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Unemployment Types Review

Determine if the given situation is an example of frictional, cyclical, or structural unemployment.

  1. You won't work for a company because they don't pay enough
    1. frictional
    2. cyclical

    Answer: a. frictional

  2. In 2009, the country headed into a deep recession and many people were laid off
    1. cyclical
    2. structural

    Answer: a. cyclical

  3. A Ski Patrol employee is laid off in April because of a lack of snow
    1. Frictional
    2. structural

    Answer: b. structural

  4. A lifeguard is laid off at the end of summer
    1. structural
    2. Frictional

    Answer: a. structural

  5. A bus driver is laid off during a recession
    1. structural
    2. Cyclical

    Answer: b. Cyclical

  6. You quit your job to find a better career in another state
    1. Frictional
    2. Cyclical

    Answer: a. frictional

  7. You lose your job as a typewriter repairman
    1. structural
    2. frictional

    Answer: a. structual

  8. You have recently graduated from college and begin looking for your first job
    1. cyclical
    2. frictional

      Answer: b. frictional

  9. A garbage man loses his job when the company buys trucks that pick up the cans mechanically
    1. structural
    2. cyclical

    Answer: a. structural

  10. An employee is fired because of a large decrease in sales at the store
    1. frictional
    2. cyclical

    Answer: b. cyclical

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