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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Long term jobs are now being replaced with _________workers who are supplied by staffing agencies.
(a) Illegal.
(b) Indian.
(c) Full time.
(d) Temporary.

2. Many of the jobs in the ________ industry are still available, though they have been reduced to part time.
(a) Service.
(b) Professional.
(c) Technology.
(d) Factory.

3. America seems to be moving into an _____________ relative to employment within the borders of the states.
(a) Impermanence.
(b) Misunderstanding.
(c) Wasteland.
(d) Peace.

4. Students on many college campuses are beginning to question the ________ arrangements as well as the partnerships in the universities.
(a) Sponsorship.
(b) Campus.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Class.

5. Billboard __________ has now spread to hacking into Internet sites in order to show new messages.
(a) Hackers.
(b) Jamming.
(c) Junkies.
(d) Junkers.

6. Many laid off workers are made to come back as ___________ in order to have their jobs, though at lower wages and no benefits.
(a) Full time managers.
(b) Interns.
(c) Temps.
(d) Contracted workers.

7. Which costs need to be reduced as a result of needing to be more focused on the brand than the product?
(a) Production.
(b) Store.
(c) Boardroom.
(d) Advertising.

8. Rob Lieber noted that the time of considering yourself an ___________ has passed. Rather, he notes that people should consider themselves as service providers.
(a) Asset to a company.
(b) Entrepreneur.
(c) Able bodied worker.
(d) Employee.

9. __________ bonuses are paid when the new executive comes on board, then the house cleaning of other workers begins to pay for this new management member.
(a) Sign-On.
(b) Golden.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Skimpy.

10. Once an executive has trimmed the company and saved money, he/she might move on to the next company, often leaving with a golden ________.
(a) Check.
(b) Handshake.
(c) Ring.
(d) Trophy.

11. Thus, ____________ will be hooked up to an IV in the new billboards, showing the troubles with smoking.
(a) Capri Candi.
(b) Marlboro Man.
(c) Joe Camel.
(d) Newport smokers.

12. As a result of having so many more managers, the _________ class is beginning to diminish in size.
(a) Working.
(b) Upper.
(c) Middle.
(d) Lower.

13. In the third world countries and the factories, there is always a new crop of ____________ to replace those who leave.
(a) Immigrants.
(b) Companies.
(c) Old people.
(d) Young people.

14. Software companies began to realize that _________ work out to people who could work at home was far cheaper than permanent positions.
(a) Challenging.
(b) Contracting.
(c) Delegating.
(d) Hiring.

15. What's interesting is that the brand owners do not actually own the _____________, as these are owned by third parties.
(a) Labor pool.
(b) Sweatshops.
(c) Slums.
(d) Companies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Those against corporations have been joined by those who are fighting for the ___________ as many of the issues are the same.

2. In order to skirt the issue of not having paid benefits to temporary workers who were employed for over a year, Microsoft rehired the employees through ___________.

3. Whose images began to educate people about the terrors which were being found in sweatshops across the world?

4. Contracted ________ work is becoming the norm for many companies, according to the findings of Klein.

5. Microsoft required its temporary employees to take _________ days off during the course of a year, unpaid, to keep their temporary status.

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