{"id":25565,"date":"2026-10-16T23:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/new-jersey-industry-raise-measured-output-while-reducing-workforce\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:29:40","slug":"new-jersey-industry-raise-measured-output-while-reducing-workforce","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/new-jersey-industry-raise-measured-output-while-reducing-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"How could an industry raise measured output while reducing its workforce?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How could an industry raise measured output while reducing its workforce?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Technology and process changes may increase output per worker<\/li>\n<li>Output measures adjust automatically to keep employment and production moving together<\/li>\n<li>Employment falling implies that machinery and software productivity must decline<\/li>\n<li>Labor-saving technology is prohibited from raising output under GDP accounting<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[3258],"topic":[3975,4002],"education_level":[1897],"class_list":["post-25565","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-us-economy","topic-new-jersey-facts","topic-regional-economic-analysis","education_level-graduate"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A sector can lose workers while maintaining or increasing measured output if production methods change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Automation, software, improved production processes, or new equipment can raise output while reducing labor requirements. Analysts should examine productivity, industry composition, wages, and job quality rather than assuming every change is harmful or beneficial. Job quantity, wage quality, and distribution of productivity gains are separate outcome measures.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"Technology and process changes may increase output per worker"},{"right":"no","answer":"Output measures adjust automatically to keep employment and production moving together"},{"right":"no","answer":"Employment falling implies that machinery and software productivity must decline"},{"right":"no","answer":"Labor-saving technology is prohibited from raising output under GDP accounting"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3258,"title":"U.S. Economy","slug":"us-economy"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3975,"title":"New Jersey Facts","slug":"new-jersey-facts"},{"id":4002,"title":"Regional Economic Analysis","slug":"regional-economic-analysis"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":1897,"title":"Graduate","slug":"graduate"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/25565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=25565"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=25565"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=25565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}