MID-TERM Business
What is the predicted employment number for the transportation, distribution and logistics industry in 2018?
12.6 million
What is the predicted employment number for the health science industry in 2018?
13.4 million
What is the expected growth rate for the education and training industry?
14 percent
What is the expected growth rate for the arts, A/V technology and communications industry from 2008 to 2018?
15 percent
What portion of the nation's GDP is health care-related?
16 percent
What is the expected growth rate for the human services industry from 2008 to 2018?
19 percent
What is the predicted employment number for the government and public administration industry in 2018?
2.0 million
What is the predicted employment for the arts, A/V technology and communications industry in 2018?
2.3 million
What is the predicted employment number for the science, technology, engineering and mathematics industry in 2018?
2.9 million
What is the predicted employment number for the hospitality and tourism industry in 2018?
20.7 million
What is the predicted employment number for the marketing, sales and services industry in 2018?
22.4 million
What is the expected growth rate for the information technology industry from 2008 to 2018?
23 percent
What is the expected employment number for the business, management and administration industry in 2018?
23.8 million
Which of the following was the unemployment rate in 1933?
25 percent
Approximately how many auto industry jobs were lost during the recession from 2008 to 2009?
300,000
What is the expected growth rate for the transportation, distribution and logistics industry from 2008 to 2018?
4 percent
What predicted portion of the national workforce will be employed in the agriculture, food and natural resources industry in 2018?
4 percent
What is the predicted employment number for the information technology industry in 2018?
4.3 million
What is the predicted employment number for the finance industry in 2018?
4.6 million
What is the predicted employment number for the law and public safety industry in 2018?
5.3 million
What is the predicted employment number for the human services industry in 2018?
6.6 million
What predicted portion of the national workforce will be employed in the architecture and construction industry in 2018?
7 percent
What percentage of the business, management and administration industry requires an education level of postsecondary or above?
80 percent
What is the expected growth rate for the science, technology, engineering and mathematics industry from 2008 to 2018?
9 percent
What percentage of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics workforce has received postsecondary education?
90 percent
What percentage of the information technology workforce has received postsecondary education and training?
93 percent
Which of the following is NOT true of careers in the hospitality and tourism industry?
Job openings require a postsecondary education
Which of the following is NOT a career in the human services industry?
Family financial planner
Which of the following is NOT a career in hospitality and tourism?
Film actor
Which of the following is NOT a career in the health science industry?
Fitness trainer
Which of the following careers will probably see no job growth due to budgetary limitations?
Judge
Which of the following is NOT a reason the domestic manufacturing industry has declined?
Lack of demand for domestically-made products
Which of the following is a job from the past which no longer exists?
Lamplighter
Which of the following careers will experience around zero percent growth from 2008 to 2012?
Legislators
Which of the following is true about transportation maintenance and repair workers?
Require more advanced and specific techniques to perform their jobs
Which of the following is NOT a career in the marketing, sales and services industry?
Restaurant waiter
What is the expected growth rate for the business, management and administration industry from 2008 to 2018?
Six percent
Which of the following accurately describes the projected change for government-related private sector jobs?
Slight growth
Which of the following is NOT a reason for job growth in the architecture and construction industry?
Slow economic recovery
Which of the following groups will enjoy significant job growth in order to keep up with growing economic complexity?
Social scientists
Which of the following is NOT a career in the law and public safety industry?
Social worker
Which of the following jobs will experience the least growth between 2008 and 2018 due to increased automation?
Structural metal fabricators and fitters
Which of the following is NOT an occupation in the education and training industry?
Textbook editor
Which of the following laws prohibits discrimination in employment?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which of the following is a reason jobs for financial clerks and supporting staff will not experience much growth from 2008 to 2018?
The advancement of online financial services
Which of the following is a reason jobs for postsecondary education administrators will grow at a rate of only two percent?
The majority of government funding focuses on K-12 education
Which of the following is NOT a factor which has significantly impacted the human services industry?
The recession from 2007 to 2009
Which of the following is considered to be an economic factor affecting job opportunities?
Globalization
Which of the following is NOT a reason jobs for financial analysts will increase 20 percent by 2018?
Growing number of municipal bond funds
Which of the following accurately describes the health care industry in the past 20 years?
Has steadily grown
When did the domestic manufacturing industry begin to decline?
In 1979
Which of the following is false about the science, technology, engineering and mathematics industry?
Includes architects
Which of the following are results of technological advancements and increased automation?
Increased productivity
Which of the following was the average yearly income for workers in the agriculture, food and natural resources industry in 2009?
Increased productivity
Which of the following is a reason supporting staff in the business, management and administration industry may decrease in the future?
Increased use of technology and office automation
Which of the following is NOT a career in the transportation, distribution and logistics industry?
Travel agent
Which of the following occupations is NOT expected to experience job growth?
Typist
What is the predicted employment number for the education and training industry in 2018?
11.1 million
What is the expected growth rate for the hospitality and tourism industry from 2008 to 2018?
12 percent
What is the predicted employment number for the manufacturing industry in 2018?
12.0 million
What was the average yearly income for workers in the hospitality and tourism industry?
$29,000
Which of the following was the average yearly income for workers in the transportation, distribution and logistics industry in 2009?
$40,000
What was the average yearly income for workers in the manufacturing industry in 2009?
$41,000
What was the average yearly income for workers in the human services industry in 2009?
$42,000
What was the average yearly income for workers in the architecture and construction industry in 2009?
$45,000
What was the average yearly income for workers in the education and training industry in 2009?
$46,000
What was the average yearly income for workers in the arts, A/V technology and communications industry in 2009?
$49,000
What was the average yearly income for workers in the government and public administration industry in 2009?
$50,000
What was the average yearly income for workers in the marketing, sales and services industry in 2009?
$51,000
What was the average yearly income for workers in the health science industry in 2009?
$63,000
What was the average yearly income for workers in the finance industry in 2009?
$64,000
What was the average yearly income for workers in the law and public safety industry in 2009?
$69,000
What was the average yearly income for workers in the information technology industry in 2009?
$71,000
What was the average yearly income for workers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics industry in 2009?
$74,000
What is the expected growth rate for the finance industry from 2008 to 2018?
10 percent
What is the expected growth rate for the marketing, sales and services industry from 2008 to 2018?
11 percent
Which of the following factors are responsible for job growth in natural and environmental sciences?
Awareness of sustainability
Which of the following jobs is considered to be an artisan trade?
Carpenter
Which of the following occupations is NOT in the category of planning, design and inspection?
Construction manager
Which of the following jobs will be returning to the U.S. after many years of being outsourced?
Customer service representative
Which of the following types of artists will experience the least job growth?
Dancers and choreographers
Which of the following factors were NOT responsible for a decline in the arts, A/V technology and communications industry during the recession from 2007 to 2009?
Decline in population's interest in entertainment
Which of the following is NOT a career in the information technology industry?
Website designer
Which of the following accurately describes the job market outlook for law and mediation?
Will experience average growth
Which of the following occupations should be expected to experience a job growth of more than 30 percent?
enviromental engineering