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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A It leads to severe social inequalities.
B It produces more products than can be reasonably consumed.
C It promotes immorality through conspicuous consumption
D It violates the basic economic law of supply and demand.
Question #2
A It is a doctrine legitimating the social order and the inequalities that accompany it
B It is a way of thinking about the supernatural and its part in religion.
C It is a doctrine emphasizing conspicuous consumption and individual success.
D It is a new approach to work and money that emphasizes investment to make profit.
Question #3
A Germany
B Italy
C Great Britain
D France
Question #4
A an endogamous family
B an extended family
C an exogamous family
D a nuclear family
Question #5
A Roman Catholicism
B Baptists
C The Peoples Temple
D Buddhism
Question #6
A are as equally likely to vote as high-school graduates.
B pay more in taxes.
C have no significant impact in society.
D increase the demand for social services.
Question #7
A School construction projects have dropped significantly.
B In the years between 1991 and 2010, states funding for full-time students dropped 26 percent.
C The cost of college education has shifted from states to students and their families.
D Since 1978, the cost of higher education has increased 1,225 percent.
Question #8
A the family
B among friends
C the school
D the church
Question #9
A Childnessness among married couples has been increasing in recent years.
B Women are having more children nowadays.
C Many women in the chilbearing years do not see postponment of masrriage and childbearing as pathways to a good job and economic independence.
D Cohabitation rates continue to pummel.
Question #10
A Organization
B Profane
C Ritual and prayer
D Belief
Question #11
A profane, sacred
B sacred, profane
C sacred, sacred
D profane, profane
Question #12
A All of the Jonestown residents committed suicide.
B Jones ordered the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan
C Many of the members were forced to drink the poison
D Some of the members committed suicide at a distant location
Question #13
A is culturally biased because the tests are designed for lower-class students
B is a product of racial differences
C contributes to social inequality
D reflects genetic differences among people
Question #14
A Quality of the product or service produced declines
B Workers become unmotivated and lazy
C Lack of camaraderie and communication difficulties.
D Corporate profits usually decrease
Question #15
A It is the cause of high divorce rates among Latino families
B It is increasing with each new generation.
C It is as important today as it was in the past.
D It is declining with each new generation.
Question #16
A The Mandela faction had control of a large military power base
B The nation followed the procedures based on rational-legal authority.
C The de Klerk regime ran out of funds and could no longer make the necessary payoffs to remain in office.
D The transfer of power was based on cultural tradition.
Question #17
A social control; religious persecution
B sexism in religion; social control
C contributing significant funding to the church; sexism in religion
D religious persecution; war and terrorism
Question #18
A The cross acts as a badge of courage for fundamentalists.
B The cross is viewed as protection from evil spirits
C It is a condensed way for the wearer to say, “I am a follower of Jesus Christ.”
D The cross is considered appropriate jewelry only for Christians.
Question #19
A It is about the same as the divorce rate of first marriages.
B It varies based on the new dual income of the couple
C It is higher than the divorce rate of first marriages
D It is lower than the divorce rate of first marriages.
Question #20
A exogamy
B polygamy
C endogamy
D homogamy
Question #21
A democracy
B monarchy
C authoritarian regime
D oligarchy
Question #22
A It’s never really known.
B Schools in wealthy neighborhoods receive the most funding
C Schools in poor neighborhoods receive the most funding
D All schools receive the same amount of funding
Question #23
A They will allow Ivan to do as he pleases and will not interfere with his choices.
B They will set limits, then permit him to choose his activities of interest.
C They will use shaming and peer pressure to ensure proper development
D They will employ strict discipline and dictate the choices he makes.
Question #24
A steam engine
B assembly line
C human genome
D microchip
Question #25
A Jose is a freelance or contract worker.
B Jose is an unskilled worker.
C Jose works without proper identification and is paid in cash.
D Jose is unemployed and is collecting unemployment insurance.
Question #26
A motivation
B family background
C personality
D test scores
Question #27
A Religion unites all people of the world
B Without religion, there could be no salvation
C It meets basic human needs.
D All societies have churches
Question #28
A Home-schooled students are shy and timid when encountering new social situations.
B Home-schooled students have significant behavioral problems.
C Home-schooled students are functionally illiterate when it comes to social skills.
D Home-schooled students are equal or do better than conventional schooled students.
Question #29
A exogamy
B heterogamy
C propinquity
D endogamy
Question #30
A democracy
B oligarchy
C monarchy
D totalitarian regime
Question #31
A grade inflation
B human capital
C credentialism
D the hidden curriculum
Question #32
A social control
B the sociological Imagination
C sociology
D solidarity
Question #33
A the central committee that decides what the country needs
B the industrialist who produces the goods
C the level that the market will bear
D the consumer who purchases the goods
Question #34
A They were all driven to success by political ambition
B They were elected to the positions they held.
C They were all charismatic leaders.
D They were all ultimately successful in their ambitions.
Question #35
A There is a greater degree of financial and emotional commitment in marriage.
B Marriage is more fragile and more likely to end in separation.
C Cohabitation is never permanent, whereas most marriages are.
D The age at which people cohabitate usually ends at around 30
Question #36
A Cohabitation has emerged as a common lifestyle.
B There are more single-parent households today than in the past 30 years.
C Many parents today are working parents.
D The number of nuclear families has doubled over the past 30 years.
Question #37
A the provision of day-care facilities
B the identification of potential marriage partners
C socialization into a bureaucratic society
D the transformation of a diverse population into a homogeneous society
Question #38
A creating a two-tier level of schools
B charging tuition for students to attend the better schools
C opening programs to all students
D tracking or sorting students into different education programs
Question #39
A Inequality in medical care will be eliminated.
B The poor will continue to suffer from more health problems and die at a younger age
C People with higher incomes will receive higher quality healthcare.
D Congress will maintain its luxurious, government-paid medical care.
Question #40
A typically involves the husband working a second shift
B are declining in number
C generally involve the husband assuming half the domestic duties in the household
D usually assume that the wife will handle the bulk of household responsibilities in addition to her job