Unemployment and Labour Market Quiz

A 12-year-old child who is not working and is not looking for work.

• Cyclical unemployment

• Structural unemployment

• Not part of working-age population

• Hidden unemployment

A full-time university student with no job and no current job search.

• Not in labour force

• Underemployment

• Frictional unemployment

• Natural unemployment

During a downturn, James is laid off from his factory job and immediately begins looking for another.

• Frictional unemployment

• Seasonal unemployment

• Cyclical unemployment

• Structural unemployment

Lily’s factory cuts jobs as exports fall in a global recession.

• Cyclical unemployment

• Structural unemployment

• Long-term unemployment

• Natural unemployment

A miner loses her job when the mine closes permanently due to energy-sector shifts.

• Structural unemployment

• Cyclical unemployment

• Frictional unemployment

• Seasonal unemployment

A software developer finds their skills obsolete when new programming languages dominate.

• Structural unemployment

• Underemployment

• Hidden unemployment

• Frictional unemployment

Chloe quits her retail job to find a better-matched position and is unemployed for three weeks.

• Frictional unemployment

• Structural unemployment

• Cyclical unemployment

• Natural unemployment

A recent graduate spends two months searching for a first full-time role.

• Frictional unemployment

• Underemployment

• Seasonal unemployment

• Hidden unemployment

In winter, a ski instructor is out of work because there’s no demand for lessons.

• Seasonal unemployment

• Cyclical unemployment

• Structural unemployment

• Frictional unemployment

Emma works 12 hours/week but wants full-time work and is seeking extra hours.

• Underemployment

• Seasonal unemployment

• Hidden unemployment

• Frictional unemployment