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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following laws is not specifically aimed at protection of workers?
(a) workmen's compensation
(b) Medicaid
(c) length of workweek
(d) minimum wage legislation

2. The regulation of employment practices and safety standards in the workplace is performed by:
(a) FEMA
(b) Department of Labor
(c) EPA
(d) Office of Safety and Health Administration

3. According to Friedman, the way to cure inflation is to:
(a) limit the amount of goods and services available for sale
(b) force consumers to increase their savings
(c) reduce the rate of monetary growth
(d) promote spending policies

4. All but the following have resulted from centralization in schooling:
(a) more choice for consumers
(b) larger scale units
(c) increased power for administrators
(d) less choice for consumers

5. Horace Mann is known as all but the following:
(a) Secretary of State
(b) secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education
(c) crusader for free schools
(d) the father of American public education

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not one of the real forces that determine the wealth of a nation?

2. The school voucher program would give the parents:

3. The ideas of human freedom and economic freedom are best exemplified in:

4. In Great Britain:

5. Which of the following is a method of government enforcing higher wages?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is the American Medical Association a labor union?

2. How do industries gain control, or capture, the commission that regulates them?

3. What is the purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency?

4. Most Western nations have economic goals and objectives. What happens when they fail to attain them?

5. After the Depression and the centralization of government, education and schooling also became centralized. What are the effects of this centralization?

6. What are the political realities of a democratic system, according to Friedman?

7. What is the purpose of a labor union?

8. In what way does the market function to protect consumers?

9. Do all workers benefit from unions?

10. According to Friedman, what policy would promote economic stability?

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