Sociology 001 - Introduction to Sociology » Summer 2022 » Final Exam

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Question #1
The family can be tradionally defined as
A.   a group of friends living in different cities
B.   a group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption
C.   any cohabitating couple
D.   a group of people living together with their pets
Question #2
One major reason that cohabitation has become popular in American society is because
A.   of the decrease in the level of stigma
B.   many couples can not afford to get married
C.   partners are happier in cohabitating relationships
D.   there is less stress in such arrangements
Question #3
Which of the following is not a latent function of education?
A.   the identification of potential marriage partners
B.   socialization into a bureaucratic society
C.   the provision of day-care facilities
D.   the transformation of a diverse population into a homogeneous society
Question #4
Which of the following statements regarding families in the United States is not true?
A.   Many parents today are working parents.
B.   The number of nuclear families has doubled over the past 30 years.
C.   There are more single-parent households today than in the past 30 years.
D.   Cohabitation has emerged as a common lifestyle.
Question #5
What is the main difference between cohabitation and marriage?
A.   Marriage is more fragile and more likely to end in separation.
B.   The age at which people cohabitate usually ends at around 30
C.   There is a greater degree of financial and emotional commitment in marriage.
D.   Cohabitation is never permanent, whereas most marriages are.
Question #6
Which of the following best explains marital homogamy?
A.   propinquity
B.   endogamy
C.   heterogamy
D.   exogamy
Question #7
Which of the following is not a manifest function of the family?
A.   providing care and protection
B.   socializing children
C.   regulating sexual behavior
D.   raising delinquent children.
Question #8
Research has shown that the same-sex parents
A.   are much more effective as opposite-sex parents
B.   are not as effective as opposite-sex parents
C.   never divorce
D.   are as effective as opposite-sex parents
Question #9
Which catergory of children are most victimized by child abuse?
A.   middle-school children
B.   age fifteen and older
C.   adolescents
D.   children less than one
Question #10
In regard to corporal punishment,
A.   It is outlawed in every state.
B.   Studies have shown that spanking is not an effective form of punishment and may lead to aggression by the victim.
C.   Studies have shown that the spanking of children is always beneficial for their healthy development.
D.   A growing number of parents are spanking their children.
Question #11
Karl Marx:
A.   believed that all religions eventionally adapt to society
B.   believed that religion was important in establishing Worldviews
C.   saw religion as the tool that the upper classes used to maintain control of society and to dominate the lower classes
D.   believed that religion always performs important functions in society
Question #12
The diminishing influence of religion in a society in known as:
A.   monotheism
B.   secularism
C.   The Protestant Work Ethnic
D.   theism
Question #13
According to _______________, religion is the“unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things”
A.   Professor Clark
B.   Karl Marx
C.   Max Weber
D.   Emile Durkheim
Question #14
Personal prayer is an example of which of the following dimensions of religiosity?
A.   sect
B.   ritual
C.   belief
D.   consequence
Question #15
Socialization and the cultural transmission of knowledge are examples of:
A.   manifest and latent functions of education.
B.   latent functions of education.
C.   the hidden curriculum.
D.   manifest functions of education.
Question #16
One's family background is:
A.   the most significant predictor of whether a student will attend college
B.   not correlated to the future success of students.
C.   critical to a child's self perception.
D.   unimportant to a child's academic achievement.
Question #17
According to many sociologists standard exams
A.   excellent predictors of future student success
B.   are now uncommon in public schools.
C.   are always valid indicators of student intelligent.
D.   are invalid academically and biased against minorities.
Question #18
In socialism, who or what determines what will be produced and what it will cost?
A.   the consumer who purchases the goods
B.   the industrialist who produces the goods
C.   the central committee that decides what the country needs
D.   the level that the market will bear
Question #19
What do studies demonstrate in regard to the level of social skills home schooled students develop?
A.   Home-schooled students are shy and timid when encountering new social situations.
B.   Home-schooled students are equal or do better than conventional schooled students.
C.   Home-schooled students are functionally illiterate when it comes to social skills.
D.   Home-schooled students have significant behavioral problems.
Question #20
Why is religion classified as a universal social institution?
A.   All societies have churches.
B.   Without religion, there could be no salvation.
C.   Religion unites all people of the world.
D.   It meets basic human needs.
Question #21
The divorce rate of remarried people with children is higher than the divorce rate of first marriages. Which sentence best describes the divorce rate of remarried people without children?
A.   It is higher than the divorce rate of first marriages
B.   It is lower than the divorce rate of first marriages.
C.   It varies based on the new dual income of the couple
D.   It is about the same as the divorce rate of first marriages.
Question #22
From a symbolic interactionist perspective, what does wearing a cross signify for Christians?
A.   It is a condensed way for the wearer to say, "I am a follower of Jesus Christ."
B.   The cross is viewed as protection from evil spirits
C.   The cross is considered appropriate jewelry only for Christians.
D.   The cross acts as a badge of courage for fundamentalists.
Question #23
What are two dysfunctions of religion?
A.   social control; religious persecution
B.   contributing significant funding to the church; sexism in religion
C.   religious persecution; war and terrorism
D.   sexism in religion; social control
Question #24
Organizations of society that are created to meet some social need and provide a framework by which an individual can negotiate with larger society are known as:
A.   economic systems
B.   capitalism
C.   political systems
D.   social institutions
Question #25
The British Monarchy is an example of what time of authority?
A.   Rational-Legal
B.   Democracy
C.   Charismatic
D.   Traditional
Question #26
Most social scientists are in agreement that cognitive ability testing
A.   contributes to social inequality
B.   is a product of racial differences
C.   is culturally biased because the tests are designed for lower-class students
D.   reflects genetic differences among people
Question #27
Which of the following is not an element of religion?
A.   Organization
B.   Ritual and prayer
C.   Belief
D.   Profane
Question #28
Which of the following is true regarding marriage in the U.S.?
A.   Women are having more children nowadays.
B.   Cohabitation rates continue to pummel.
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.   Childnessness among married couples has been increasing in recent years.
Question #29
The idea of looking beyond each individual to explain the success and failure, believing that the various opportunities offered by society explain the differences is known as:
A.   the sociological imagination
B.   solidarity
C.   sociology
D.   social control
Question #30
In regard to the cost of higher education, which of the following statements is not true?
A.   Since 1978, the cost of higher education has increased 1,225 percent.
B.   In the years between 1991 and 2010, states funding for full-time students dropped 26 percent.
C.   School construction projects have dropped significantly.
D.   The cost of college education has shifted from states to students and their families.
Question #31
High-school dropouts
A.   pay more in taxes.
B.   increase the demand for social services.
C.   are as equally likely to vote as high-school graduates.
D.   have no significant impact in society.
Question #32
The disappearance of citizens who oppose government policies is most likely to happen under a(n) ________________.
A.   oligarchy.
B.   authoritarian government.
C.   democracy.
D.   dictatorship.
Question #33
Under capitalism, economic activity is motivated by
A.   the pursuit of profit
B.   the desire to eliminate inequality
C.   the need for efficient economic production
D.   basic human needs
Question #34
What does the spirit of capitalism refer to, as proposed by Max Weber?
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 new approach to work and money that emphasizes investment to make profit.
D.   It is a doctrine emphasizing conspicuous consumption and individual success.
Question #35
What is the primary criticism leveled against capitalism?
A.   It violates the basic economic law of supply and demand.
B.   It leads to severe social inequalities.
C.   It promotes immorality through conspicuous consumption.
D.   It produces more products than can be reasonably consumed.

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