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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A cooperation
B face-saving
C teamwork
D social manipulation
Question #2
A material object
B partial cure for ethnocentrism
C cultural universal
D symbol
Question #3
A Charles H Cooley
B Karl Marx and W.E.B. DuBois
C Robert Merton
D Emile Durkheim
Question #4
A Being a close friend of your boss.
B A student is assigned to work extra holiday hours that conflict with her class schedule.
C A surgeon is operating on her own daughter.
D A student is expected to take exams in two different classes on the same day.
Question #5
A the study of homosexuals
B participant observation in restrooms
C using graduate students in research
D violating his participant’s privacy
Question #6
A Harriet Martineau
B Karl Marx
C Aguste Comte
D Herbert Spencer
Question #7
A that one’s theoretical perspective will be confirmed
B really, nothing at all.
C maximum objectivity and consistency
D that any hypothesis will be confirmed
Question #8
A the sociological imagination/C. Wright Mills
B value-free sociology/Max Weber
C mechanical solidarity/Emile Durkheim
D class conflict/Karl Marx
Question #9
A Dr. Zalewski has set up a system of academic social stratification.
B Dr. Zalewski has created a strong sense of social structure in her classroom.
C Dr. Zalewski is engaged in the macrosociological approach.
D Dr. Zalewski is advocating social inequality by maintaining different standards than other faculty.
Question #10
A acting like your mother when she was your age
B having a prescribed sex (male or female)
C being a high school drop-out
D knowing your particular ethnic descent
Question #11
A conflict
B symbolic interactionist
C functionalist
D exchange
Question #12
A class structure
B social solidarity
C social imperative
D division of labor
Question #13
A Officer Friel is experiencing role strain.
B Officer Friel is experiencing role conflict.
C Officer Friel is now engaged in role reversal.
D Officer Friel is faced with status inconsistency.
Question #14
A intimate space
B personal space
C social space
D public space
Question #15
A They are members of the same social class.
B They share the same social location in all respects.
C They have identical social roles.
D They share a great deal of social solidarity.
Question #16
A master status
B ascribed status
C social status
D status set
Question #17
A value contradictions
B value clusters
C positive sanctions
D folkways
Question #18
A have to become totally dependent upon memory
B be little more advanced than lower primates
C focus more on plans and actions instead of talk
D live in the past and have no concept of the future
Question #19
A They are showing a need for cultural relativism.
B They are challenging a taboo of their counterculture.
C They are violating a more of their society.
D They are conforming to the folkways of their subculture.
Question #20
A America is a pluralistic society.
B America is a society of subcultures and countercultures.
C America is a polytheistic society.
D America is based on the principles of oligarchy.
Question #21
A Chicago Cubs fans
B gang members operating in the San Quentin prison
C individuals advocating the legalization of prostitution
D bikers in an outlaw motorcycle club
Question #22
A expressions of disapproval for violating socially acceptable behavior
B ideas about what is true or false
C standards by which people define what is socially desirable
D expectations or rules of behavior that develop from values
Question #23
A Kristina experienced culture shock.
B Kristina was practicing cultural relativism.
C Kristina was introduced to new folkways.
D Kristina experienced a facet of globalization.
Question #24
A the cultural universal
B cultural relativism
C the relativist fallacy
D ethnocentrism
Question #25
A It is a spurious relationship.
B It is classified as a null hypothesis.
C It is a cause-and-effect relationship.
D It is an indirect relationship.
Question #26
A participant observation
B the survey
C secondary analysis
D the experiment
Question #27
A rapport
B commitment
C confidentiality
D empathy
Question #28
A This is an example of a closed-ended question.
B The question and answer are examples of generalizability in research.
C This is an example of an open-ended question.
D The question and answer are a part of secondary analysis.
Question #29
A The early IQ tests were based on a faulty hypothesis.
B The early IQ tests lacked reliability.
C The early IQ tests were improperly administered.
D The early IQ tests lacked validity.
Question #30
A misunderstanding of the subjects’ world
B inappropriate questions
C faulty hypothesis
D interviewer bias
Question #31
A “All men are created equal.”
B “Unemployed men are more likely to commit spousal abuse than employed men.”
C “A penny saved is a penny earned.”
D “More than 300 million people live in the United States.”
Question #32
A multinational corporations
B the military
C doctor-patient relationships
D race relations
Question #33
A civilized; barbarians
B bourgeoisie; proletariat
C upper class; lower class
D nobles; peasants
Question #34
A the sociological perspective (or imagination)
B social location
C social integration
D the social imperative
Question #35
A an understanding of who may have been victimized by the change
B a framework or context from which to view the meaning of the change
C an understanding of who may have benefited from the change
D a macroanalytical focus of the extent and duration of the change
Question #36
A No single perspective is best, so all three must be utilized.
B symbolic interactionism and structural functionalism
C symbolic interactionism and the conflict perspective
D structural functionalism and the conflict perspective
Question #37
A conflict theorists and structural functionalists
B symbolic interactionists and structural functionalists
C symbolic interactionists and conflict theorists
D conflict theorists and symbolic interactionists
Question #38
A basic sociologist; applied sociologist
B functionalist; conflict theorist
C symbolic interactionist; functionalist
D applied sociologist; functionalist
Question #39
A religion; education
B government; economics
C education; political stability
D economics; religion
Question #40
A Talcott Parsons
B Herbert Spencer
C C. Wright Mills
D Emille Durkheim