1. A craft union consists of workers who possess the same skill or work in the same profession.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: The Basic Structure of Unions
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
2. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and the Major League Baseball Players Association
are both examples of craft unions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: The Basic Structure of Unions
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Application
3. Industrial unions represent only semiskilled and unskilled workers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: The Basic Structure of Unions
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
4. Unionized workers interact with their union through their local.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: The Basic Structure of Unions
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
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,Labor Unions & Collective Bargaining Appendix
5. The Major League Baseball Players Association is an example of an industrial union.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: The Basic Structure of Unions
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
6. National unions provide services to their locals, such as legal advice and leadership training.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: The Basic Structure of Unions
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
7. The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations lobbies Congress in support of pro-
labor legislation.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: The Basic Structure of Unions
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
8. Employment at will defines an employment agreement between the employer and employee as a completely
voluntary relationship in which either party is free to terminate the agreement at any time for any reason.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Labor Laws in the United States
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
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9. Change to Win was formed because several union leaders were frustrated by the AFLCIO’s inability to stem the
decline in union membership.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: The Basic Structure of Unions
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
10. The Labor-Management Relations Act prevented employers from discriminating against union workers in hiring or
employment practices and required employers to bargain in good faith with unions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Labor Laws in the United States
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
11. Under a closed shop arrangement, workers must belong to the union before the employer can hire them.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Labor Laws in the United States
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
12. In states that have passed right-to-work laws, workers are required to join a union in order to keep their job.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Labor Laws in the United States
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
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13. The Taft–Hartley Act declared closed shops legal.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Labor Laws in the United States
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
14. In right-to-work states, workers cannot be required to join a union.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Labor Laws in the United States
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
15. Under a union shop arrangement, nonunion workers represented by the union must become union members within a
specified period in order to keep their jobs.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Labor Laws in the United States
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
16. In an open shop arrangement, nonunion workers receive the same wages and benefits as their union counterparts.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.A1.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Labor Laws in the United States
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
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