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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A more than men earn in most occupations.
B about 77 cents for every dollar men earn.
C about half of what men earn
D about the same as what men earn
Question #2
A gerotranscendence; Lars Tornstam
B gender age; Francis E. Downey
C age cohort; C. Everett Koop
D ageism; Robert Butler
Question #3
A blue-colar jobs
B low-paying Jobs
C high-paying jobs
D white-collar jobs
Question #4
A One race is superior to another; pure races exist
B All races have the same origin; race is a status that cannot be changed
C Eventually there will only be one race; all races have the same origin
D There is only one race; intelligence is based on race
Question #5
A Neither nature nor nurture is responsible for determining human behavior.
B Nurture is the dominant force in determining human behavior.
C Nature is the dominant force in determining human behavior.
D Human behavior is the result of nature and nurture working together.
Question #6
A between eight and ten years
B for a year or less
C for at least five or six years
D until both children are 18 years of age
Question #7
A conflict theorists
B functionalists theorists
C none
D symbolic interactionists
Question #8
A The degree of inequality between men and women in a society
B people’s sexual orientation
C The personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being a male or female.
D The secondary sex characteristics of men and women
Question #9
A campaigning to pass an Equal Rights Amendment
B winning the right to vote for women
C reforming all the institutions of society
D changing women’s work roles
Question #10
A Gender differences are based on physiological differences.
B Gender differences are based on social factors
C Gender differences are the result of biological differences.
D Gender differences are based on genetic dispositions.
Question #11
A The world offers unequal access to power, prestige, and property based on one’s sex
B The terms “sex” and “gender” are sociologically and biologically interchangeable.
C Gender is sociologically significant because it is the way in which society controls its members.
D Being born male or female carries images and expectations on how one should act.
Question #12
A the lower the level of education, the fewer births to single women
B There is no relationship between the level of education and births to single women.
C the greater the level of education, the fewer births to single women
D the greater the level of education, the more births to single women
Question #13
A pluralistic minority
B secessionists minority
C assimilationist minority
D militant minority
Question #14
A cronyism
B individual discrimination
C institutional discrimination
D stereotyping
Question #15
A The ACLU took the Loving case to the Virginia Supreme Court, where the Court invalidated the Virginia anti-miscegenation statute in 1965
B The ACLU took the Loving case to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the Court invalidated all anti-miscegenation laws in 1967.
C Richard and Mildred Loving found very little support from whites.
D None of the above is true.
Question #16
A Changes in John’s value system are the most likely cause.
B He is not intelligent enough to get a better job.
C Changes in the social structure are the most likely cause.
D It is due to his unwillingness to work.
Question #17
A gender identity
B sex
C androgyny
D machismo
Question #18
A brown power
B white power
C white privilege
D white supremacy
Question #19
A skilled laborer
B unskilled worker
C craftsman
D bureaucrat
Question #20
A Archie is more likely than Michael to be prejudiced against Asians.
B Michael and Archie are equally likely to be prejudiced against Asians
C Michael is more likely than Archie to be prejudiced against Asians.
D No conclusion can be drawn from the statement.
Question #21
A Societies may define both “masculine” and “feminine” differently.
B All societies define feminine in the same way.
C All societies define masculine in the same way.
D Some societies have no definitions for gender categories.
Question #22
A There is the dumping of waste on Native American lands.
B Extreme cases of arthritis consitute examples of health related issues resulting from environmental racism.
C Coal power plants are disproprtionately placed in comminities of color.
D Environmental racism is a subtle form of racism.
Question #23
A They would likely reduce the incidents of elderly abuse.
B They would improve the efficiency of nursing home operations
C They would allow nursing homes to apply for more grants and reduce costs to families.
D They would make licensure of nursing homes easier.
Question #24
A tends to be quite similar in all cultures
B varies, depending upon the society in which its meaning is constructed
C is entirely dependent upon fixed biological characteristics
D is based on biological factors only
Question #25
A enforced norms of endogamy
B class distinction for life based on ascription
C ownership of one group of people by another
D movement up and down the class ladder
Question #26
A assimilation and segregation
B population transfer and genocide
C genocide and pluralism
D population transfer and segregation
Question #27
A She will be more politically radical.
B She will be apathetic towards politics.
C She will probably become a socialist worker.
D She will be ultra conservative.
Question #28
A The bottom 20 percent of Americans earn about 15 percent of the income.
B Income earnings are just about evenly divided among all Americans.
C The top 20 percent of Americans earn nearly half the income.
D The top two-thirds of Americans earn about two-thirds of the income.
Question #29
A caste system
B neocolonialism
C globalization
D slavery
Question #30
A The class system has fluid boundaries.
B The class system existed before the other three.
C The class system is not based on religion.
D The class system works in democracies.
Question #31
A absolute poverty
B low-level poverty
C transitional poverty
D relative poverty
Question #32
A social reform
B income distribution
C structural mobility
D social stratification
Question #33
A The workers share class consciousness.
B The workers are victims of social stratification.
C The workers are experiencing false class consciousness.
D The workers’ sense of fairness has been influenced by primogeniture.
Question #34
A It also had a significant impact on many in the upper-middle class.
B It reformed U.S. welfare policy
C It was enacted by President Bill Clinton
D It created the Temporary Aid to Needy Families program
Question #35
A More likely than people with low incomes to vote
B Less likely than people with low incomes to vote
C Just as likely as people with low incomes to vote
D are much less likely than people with low income to vote