewan, the first leader of the federal New Democratic Party, and the person who introduced socialized medicine in Canada.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 21:

The political terms "right wing" and "left wing" originally came from hockey.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 22:

In order for a union to be strong and united, a closed shop is most effective.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 23:

The most dramatic and largest strike in Canadian labour history is the Winnipeg General strike.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 24:

The low income cut-off line is used to calculate the average share of total household income that a family spends on a fixed set of goods and services within a year.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 25:

One of Canadian sociologist Annie Marion MacLean's fears was that young, underpaid women in the factory system might turn to prostitution to support themselves.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 26:

The access that employers have to mid-level management employees today through mobile technologies is an emerging issue in the sociology of work due to the blurred lines between home (unpaid) and office (paid) work.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 27:

When women and men receive the same wages and benefits for the same job, this is pay equity.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 28:

The greatest degree of equality in females’ and males’ wages is found in workers aged the 45–49 age group.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 29:

Outsourcing generally results in higher equity hires (e.g., people from Canada’s four equity groups).
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 30:

The most high-risk jobs in Canada, in terms of death and injury, are policing and firefighting.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE