SYG 2000 FINAL EXAM TEST PAPER FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
PREPARATION MATERIAL
●● The rising power of black Americans after the Civil War resulted in
draconian Jim Crow laws that severely limited black political and social
power.
1) Functionalist
2) Symbolic Interactionist
3) Conflict
Answer: 3) Conflict
●● Arizona Senate Bill 1070, often referred to colloquially as the
"papers, please" law, was aimed widely at those of:
1) Irish descent
2) Middle Eastern descent
3) Chinese descent
4) Mexican descent
Answer: 4) Mexican descent
●● Racism and discrimination do contribute positively, but only to the
dominant group.
1) Functionalist
,2) Symbolic Interactionist
3) Conflict
Answer: 1) Functionalist
●● An individual whose beliefs about a particular group are based on
images conveyed in popular media.
1) Functionalist
2) Symbolic Interactionist
3) Conflict
Answer: 2) Symbolic Interactionist
●● True or false: The majority of American citizens are descendants of
immigrants?
1) True
2) False
Answer: 1) True
●● Racial prejudice is formed through interactions between members of
the dominant group.
1) Functionalist
2) Symbolic Interactionist
3) Conflict
Answer: 2) Symbolic Interactionist
,●● When Alexander, who is white, drives his car over the speed limit, a
police officer lets him off with a warning. When Christopher, who is
Hispanic, drives his car at the same speed as Alexander on the same
road, the officer gives him a ticket, even though his record is clean. This
is an example of:
1) Affirmative action
2) White privilege
3) Intersection theory
4) The social construction of race
Answer: 2) White privilege
●● Power disparities and struggles between various racial and ethnic
groups.
1) Functionalist
2) Symbolic Interactionist
3) Conflict
Answer: 3) Conflict
●● Which of the following is an example of racial steering?
1) Real estate agents directing white clients to look for housing in
certain neighborhoods, and non-white clients to others.
2) The Trail of Tears, when the United States government forced Native
Americans to permanently leave their homes and territory.
, 3) Kiki being told she'll be bad at math because she is a girl.
4) Jose's parents not allowing him to date Martha because she is of a
different race.
Answer: 1) Real estate agents directing white clients to look for housing
in certain neighborhoods, and non-white clients to others.
●● What is the first agent of socialization?
1) The law
2) Family
3) Friends
4) School
Answer: 2) Family
●● ____________ has perhaps been one of the most socially significant
social factors in the history of the world and the United States.
1) sex and gender
2) definition of power
3) biology of status
4) biology of sex
Answer: 1) sex and gender
●● The term sexuality is defined by the text as:
1) An individual's sense of being either masculine or feminine.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
PREPARATION MATERIAL
●● The rising power of black Americans after the Civil War resulted in
draconian Jim Crow laws that severely limited black political and social
power.
1) Functionalist
2) Symbolic Interactionist
3) Conflict
Answer: 3) Conflict
●● Arizona Senate Bill 1070, often referred to colloquially as the
"papers, please" law, was aimed widely at those of:
1) Irish descent
2) Middle Eastern descent
3) Chinese descent
4) Mexican descent
Answer: 4) Mexican descent
●● Racism and discrimination do contribute positively, but only to the
dominant group.
1) Functionalist
,2) Symbolic Interactionist
3) Conflict
Answer: 1) Functionalist
●● An individual whose beliefs about a particular group are based on
images conveyed in popular media.
1) Functionalist
2) Symbolic Interactionist
3) Conflict
Answer: 2) Symbolic Interactionist
●● True or false: The majority of American citizens are descendants of
immigrants?
1) True
2) False
Answer: 1) True
●● Racial prejudice is formed through interactions between members of
the dominant group.
1) Functionalist
2) Symbolic Interactionist
3) Conflict
Answer: 2) Symbolic Interactionist
,●● When Alexander, who is white, drives his car over the speed limit, a
police officer lets him off with a warning. When Christopher, who is
Hispanic, drives his car at the same speed as Alexander on the same
road, the officer gives him a ticket, even though his record is clean. This
is an example of:
1) Affirmative action
2) White privilege
3) Intersection theory
4) The social construction of race
Answer: 2) White privilege
●● Power disparities and struggles between various racial and ethnic
groups.
1) Functionalist
2) Symbolic Interactionist
3) Conflict
Answer: 3) Conflict
●● Which of the following is an example of racial steering?
1) Real estate agents directing white clients to look for housing in
certain neighborhoods, and non-white clients to others.
2) The Trail of Tears, when the United States government forced Native
Americans to permanently leave their homes and territory.
, 3) Kiki being told she'll be bad at math because she is a girl.
4) Jose's parents not allowing him to date Martha because she is of a
different race.
Answer: 1) Real estate agents directing white clients to look for housing
in certain neighborhoods, and non-white clients to others.
●● What is the first agent of socialization?
1) The law
2) Family
3) Friends
4) School
Answer: 2) Family
●● ____________ has perhaps been one of the most socially significant
social factors in the history of the world and the United States.
1) sex and gender
2) definition of power
3) biology of status
4) biology of sex
Answer: 1) sex and gender
●● The term sexuality is defined by the text as:
1) An individual's sense of being either masculine or feminine.
