Test Bank For Industrial Relations in Canada 4th Edition By Fiona McQuarrie

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Test Bank For Industrial Relations in Canada 4th Edition By Fiona McQuarrie

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CHAPTER 2

THEORIES OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an example of a craft guild in 17th-century North America?

  1. Weaving
  2. Tool making
  3. Carpentry
  4. All of the above

Answer A Page 30 easy

2. Call centre jobs are not characterized by the following

  1. Low paying
  2. Unrewarding
  3. Good pension plans
  4. Little job security

Answer C Page 28 intermediate

3. Which of the following was not a function served by craft guilds in North America?

  1. Supplying insurance
  2. Providing a replacement during the owner’s absence
  3. Education
  4. Financial planning 

Answer D Page 30-31 intermediate

4. In the factories of the Industrial Revolution, control of the business rested with the factory owner. Which of these was not a function performed at the discretion of the owner?

  1. Designing the production process
  2. Designing a payment schedule in conformity with the guidelines established by the craft guild
  3. Deciding how the work was to be performed
  4. Deciding who would perform the work

Answer B Page 33 intermediate

5. A law was passed in Britain in 1819 that placed limits on child labour. These limits included which of the following?

  1. A prohibition against the hiring of children younger than nine
  2. A prohibition against older children working more than 10 hours per day
  3. A prohibition against adults working more than 12 hours per day
  4. All of the above

Answer A Page 34 intermediate

6. In what aspect of trade unions were the Fabian Society, founded by Sidney and Beatrice Webb, interested?

  1. The results of the prolonged exposer to unsafe working conditions
  2. advocacy on behalf of working children
  3. legal protection for injured adult workers
  4. how trade unions emerged in response to industrialized work structures

Answer D Page 34 intermmediate

7. According to the Webbs, what was the primary reason for the emergence of unions?

  1. The need to improve working conditions
  2. The separation between capital and labour
  3. Dissatisfaction with capitalism
  4. The increasing cost of living

Answer B Page 35 intermediate

8. In the factory-based economy, who provides the capital?

  1. The government
  2. Craft guilds
  3. Investor groups
  4. None of the above  

Answer D Page 35 intermediate

9. According to the Webbs, what two internal devices did unions use to ensure that unions themselves were democratic and representative of their members’ interests?

  1. Device of mutual insurance and legal enactment
  2. Device of common rule and collective bargaining
  3. Device of the common rule and restriction of numbers
  4. Device of restriction of numbers and mutual insurance

Answer C Page 36 intermediate

10. Selig Perlman felt that unions should focus on creating economic security and opportunity to bring about what result?

  1. The promotion of large-scale social change.
  2. The creation of a stable, long-term basis for union existence.
  3. A rejection of the principles of capitalism.
  4. A greater practical understanding of union members by the middle class.

Answer B Page 37 difficult

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