miscellaneous Mcqs
501. Reform movements_________________?
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A. aim to change the entire society

B. may be progressive or reactionary

C. substitute one ruling class for another

D. are more successful in authoritarian than in democratic societies

502. Among the causes of violence the most probable is/are___________________?
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A. a street ethic that requires young men to commit murder to prove their manhood

B. violence presented as entertainment by the media

C. poverty drugs and hopelessness

D. a shocking decline in moral standards

503. Stratification occurs societies that have a____________?
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A. capitalistic system

B. equality

C. surplus

D. shortage of everything

504. Resources are defined as______________?
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A. everything found in the ground

B. everything that is made by people

C. none of the above

D. everything needed for the production of goods and services including human energy
506. The transition from rural living to city living occurred because_______________?
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A. there was less need for farm workers as agriculture became mechanized

B. factories were concentrated in cities

C. social change dictated a new fad urban living

D. of BOTH a decrease in the need for farm workers and the fact that factories were located in cities
508. Psychologists researching the causes of prejudice have found that_______________?
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A. it may have an evolutionary origin

B. it is caused by anger

C. all of the above

D. it is directed at a target from a different group

509. CEO stands for_______________?
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A. Caribbean Entrepreneurs Office

B. chief executive officer

C. capital employment outlay

D. clear everybody out

510. In stratified societies categories of people are ranked by________________?
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A. none of the above

B. food is hoarded by a few

C. food is shared by all

D. hunting lacks prestige

511. Classification of human races is_____________________?
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A. restricted to skin color

B. clear-cut

C. done according to physical appearance

D. vague because of overlap of traits
512. In most societies male dominance is evident through ?
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A. the small number of legislators who are women

B. the sexual harassment situations in the military and other work places

C. the differences is pay for the same job

D. all of the above
514. Social scientists are interested in collective behavior because it is________________?
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A. not tied to social factors

B. so predictable

C. reflective of purely animal behavior

D. often the basis of important social change
515. Ageism asserts that___________________?
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A. wisdom accompanies advancing age

B. life begins forty

C. each stage of life has its own rewards

D. the young are superior to the old
516. When one culture borrows traits from another culture the borrowing culture tends to be________________?
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A. selective in borrowing

B. nonselective in borrowing

C. gullible and impressionable

D. grateful

517. Craft unions differed from industrial unions in that they______________?
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A. Welcomed minorities

B. Were horizontally organized

C. Were socialist

D. All of the above

518. Women first assumed subordinate roles when they_________________?
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A. stayed home when men hunted

B. left home to gather food

C. ceased to gather the majority of the food supply

D. assumed primary child-care responsibilities

519. Suburban growth was based on___________________?
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A. expensive suburban property

B. movement of factories out of the cities

C. wartime industrial expansions

D. the development of automobile travel
520. It has been found that disengagement is usually________________?
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A. often forced

B. very voluntary

C. never forced

D. rarely enforced

521. Which are the dimensions of stratification ?
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A. Family background attractiveness wealth

B. Talent service goodness

C. Caste estate feudalism

D. Class status and power
522. Which statement appears to be most correct__________________?
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A. in a marriage spousal role are egalitarian

B. gender roles have been reversed

C. sex roles are blurred

D. housekeeping and childcare are still considered womens work
525. The relationship between population and income is___________________?
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A. the birth rate rises because of an increase in education

B. working women have more children

C. an increase in income produces a decline in fertility

D. the rise in income and population results in a decrease of urbanization

526. A problem with laissez-faire economic policy is that there is___________________?
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A. no flexibility

B. no profit motives

C. responsiveness to demand

D. no provision for public goods
527. The difference between racial minorities and ethnic minorities is_______________?
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A. ethnic minorities do not suffer from discrimination but only from prejudice

B. in the size of each group

C. racial minorities have been here longer than ethnic minorities

D. racial minorities differ biologically ethnic minorities differ culturally from the dominant group
528. Zero population growth_________________?
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A. means that no more children are born

