Question 11
Which of the following proposals best responds to the issues raised by the author ?
A. Innovative programs using multiple approaches should be set up to reduce the level of
unemployment.
B. A compromise should be found between the positions of those who view joblessness as an
evil greater than economic control and those who hold the opposite view.
C. New statistical indices should be developed to measure the degree to which unemployment
and inadequately paid employment cause suffering.
D. Consideration showed be given to the ways in which statistics can act as partial causes of the
phenomena that they purport to measure.
E. The labor force should be restructured so that it corresponds to the range of job vacancies.
Correct Answer : C
Question 12
The author's purpose in citing those who are repeatedly unemployed during a twelve-month
period is most probably to show that
A. there are several factors that cause the payment of low wags to some members of the labor
force
B. unemployment statistics can underestimate the hardship resulting from joblessness
C. recurrent inadequacies in the labor market can exist and can cause hardships for individual
workers.
D. A majority of those who are jobless at any one time do not suffer severe hardship
E. There are fewer individuals who are without jobs at some time during a year than would be
expected on the basis of monthly unemployment figures
Correct Answer : B
Question 13
The author states that the mitigating effect of social programs involving income transfers on
the income level of low-income people is often not felt by
A. the employed poor
B. dependent children in single
– earner families
C. workers who become disabled
D. workers who become disabled
E. full-time workers who become unemployed
Correct Answer : A