SOCIOLOGY EXAM EXAM SCRIPT TESTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 100 PERCENT
CORRECT
◉ The introduction of mobile phones, and their widespread use by
individuals all over the world, has influenced all kinds of factors,
including car accident rates, dinner etiquette, and how freshman
college students communicate with their parents. This is an example
of:
a. McDonaldization
b. the butterfly effect
c. the Hawthorne effect
d. the sociological imagination. Answer: B
◉ Sociology is the systematic study of:
a. the way people are influenced by groups
b. the way people influence one another
c. organizations and social structures
d. the way people are affected and affect social structures and
processes. Answer: D
◉ The main focus of sociology is:
a. to study and explain what motivates individual behaviors
,b. to study the way people are influenced by groups or organizations
c. to study how people affect and are affected by social structures and
social processes
d. to study the organizations that people create. Answer: C
◉ The postindustrial age began around the middle of the twentieth
century, but transitioned into the _________________ at the
beginning of the twenty-first century.
a. social age
b. cyber age
c. space age
d. information age. Answer: D
◉ As globalization takes place, the movement of products and people
of the world becomes more ___________.
a. monitored
b. regulated
c. unequal
d. fluid. Answer: D
◉ There are four defining characteristics of McDonaldization. Which
of the following is NOT one of these characteristics?
a. Efficiency
b. Calculability
c. Control
, d. Expansion. Answer: D
◉ One of the four defining characteristics of McDonaldization is
predictability. What does predictability refer to here?
a. The ability to predict the future growth of the company
b. The ability to predict one's experience across different settings
c. The ability to predict where the product will spread
d. The ability to predict who will buy the product. Answer: B
◉ Dr. Ritzer presents three main concerns as the centerpiece for his
text. These concerns are:
a. globalization, consumption, and the digital world
b. globalization, global economics, and the Internet
c. capitalism, industrialism, and the Information Age
d. the industrial revolution, the agricultural revolution, and the
information revolution. Answer: A
◉ __________ help sociologists make sense of social phenomena and
understand important social If a researcher, deciding to study crime
within a specific community, chooses to interview residents to gain
some insight into the problem, he/she would be utilizing
____________ analysis.
a. micro
b. macro
c. public
d. organic. Answer: A
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 100 PERCENT
CORRECT
◉ The introduction of mobile phones, and their widespread use by
individuals all over the world, has influenced all kinds of factors,
including car accident rates, dinner etiquette, and how freshman
college students communicate with their parents. This is an example
of:
a. McDonaldization
b. the butterfly effect
c. the Hawthorne effect
d. the sociological imagination. Answer: B
◉ Sociology is the systematic study of:
a. the way people are influenced by groups
b. the way people influence one another
c. organizations and social structures
d. the way people are affected and affect social structures and
processes. Answer: D
◉ The main focus of sociology is:
a. to study and explain what motivates individual behaviors
,b. to study the way people are influenced by groups or organizations
c. to study how people affect and are affected by social structures and
social processes
d. to study the organizations that people create. Answer: C
◉ The postindustrial age began around the middle of the twentieth
century, but transitioned into the _________________ at the
beginning of the twenty-first century.
a. social age
b. cyber age
c. space age
d. information age. Answer: D
◉ As globalization takes place, the movement of products and people
of the world becomes more ___________.
a. monitored
b. regulated
c. unequal
d. fluid. Answer: D
◉ There are four defining characteristics of McDonaldization. Which
of the following is NOT one of these characteristics?
a. Efficiency
b. Calculability
c. Control
, d. Expansion. Answer: D
◉ One of the four defining characteristics of McDonaldization is
predictability. What does predictability refer to here?
a. The ability to predict the future growth of the company
b. The ability to predict one's experience across different settings
c. The ability to predict where the product will spread
d. The ability to predict who will buy the product. Answer: B
◉ Dr. Ritzer presents three main concerns as the centerpiece for his
text. These concerns are:
a. globalization, consumption, and the digital world
b. globalization, global economics, and the Internet
c. capitalism, industrialism, and the Information Age
d. the industrial revolution, the agricultural revolution, and the
information revolution. Answer: A
◉ __________ help sociologists make sense of social phenomena and
understand important social If a researcher, deciding to study crime
within a specific community, chooses to interview residents to gain
some insight into the problem, he/she would be utilizing
____________ analysis.
a. micro
b. macro
c. public
d. organic. Answer: A
