chapter 12 quiz

Question 1

1: What is the average number of paid hours couples work in a week

Answer 1

65

Question 2

2:Between 1987 and 2011, what happened to the average workweek for individuals?

Answer 2

decreased

Question 3

5: Between 1987 and 2011, what happened to the overall family work hours?

Answer 3

increased

Question 4

9: term refers to a system of working a set number of hours with the starting and finishing times chosen within agreed limits by the employee?

Answer 4

flextime

Question 5

12: In 2009, which percentage of mothers with children under three years old was in the paid labour force?

Answer 5

65%

Question 6

13: What happened to the median income of dual-earner families between 2000 and 2010?

Answer 6

increased

Question 7

14:Which of the following statements is true?

technology has eliminated the need for families to do housework

b. technology has encouraged men to do the majority of housework	
c. technology has dramatically reduced the time families spend on housework	
d. technology has made household work different rather than less

Answer 7

d. technology has made household work different rather than less

Question 8

15: who does the most hoesework

Answer 8

married mothers

Question 9

6: Which term refers to a state that occurs when a person experiences prolonged stress without learning how to cope with it?

Answer 9

burnout

Question 10

8:Which term refers to a work arrangement in which the employee works outside the office, often from home?

Answer 10

telecommuting

Question 11

10: What is one result of telecommuting?

Answer 11

work and family boundaries get blurred

Question 12

4: When are marriages at greater risk for separation, according to researchers?

Answer 12

hen individuals worked night or rotating shifts

Question 13

11: Which percentage of women in their “prime” working years (aged 25 to 54 years) are now in the paid labour force?

Answer 13

82%

Question 14

3: Why were the first daycare centres established?

Answer 14

As a response to problems experienced by lone mothers.

Question 15

7: 7. Who is most likely to use flextime and telecommuting

Answer 15

fathers in professional positions