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