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Question 1.  Several managerial tasks and one department have been taken away from an employee named Victor. He is experiencing a type of workplace stress called

• loss of autonomy.
• subordination.
• deskilling.
• schizophrenia.

Question 2. A 2004 sociological study found that, thanks to anti-discrimination legislation, Black workers are likely to be paid equivalent wages and salaries as White workers.

• True
• False

Question 3.  Education level, ethnicity, and social networks are __________ elements of social class.

• personal
• workplace
• economic
• cultural

Question 4. What initially limited the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from fully enforcing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• The EEOC could not prosecute offending employees.
• The EEOC could not prosecute offending employers.
• The EEOC could not legislate the protection of workers.
• The EEOC could not determine whether the charges against an employer were legitimate.

Question 5.  Sassen's __________ cities are characterized by contrasting workforce components: a minority of highly paid white-collar professionals and a majority of mostly immigrant, low-paid service-economy workers.

• stratified
• polarized
• functionalist
• global

Question 6.  Which of the following laws was developed and upheld by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)?

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964
• The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
• The Voting Rights Act of 1965
• The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Question 7.  A 2010 study on underemployment by race found which of the following results?

• Blacks were underemployed by 15 percent; Whites, by 24 percent; Hispanics, by 25 percent
• Hispanics were underemployed by 15 percent; Whites, by 24 percent; Blacks, by 25 percent
• Whites were underemployed by 15 percent; Blacks, by 24 percent; Hispanics, by 25 percent
• Whites were underemployed by 15 percent; Hispanics, by 24 percent; Blacks, by 25 percent

Question 8. Which of the following is NOT an example of a residential enclave?

• Little Italy, Baltimore
• Koreatown, Los Angeles
• Chinatown, Chicago
• Times Square, New York City

Question 9. Which author is credited with helping launch the second wave of feminism with the publication of her book, The Feminine Mystique?

• Betty Friedan
• Gloria Steinem
• Francisca Flores
• Shirley Chisholm

Question 10.  The EEOC currently oversees businesses with __________ or more employees.

• 5
• 10
• 15
• 20