sociology MCQs – Page 9

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
161. When in sociology we speak of researchers using controls, we mean_______________?
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A. seeking to manipulate the outcomes of a research process

B. holding some variables constant to look at the effects of others

C. supervising the data collection process as closely as possible

D. being as precise as possible in defining an initial hypothesis

162. Weber said that the spirit of capitalism could be traced back to_______________?
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A. new religious movements who rejected traditional forms of labor

B. the movement towards religious pluralism

C. Calvinists who engaged in ascetic practices to gain signs of salvation

D. inspirational Protestant groups who revived religious ideas

163. What research method is popular because it is comparatively inexpensive and well-suited to studying large numbers of people ?
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A. content analysis

B. interviews

C. surveys

D. participant observation

E. experiments

164. According to Marx Capitalism replaced feudalism and itself will be displaced by_____________?
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A. Feudalism

B. communism

C. Economic equalitarianism

D. None of these

165. Laud Humphreys study Tearoom Trade (1970) is an example of______________?
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A. experimental design

B. participant observation

C. survey research

D. historical research

166. Observation______________?
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A. is one of the easiest tools for sociological inquiry because it requires only good note taking

B. requires the involvement of the researcher in the activity being studied

C. is not subject to the same controls that are applied to other methods

D. may be unobtrusive or participant
167. Which one of the following concepts did Max Weber introduce to the field of sociology ?
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A. functionalism

B. dramaturgy

C. macro sociology

D. ideal types
168. The survival of the fittest was the concept presented by_______________?
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A. None of these

B. Marx

C. Herbert Spencer

D. Durkheim

169. Which of these terms is the odd one out ______________?
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A. connection

B. causation

C. association

D. correlation

170. Which one of the following is a strategy for restorative justice ?
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A. electronic tagging

B. imprisonment

C. community service

D. curfews

171. Ibne Khaldun is best known for______________?
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A. Muzakira

B. Muqaddimah

C. None of these

D. Muamlla

172. Which of the following is not a reason why corporate crime is more difficult to prosecute compared with individual crimes ?
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A. victims may not realise that a crime has been committed

B. it is more difficult to apportion blame to corporate criminals

C. corporate offences cause less harm than crimes against an individual

D. legal systems are founded on individual not collective responsibility

173. The major advantage of interviews is________________?
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A. the response rate is high

B. that people are more likely to be honest

C. they are not time consuming

D. the interviewer can guess the age of the respondent

E. that the researcher can ask more detailed s

174. Of all of the steps in the research process the one that typically takes the most time is_____________?
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A. data collection

B. evaluation of the results

C. selecting a research method

D. developing a hypothesis

E. formulating the problem
175. What is applied social research _________________?
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A. research based on government priorities

B. research that aims to intervene in and improve social life

C. research that tries to contribute to the development of theory

D. research that is always multidisciplinary

176. Heroine was discovered in 1878 but its use was limited till_____________?
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A. 1898

B. 1880

C. None of these

D. 1898

177. Which of the following was an early Black sociologist active in the struggle for a racially egalitarian society who was critical of theorists who semmed content with the status quo ?
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A. Booker T Washington

B. Herbert Spencer

C. W, E.B Du Bois

D. Harriet Martineau

178. The first step in any sociological research project is to_____________?
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A. collect data

B. formulate a hypothesis

C. define the problem

D. review previous research

179. _____________ uses multiple data collection methods on the same area of interest?
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A. Variation

B. Ethnography

C. Cluster sampling

D. Field research

E. Triangulation
180. Lombroso claimed that______________?
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A. women were less likely to be arrested than men

B. no act is intrinsically deviant

C. biological failings drove some people into crime

D. criminals were socialized into an underworld of crime