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Answer questions 8. and 9. based on the following information: The average teacher salary was<br />

$9,705 in 1972 and was $46,726 in 2004.<br />

___ 8. What was the real average teacher salary in 1972, adjusted to the 2004 price level?<br />

a. $23,217<br />

b. $27,804<br />

c. $43,858<br />

d. $48,525<br />

___ 9. Between 1972 and 2004, real average teacher salaries:<br />

a. decreased by 6.5%<br />

b. increased by 6.5%<br />

c. increased by 68%<br />

d. increased by 101%<br />

___ 10. A period of unemployment typically lasts:<br />

a. less than 6 months<br />

b. from 6 months to one year<br />

c. from one year to two years<br />

d. more than two years<br />

___ 11. Anyone 16 and older who does not have a paying job and is actively seeking employment<br />

is:<br />

a. employed<br />

b. unemployed<br />

c. not in the labor force<br />

d. All of the above are possible<br />

___ 12. Out of 247 million persons 16 and older, 145 million had paying jobs, 12 million did not<br />

have paying jobs but were actively seeking employment, 4 million wanted to work but had<br />

given up seeking employment and 86 million were retired or were otherwise not<br />

interested in employment. What is the size of the labor force?<br />

a. 149 million<br />

b. 157 million<br />

c. 161 million<br />

d. 227 million<br />

___ 13. Based on the information in question 12., what is the unemployment rate?<br />

a. 7.1%<br />

b. 7.6%<br />

c. 8.3%<br />

d. 10.1%<br />

___ 14. When the economy is at “full employment”:<br />

a. the unemployment rate will be zero<br />

b. there will still be some unemployment<br />

c. the unemployment rate will be at the natural unemployment rate<br />

d. Both b. and c. above<br />

___ 15. Cheryl graduates with an accounting degree in May. After searching for two months, she<br />

lands a job as an accountant in July. While Cheryl was looking for work, she was:<br />

a. frictionally unemployed<br />

b. structurally unemployed<br />

c. cyclically unemployed<br />

d. Not in the labor force<br />

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