sociology MCQs – Page 11

Practise multiple-choice questions from sociology for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

sociology Mcqs
201. When conducting social research what is the next step in the scientific method after a review of the literature ?
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A. formulating a hypothesis

B. collecting data

C. choosing a research design

D. selecting a researchable problem

202. communities can be categorized terms of______________?
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A. All of above

B. Culture

C. Geography

D. Organizations

203. Karl Marx,s view of the struggle between social classes inspired the contemporary ?
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A. dramaturgical approach

B. conflict perspective

C. interactionist perspective

D. functionalist perspective

204. Ethnographic research produces qualitative data because_____________?
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A. it compares findings from a number of different cases

B. the findings are amenable to statistical analysis

C. it uncovers rich detailed accounts from an insiders perspective

D. it is conducted over a period of several years

205. The authors explain that feminist research methodology_____________?
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A. stresses that all human emotions are to be ignored all of the above

B. all of the above

C. places its main emphasis on concrete theories

D. is an approach to research which emphasizes inclusion fairness and humaneness?
206. The rise in patriotism following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is an example of what function of deviance ?
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A. Warning

B. Authoritarian

C. Solidarity

D. Unification

E. Boundary setting

207. Ibne Khaldun conceived a theory of______________?
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A. Social conflict

B. Social change

C. All of the above

D. Solidarity

208. Sociology is concerned with__________________?
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A. Patterns of human behavior

B. all of the above

C. random human actions

D. the behavior of an individual

209. Which one of the following is exposed to an independent variable ?
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A. the representative group

B. none of the above

C. the experimental group

D. the control groups

210. The rate of rate of return or a mailed naire is usually_____________?
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A. very high

B. it can be both A and C

C. very low

D. None of these

211. The sociologist responsible for the modern-day adaptation of strain theory is______________?
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A. Merton

B. Weber

C. Cohen

D. Marx

E. Chambliss

212. Mostly the drugs are used for a number of causes a few_________________?
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A. Fun-Pleasure

B. All of the above

C. Peace of mind

D. Unemployment

213. Class conflict is the basic theory of_______________?
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A. Weber

B. Marx

C. All of above

D. Comte

214. Society is a complex organization of parts that function to fulfil the requirements and promote the needs of the whole is a concept of________________?
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A. Phenom ology

B. None of these

C. interaction school of thought

D. structural functionalism
215. Which of these NOT viewed as a strength of surveys ?
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A. the data is easy to quantify and analyses

B. they are often undertaken by specialist agencies

C. large numbers of people can be studied

D. they offer an appearance of precision
216. Which of the following would be an example of a random sample? A researcher_____________?
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A. examines the attitudes of residents of a city by interviewing every twentieth name in the citys telephone book

B. administers a naira to every fifth woman who enters a business office

C. studies the attitudes of Democratic voters by choosing every tenth name found on a citys list of registered Democrats

D. None of the above
217. According to Strain theory, ____ are those individuals who have traditional success goals but substitute deviant means by which to achieve them ?
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A. rebels

B. innovators

C. ritualists

D. conformists

E. ret realists

218. Which sociologist cofounded the famous Chicago settlement house Hull House ?
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A. Wright Mills

B. Jane Addams

C. Charles Horton Cooley

D. George Herbert Mead

219. The term secondary deviation refers to_________________?
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A. All of the above

B. the labelling of an act as deviant through social reaction to it

C. The punishment or stigmatization of deviant acts

D. the ways in which taking on a deviant role affects future action

220. The distribution of power in society is a concern for______________?
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A. macrosociology

B. ethnomethodology

C. microsociology

D. interactionism