Instructor Resource
JoAnn Chirico, Global Problems, Global Solutions, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
Chapter 1: Private Troubles and Social Problems
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. To begin studying global social problems, we first need to distinguish personal
problems from ______ problems.
a. group
b. public
c. economic
d. private
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Distinguish between personal and social problems, societal and
global problems.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Victims of Circumstance: The Lost Boys
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. What helps one to see the social dimensions of problems in the global system?
a. global perspective
b. socioeconomic imagination
c. social location
d. sociological imagination
Ans: D
, Instructor Resource
JoAnn Chirico, Global Problems, Global Solutions, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
Learning Objective: 1.4: Apply theoretical frameworks to the analysis of global
problems.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Victims of Circumstance: The Lost Boys
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Durkheim discovered the importance of ______ on the suicide rate.
a. social ties
b. finances
c. global problems
d. intersectionality
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Distinguish between personal and social problems, societal and
global problems.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: An Example: Suicide
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Environmental degradation can best be described as which of the following?
a. personal trouble
b. manufactured risk
c. social expenditure
d. global system
Ans: B
, Instructor Resource
JoAnn Chirico, Global Problems, Global Solutions, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
Learning Objective: 1.1: Distinguish between personal and social problems, societal and
global problems.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Global Vulnerability
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Breakdowns in an entire system, as opposed to breakdowns in individual parts and
components, are an example of which type of risk?
a. systematic
b. global
c. social
d. political
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Distinguish between personal and social problems, societal and
global problems.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Global Vulnerability
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Not everyone is equally vulnerable to global risks. Much depends on one’s ______.
a. social capital
b. cultural capital
c. life chances
d. personal choices
Ans: C
JoAnn Chirico, Global Problems, Global Solutions, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
Chapter 1: Private Troubles and Social Problems
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. To begin studying global social problems, we first need to distinguish personal
problems from ______ problems.
a. group
b. public
c. economic
d. private
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Distinguish between personal and social problems, societal and
global problems.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Victims of Circumstance: The Lost Boys
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. What helps one to see the social dimensions of problems in the global system?
a. global perspective
b. socioeconomic imagination
c. social location
d. sociological imagination
Ans: D
, Instructor Resource
JoAnn Chirico, Global Problems, Global Solutions, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
Learning Objective: 1.4: Apply theoretical frameworks to the analysis of global
problems.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Victims of Circumstance: The Lost Boys
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Durkheim discovered the importance of ______ on the suicide rate.
a. social ties
b. finances
c. global problems
d. intersectionality
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Distinguish between personal and social problems, societal and
global problems.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: An Example: Suicide
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Environmental degradation can best be described as which of the following?
a. personal trouble
b. manufactured risk
c. social expenditure
d. global system
Ans: B
, Instructor Resource
JoAnn Chirico, Global Problems, Global Solutions, 1e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
Learning Objective: 1.1: Distinguish between personal and social problems, societal and
global problems.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Global Vulnerability
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Breakdowns in an entire system, as opposed to breakdowns in individual parts and
components, are an example of which type of risk?
a. systematic
b. global
c. social
d. political
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Distinguish between personal and social problems, societal and
global problems.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Global Vulnerability
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Not everyone is equally vulnerable to global risks. Much depends on one’s ______.
a. social capital
b. cultural capital
c. life chances
d. personal choices
Ans: C
