sociology MCQs – Page 7

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
121. A survey that asks the respondent to indicate their level of education and includes response categories of some high school high school and university violated which important rule for constructing close-ended items for naires ?
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A. exhaustive

B. relevant

C. mutually exclusive

D. tangible

E. comprehensive

122. Karl Pearson said The unity of all science consists alone in its methods not in its material It relates to the importance of______________?
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A. None of these

B. Scientific research

C. Scientific method

D. Science unity

123. The second stage when people understand society as natural was named________________?
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A. Theological

B. Metaphysical

C. None of these

D. Scientific

124. In the past, history, politics philosophy and sociology were______________?
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A. None of these

B. Not studied

C. Same discipline

D. Separate Disciplines

125. Conflict theorys primary suggestion for reducing crime and deviance involves the_____________?
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A. amelioration of social welfare activities

B. redefinition of acts that are currently defined as criminal

C. Substantial reduction of economic inequality

D. repression of lower-class gang activities

E. Subordination of the agents of social control

126. An overall scheme of scientific activities which scientists engage in order to produce knowledge is a________________?
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A. Research model

B. Research methodology

C. Research design

D. Research process

127. Contemporary sociology includes______________?
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A. liberal feminism and explicit examination of womens social roles and experiences

B. postmodernism feminism and critical theory

C. a combination of biological theory conflict theory and evolutionary theory

D. evolutionary relativism

128. Sutherlands Differential Association theory emphasizes that crime and deviance are basically______________?
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A. biological

B. learned

C. due to poor parenting

D. the result of being labelled

E. psychotic

129. Labelling theory came into prominence during which decade of the twentieth century ?
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A. 1950s

B. 1980s

C. 1970s

D. 1940s

E. 1960s
130. According to Durkheim the division of labor in industrial societies brings about______________?
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A. organic solidarity

B. a loss of social solidarity

C. mechanical solidarity

D. communal solidarity

131. An association between two variables which is in fact caused by other factor(s) is called a_____________?
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A. spurious correlation

B. multinomial distribution

C. multiple regression

D. causal mechanism

132. How is terrorism different from the types of crime described by the Chicago School ?
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A. all of the above

B. it is a committed on a larger, often global, scale, and is well organized

C. it can have far-reaching effects upon international relations

D. it is associated with political conflict between states and their citizens

133. Which one of the following statements is true ?
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A. sociologists use both quantitative and qualitative methods

B. sociologists no longer use quantitative methods

C. sociologists always prefer to use qualitative methods

D. sociologists cannot use a mixed methods approach

134. Which of these is not an example of a qualitative research method ?
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A. focus groups

B. biographical research

C. survey research

D. ethnography

135. In participant observation research the role of the complete participant forces the researcher to be_______________?
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A. taking copious notes

B. open and honest about his/her intentions

C. with the group for months and sometimes years

D. discreet about his/her research

E. close to the leadership of the group that he/she is studying

136. The study of the interracial friendships conducted by the Tom Smith who heads up the General Social Survey is an example of____________?
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A. a survey

B. observation research

C. an experiment

D. content analysis

137. Asabiyah is an Arabic concept modernly referring to_______________?
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A. Social groups

B. Culture

C. Nationalism

D. All of above

138. Socialist theory was defined in the writings of karl Marx and______________?
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A. Adam Smith

B. Emile Durkheim

C. Friedrich Engels

D. the Marx

139. Which of these is NOT an example of target hardening ?
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A. anti-social behavior orders

B. CCTV

C. burglar alrams

D. Steering locks

140. Mertons term for the hidden or forgotten reason for a particular behavior was______________?
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A. latent function

B. middle-range function

C. structural function

D. consumption function