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1、 a. the relation between the probability of unemployment and a workers changing level of experience. b. how often a worker is likely to be employed during her lifetime c. year-to-year fluctuations of unemployment around its natural rate. d. long-term trends in unemployment.3. Cyclical unemployment i

2、s closely associated with a. long-term economic growth. b. short-run ups and downs of the economy. c. fluctuations in the natural rate of unemployment. d. seasonal fluctuations in spending.4. The natural rate of unemployment a. is a constant. b. is the desirable rate of unemployment. c. cannot be al

3、tered by economic policy. d. None of the above are correct.5. Which of the following is correct? a. Some degree of unemployment is inevitable. b. Other things the same an increase in the number of people who are unemployed decreases real GDP. c. Cyclical unemployment is inversely related to short-ru

4、n economic fluctuations. d. All of the above are correct.6. Data on unemployment is reported a. weekly. b. monthly. c. quarterly. d. yearly. 15.17. The BLS produces data on a. unemployment. b. types of employment. c. length of the average workweek.8. Which of the following is incorrect? a. The unemp

5、loyment rate is computed using the number of unemployment insurance claims filed. b. Each adult included in the unemployment statistics is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. c. Unemployment numbers include people aged sixteen and older. d. The Bureau of Labor Statistics g

6、athers data on unemployment and employment.9. Unemployment data is collected a. from unemployment insurance claims. b. through a regular survey of about 60,000 households. c. through a regular survey of about 200,000 firms. d. Unemployment data is collected using all of the above.10. Which list incl

7、udes all the categories into which the BLS divides the adult population? a. employed or unemployed b. discouraged workers, employed, or unemployed c. employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force d. discouraged workers, employed, or not in the labor force11. The labor force equals the a. number of

8、 people who are employed. b. number of people who are unemployed. c. number of people employed plus the number of people unemployed. d. adult population.12. Who of the following would be counted as unemployed according to official statistics? a. Shasta, who is waiting for her new job to start b. Mar

9、y, who worked only 35 hours last week c. Karen, who neither has a job nor is looking for one d. None of the above would be counted as unemployed.13. Which of the following would be counted as unemployed according to official statistics? a. Brian, a full-time student who is not looking for work b. Ka

10、te, who is on temporary layoff c. Heath, who has retired and is not looking for work d. All of the above would be counted as unemployed.14. Who would not be included in the labor force? a. Jay, who is on temporary layoff b. Mike, who has retired and is not looking for work c. Jane, who does not have

11、 a job, but has applied for several in the last week d. None of the above are included in the labor force.15. Who would be included in the labor force? a. Holly, an unpaid homemaker b. Tiffany, a full-time student not looking for work c. Cody, who does not have a job, but is looking for work16. Who

12、would be included in the labor force? a. Karen, who works most of the week in a steel factory b. Beth, who is waiting for her new job at the bank to start c. Dave, who does not have a job, but is looking for work d. All of the above are included in the labor force.17. Who would be included in the la

13、bor force? a. Derrick, who is waiting for his new job to start b. Brett, who has become discouraged looking for a job and has quit looking for awhile c. Homer, an unpaid homemaker d. None of the above would be included in the labor force.18. Sally is on a temporary layoff from the factory where she

14、makes plastic tableware. If Sally participates in the BLS survey, she will be classified as a. unemployed and in the labor force. b. unemployed and out of the labor force. c. employed and in the labor force. d. employed and out of the labor force.19. Which of the following correctly ranks categories

15、 from smallest to largest according to recent U.S. values? a. unemployed, employed, not in labor force b. unemployed, not in labor force, employed c. not in labor force, employed, unemployed d. not in labor force, unemployed, employed20. A person who is counted as unemployed by the BLS is a. also in

16、 the labor force. b. must be looking for work or on temporary layoff. c. be age 16 or over.21. A college student who is not working or looking for a job is counted as a. neither employed nor part of the labor force. b. unemployed and in the labor force. c. unemployed, but not in the labor force. d.

17、employed and in the labor force.22. Latoya, a homemaker who works as a volunteer at the local Red Cross and is currently not looking for a job, is counted as a. employed and in the labor force. c. unemployed and not in the labor force. d. not in the labor force.23. The BLS defines the unemployment r

18、ate as the percentage of a. those unemployed relative to the percentage employed. b. labor force that is unemployed. c. adult population that is unemployed. d. labor force without fulltime employment.24. The unemployment rate is computed as the number of unemployed a. divided by the labor force time

19、s 100. b. divided by the number of people employed times 100. c. divided by the adult population times 100. d. times the participation rate times 100.25. Which of the following definitions is correct? a. Labor force = number of employed. b. Labor force = population number of unemployed. c. Unemploym

20、ent Rate = （number of unemployed number of employed + number of unemployed） 100. d. Unemployment Rate = （number of unemployed adult population） 100. c. Unemployment Rate = （number of unemployed number of employed + number of unemployed 100.26. The labor-force participation rate measures the percenta

21、ge of the a. total adult population that is in the labor force. b. total adult population that is employed. c. labor force that is employed. d. labor force that is either employed or unemployed. 2 SECTION:27. The labor-force participation rate is defined as a. （Employed Adult Population） 100. b. （Em

22、ployed Labor Force） 100. c. （Labor Force Adult Population） 100. d. （Adult Population Labor Force） 100.28. A few years ago, based on concepts similar to those used to estimate U.S. employment figures, the Canadian adult non-institutionalized population was 24 million, the labor force was 16 million, and the number of people employed was 14 million. According to these numbers, the Canadian labor-force participation ra