GED SOCIAL STUDIES Exam Questions and Answers

QUESTION: 31

A business is composed of different departments that have specific functions to fulfill.The personnel department manages relations between management and employees, marketing is concerned with selling the products in the market, and production oversees manufacturing of those products.
Which unit would be responsible for advertising a product in a newspaper or on television?

personnel
finance
production
marketing
quality control

Answer(s): D

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QUESTION: 32

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Which development is most similar to the nomadic shepherds' experiences?

Investors make a profit by building fisheries in manmade lakes.
Engineers and laborers get jobs where coal and oil are discovered.
Many information technology jobs are available in rural areas.
Office workers must work shorter hours to avoid job layoffs.
Farmers lose their jobs when their farmland is blown away in dust storms.

Answer(s): E

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QUESTION: 33

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This 1868 lithograph shows an idealized scene presenting farmers and settlers from the East, along with railroads, moving into lands already occupied by Native Americans.

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This 1868 lithograph shows an idealized scene presenting farmers and settlers from the East, along with railroads, moving into lands already occupied by Native Americans.
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Why did many people in the United States move to California in 1849?