Chapter 10: Employment Insurance
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers
the question.
1) Individuals are considered unemployed if they 1)
A) have a part-time job and are actively searching for alternative employment.
B) have a job but are off work because of illness.
C) do not have a job and are not actively searching for employment.
D) do not have a job and are actively searching for employment.
2) The unemployment rate is 2)
A) the percentage of the working-age population that is not in the labour force.
B) the percentage of the labour force that is employed.
C) the percentage of the labour force that is unemployed.
D) the percentage of the working-age population that is unemployed.
3) The separation rate is 3)
A)
the rate at which individuals are laid off or quit their job.
B) the total number of employed as a percentage of the working-age population.
C) the number of couples living apart relative to the total married population.
D) the number of individuals who quit searching for employment as a percentage of the working-age
population.
4) In 2014, the province with the lowest unemployment rate was 4)
A) Saskatchewan. B) Ontario.
C) Quebec. D) Alberta.
5) The maximum length of an employment insurance claim is 5)
A) 10 weeks. B) 52 weeks. C) 27 weeks. D) 45 weeks.
6) Systemic effects of employment insurance on the labour market include 6)
A) labour mobility. B) duration of unemployment.
C) layoffs. D) quits.
7) The layoff rate is 7)
A)
the number of workers temporarily laid off divided by the number of employed workers.
B) the number of workers permanently or temporarily laid off divided by the number of employed workers.
C) the number of workers permanently laid off divided by the number of employed workers.
D) none of these answers is correct.
8) Individuals who quit their jobs employment insurance. 8)
A) do not need B) are eligible for
C) are ineligible for D) might be eligible for
9) Since employment insurance premium rates are for all workers and firms, the system can be seen
as employment in the more volatile sectors of the economy. 9)
A) the same; subsidizing B) the same; taxing
C) different; subsidizing D) different; taxing
10) In 2012, had the highest employment insurance benefits received to employment insurance
premiums paid (benefit-to-tax) ratio. 10)
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers
the question.
1) Individuals are considered unemployed if they 1)
A) have a part-time job and are actively searching for alternative employment.
B) have a job but are off work because of illness.
C) do not have a job and are not actively searching for employment.
D) do not have a job and are actively searching for employment.
2) The unemployment rate is 2)
A) the percentage of the working-age population that is not in the labour force.
B) the percentage of the labour force that is employed.
C) the percentage of the labour force that is unemployed.
D) the percentage of the working-age population that is unemployed.
3) The separation rate is 3)
A)
the rate at which individuals are laid off or quit their job.
B) the total number of employed as a percentage of the working-age population.
C) the number of couples living apart relative to the total married population.
D) the number of individuals who quit searching for employment as a percentage of the working-age
population.
4) In 2014, the province with the lowest unemployment rate was 4)
A) Saskatchewan. B) Ontario.
C) Quebec. D) Alberta.
5) The maximum length of an employment insurance claim is 5)
A) 10 weeks. B) 52 weeks. C) 27 weeks. D) 45 weeks.
6) Systemic effects of employment insurance on the labour market include 6)
A) labour mobility. B) duration of unemployment.
C) layoffs. D) quits.
7) The layoff rate is 7)
A)
the number of workers temporarily laid off divided by the number of employed workers.
B) the number of workers permanently or temporarily laid off divided by the number of employed workers.
C) the number of workers permanently laid off divided by the number of employed workers.
D) none of these answers is correct.
8) Individuals who quit their jobs employment insurance. 8)
A) do not need B) are eligible for
C) are ineligible for D) might be eligible for
9) Since employment insurance premium rates are for all workers and firms, the system can be seen
as employment in the more volatile sectors of the economy. 9)
A) the same; subsidizing B) the same; taxing
C) different; subsidizing D) different; taxing
10) In 2012, had the highest employment insurance benefits received to employment insurance
premiums paid (benefit-to-tax) ratio. 10)
