Navigation » List of Schools » Los Angeles City College » Sociology » Soc 001 – Introduction to Sociology » Fall 2019 » Exam 3
Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A about 77 cents for every dollar men earn.
B about half of what men earn
C about the same as what men earn
D more than men earn in most occupations.
Question #2
A ageism; Robert Butler
B age cohort; C. Everett Koop
C gerotranscendence; Lars Tornstam
D gender age; Francis E. Downey
Question #3
A white-collar jobs
B blue-colar jobs
C low-paying Jobs
D high-paying jobs
Question #4
A There is only one race; intelligence is based on race
B One race is superior to another; pure races exist
C Eventually there will only be one race; all races have the same origin
D All races have the same origin; race is a status that cannot be changed
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 between eight and ten years
C for a year or less
D until both children are 18 years of age
Question #7
A conflict theorists
B none
C functionalists theorists
D symbolic interactionists
Question #8
A The secondary sex characteristics of men and women
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 degree of inequality between men and women in a society
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 based on social factors
D Gender differences are the result of biological differences.
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 Being born male or female carries images and expectations on how one should act.
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 fewer births to single women
B the lower the level of education, the fewer births to single women
C There is no relationship between the level of education and 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 stereotyping
C institutional discrimination
D individual 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 It is due to his unwillingness to work.
B Changes in John’s value system are the most likely cause.
C He is not intelligent enough to get a better job.
D Changes in the social structure are the most likely cause.
Question #17
A sex
B gender identity
C androgyny
D machismo
Question #18
A white power
B white supremacy
C brown power
D white privilege
Question #19
A unskilled worker
B craftsman
C bureaucrat
D skilled laborer
Question #20
A Archie is more likely than Michael to be prejudiced against Asians.
B No conclusion can be drawn from the statement.
C Michael and Archie are equally likely to be prejudiced against Asians
D Michael is more likely than Archie 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 Environmental racism is a subtle form of racism.
B Extreme cases of arthritis consitute examples of health related issues resulting from environmental racism.
C There is the dumping of waste on Native American lands.
D Coal power plants are disproprtionately placed in comminities of color.
Question #23
A They would allow nursing homes to apply for more grants and reduce costs to families.
B They would make licensure of nursing homes easier.
C They would improve the efficiency of nursing home operations
D They would likely reduce the incidents of elderly abuse.
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 based on biological factors only
D is entirely dependent upon fixed biological characteristics
Question #25
A ownership of one group of people by another
B movement up and down the class ladder
C enforced norms of endogamy
D class distinction for life based on ascription
Question #26
A assimilation and segregation
B population transfer and segregation
C genocide and pluralism
D population transfer and genocide
Question #27
A She will be more politically radical.
B She will be apathetic towards politics.
C She will be ultra conservative.
D She will probably become a socialist worker.
Question #28
A Income earnings are just about evenly divided among all Americans.
B The top 20 percent of Americans earn nearly half the income.
C The top two-thirds of Americans earn about two-thirds of the income.
D The bottom 20 percent of Americans earn about 15 percent of the income.
Question #29
A neocolonialism
B slavery
C globalization
D caste system
Question #30
A The class system existed before the other three.
B The class system is not based on religion.
C The class system works in democracies.
D The class system has fluid boundaries.
Question #31
A absolute poverty
B transitional poverty
C low-level poverty
D relative poverty
Question #32
A social stratification
B structural mobility
C social reform
D income distribution
Question #33
A The workers are experiencing false class consciousness.
B The workers’ sense of fairness has been influenced by primogeniture.
C The workers share class consciousness.
D The workers are victims of social stratification.
Question #34
A It created the Temporary Aid to Needy Families program
B It was enacted by President Bill Clinton
C It reformed U.S. welfare policy
D It also had a significant impact on many in the upper-middle class.
Question #35
A are much less likely than people with low income to vote
B Just as likely as people with low incomes to vote
C Less likely than people with low incomes to vote
D More likely than people with low incomes to vote