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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A A lack of morals.
B High Suicide Rates
C Bureaucracies
D Rampant Social Inequality
Question #2
A Moral rules which stipulate how to treat fellow humans are what make social life possible
B Societies are made up of cooperative units of people behaving in an organized fashion.
C People who live together in societies cannot work together cooperatively unless they have guiding principles.
D Every answer to this question is correct.
Question #3
A It’s incredibly high fees.
B English and Writing
C A mass shooting that occurred there in 2002.
D Mathematics
Question #4
A A person’s social class background.
B Having a extremely high IQ
C Hard Work!!!
D A person’s cultural background.
Question #5
A Marx believed that most people living in capitalist societies were alienated from the products they produced.
B Marx was very pessimistic about the future and thought the world would come to an end in the very near future.
C Marx believed that people living in capitalist societies were likely to commit egoistic suicide.
D Marx believed that a powerful charismatic leader would prevent people from becoming brainwashed by the bourgeoisie.
Question #6
A Societies with very rigid moral rules have very low crime rates because people are especially fearful of being punished for committing crimes.
B Over-regulation drives people to despair and subsequently induces some of them to commit fatalistic suicide.
C Societies with very rigid moral rules always run smoothly.
D Societies with very rigid moral rules have very low suicide rates.
Question #7
A People who live in the Republic of Gilead have n prominent ideologies at all.
B A society’s most prominent ideologies are crafted by the lumpenproletariat.
C Every answer to this question is correct.
D A society’s most prominent ideologies are the ideologies of the ruling class. (https://canvas.csun.edu/courses/59522/question_banks/247176#)
Question #8
A The cultural legacy of farming rice paddies prepared them for the exacting work that math requires
B Asian people have a genetic programmed to do well in math.
C Their mathematical abilities corresponds with the philosophy of Wabi Sabi
D Their mathematical abilities are based on the cultural legacy of cultivating lotus flowers
Question #9
A Altruistic
B Egoistic.
C Fatalistic
D Anomic
Question #10
A When people buy into the ideology put forth by the bourgeoisie, in an attempt to keep them from revolting, they are operating under a state of false consciousness.
B The mentally ill are the group of people who are mostly likely to succumb to false consciousness.
C The petty bourgeoisie will never revolt against the bourgeoisie because they tend to believe everything the bourgeoisie tells them.
D A society’s thieves are the group of people who are most likely to succumb to false consciousness.
Question #11
A A person develops a sense of self-esteem and self confidence by becoming proficient in some sort of activity e.g. art, music, carpentry, writing etcetera
B Individuals who live in societies that practice socialism have little to no self- esteem.
C People living in feudal societies had higher levels of self-esteem than did people living in hunting and gathering societies.
D A person develops a sense of self-esteem and self-confidence by attaining lots of material goods.
Question #12
A An set of experimental Public Schools across the United States.
B A Jewish school in Israel.
C A charter school in the city of Los Angeles.
D A Catholic school in Boston
Question #13
A When they listen to sermons put forth by members of the clergy.
B Through praxis / talking with each other.
C When a charismatic leader convinces people that they need to revolt against their oppressive government.
D When a society’s thieves and beggars begin to commit violent crimes.
Question #14
A People living in primitive societies tended to exist in a state of anomie.
B Anomie is a term that refers to a society of people who are especially committed to the well being of their neighbors.
C Anomie is a term used to describe a social condition in which there is a lack of moral rules / social norms.
D Anomie is a term used to describe a society that is functioning at an optimal level.
Question #15
A A social class system that consists of proletariat and the bourgeoisie
B A social class system that consists of the bourgeoisie, the petty bourgeoisie, the proletariat, and the lumpenproletariat.
C A social class system where everyone is equal.
D A social class system that consists of the petty bourgeoisie and the lumpenproletariat
Question #16
A Judaism
B Catholicism
C Mormonism
D Calvinism
Question #17
A Feudal
B Socialist
C Capitalist
D Every answer to the question is correct because Marx believed that hoarding wealth was largely instinctual.
Question #18
A Their parents can buy their children’s way into the best schools.
B Their parents have the money to bribe their teachers into raising their grades.
C They’re advantaged by what they learn when they’re not in school, especially during summer vacations.
D Every answer to this question is correct.
Question #19
A Every answer to this question is correct.
B The kids go to school on Saturdays
C They attend schools for three weeks in July.
D They have a longer school day than in traditional schools.
Question #20
A They had lower power distance communication styles and didn’t listen to the air traffic controllers that could help them out of a bad situation.
B They have high power distance communications styles and were fearful of speaking disrespectfully to people they saw as their superiors (air traffic controllers) — even when something was drastically wrong. This prevented them from getting the help they needed when the plane was in trouble.
C In certain countries, air traffic controllers aren’t trained very well, and they thus inadvertently induce pilots to crash their planes.
D In certain countries, pilots aren’t trained properly and thus go onto crash their planes.
Question #21
A Every answer to this question is correct.
B Describes the causes and processes of social and historical changes that occur in societies.
C Tackles and suggests solutions to social problems.
D Shows how social forces affect human behavior.
Question #22
A He believed that primitive societies were held together by mechanical solidarity.
B He believed that bureaucracies were stifling peoples’ creativity
C He believed that most people living in modern day societies were brainwashed by crooked charismatic leaders.
D Every answer to this question is correct.
Question #23
A Social conditions can lead large numbers of people to commit suicide.
B People should have the right to commit suicide if they want to.
C A sociologist has a legal and moral duty to prevent people from committing suicide.
D Most people who commit suicide are suffering from severe emotional disorders.
Question #24
A Success and failure is all about luck and cultural beliefs and practices have nothing to do with it
B Hard working people who never take breaks are in grave danger of committing suicide.
C People who take the summers off are some of the most successful people on the planet.
D Cultural beliefs and practices can have a powerful affect on how people who live in those cultures behave.
Question #25
A A comprehensive educational system.
B Conflict
C False Consciousness
D A charismatic leader.
Question #26
A The end period of the Roman empire.
B The fall of feudalism and the rise of capitalism
C The rise of the British monarchy.
D The fall of the Ottoman empire