Human Resources

The BEST definition of a population is:

• The number of people in an organization

• The number of adults in an area

• The number of people in an area or group

• The number of people who are working

What does a population pyramid show?

• The age, gender and ethnicity of a population

• The structure of a population

• The dependency ratio of a population

• Immigration and emigration

All of the following are characteristics of a population EXCEPT:

• Age

• Ethnicity

• Occupation

• Human Resources

A _____________ is anything natural or physical which can be harnessed to create wealth or improve the standard of living of people.

• Pyramid

• Resource

• Census

• Human Resource

Resources may be classified into two large groups called _______________________.

• Human and Physical

• Natural and Man made

• Big and Small

• Demography and Population Pyramids

Population Pyramids for Caribbean countries are usually

• Wider at the bottom

• Wider at the top

• Wider in the middle

• The same width all the way up

The ratio of the number of people who are economically dependent on those who are of working age is called _________________

• Dependency Ratio

• Population Ratio

• Working Age Ratio

• Population Growth

The study of the population size, distribution and the pattern of change within the population is called __________________

• Demography

• Geography

• Cartography

• Demographic

Which of the following factors do NOT affect the size of the working population?

• The number of people between 16 and 65

• The number of people between 0 and 15

• The provisions of pensions

• Employment opportunities available

The counting of the population which is done every ten years is termed _________________

• Census

• Demography

• Population pyramid