Strayer ECO 405 QUIZ CHAP 7 (2014)

ECO405 CHAPTER 7•

•Question 1

 Discrimination occurs

•Question 2

 In 1996, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act established which of the following programs?

•Question 3

 Which of the following is charged with enforcing the federal government's anti-discrimination laws?

•Question 4

 The major piece of legislation that makes it illegal to discriminate in the labor market on the basis of race, gender, or religion is the

•Question 5

 The incidence of poverty is highest among

•Question 6

 The Supplemental Social Insurance (SSI) program is not available to

•Question 7

 Poverty in the US occurs as a result of

•Question 8

 Discrimination is indicated when

•Question 9

 A government transfer payment is a payment

•Question 10

 Ending discrimination against minority groups in educational processes and in employment situations would cause GDP to

•Question 11

 Spending on education, training, and health are examples of

•Question 12

 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects workers from discrimination based on all the following characteristics except one? Which one?

•Question 13

 Critics have claimed that the EITC

•Question 14

 Median earnings of year-round, full-time women workers are considerably less than those for men because women have

•Question 15

 The official U.S. poverty definition is an income sufficient to provide