INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE TEST PAPER 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Summarize two causes and two effects of urbanization. Answer: 1
cause/effect of urbanization was that more and more unregulated
factories had devastating environmental impact: smoke belching
from factories polluted the air. Chemicals and other industrial
wastes fouled rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. So did raw sewage
from rapidly expanding towns and cities.
2 cause/effect of urbanization was that people in search of work
overcrowded the cities causing living conditions in urban areas to be
horrid. Filthy, overcrowded apartment houses encouraged the
spread of communicable diseases such as cholera, smallpox, and
typhoid fever.
◉ Summarize two causes and two effects of labor unions Answer: A
labor union, also known as a trade union, is an organization formed
by workers to negotiate with employers to resolve work-related
issues.
1 cause/ effect of Labor Unions is that many fought to increase pay
for workers by encouraging strikes, which shut down factories and
forced owners to pay workers more to reopen
, 2 cause/effect of Labor unions faught to reduce the legal length of a
work day to save workers from 12 or 16 hours days. They helped
make the 10-hour workday and 6-day workweek became the
standard
◉ Explain why Adam Smith would support a laissez-faire economic
policy. Answer: Smith believed that people produced goods because
the wanted a profit, not because they were just good guys who
wanted to share - that was the core of a market economy that lead to
higher wages over time and innovation. Smith believed that
Government, should not interfere in this process because
Government-made artificial rules and taxes would hurt the market
cycle.
◉ List one way you think government should have regulated big
business in the 1800s. Answer: They should have made monopolies
illegal...
◉ Since the industria revolution was really a big change in the
economics of the country and not , why is it called a "revolution?"
Answer: Because it also transformed the social and political ways of
the country. Industrialization changed the structure of people's day-
to-day lives. Moreover, industrialization led to the rise of big
government.
◉ What is a strike and why did workers hold them? Answer: A strike
is an agreement among workers to stop working until the employer
FULL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Summarize two causes and two effects of urbanization. Answer: 1
cause/effect of urbanization was that more and more unregulated
factories had devastating environmental impact: smoke belching
from factories polluted the air. Chemicals and other industrial
wastes fouled rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. So did raw sewage
from rapidly expanding towns and cities.
2 cause/effect of urbanization was that people in search of work
overcrowded the cities causing living conditions in urban areas to be
horrid. Filthy, overcrowded apartment houses encouraged the
spread of communicable diseases such as cholera, smallpox, and
typhoid fever.
◉ Summarize two causes and two effects of labor unions Answer: A
labor union, also known as a trade union, is an organization formed
by workers to negotiate with employers to resolve work-related
issues.
1 cause/ effect of Labor Unions is that many fought to increase pay
for workers by encouraging strikes, which shut down factories and
forced owners to pay workers more to reopen
, 2 cause/effect of Labor unions faught to reduce the legal length of a
work day to save workers from 12 or 16 hours days. They helped
make the 10-hour workday and 6-day workweek became the
standard
◉ Explain why Adam Smith would support a laissez-faire economic
policy. Answer: Smith believed that people produced goods because
the wanted a profit, not because they were just good guys who
wanted to share - that was the core of a market economy that lead to
higher wages over time and innovation. Smith believed that
Government, should not interfere in this process because
Government-made artificial rules and taxes would hurt the market
cycle.
◉ List one way you think government should have regulated big
business in the 1800s. Answer: They should have made monopolies
illegal...
◉ Since the industria revolution was really a big change in the
economics of the country and not , why is it called a "revolution?"
Answer: Because it also transformed the social and political ways of
the country. Industrialization changed the structure of people's day-
to-day lives. Moreover, industrialization led to the rise of big
government.
◉ What is a strike and why did workers hold them? Answer: A strike
is an agreement among workers to stop working until the employer
