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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A about the same as what men earn
B more than men earn in most occupations.
C about half of what men earn
D about 77 cents for every dollar men earn.
Question #2
A age cohort; C. Everett Koop
B ageism; Robert Butler
C gender age; Francis E. Downey
D gerotranscendence; Lars Tornstam
Question #3
A blue-colar jobs
B low-paying Jobs
C white-collar jobs
D high-paying jobs
Question #4
A Eventually there will only be one race; all races have the same origin
B All races have the same origin; race is a status that cannot be changed
C One race is superior to another; pure races exist
D There is only one race; intelligence is based on race
Question #5
A Nurture is the dominant force in determining human behavior.
B Neither nature nor nurture is responsible for 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 until both children are 18 years of age
B between eight and ten years
C for a year or less
D for at least five or six years
Question #7
A conflict theorists
B symbolic interactionists
C functionalists theorists
D none
Question #8
A The secondary sex characteristics of men and women
B The personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being a male or female.
C people’s sexual orientation
D The degree of inequality between men and women in a society
Question #9
A changing women’s work roles
B reforming all the institutions of society
C campaigning to pass an Equal Rights Amendment
D winning the right to vote for women
Question #10
A Gender differences are based on genetic dispositions.
B Gender differences are based on physiological differences.
C Gender differences are based on social factors
D Gender differences are the result of biological differences.
Question #11
A The terms “sex” and “gender” are sociologically and biologically interchangeable.
B The world offers unequal access to power, prestige, and property based on one’s sex
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 lower the level of education, the fewer births to single women
B There is no relationship between the level of education and births to single women.
C the greater the level of education, the fewer births to single women
D the greater the level of education, the more births to single women
Question #13
A assimilationist minority
B pluralistic minority
C militant minority
D secessionists minority
Question #14
A institutional discrimination
B stereotyping
C cronyism
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 Changes in John’s value system are the most likely cause.
B It is due to his unwillingness to work.
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 gender identity
B sex
C androgyny
D machismo
Question #18
A white privilege
B brown power
C white supremacy
D white power
Question #19
A craftsman
B unskilled worker
C bureaucrat
D skilled laborer
Question #20
A Archie is more likely than Michael to be prejudiced against Asians.
B Michael and Archie are equally likely to be prejudiced against Asians
C Michael is more likely than Archie to be prejudiced against Asians.
D No conclusion can be drawn from the statement.
Question #21
A All societies define feminine in the same way.
B Societies may define both “masculine” and “feminine” differently.
C Some societies have no definitions for gender categories.
D All societies define masculine in the same way.
Question #22
A Coal power plants are disproprtionately placed in comminities of color.
B Environmental racism is a subtle form of racism.
C There is the dumping of waste on Native American lands.
D Extreme cases of arthritis consitute examples of health related issues resulting from environmental racism.
Question #23
A They would improve the efficiency of nursing home operations
B They would make licensure of nursing homes easier.
C They would allow nursing homes to apply for more grants and reduce costs to families.
D They would likely reduce the incidents of elderly abuse.
Question #24
A tends to be quite similar in all cultures
B is entirely dependent upon fixed biological characteristics
C varies, depending upon the society in which its meaning is constructed
D is based on biological factors only
Question #25
A movement up and down the class ladder
B ownership of one group of people by another
C enforced norms of endogamy
D class distinction for life based on ascription
Question #26
A population transfer and genocide
B genocide and pluralism
C population transfer and segregation
D assimilation and segregation
Question #27
A She will be apathetic towards politics.
B She will be more politically radical.
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 two-thirds of Americans earn about two-thirds of the income.
C The top 20 percent of Americans earn nearly half the income.
D The bottom 20 percent of Americans earn about 15 percent of the income.
Question #29
A neocolonialism
B globalization
C slavery
D caste system
Question #30
A The class system has fluid boundaries.
B The class system works in democracies.
C The class system is not based on religion.
D The class system existed before the other three.
Question #31
A transitional poverty
B relative poverty
C low-level poverty
D absolute poverty
Question #32
A structural mobility
B social reform
C social stratification
D income distribution
Question #33
A The workers are victims of social stratification.
B The workers’ sense of fairness has been influenced by primogeniture.
C The workers share class consciousness.
D The workers are experiencing false class consciousness.
Question #34
A It was enacted by President Bill Clinton
B It created the Temporary Aid to Needy Families program
C It also had a significant impact on many in the upper-middle class.
D It reformed U.S. welfare policy
Question #35
A Less likely than people with low incomes to vote
B are much less likely than people with low income to vote
C More likely than people with low incomes to vote
D Just as likely as people with low incomes to vote