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Copyright 2001
Pepperdine University
The George L. Graziadio School of Business & Management

400 Corporate Pointe
Culver City, CA 90230
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Summer 2001 GBR Quiz
VACATION QUIZ

GBR's staff obviously needs a break.
Check out the Vacation Loop if you have not already done so.

1. In the United States vacation time for workers in private companies or nonprofit organizations is required by:
A)  Federal law.
B)  State law in all states.
C)  Both state and federal law.
D)  None of the above.

2. Compared with workers in the other industrialized countries, workers in the United States have (on average):
A)  More vacation days per year.
B)  About the same number of vacation days as workers in other industrialized countries.
C)  Fewer vacation days.

3. The average number of vacation days for American workers who get company-paid vacations is estimated to be in the range of:
A)  Five - six.
B)  Eight - ten.
C)  Twelve - sixteen.
D)  Twenty - twenty-five.

4. If you don't use up all of your vacation time before you leave a company, the company must pay you for the accrued vacation time you have not used.
A)  Always.
B)  Never.
C)  It Depends.

5. In California, a company may legally refuse to let you accrue additional vacation time at some number of days if you don't use the days you have already accrued.
A)  True
B)  False

6. Commentators are noting that many Americans are:
A)  Taking unpaid days off in order to have more vacation time.
B)  Not taking all of their vacation days because of the pressure of work.
C)  Negotiating for higher wages in lieu of vacation time.
D)  Are donating most of their vacation time to fellow workers whose jobs are less demanding.

7. If you are planning to travel abroad on your vacation, you might want to check which of the following websites:
A)  http://travel.state.gov/
B) 
C)  http://www.cdc.gov/travel/
D)  All of the above

8. Driving somewhere on vacation is an American tradition. In the days before de-regulated airlines and inter-state highways, the famed route from Chicago to Los Angeles was:
A)  Route 66.
B)  Highway 100.
C)  The Pan-American Highway.
D)  None of the above.

9. For those nearing retirement age who remember long family driving vacations when they were kids, "Burma Shave" brings back memories of:
A)  A chain of variety/drug stores (with good ice cream) that were at the edge of every little town through which you drove.
B)  Advertising jingles along the highway that kept you entertained.
C)  Rough stretches of highway where the roads had not yet been repaired.
D)  A game that kids played in the car.

10. National parks and monuments are favorite vacation destinations. Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota is one of the famous ones. Which of the following American presidents is NOT sculpted on the face of Mt. Rushmore:
A)  George Washington.
B)  Thomas Jefferson.
C)  Abraham Lincoln.
D)  Franklin Roosevelt.
E)  All of them are there.

  

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