miscellaneous Mcqs
451. Negative life chances correspond to__________________?
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A. lack of desire for an education

B. a high position in the stratification system

C. lack of talent

D. a low position in the stratification system
452. A corporation________________?
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A. has the advantage of being able to accumulate vast amounts of capital in a short period of time

B. can afford to pay for the latest research and technology

C. is a public institution

D. all of the above
453. The inordinate growth of government is a side effect of________________?
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A. government intervention in the economy

B. the willingness of individuals to give up traditional freedoms

C. the political apathy of public

D. the increasing poverty of individual states

454. Future generations will have to pay interest on the current debt because______________?
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A. the U.S government never borrows money from foreign governments

B. it takes a long time to pay off debts

C. none of the above

D. budget deficits are funded with borrowed money
455. Which is NOT Third World nation ?
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A. Burkina Faso

B. China

C. Ethiopia

D. Zimbabwe

456. Agriculture in industrial nations is now based on_________________?
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A. increase in rural population

B. artificial food production

C. many small farmers

D. greater productivity of farms because of mechanization
457. How are decisions about production made in a market economy ?
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A. By a command system

B. According to tradition

C. Through a price system

D. By executive fiat

458. The view that inequality is based on the corrupting and divisive actions of institutions is part of the ideology of_______________?
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A. structural functionalism

B. social Darwinism

C. classical conservatism

D. classical liberalism
459. The Department of Health and Human Services has summarized the correct mix of goods and services through ?
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A. 165 social indicators

B. the consumer price index

C. market basket of goods

D. the externalities index

460. Male dominance is expressed_____________________?
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A. in spite of ours being an egalitarian society

B. all of the above

C. by the frequent instances of sexual harassment on the job

D. for the lack of wage parity

461. Which of the following is a social order crime?
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A. Public drunkenness

B. Premeditated murder

C. Rape

D. Burglary

462. Most researchers today use only two approaches to determine social class They are the_______________?
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A. occupational prestige and socioeconomic status(SES)

B. reputational approach

C. subjective approach

D. life style approach

464. The jobs of the future will include______________?
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A. All but A

B. steel workers

C. routine services

D. personal services

465. When considering the role of morality in foreign policy analysts observe that_____________?
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A. the different nations of the world have the same values when it comes to treaties

B. none of the above

C. each nation has different standards as to what is proper behavior and values

D. there are no restrictions in reaching agreements with other nations

467. Where one stands in the social hierarchy is intimately related to________________?
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A. only B and C

B. how one performs one,s job

C. how much stress one experiences

D. how long one lives

468. Which of the following is NOT true of minority groups ?
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A. They are aware of a common group identity

B. They are not aware of their minority status

C. They are recognizable by their visible ascribed traits or cultural customs

D. They are subject to differential treatment

470. The Federal Reserve Bank regulates the money supply by__________________?
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A. buying and selling government securities

B. the discount rate it charges member banks

C. establishing minimum reserve requirements of member banks

D. all of the above
472. Both fiscal and monetary policies focus on____________________?
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A. the supply side of the market

B. the demand side of the market

C. both sides of the market

D. the global market

473. Some of the restrictions as work in a market include________________?
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A. income for labor

B. prices of goods and services

C. prices of resources for firms

D. all of the above

474. Terrorist groups differ from liberation organizations in that_______________?
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A. they do not organize the masses on a large scale

B. they tend to hide in rural areas

C. their leaders are well known

D. only terrorists take credit for bombing museums

475. Craftsmen foremen secretarys office workers belong to the________________?
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A. middle-middle class

B. upper-middle class

C. working class

D. new class

477. The shift toward tertiary sector jobs has_______________?
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A. All of these

B. eliminated hardcore unemployment

C. established a general trend toward the professionalization of everyone

D. reduced the need for unskilled or semi-skilled workers
478. When cars are offered at low prices but people still do not buy them the situation is one in which______________?
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A. demand is inelastic

B. demand is elastic

C. exchange takes place

D. there is aggregate demand

479. What is the basis of racist ideology ?
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A. An invention of European colonial governments

B. Social Darwinism applied to religious beliefs

C. The New Testament

D. An inaccurate interpretation and social application of Darwin,s theory of evolution
480. Criticisms of structural functionalism include_______________?
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A. all of the above

B. who says that a football player is more important than a college professor?

C. is a stable society better than an unequal society?

D. sons of talented persons are privileged even if they themselves lack talent

481. One of the perceived advantages of suburban living is_______________________?
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A. larger variety of cultural resources

B. concentration of apartments

C. greater safety from crime

D. older more gracious housing

483. What is meant by the public sector ?
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A. Economic activities in which self-interest makes for personal affluence

B. Economic activities open to the public

C. The goals of the society

D. Economic activities in which the government engages for the public good
484. Exceptions to the circular flow are__________________?
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A. incidentals

B. B and C only

C. withdrawals

D. injections

485. Which is true ?
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A. All of the above are true

B. Downsizing has created a new style of employment

C. Blue-collar workers have suffered layoffs

D. Productivity has increased in the decade of the 1990

486. Two nations with a low street -crime rate are________________?
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A. Honduras ans Mexico

B. Switzerland and France

C. Japan and Finland

D. Germany and Austria

487. The SMSA is based on____________________?
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A. one or more counties containing at least one city of 50,000 residents or two cities totaling 50,000

B. a city of at least 100,000 residents and its suburbs

C. a town smaller than 2500 residents

D. a town of 10,000 and surrounding counties

488. The price system is based on_______________?
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A. the command of a ruler

B. a government plan

C. consumer demand

D. tradition

489. Global inequality is evident in_______________?
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A. the size of families

B. per capita

C. all of the above

D. the items rich countries throw out

490. The purpose of the Monroe Doctrine was_______________?
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A. to warn European powers to keep away from the Western Hemisphere in return for U.S nonintervention in Europe

B. to let the world, know who the superpower is

C. to warn the Japanese to steer clear of the Caribbean in exchange for U.S non-intervention in Afghanistan

D. to conquer the Soviet regime and attach Siberia to the United States

491. Environmental pollution is the result of_________________?
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A. dysfunctions in the earth,s atmosphere

B. human actions that have harmful consequences

C. unknown bacteria and viruses

D. ignorance on the part of the underdeveloped nations

493. Without stabilized prices_______________?
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A. product market demand is problematic

B. the distribution of income becomes more inequitable

C. resource market demand is problematic

D. all of the above
494. Collective behavior is_______________________?
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A. based on regular norms

B. well planned

C. rather unstructured

D. individual behavior multiplied

497. Globalism___________________?
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A. attracts young idealistic people who want to introduce a world government

B. is a movement aimed at pulling African nations into a world economy?

C. refers to the fact that capitalism has become the economic system of choice around the world

D. is a movement of religious zealots who want to introduce a common religion around the world?

498. Womens rate of diagnosed depression is__________________?
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A. twice as high as mens

B. similar in duration to that of men

C. the same as mens

D. half that of men

499. Conflict theorists view stratification systems as______________?
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A. resulting from class struggles

B. effects of the law of nature

C. mechanisms of coercion

D. BOTH coercive and resulting from class struggles