SWOW Chapter 1

Walter enjoys listening to music, going to the movies, and playing basketball in the backyard with his friends. These activities are considered Walter’s

• skills.
• interests.
• transferable skills.
• goals.

 According to the text, Americans spend the biggest portion of their budget on

• health care.
• food.
• housing.
• education.

Getting along with people, the ability to communicate with your peers, solving problems, and being able to write well are all examples of

• interests.
• goals.
• tasks.
• transferable skills.

When a large bank contracts with a custodial service company to provide janitorial and light maintenance duties,it is practicing

• telecommuting.
• outsourcing.
• distributing the work.
• diversifying the workforce.

In which sector are fewer jobs available than in the past?

• education.
• manufacturing.
• health care.
• computer industries.

When workers use technology to work from home or an office center, they are

• outsourcing.
• collaborating.
• telecommuting.
• down-sizing.

Many American businesses sell goods to other countries which

• increases the cost of the products.
• reduces the products sold in this country.
• helps to create more jobs for Americans.
• reduces the number of jobs for Americans.

The global economy

• consists of overseas manufacturing.
• has eliminated some jobs in the United States.
• has little effect on today’s workers in the United States.
• has only positive effects for the United States.

If you know how to learn and have excellent reasoning skills, you are said to have strong

• personal qualities.
• thinking skills.
• technology skills.
• basic skills.

If you have excellent reading, writing, and scientific literacy skills, you are said to have strong

• personal qualities.
• thinking skills.
• cultural skills.
• basic skills.