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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A teamwork
B social manipulation
C face-saving
D cooperation
Question #2
A cultural universal
B material object
C partial cure for ethnocentrism
D symbol
Question #3
A Charles H Cooley
B Emile Durkheim
C Karl Marx and W.E.B. DuBois
D Robert Merton
Question #4
A Being a close friend of your boss.
B A surgeon is operating on her own daughter.
C A student is expected to take exams in two different classes on the same day.
D A student is assigned to work extra holiday hours that conflict with her class schedule.
Question #5
A participant observation in restrooms
B the study of homosexuals
C violating his participant’s privacy
D using graduate students in research
Question #6
A Harriet Martineau
B Karl Marx
C Herbert Spencer
D Aguste Comte
Question #7
A maximum objectivity and consistency
B that any hypothesis will be confirmed
C really, nothing at all.
D that one’s theoretical perspective will be confirmed
Question #8
A the sociological imagination/C. Wright Mills
B class conflict/Karl Marx
C value-free sociology/Max Weber
D mechanical solidarity/Emile Durkheim
Question #9
A Dr. Zalewski has set up a system of academic social stratification.
B Dr. Zalewski has created a strong sense of social structure in her classroom.
C Dr. Zalewski is engaged in the macrosociological approach.
D Dr. Zalewski is advocating social inequality by maintaining different standards than other faculty.
Question #10
A having a prescribed sex (male or female)
B acting like your mother when she was your age
C being a high school drop-out
D knowing your particular ethnic descent
Question #11
A conflict
B symbolic interactionist
C exchange
D functionalist
Question #12
A social imperative
B class structure
C social solidarity
D division of labor
Question #13
A Officer Friel is experiencing role strain.
B Officer Friel is now engaged in role reversal.
C Officer Friel is experiencing role conflict.
D Officer Friel is faced with status inconsistency.
Question #14
A personal space
B social space
C public space
D intimate space
Question #15
A They have identical social roles.
B They share a great deal of social solidarity.
C They are members of the same social class.
D They share the same social location in all respects.
Question #16
A social status
B master status
C ascribed status
D status set
Question #17
A positive sanctions
B value clusters
C value contradictions
D folkways
Question #18
A focus more on plans and actions instead of talk
B live in the past and have no concept of the future
C have to become totally dependent upon memory
D be little more advanced than lower primates
Question #19
A They are violating a more of their society.
B They are challenging a taboo of their counterculture.
C They are showing a need for cultural relativism.
D They are conforming to the folkways of their subculture.
Question #20
A America is based on the principles of oligarchy.
B America is a polytheistic society.
C America is a pluralistic society.
D America is a society of subcultures and countercultures.
Question #21
A bikers in an outlaw motorcycle club
B gang members operating in the San Quentin prison
C Chicago Cubs fans
D individuals advocating the legalization of prostitution
Question #22
A expectations or rules of behavior that develop from values
B expressions of disapproval for violating socially acceptable behavior
C ideas about what is true or false
D standards by which people define what is socially desirable
Question #23
A Kristina was introduced to new folkways.
B Kristina experienced a facet of globalization.
C Kristina experienced culture shock.
D Kristina was practicing cultural relativism.
Question #24
A ethnocentrism
B the relativist fallacy
C the cultural universal
D cultural relativism
Question #25
A It is a cause-and-effect relationship.
B It is an indirect relationship.
C It is a spurious relationship.
D It is classified as a null hypothesis.
Question #26
A the experiment
B secondary analysis
C the survey
D participant observation
Question #27
A rapport
B empathy
C commitment
D confidentiality
Question #28
A This is an example of a closed-ended question.
B The question and answer are examples of generalizability in research.
C This is an example of an open-ended question.
D The question and answer are a part of secondary analysis.
Question #29
A The early IQ tests lacked reliability.
B The early IQ tests were based on a faulty hypothesis.
C The early IQ tests were improperly administered.
D The early IQ tests lacked validity.
Question #30
A faulty hypothesis
B interviewer bias
C misunderstanding of the subjects’ world
D inappropriate questions
Question #31
A “More than 300 million people live in the United States.”
B “A penny saved is a penny earned.”
C “Unemployed men are more likely to commit spousal abuse than employed men.”
D “All men are created equal.”
Question #32
A the military
B multinational corporations
C doctor-patient relationships
D race relations
Question #33
A bourgeoisie; proletariat
B upper class; lower class
C nobles; peasants
D civilized; barbarians
Question #34
A the social imperative
B the sociological perspective (or imagination)
C social location
D social integration
Question #35
A a macroanalytical focus of the extent and duration of the change
B a framework or context from which to view the meaning of the change
C an understanding of who may have been victimized by the change
D an understanding of who may have benefited from the change
Question #36
A symbolic interactionism and the conflict perspective
B No single perspective is best, so all three must be utilized.
C structural functionalism and the conflict perspective
D symbolic interactionism and structural functionalism
Question #37
A conflict theorists and symbolic interactionists
B symbolic interactionists and conflict theorists
C symbolic interactionists and structural functionalists
D conflict theorists and structural functionalists
Question #38
A applied sociologist; functionalist
B basic sociologist; applied sociologist
C symbolic interactionist; functionalist
D functionalist; conflict theorist
Question #39
A education; political stability
B economics; religion
C government; economics
D religion; education
Question #40
A Talcott Parsons
B Herbert Spencer
C Emille Durkheim
D C. Wright Mills