Actual Question wednesday

Work Family Dynamics (Passage 3)
27 Answer: C
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions
Answer location: Paragraph A, line 4
Answer explanation: A line in the said paragraph states that “generally, the reasons
for both being involved in the workforce revolve around the need to add to the

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family’s current financial base.” Here, both signify fathers and mothers. And it is
given that the reason both join the workforce is because of their family’s current
financial base and that they need extra money.
28 Answer: D
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions
Answer location: Paragraph B, line 1
Answer explanation: The opening line of paragraph B signifies that “many
researchers agree that attitudes towards work are carried over into family life. This
spillover can be positive or negative.” Since the attitude towards work is carried into
the family, it implies that work-life affects family life, and it is known as spillover.
29 Answer: B
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions
Answer location: Paragraph F, line 3
Answer explanation: The answer is clearly mentioned in the said paragraph and
line. You must note the paraphrasing here. In the passage, it is said that “Winthrope
points out that, even though a woman may enter the workforce, research has shown
that within the context of the family, the care of her husband and children, as well as
the living quarters, is still heavily the woman’s domain.” Here, we can observe that
Winthrope states that even though women enter the workforce, they are heavily
burdened by the household duties (care of her husband and children).
30 Answer: C
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions
Answer location: Paragraph G, 2nd last line
Answer explanation: You can note the paraphrasing here. In the passage, it states
that “many have conducted empirical research in relation to work-family conflict and
job satisfaction with significantly varying results. However, one generally recognized
outcome about which few researchers disagree is that when work-family conflict
arises, job satisfaction decreases.” According to the author, when work-family conflict
arises, job satisfaction decreases, which means family relationships have a
significant effect on job satisfaction.

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31 Answer: B
Question Type: Matching features
Answer location: Paragraph E, last line
Answer explanation: Few lines in the said paragraph convey that “segmentation
theory proposes that work and family are actually two entirely separate domains and
individuals are able to maintain a clear demarcation between the two.” The term
separate can also be understood as unrelated. Hence, according to segmentation
theory work and family are totally unrelated.
32 Answer: E
Question Type: Matching features
Answer location: Paragraph E, 2nd last line
Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, there’s a line that claims “studies built on
the theory of self-determination, therefore, point out that if people have abundant
levels of self-determination, participation in those areas will most often result in
desirable outcomes.” Here, a high level can be inferred as abundant levels. Hence,
self-determination theory implies that high (abundant) levels of participation lead to
positive work and family outcomes (desirable outcomes).
33 Answer: H
Question Type: Matching features
Answer location: Paragraph E, 2nd last line
Answer explanation: In the said paragraph, you can point out that “it assumes that
the relationship between work and family is negative by pointing out that high
involvement in one sphere – invariably the work sphere – leads to low involvement in
the other.” According to compensation theory, high involvement in one sphere (high
work involvement) results in low involvement in the other ( family neglect).
34 Answer: C
Question Type: Matching features
Answer location: Paragraph D, line 3
Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, a line in the passage specifies that
“hence, the relationship between work and family is constantly changing over a
person’s life. The developmental approach, therefore… exploré is) the dynamics of

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the relationship between the individual, family, and career developments in the
life-span of a worker.” The developmental theory explores the relationship between
work and family in a person’s life.
35 Answer: TRUE
Question Type: True/False/Not Given Questions
Answer location: Paragraph A, line 4
Answer explanation: If you observe, in the said paragraph, the fact that “generally,
the reasons for both being involved in the workforce revolve around the need to add
to the family’s current financial base.” Here, both signify fathers and mothers. And it
is given that the reason both join the workforce is because of their family’s current
financial base and that they needed extra money. Hence, it’s true that due to lack of
money both fathers and mothers enter the workforce.
36 Answer: TRUE
Question Type: True/False/Not Given Questions
Answer location: Paragraph C, last line
Answer explanation: The answer is clearly mentioned in the said paragraph and line.
In the passage, it is said that “researchers subscribing to this theory point out that
the drain on family time is significantly related to work-family conflict with an
escalation in conflict as the number of family members increases.” Drain on family
time means family members spend less time together, and this is due to work-family
conflict. And this conflict escalates (rises) if/according to the size of the family (family
members increases).
37 Answer: NOT GIVEN
Question Type: True/False/Not Given Questions
Answer location: N/A
Answer explanation: None of the paragraphs confirms or denies that high-income
earners balance work and family life better than low-income earners.
38 Answer: FALSE
Question Type: True/False/Not Given Questions
Answer location: Paragraph F, last line

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Answer explanation: Few lines in said paragraph discuss that “despite this, there has
been no positive link shown that one sex experiences greater difficulty in managing
work-family conflicts over another.” Since it is given that there is no positive link on
which sex experiences greater difficulty in managing work-family conflicts, it is
incorrect to state that men handle work stresses better than women.
39 Answer: TRUE
Question Type: True/False/Not Given Questions
Answer location: Paragraph G, line 1
Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, the author in the given paragraph
mentions that “perhaps the most positive relationship that could be established
between work and family conflict was in regard to irregular work hours.” From this
line, we can confirm that work-family conflict is due largely (regards) to constant
changes in work hours.
40 Answer: D
Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions
Answer location: Complete Paragraph
Answer explanation: By reading the passage you should have taken notice that all
the ideas presented here are related to work, family, conflict, and job satisfaction.
Thus, the appropriate title for the passage would be work-family conflict and job
satisfaction.