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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A It leads to severe social inequalities.
B It produces more products than can be reasonably consumed.
C It violates the basic economic law of supply and demand.
D It promotes immorality through conspicuous consumption
Question #2
A It is a way of thinking about the supernatural and its part in religion.
B It is a new approach to work and money that emphasizes investment to make profit.
C It is a doctrine legitimating the social order and the inequalities that accompany it
D It is a doctrine emphasizing conspicuous consumption and individual success.
Question #3
A Great Britain
B France
C Italy
D Germany
Question #4
A an endogamous family
B an exogamous family
C a nuclear family
D an extended family
Question #5
A Baptists
B Buddhism
C Roman Catholicism
D The Peoples Temple
Question #6
A have no significant impact in society.
B pay more in taxes.
C increase the demand for social services.
D are as equally likely to vote as high-school graduates.
Question #7
A In the years between 1991 and 2010, states funding for full-time students dropped 26 percent.
B School construction projects have dropped significantly.
C The cost of college education has shifted from states to students and their families.
D Since 1978, the cost of higher education has increased 1,225 percent.
Question #8
A the family
B the church
C among friends
D the school
Question #9
A Many women in the chilbearing years do not see postponment of masrriage and childbearing as pathways to a good job and economic independence.
B Women are having more children nowadays.
C Cohabitation rates continue to pummel.
D Childnessness among married couples has been increasing in recent years.
Question #10
A Organization
B Profane
C Ritual and prayer
D Belief
Question #11
A sacred, sacred
B profane, profane
C sacred, profane
D profane, sacred
Question #12
A Some of the members committed suicide at a distant location
B Many of the members were forced to drink the poison
C All of the Jonestown residents committed suicide.
D Jones ordered the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan
Question #13
A reflects genetic differences among people
B contributes to social inequality
C is culturally biased because the tests are designed for lower-class students
D is a product of racial differences
Question #14
A Corporate profits usually decrease
B Workers become unmotivated and lazy
C Quality of the product or service produced declines
D Lack of camaraderie and communication difficulties.
Question #15
A It is as important today as it was in the past.
B It is the cause of high divorce rates among Latino families
C It is declining with each new generation.
D It is increasing with each new generation.
Question #16
A The nation followed the procedures based on rational-legal authority.
B The de Klerk regime ran out of funds and could no longer make the necessary payoffs to remain in office.
C The transfer of power was based on cultural tradition.
D The Mandela faction had control of a large military power base
Question #17
A social control; religious persecution
B contributing significant funding to the church; sexism in religion
C religious persecution; war and terrorism
D sexism in religion; social control
Question #18
A It is a condensed way for the wearer to say, “I am a follower of Jesus Christ.”
B The cross acts as a badge of courage for fundamentalists.
C The cross is viewed as protection from evil spirits
D The cross is considered appropriate jewelry only for Christians.
Question #19
A It is about the same as the divorce rate of first marriages.
B It is higher than the divorce rate of first marriages
C It varies based on the new dual income of the couple
D It is lower than the divorce rate of first marriages.
Question #20
A exogamy
B homogamy
C endogamy
D polygamy
Question #21
A authoritarian regime
B oligarchy
C democracy
D monarchy
Question #22
A Schools in wealthy neighborhoods receive the most funding
B All schools receive the same amount of funding
C It’s never really known.
D Schools in poor neighborhoods receive the most funding
Question #23
A They will use shaming and peer pressure to ensure proper development
B They will employ strict discipline and dictate the choices he makes.
C They will set limits, then permit him to choose his activities of interest.
D They will allow Ivan to do as he pleases and will not interfere with his choices.
Question #24
A steam engine
B microchip
C human genome
D assembly line
Question #25
A Jose is an unskilled worker.
B Jose is unemployed and is collecting unemployment insurance.
C Jose works without proper identification and is paid in cash.
D Jose is a freelance or contract worker.
Question #26
A motivation
B family background
C personality
D test scores
Question #27
A Without religion, there could be no salvation
B All societies have churches
C It meets basic human needs.
D Religion unites all people of the world
Question #28
A Home-schooled students are equal or do better than conventional schooled students.
B Home-schooled students are shy and timid when encountering new social situations.
C Home-schooled students are functionally illiterate when it comes to social skills.
D Home-schooled students have significant behavioral problems.
Question #29
A endogamy
B propinquity
C exogamy
D heterogamy
Question #30
A oligarchy
B monarchy
C totalitarian regime
D democracy
Question #31
A grade inflation
B human capital
C credentialism
D the hidden curriculum
Question #32
A solidarity
B sociology
C the sociological Imagination
D social control
Question #33
A the level that the market will bear
B the industrialist who produces the goods
C the central committee that decides what the country needs
D the consumer who purchases the goods
Question #34
A They were elected to the positions they held.
B They were all charismatic leaders.
C They were all ultimately successful in their ambitions.
D They were all driven to success by political ambition
Question #35
A The age at which people cohabitate usually ends at around 30
B Cohabitation is never permanent, whereas most marriages are.
C Marriage is more fragile and more likely to end in separation.
D There is a greater degree of financial and emotional commitment in marriage.
Question #36
A Many parents today are working parents.
B There are more single-parent households today than in the past 30 years.
C The number of nuclear families has doubled over the past 30 years.
D Cohabitation has emerged as a common lifestyle.
Question #37
A the identification of potential marriage partners
B the provision of day-care facilities
C the transformation of a diverse population into a homogeneous society
D socialization into a bureaucratic society
Question #38
A opening programs to all students
B charging tuition for students to attend the better schools
C tracking or sorting students into different education programs
D creating a two-tier level of schools
Question #39
A The poor will continue to suffer from more health problems and die at a younger age
B People with higher incomes will receive higher quality healthcare.
C Inequality in medical care will be eliminated.
D Congress will maintain its luxurious, government-paid medical care.
Question #40
A are declining in number
B generally involve the husband assuming half the domestic duties in the household
C typically involves the husband working a second shift
D usually assume that the wife will handle the bulk of household responsibilities in addition to her job