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11/15/22, 9:11 PM Preview Quiz Chapter 14*: ECON-2302-010 https://alamo.instructure.com/courses/1453321/quizzes/3504959 1/5 Preview Quiz Chapter 14* Due Nov 20 at 11:53pm Points 10 Questions 10 Available Nov 14 at 12am - Dec 4 at 11:59pm Time Limit 15 Minutes Allowed Attempts 2 Instructions Attempt History Attempt Time Score LATEST Attempt 1 2 minutes 10 out of 10 Answers will be shown after your last attempt Score for this attempt: 10 out of 10 Submitted Nov 15 at 9:11pm This attempt took 2 minutes. Read Chapter 14 and complete this quiz. Take the Quiz Again 1 / 1 pts Question 1 Negotiations between unions and a firm or firms is called __________________. united bargaining collective bargaining cooperative bargaining organized bargaining
11/15/22, 9:11 PM Preview Quiz Chapter 14*: ECON-2302-010 https://alamo.instructure.com/courses/1453321/quizzes/3504959 2/5 1 / 1 pts Question 2 A labor union seeks to __________________ between employers and workers. change the economic balance force employers to deal with individual workers change the balance of negotiations lobby government for changes 1 / 1 pts Question 3 Which of the following arguments would most likely be presented by a critic of labor unions? unions can prohibit economic growth if new technology is blocked unions have a tendency to gain as much as possible in the long-term unions have a higher percentage of women members than men unions oppose suppression of wages by profit-seeking firms 1 / 1 pts Question 4
11/15/22, 9:11 PM Preview Quiz Chapter 14*: ECON-2302-010 https://alamo.instructure.com/courses/1453321/quizzes/3504959 3/5 Members of labor unions are able to use their ________________ to achieve better economic outcomes. cooperative nature excess supply of labor bargaining power secret ballot votes 1 / 1 pts Question 5 Which of the following industries is the least likely to employ a unionized labor force? precision, production, and repair finance, insurance and real estate transportation and public utilities government 1 / 1 pts Question 6 In the U.S. manufacturing sector, unionized jobs have _________________ in recent years. declined dramatically
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11/15/22, 9:11 PM Preview Quiz Chapter 14*: ECON-2302-010 https://alamo.instructure.com/courses/1453321/quizzes/3504959 4/5 increased modestly have trended down have trended up 1 / 1 pts Question 7 What Act was passed to allow American workers to opt out of the union in their workplace? National Labor-Management Relations Act of 1935 Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 National Workers' Rights Act of 1940 Labor Relations Act of 1947 1 / 1 pts Question 8 If unions help workers secure pension benefits, so that those workers are less dependent on government social assistance after their retirement, then the union is economically beneficial. the for-profit unionized industries will be less productive. the for-profit unionized industries will be harmed. the union is economically harmful.
11/15/22, 9:11 PM Preview Quiz Chapter 14*: ECON-2302-010 https://alamo.instructure.com/courses/1453321/quizzes/3504959 5/5 1 / 1 pts Question 9 Discrimination in labor markets arises if _________________________, as measured by education, receive different pay because of their _______________________. workers with the same skill levels; race or gender workers with no experience; race or marital status workers with different skill levels; race or gender workers with work experience; race or marital status 1 / 1 pts Question 10 Of the many available policies to reduce discrimination by race and gender in the U.S. labor market, the most controversial is likely to be laws prohibiting discrimination increased access to child care improved educational opportunities affirmative action goals and quotas Quiz Score: 10 out of 10