QUESTION: 409

For a local government to outlaw all strikes by its workers is a costly mistake, because all its labor disputes must then be settled by binding arbitration, without any negotiated public-sector labor settlements guiding the arbitrators. Strikes should be outlawed only for categories of public-sector workers for whose services no acceptable substitute exists.
The statements above best support which of the following conclusions?

Where public-service workers are permitted to strike, contract negotiations with those workers are typically settled without a strike.
Where strikes by all categories of pubic-sector workers are outlawed, no acceptable substitutes for the services provided by any of those workers are available.
Binding arbitration tends to be more advantageous for public-service workers where it is the only available means of settling labor disputes with such workers.
Most categories of public-sector workers have no counterparts in the private sector.
A strike by workers in a local government is unlikely to be settled without help from an arbitrator.

Answer(s): C

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QUESTION: 410

Rural households have more purchasing power than do urban or suburban households at the same income level, since some of the income urban and suburban households use for food and shelter can be used by rural households for other needs.
Which of the following inferences is best supported by the statement made above?

The average rural household includes more people than does the average urban or suburban household.
Rural households have lower food and housing costs than do either urban or suburban households.
Suburban households generally have more purchasing power than do either rural or urban households.
The median income of urban and suburban households is generally higher than that of rural households.
All three types of households spend more of their income on food and housing than on all other purchases combined.

Answer(s): B

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QUESTION: 411

In 1985 state border colleges in Texas lost the enrollment of more than half, on average, of the Mexican nationals they had previously served each year. Teaching faculties have alleged that this extreme drop resulted from a rise in tuition for international and out-of-state students from $40 to $120 per credit hour.
Which of the following, if feasible, offers the best prospects for alleviating the problem of the drop in enrollment of Mexican nationals as the teaching faculties assessed it?

Providing grants-in-aid to Mexican nationals to study in Mexican universities
Allowing Mexican nationals to study in Texas border colleges and to pay in-state tuition rates, which are the same as the previous international rate
Reemphasizing the goals and mission of the Texas state border colleges as serving both in-state students and Mexican nationals
Increasing the financial resources of Texas colleges by raising the tuition for in-state students attending state institutions
Offering career counseling for those Mexican nationals who graduate from state border colleges and intend to return to Mexico

Answer(s): B

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QUESTION: 412

Affirmative action is good business. So asserted the National Association of Manufacturers while urging retention of an executive order requiring some federal contractors to set numerical goals for hiring minorities and women. “Diversity in work force participation has produced new ideas in management, product development, and marketing,” the association claimed.
The association’s argument as it is presented in the passage above would be most strengthened if which of the following were true?

The percentage of minority and women workers in business has increased more slowly than many minority and women’s groups would prefer.
Those businesses with the highest percentages of minority and women workers are those that have been the most innovative and profitable.
Disposable income has been rising as fast among minorities and women as among the population as a whole.
The biggest growth in sales in the manufacturing sector has come in industries that market the most innovative products.
Recent improvements in management practices have allowed many manufacturers to experience enormous gains in worker productivity.

Answer(s): B

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