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CHAPTER 1

AN INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

 

 

Multiple Choice Questions

 

1. The term commonly used to describe the relationship between a union and the employer:
2. Industrial relations
3. Industrial disputes
4. Industrial development
5. All of the above

Answer A      Page 4          easy

 

2. What gives unions the formal power to negotiate mutually acceptable workplace rules and working conditions with the employer?
   1. Union members
   2. Provincial and Federal Laws
   3. Employer
   4. Employment Standards Act

Answer B      Page 4          intermediate

 

3. When did the Royal Commission to Enquire into Industrial Relations in Canada issue its report?

1. 1900
2. 1909
3. 1919
4. 1929

Answer C      Page 5          easy

 

4. Another workplace management term is sometimes incorrectly interchanged with “industrial relations”?
5. A) Labour relations
6. B) Human Relations
7. C) Human Resource Management
8. D) Personnel Management

Answer C      Page 6          intermediate

 

5. Which of the following disciplines could address industrial relations issues?
6. Medicine and psychology
7. Law and medicine
8. Economics and Sociology
9. Political science and psychiatry

Answer C      Page 6-7       difficult

3. When did the Royal Commission to Enquire into Industrial Relations in Canada issue its report?
4. 1900
5. 1909
6. 1919
7. 1929

Answer C      Page 5          easy

 

4. Another workplace management term is sometimes incorrectly interchanged with “industrial relations”?
5. A) Labour relations
6. B) Human Relations
7. C) Human Resource Management
8. D) Personnel Management

Answer C      Page 6          intermediate

 

5. Which of the following disciplines could address industrial relations issues?
6. Medicine and psychology
7. Law and medicine
8. Economics and Sociology
9. Political science and psychiatry

Answer C      Page 6-7       difficult

 

6. Approximately what percentage of the Canadian workforce is unionized?
7. 40 percent
8. 30 percent
9. 20 percent
10. 10 percent

Answer B      Page 7          easy

 

7. In what percentage of Canadian jurisdictions is unionization an option for workers who are dissatisfied with their treatment?
8. 20 percent
9. 40 percent
10. 50 percent
11. None of the above

Answer D      Page 8          intermediate

 

8. Which of the following describes a good reason why someone who is opposed to unions might wish to acquire some knowledge of unions?
9. They can avoid the need to hire expensive legal counsel.
10. They can discover how to sidestep the issue of union security.