15. Rank the following U.S. job categories in order of earnings from highest to lowest 2 I x. 3' a. Executives and managers, professionals, skilled blue-collar workers, service workers 2\\. a J b. Professionals, executives and managers, skilled bluecollar workers, whitecollar workers '2'. J c. Professionals, whitecollar workers, semiskilled blue collar workers, agricultural workers " 3' d. Service workers, skilled bluecollar workers, semiskilled blue collar workers, agricultural workers \\. 16. The Federal Reserve System [the Fed} is the U.S. central bank. Its main johfs isfare to 2\\ R J a. Supervise and regulate banks 2 I x 3' b. Clear checks '1 3' c. Regulate the nation's money supply 3' d. All of the above 2 I x 1?. Underemployed people include 2 x. I c J a. Part-time workers who cannot find full-time work. .rx a J b. Workers making very low wages. " 3' c. Workers who can only find jobs below their skill and abili'cr.r level. 3' d. All of the above 2 I s. 13. Congress sets the lowest hourly wage that can legally be paid to an employee, called the 19. Employee paychecks are reduced by deductions, which are 2 I x 3' a. Monies taken out of an employee's pavcheck. .rx a J b. Federal and state taxes 13' c. Social Security.r and Medicare taxes. 3' d. All of the above 2 I s. 20. Another way to dene gross pay is the