B. is actively pursued by many of the underdeveloped nations

C. indicates that the fertility rate has dropped below the replacement level

D. must be achieved by all nations by the year 2005

530. Which is NOT a form of collective behavior ?
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A. Panic

B. Dining out with a friend

C. Rumors

D. Fashions

531. Members of the New Class occupy which of the following occupations_________________?
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A. MBAs staring their own firms

B. Out of work middle managers

C. journalists academics media commentators

D. Computer programmers

532. Racism is based on the belief (s) that_________________?
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A. groups inherit certain traits that are inferior

B. minority groups should not have access to wealth and power

C. the dominant majority is the fittest from a Darwinian point of view

D. all of the above
533. The failure of the League of Nation______________?
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A. occurred after President Wilson,s stroke

B. was due to Marxism-Leninism

C. illustrated that national interest is more important than collective security or moral opposition to aggression

D. was due to the Republican Senate,s opposition

534. A countertrend observable since the 1950s is___________________?
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A. urban residents providing their own food supply by planting gardens

B. rural areas became very depopulated

C. a great increase in population in the cities

D. urban decentralization
536. Scientists agree that________________?
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A. there are three races

B. there are fifty two races

C. there are no races

D. all of humankind is descended from the same common stock
537. Adequate growth of the economy refers to the goals of__________________?
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A. maintaining current standards of living in spite of increasing population

B. approximately 4% growth rate per year

C. all of the above

D. increasing GNP per capita

538. Change may be experienced on three levels__________________?
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A. planning reform revolution

B. personal impersonal social

C. micro middle and macro

D. invention discovery exploration

539. Which of the following is an example of a sociological theory of deviant behavior ?
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A. Freud,s theory that anatomy is destiny

B. Cooley,s theory of original sin

C. None of the above

D. Mead,s theory of inherited criminality

540. Land labor capital and entrepreneurship ?
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A. create a balance between humans and their environment

B. must be used separately to produce goods and service

C. have no function in the production of goods and service

D. must be combined in the production of goods and service
541. Which statement is wrong regarding diplomacy? It_____________?
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A. has a long history predating the creation of the nation state?

B. is a recent addition to international relations?

C. and diplomats have been quite radically altered in recent years

D. has little to do with the failure to solve basic problems among nations

542. The loss of entire categories of jobs without the creation of new occupations would be_______________?
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A. intragenerational mobility

B. structural mobility of a negative sort

C. horizontal mobility

D. status ambiguity

543. The circular nature of the economic process occurs from_________________?
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A. household to firm to consumer and back again

B. firm to consumer

C. government to consumer

D. firm to firm

544. It is fairly certain that male and female brains________________?
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A. are functionally identical

B. differ in size weight and capacity

C. distribute sensory functions differently

D. differ in left-right communication
545. Approximately how many people inhabit the earth ?
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A. 12 billion

B. 6 billion

C. 50 billion

D. 1.2 billion

546. Which is false ?
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A. more men than women live alone

B. only a small percentage of the 65- to 74- year olds live in nursing homes

C. older workers perform as well as younger workers

D. more elderly men than women are married

547. The Industrial Revolution began with_________________?
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A. the founding of Sony in Japan

B. the overthrow of the British

C. the invention of a few basic machines

D. the proletariat in Russia

548. According to the U.S Census Bureau a CMSA is defined as__________________?
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A. a relatively large dense permanent settlement of heterogeneous individuals

B. any locality with a population of one million people or more

C. an ecological system

D. any locality with a downtown and suburbs

549. Most American cities have_________________?
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A. many high income taxpayers

B. a reduced tax base

C. large shopping malls

D. continual building of new industries

550. The abolitionist movement sought the abolition of_______________?
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A. slavery

B. compulsory education

C. states rights

D. alcohol consumption