miscellaneous MCQs – Page 23

Practise focused miscellaneous questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

miscellaneous Mcqs
441. According to Blau and Duncan occupational upward mobility is greatly influenced by______________?
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A. all of the above

B. the nature of the first job

C. the amount of education

D. occupation of the father

442. In microeconomics the household is defined as_______________?
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A. the nuclear family

B. all of the above

C. everyone who lives under one roof

D. the extended family

443. Censorship______________?
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A. gives a one-sided interpretation of an issue

B. is the same as propaganda

C. deletes all or parts of information

D. is the opposite of propaganda?

444. Collective behavior favors social change because it_______________?
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A. none of the above

B. alters peoples perspective

C. prevents action

D. destroys group identity

445. Most population experts_______________?
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A. have written off the Malthusian prophecy altogether

B. expect the growth rate to remain constant

C. expect population to level off at between 8 and 15 billion people

D. believe that a high fertility rate continues to be necessary in the developing nations

446. Which of the following statements is true ?
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A. Most of the health problems associated with growing old pose serious problems by the age of 65

B. Young workers perform far better than elderly workers which is why employers prefer tham

C. A majority of the elderly live in nursing homes

D. none of the above
447. A social movement which becomes a formal organization is said to have undergone________________?
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A. incorporation

B. cooptation

C. bureaucratization

D. oligarchization

448. Need and demand________________?
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A. are closely related to price

B. amount to the same thing

C. are unrelated concepts

D. are closely related to supply

449. The first airplane was a (n)________________?
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A. discovery

B. miracle

C. invention

D. diffusion

450. Population density may be defined as_________________?
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A. the ability of a square foot of land to feed a number of people

B. the number of people to a land area

C. the density of a compound group

D. the number of births and deaths per year

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