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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A trial marriage cohabitation
B substitute marriage cohabitation
C premarital cohabitation
D dating cohabitation
Question #2
A Latino women are generally less likely than African American women to experience a shortage of marriageable partners.
B Latinos are more likely to be never married than their African American counterparts.
C The Latino population is on average a much older population compared to their African American counterparts.
D Latinos have lower marriage rates than their African American counterparts.
Question #3
A National data from the FBI show disproportionately large numbers of urban black men in their 20s and early 30s are in prison or jail or are victims of homicide.
B The marriage squeeze among Asian communities is leading to several intermarriages, which has led to disproportionate marriage rates.
C Unlike Asian American women, whose familial ties encourage them to marry first and second cousins, African American women are generally averse to marrying within their social circles.
D Unlike their Asian counterparts, many African American women are increasingly opting to cohabit with men from other races rather than marry men from their own societies.
Question #4
A Involuntary temporary singles
B Involuntary established singles
C Voluntary stable singles
D Voluntary temporary singles
Question #5
A They are clustered around urban areas.
B They refer to the clustering of single moms in rural western states.
C They receive extensive financial assistance from their families.
D They contain at least three single roommates.
Question #6
A financial
B moral
C pecuniary
D social
Question #7
A common-law marriage
B trial marriage
C substitute marriage
D dating cohabitation
Question #8
A demographic slide
B sex ratio
C marriage opportunity index
D marriage quotient
Question #9
A the failure of the feminist movement in America
B the decline in education among men
C the postponement of marriage
D the decline in education among women
Question #10
A American born Koreans have a lower divorce rate than their immigrant counterparts.
B Chinese Americans have the highest divorce rates in the general population.
C Japanese Americans are less likely to face a marriage squeeze.
D Chinese Americans are more likely to marry outside their racial communities.
Question #11
A They are looking for much younger men to marry.
B They are only interested in men who already married.
C Men in their middle years typically prefer to remain single.
D Men their age are looking for much younger women.
Question #12
A older women
B older men
C female students
D male students
Question #13
A physical or mental disability
B desire to be independent
C waiting for a soul mate
D technological advances in contraceptive techniques
Question #14
A inertia effect
B friction effect
C cohabitation effect
D separation effect
Question #15
A marriage squeeze
B marriage opportunity index
C selection disposition
D sex ratio
Question #16
A voluntary temporary single
B involuntary temporary single
C voluntary stable single
D involuntary stable single
Question #17
A The assimilation of American behaviors has contributed to rising marriage rates and falling divorce rates.
B The Latino population is on average a younger population compared to non-Latino populations.
C The concept of “familism” ensures that most people do not consider divorce as an option even under extreme circumstances.
D Since most Hispanic workers are undocumented, most people cannot apply for legal divorces, and hence “breakups” remain under the radar.
Question #18
A Men’s median age at first marriage is more than that of women.
B Women’s median age at first marriage since 1960 has decreased when compared to men.
C From a historical perspective, the present tendency to delay marriage has been the norm for women when compared to men.
D More men than women choose to live alone.
Question #19
A People do not have to worry about widowhood or divorce.
B People do not have to save extra money for retirement.
C Older singles are not expected to socialize.
D Older singles do not have to worry about sex.
Question #20
A Lesser percentage of Asian American women are married than their Latina counterparts.
B Foreign-born Asian women have higher cohabitation rates than U.S.-born Latinas.
C Higher percentage of Asian American women are single than their Latina counterparts.
D Asian women have lower cohabitation rates than Latinas.