miscellaneous MCQs – Page 48

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
941. The marginal productivity of labor_________________?
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A. all of the above

B. is a political as well as economic issue

C. concerns wage rates and labor supply

D. is complicated by overlapping labor markets

942. The favorable evaluation of presidents is based on______________?
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A. strict adherence to the written Constitution

B. dynamic political leadership

C. the caretaker role

D. the teflon principle

943. The from of interaction that occurs when two or more individuals try to possess a scarce object or value is_____________?
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A. competition

B. coercion

C. violence

D. contest

944. An individual learns to be a human being by______________?
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A. in our society watching television

B. cosmic influences

C. instincts

D. socialization
945. In theory communism calls for______________?
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A. abolition of private property

B. the creation of a new ruling class

C. intense nationalism

D. military expansionism

946. A group way of life lends itself to disorder because_________________?
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A. humans are solitary creatures

B. human behavior is unpredictable

C. individuals differ in temperament goals and desires

D. the world is based on randomness

947. Which is NOT a socioeconomic goal _______________?
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A. High and equitably distributed income

B. Full employment

C. Low prime interest rate

D. Reasonable price stability

948. When the American Cigar Co buys a pizza chain the process is called________________?
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A. takeover attempt

B. diversification

C. planned obsolescence

D. monopoly

949. Soft money is_________________?
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A. none of the above

B. money promised for campaigns

C. money used to purchase air time

D. money given after the election

950. A medical model of deviance assumes that it is caused by_________________?
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A. illness

B. abnormality

C. all of the above

D. mental defects

951. Professionalization means________________?
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A. there is a decrease in polarization

B. the same as unemployment

C. having theoretical knowledge in addition to training

D. everyone is called by a title

952. An extreme type of coercive organizations is called a(n) _______________-?
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A. public institution

B. oligarchy

C. total institution

D. economic institution

953. The federal system is contrasted with a (n)_______________?
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A. unitary system

B. confederate system

C. catholic system

D. BOTH unitary and confederate systems
954. The main function of organized labor is to_______________?
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A. regulate safety

B. manage large corporations

C. strike

D. bargain collectively
955. In a confederacy________________?
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A. power is centralized in a national government

B. powers not claimed by individual states are reserved by the national government

C. there is no national government whatsoever

D. all political power ultimately belongs to the states
956. Shortcomings of interest groups include______________?
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A. the dissemination of biased information

B. injecting partisan ideologies into political parties

C. stifling minority voices

D. creating splinter parties

957. The behavior of an individual firm is part of_______________?
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A. institutional economics

B. macroeconomics

C. macroeconomics

D. macroeconomics

958. Freudian psychoanalytic theory emphasizes the importance of the______________?
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A. unconscious level of personality

B. the absence of the unconscious level

C. conscious level of personality

D. empirical level of personality

959. Aggregate demand is defined as_________________?
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A. one persons demand for goods and services

B. none of the above

C. the total demand in a society or on a world level for goods and services

D. the lack of demand for goods and services

960. Lawrence Kohlberg,s theory of moral development claims______________?
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A. limited applicability to technologically advanced societies

B. post conventional morality is a luxury few cultures and societies can afford

C. universal validity

D. the desire for equality is peculiar to democratic nations