Unemployment Pre-Test

People who want to work and have jobs are said to be

• employers
• employed
• retirees

The total US noninstitutionalized population 16 years and older is known as the __________

• discouraged workers
• underemployed
• labor force

People age 16 years or older who are working in a job for which they are overqualified for are said to be

• underemployed
• full-time student
• nonlabor force

The Coat Barn is now hiring additional people this Winter. What type of job would this be?

• Structural
• Seasonal
• frictional

Workers who are temporarily unemployed in between jobs.

• frictional
• structural
• cyclical

The VCR repair man is let go because VCR's are obsolete

• structural
• cyclical
• frictional

The cashier is laid off when the store instals automatic check out lanes.

• Frictional
• Cyclical
• structural

A college graduate leaves her part-time job for a new career.

• Frictional
• structural
• cyclical

The lifeguard job ends on Labor Day.

• Frictional
• structural
• cyclical

The situation of not having a paid job, or the number of workers without jobs is called:

• employment
• unemployment