SOCIOLOGY FINAL
STRAIGHTERLINE EXAM UPDATED
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ The __________ thesis contends that an unequal distribution of social
rewards is a necessary instrument for getting the essential tasks of
society performed.
Answer: conservative
◉ Which of the following is TRUE?
Answer: Social stratification depends upon but is not the same as social
differentiation.
◉ In 2004, __________ percent of all American children were living in
poverty.
Answer: 17.8
◉ The Coleman-Rainwater approach to understanding class structure
Answer: involves a somewhat unwieldy, but more descriptive approach
to measuring social class by combining the self-placement and
reputational approaches.
◉ The shift in status of individuals or groups is known as
,Answer: social mobility
◉ The economic dimensions of social stratification include
Answer: wealth and income
◉ In 2002, the poverty rate for the elderly was __________ percent.
Answer: 10.4
◉ In 2004, there were __________ million non-Hispanic whites living
in poverty, compared to 9 million African Americans and the same
number of Hispanics.
Answer: 16.8
◉ The Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore view of social stratification
supports the idea that
Answer: the most highly rewarded positions are those most critical to the
welfare of society.
◉ Sociologists define _________ as the ranking or grading of
individuals and groups into hierarchical layers.
Answer: social stratification
◉ In discussing inequality on campus, the text points out that
Answer: social stratification is a pervasive component of campus life.
,◉ Gambling, drug use, and prostitution are considered
Answer: victimless crimes
◉ Individuals learn deviance primarily in intimate groups of deviant
others, such as small groups of friends. This view typifies
Answer: differential association theory
◉ Labeling theory does not explain
Answer: what initially contributed to the occurrence of the deviant
behavior.
◉ Juvenile involvement in violent crime
Answer: increased over the past several decades.
◉ In modern societies, the ___________ is the mechanism by which a
good many norms - laws - are enforced.
Answer: state
◉ Regarding women and crime,
Answer: a growing percentage of the criminal population is female.
◉ According to Merton, anomie represents society's struggle between its
Answer: goals and means.
, ◉ Deviance depends to some extent on
Answer: who does the defining, who has the power to make the
definitions stick, the time and place in which the deviance occurs
◉ In 2001, the largest category of all arrests was
Answer: drug abuse violations
◉ The dysfunctions of deviance
Answer: include the undermining of our willingness to play our roles
and contribute to the larger social scene.
◉ __________ American children take prescription psychiatric drugs,
despite the fact that most such drugs have never been tested for use in
children.
Answer: 3-4 million
◉ Merton described five responses to anomie. An embezzler stealing
money from his company to fund his high mortgage payments is an
example of a(n)
Answer: innovator
◉ According to labeling theorists, deviance that individuals may adopt
in response to negative labels is
Answer: secondary deviance
STRAIGHTERLINE EXAM UPDATED
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ The __________ thesis contends that an unequal distribution of social
rewards is a necessary instrument for getting the essential tasks of
society performed.
Answer: conservative
◉ Which of the following is TRUE?
Answer: Social stratification depends upon but is not the same as social
differentiation.
◉ In 2004, __________ percent of all American children were living in
poverty.
Answer: 17.8
◉ The Coleman-Rainwater approach to understanding class structure
Answer: involves a somewhat unwieldy, but more descriptive approach
to measuring social class by combining the self-placement and
reputational approaches.
◉ The shift in status of individuals or groups is known as
,Answer: social mobility
◉ The economic dimensions of social stratification include
Answer: wealth and income
◉ In 2002, the poverty rate for the elderly was __________ percent.
Answer: 10.4
◉ In 2004, there were __________ million non-Hispanic whites living
in poverty, compared to 9 million African Americans and the same
number of Hispanics.
Answer: 16.8
◉ The Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore view of social stratification
supports the idea that
Answer: the most highly rewarded positions are those most critical to the
welfare of society.
◉ Sociologists define _________ as the ranking or grading of
individuals and groups into hierarchical layers.
Answer: social stratification
◉ In discussing inequality on campus, the text points out that
Answer: social stratification is a pervasive component of campus life.
,◉ Gambling, drug use, and prostitution are considered
Answer: victimless crimes
◉ Individuals learn deviance primarily in intimate groups of deviant
others, such as small groups of friends. This view typifies
Answer: differential association theory
◉ Labeling theory does not explain
Answer: what initially contributed to the occurrence of the deviant
behavior.
◉ Juvenile involvement in violent crime
Answer: increased over the past several decades.
◉ In modern societies, the ___________ is the mechanism by which a
good many norms - laws - are enforced.
Answer: state
◉ Regarding women and crime,
Answer: a growing percentage of the criminal population is female.
◉ According to Merton, anomie represents society's struggle between its
Answer: goals and means.
, ◉ Deviance depends to some extent on
Answer: who does the defining, who has the power to make the
definitions stick, the time and place in which the deviance occurs
◉ In 2001, the largest category of all arrests was
Answer: drug abuse violations
◉ The dysfunctions of deviance
Answer: include the undermining of our willingness to play our roles
and contribute to the larger social scene.
◉ __________ American children take prescription psychiatric drugs,
despite the fact that most such drugs have never been tested for use in
children.
Answer: 3-4 million
◉ Merton described five responses to anomie. An embezzler stealing
money from his company to fund his high mortgage payments is an
example of a(n)
Answer: innovator
◉ According to labeling theorists, deviance that individuals may adopt
in response to negative labels is
Answer: secondary deviance
