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AP Macroeconomics Unemployment — practice questions — page 4

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In January 2017, 7.635 million unemployed out of a 159.716 million labor force gave a rate of:Read the answer and worked solution →In January 2017, about what share of US adults were in the labor force?Read the answer and worked solution →A college graduate working as a sales clerk is an example of being:Read the answer and worked solution →Workers who stopped looking for jobs and are no longer counted as unemployed are:Read the answer and worked solution →The US labor force participation rate peaked at just over 67% around:Read the answer and worked solution →The establishment payroll survey covers about how many businesses and agencies?Read the answer and worked solution →A criticism of the payroll survey is that it does not count the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Current Population Survey has been carried out every month since:Read the answer and worked solution →Over time the US unemployment rate seems to return to a range of:Read the answer and worked solution →During the 1930s Great Depression, US unemployment reached almost:Read the answer and worked solution →The US unemployment rate almost never falls below:Read the answer and worked solution →The US population grew from 76 million in 1900 to over how many by 2017?Read the answer and worked solution →Which group tends to have the highest unemployment rates?Read the answer and worked solution →In January 2017 the unemployment rate for college graduates was:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the unemployedRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the labor forceRead the answer and worked solution →Run the jobs numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the labor wordsRead the answer and worked solution →In or out of the labor forceRead the answer and worked solution →Sort employed, unemployed and outRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Unemployment bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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In January 2017, 7.635 million unemployed out of a 159.716 million labor force gave a rate of:

  1. 3.0%
  2. 10.0%
  3. 4.8%
  4. 6.2%
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Correct answer: C. 4.8%

1. Divide 7.635 by 159.716. 2. That is about 0.048. 3. The rate was 4.8 percent. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Macroeconomics for AP Courses 2e, Chapter 7, Unemployment (CC BY 4.0)._

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In January 2017, about what share of US adults were in the labor force?

  1. 37.1%
  2. 95.2%
  3. 50.0%
  4. 62.9%
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Correct answer: D. 62.9%

1. That is the labor force participation rate. 2. It was 62.9 percent. 3. The rest were out of the labor force. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Macroeconomics for AP Courses 2e, Chapter 7, Unemployment (CC BY 4.0)._

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A college graduate working as a sales clerk is an example of being:

  1. Underemployed
  2. Unemployed
  3. Discouraged
  4. Out of work
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Correct answer: A. Underemployed

1. Their skills are not being used. 2. They are underemployed. 3. They still count as employed. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Macroeconomics for AP Courses 2e, Chapter 7, Unemployment (CC BY 4.0)._

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