miscellaneous MCQs – Page 8

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

miscellaneous Mcqs
141. Factors in the urban crisis include_______________?
comments icon0

A. a high percentage of deprived and trapped individuals

B. the inner city,s declining tax base

C. all of the above

D. the move of the middle class and industry to the suburbs

142. A kinship system is based on______________?
comments icon0
A. common descent

B. marriage

C. adoption

D. none of these

143. According to functionalism the fundamental human needs are_____________?
comments icon0

A. life liberty and the pursuit of property

B. control over nature and the denial of death

C. income safety and deference

D. survival and expressiveness
144. The most dramatic change that followed each technological revolution was_______________?
comments icon0

A. a visible decrease in population

B. a return to an agrarian way of life

C. a dramatic increase in population

D. the systematic migration of populations to different areas

145. Structured inequality of gender roles_____________?
comments icon0

A. has been with humans from the dawn of culture

B. is peculiar to industrial societies

C. began with hunting and gathering societies

D. has its origins in agricultural communities?
146. Marrying someone with similar traits is called_______________?
comments icon0

A. hypogamy

B. homogamy

C. exogamy

D. heterogamy

147. The media present gender roles_____________?
comments icon0

A. realistically

B. idealistically

C. stereotypically

D. according to Victorian model

148. Another way of talking about opportunity costs might be as________________?
comments icon0
A. value of sacrificed resources

B. parallel world

C. social consequences

D. economic consequences

149. Placing workers and machines in one building is called______________?
comments icon0

A. guild system

B. factory system

C. exploitation of the proletariat

D. cottage industry

150. To assign uniform characteristics to an entire group of people without allowing for individual differences is called_____________?
comments icon0

A. discriminating

B. characterizing

C. stereotyping

D. prejudging

151. The fact that pizza is now a popular American food is due to________________?
comments icon0

A. technological innovation

B. cultural lag

C. sociocultural drift

D. cultural diffusion
152. Functionalists approach the state as a tool to________________?
comments icon0
A. maintain order

B. protect private property

C. maintain the state of nature

D. protect the privileged few

153. The most important of government is to__________________?
comments icon0

A. provide social welfare

B. exercise total control

C. regulate human life in society

D. implement political control
154. Collective behavior_______________?
comments icon0

A. completely lacks structure

B. is always disorganized

C. none of the above

D. has some connection with social factors?
155. What percentage of American business revenues do corporation represent ?
comments icon0

A. 80%

B. 70%

C. 60%

D. 70%
156. As of 2005 what proportion of women were in managerial professional and administrative positions ?
comments icon0

A. 12%

B. 50%

C. 20%

D. 4%

157. The text primarily applied Weber,s notion of status to______________?
comments icon0

A. positions in the social system

B. spending and consumption patterns

C. prestige derived from ancestry

D. ranked occupational positions
158. Marx believed that the state would vanish when_____________?
comments icon0

A. all societies became capitalist

B. social classes ceased to exist

C. the elite would work toward the good of the masses

D. the lion would lie down with the lamb

159. The realist school of international relations defines war and security as_____________?
comments icon0

A. statecraft

B. brinkmanship

C. low politics

D. high politics

160. Which component of culture is central to human life______________?
comments icon0

A. interdependence

B. The normative

C. The industrial

D. The habitual