miscellaneous MCQs – Page 44

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
861. The objective approach to determine social class membership is based on________________?
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A. years of education

B. income

C. all of the above

D. prestigious position

862. The United States government includes the following traits____________?
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A. a subordinate judiciary

B. appointed representatives

C. unlimited power

D. federalism
863. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis ?
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A. is the product of a distinct world view?

B. all of the above

C. may well be unintelligible as translated in some languages

D. emphasizes the difficulty of understanding another culture as its participants understand it
864. When one knows the roles that one is expected to play and is willing and able to do so one is_____________?
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A. a significant other

B. brainwashed

C. conditioned

D. successfully socialized
865. Land labor capital and entrepreneurship are called__________________?
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A. raw materials

B. external devices

C. factors of production

D. impetus to upward mobility

866. Freud located the libido ?
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A. in the genital stage

B. all of the above

C. within the ld

D. within family relations

867. The earliest and least complex society was___________?
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A. agrarian

B. hunting and gathering

C. pastoral

D. horticultural

868. Bureaucracy is based on________________?
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A. lack of authority

B. specialization

C. ad hoc rules

D. unpredictability

869. Daniel Bell has called the newly emerging from of society ?
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A. informational

B. postindustrial

C. post-subsistence

D. technological

870. Which is NOT an element of social structure ?
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A. Concepts

B. Norms

C. Statuses

D. Roles

871. Our type of society fosters______________?
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A. none of the above

B. love of all humans

C. anxiety

D. a sense of calm

872. Social Darwinists believed that________________?
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A. only the strongest persons should control the resources of a society

B. the weak shall inherit the earth

C. natural selection was a hoax

D. resources belong to all the people

873. Norms are__________________?
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A. all of the above

B. internalized in most cases

C. reflections of values

D. guidelines for human behavior

874. The presidents most important role is as_______________?
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A. administrator

B. foreign policy maker

C. ceremonial representative of the U.S

D. legislator

875. Social ranking is based on________________?
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A. age

B. wealth

C. sex

D. all of the above
876. A makeshift organizational network which often parallels bureaucratic administration is called______________?
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A. oligarchy

B. scientific management

C. humanized bureaucracy

D. informal bureaucracy
877. The hypothesis is a statement of_____________?
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A. a tentative statement of a topic that is subject to testing

B. a universal truth

C. the scientists conclusions

D. disagreement with a generally accepted theory

878. Traditional autocracy has been replaced by________________?
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A. democracy

B. tyranny

C. egalitarianism

D. authoritarian or totalitarian ideologies
879. The study of human group behavior is the definition of________________?
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A. none of the above

B. geology

C. psychology

D. sociology
880. Todays Catholic Church is classified as a________________?
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A. intergovernmental organization

B. nationless state

C. nongovernmental organization

D. national state