Which of the following is NOT a term for work done outside the formal paid employment sector?
Correct answer A. The casual economy
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Work, Government and the Economy MCQs
Work, Government and the Economy MCQs cover the sociology of work, including industrial production systems, unemployment, informal work and the link between the state and the economy. They suit sociology students and CSS, PMS and lecturer candidates. Each question shows an instant answer, so you can review key industrial sociology terms quickly.
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How do industrial sociologists describe Fordism and Taylorism?
Correct answer C. Low trust systems
A textbook chapter identifies three major gender inequalities in paid employment. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
Correct answer B. The division of household labor
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Which of these forms of industrial conflict is the odd one out?
Correct answer C. Strike
Which of these statements does NOT describe the knowledge economy?
Correct answer B. Much of the workforce is now involved in physical production of goods
By 2020, fewer than 2% of the world’s workforce was projected to be engaged in which type of work?
Correct answer B. Factory work
Which concept did Karl Marx use to explain how workers lose control over their labour in capitalist societies?
Correct answer D. Alienation
In developed countries more people work in services than in manufacturing, with very few in agriculture. Worldwide, which sector now employs the fewest people?
Correct answer C. Industrial manufacture
Which statement best describes the global unemployment rate?
Correct answer D. The unemployment rate remains historically high
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Which of these key early figures in sociology were interested in labour and the economy?
Correct answer D. All three of them
Which sociological perspective points out that, although pure monopolies are not a basic part of the US economy, competition is far more limited than one might expect in a so-called free enterprise system?
Correct answer D. Conflict perspective
Which three basic sources of power exist within any political system?
Correct answer B. Force, influence and authority
The principle of laissez-faire was expounded and endorsed by which British economist?
Correct answer B. Adam Smith
What does the term ‘informal economy’ describe?
Correct answer C. Transactions outside the sphere of regular employment
Although predictions are not always reliable, sociologists and labour specialists expect the workforce to be increasingly made up of whom?
Correct answer D. All of the above
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What is the systematic, widespread withdrawal of investment in basic productive capacity such as factories and plants called?
Correct answer C. Deindustrialisation
Socialist theory was defined in the writings of Karl Marx and?
Correct answer C. Friedrich Engels
About Work, Government and the Economy MCQs
This Sociology topic examines how work is organised and how economic change affects society. Questions cover Taylorism, or scientific management, which breaks tasks into simple timed steps, and Fordism, which linked this with mass production on assembly lines. You will also meet deindustrialisation, the widespread withdrawal of investment from factories and plants, the informal economy of unpaid or unregistered work, global unemployment patterns, and early sociologists such as Karl Marx who wrote on labour and the economy. These ideas help explain economic change and are tested in CSS and PMS Sociology papers.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Taylorism and Fordism?
Taylorism, developed by Frederick Taylor, is scientific management that divides work into simple, timed tasks to raise efficiency. Fordism, named after Henry Ford, applied these ideas to mass production on a moving assembly line, combined with standardised products and relatively high wages.
What is deindustrialisation?
Deindustrialisation is the systematic, widespread withdrawal of investment from basic productive capacity such as factories and plants. It leads to job losses in manufacturing and often a shift towards service work. Bluestone and Harrison used the term to describe industrial decline in the United States.
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Last reviewed October 2026