1. A group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together is the definition of:
a. family used by all sociologists.
b. family used by the U. S. Census Bureau.
c. affiliated kin used by sociologists.
d. traditional family used by sociologists.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
2. “All the people who occupy a housing unit” is the definition of:
a. affiliated kin.
b. endearing family.
c. clan.
d. household.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
3. Unrelated individuals who feel and are treated as if they were relatives comprise an individual’s:
a. affiliated kin.
b. endearing family.
c. clan.
d. compadres.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
4. Carlos is Roberto’s compadre. This means that Carlos is Roberto’s:
a. friend.
b. brother.
c. godparent.
d. grandparent.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
5. Diane and Jim are married to each other and live together with their two biological children. This group meets the
definition of:
a. fictive kin.
b. affiliated kin.
c. a nuclear family.
d. an extended family.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
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, 6. Ray and Debra are a middle-class couple with three children. Ray has a full-time job and supports the family
financially. Debra stays home and takes care of the children. Ray and Debra’s family meets the definition of:
a. a modern family.
b. affiliated kin.
c. a traditional family.
d. an extended family.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
7. Around _____ of the population of the United States, age 18 and older, is currently married.
a. 50%
b. 60%
c. 75%
d. 95%
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
8. Through which court case did same-sex marriage become legal in the United States?
a. Roe v. Wade
b. Plessy v. Ferguson
c. Brown v. Board of Education
d. Obergefell v. Hodges
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Personal Experience, Social Controversy, and Wishful Thinking
9. In the United States, same-sex couples can legally marry in:
a. only states which have passed laws in favor of same-sex marriage.
b. in all 50 states.
c. Ohio and New York only.
d. churches but not in courthouses.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Personal Experience, Social Controversy, and Wishful Thinking
10. In China, a spirit marriage is one between:
a. two religious leaders
b. two people who are not physically present at the time of the marriage but exchange vows by phone.
c. two affiliated kin.
d. two people who are both dead.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
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, 11. The preferred marital arrangement worldwide is:
a. polygamy.
b. monogamy.
c. bigamy.
d. modified polygamy.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
12. A marriage system that is quite rare throughout world cultures is:
a. monogamy.
b. polygamy.
c. polygyny.
d. polyandry.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
13. Nassira lives in a tribe in Zambia in which men have multiple wives simultaneously. This is called:
a. monogamy.
b. serial monogamy.
c. polygyny.
d. polyandry.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
14. Our marriage system in the United States may best be described as:
a. monogamy.
b. serial monogamy or modified polygamy.
c. polygamy.
d. polyandry.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
15. In 1967, the U.S. Supreme court ruled in the case of Loving v. Virginia and decided that it was unconstitutional
for states to:
a. prohibit interracial marriage.
b. determine age restrictions for marriage.
c. prohibit same-sex marriage.
d. deny the right of cousins to marry.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
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, 16. According to the text, the functions of the family may include all of the following except:
a. assignment of social roles and status.
b. socialization of children.
c. acting as a unit of economic cooperation and consumption.
d. caring for extended family.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
17. Intimacy:
a. has little influence on health.
b. is not a function of family.
c. is generally not provided by pets.
d. strongly influences physical and mental health.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
18. The shaping of individual behavior to conform to social or cultural norms is referred to as:
a. acculturation.
b. socialization.
c. societal imaging.
d. cultural modeling.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
19. The family in which we grow up is known as the:
a. family of orientation.
b. family of cohabitation.
c. family of procreation.
d. traditional family.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
20. Lisa and Jim are married and have a child together. This family they have created is, for Lisa and Jim, a family of:
a. origin.
b. procreation
c. orientation.
d. reproduction.
ANSWER: b
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a. family used by all sociologists.
b. family used by the U. S. Census Bureau.
c. affiliated kin used by sociologists.
d. traditional family used by sociologists.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
2. “All the people who occupy a housing unit” is the definition of:
a. affiliated kin.
b. endearing family.
c. clan.
d. household.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
3. Unrelated individuals who feel and are treated as if they were relatives comprise an individual’s:
a. affiliated kin.
b. endearing family.
c. clan.
d. compadres.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
4. Carlos is Roberto’s compadre. This means that Carlos is Roberto’s:
a. friend.
b. brother.
c. godparent.
d. grandparent.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
5. Diane and Jim are married to each other and live together with their two biological children. This group meets the
definition of:
a. fictive kin.
b. affiliated kin.
c. a nuclear family.
d. an extended family.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
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, 6. Ray and Debra are a middle-class couple with three children. Ray has a full-time job and supports the family
financially. Debra stays home and takes care of the children. Ray and Debra’s family meets the definition of:
a. a modern family.
b. affiliated kin.
c. a traditional family.
d. an extended family.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
7. Around _____ of the population of the United States, age 18 and older, is currently married.
a. 50%
b. 60%
c. 75%
d. 95%
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
8. Through which court case did same-sex marriage become legal in the United States?
a. Roe v. Wade
b. Plessy v. Ferguson
c. Brown v. Board of Education
d. Obergefell v. Hodges
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Personal Experience, Social Controversy, and Wishful Thinking
9. In the United States, same-sex couples can legally marry in:
a. only states which have passed laws in favor of same-sex marriage.
b. in all 50 states.
c. Ohio and New York only.
d. churches but not in courthouses.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Personal Experience, Social Controversy, and Wishful Thinking
10. In China, a spirit marriage is one between:
a. two religious leaders
b. two people who are not physically present at the time of the marriage but exchange vows by phone.
c. two affiliated kin.
d. two people who are both dead.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
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, 11. The preferred marital arrangement worldwide is:
a. polygamy.
b. monogamy.
c. bigamy.
d. modified polygamy.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
12. A marriage system that is quite rare throughout world cultures is:
a. monogamy.
b. polygamy.
c. polygyny.
d. polyandry.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
13. Nassira lives in a tribe in Zambia in which men have multiple wives simultaneously. This is called:
a. monogamy.
b. serial monogamy.
c. polygyny.
d. polyandry.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
14. Our marriage system in the United States may best be described as:
a. monogamy.
b. serial monogamy or modified polygamy.
c. polygamy.
d. polyandry.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
15. In 1967, the U.S. Supreme court ruled in the case of Loving v. Virginia and decided that it was unconstitutional
for states to:
a. prohibit interracial marriage.
b. determine age restrictions for marriage.
c. prohibit same-sex marriage.
d. deny the right of cousins to marry.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
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, 16. According to the text, the functions of the family may include all of the following except:
a. assignment of social roles and status.
b. socialization of children.
c. acting as a unit of economic cooperation and consumption.
d. caring for extended family.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
17. Intimacy:
a. has little influence on health.
b. is not a function of family.
c. is generally not provided by pets.
d. strongly influences physical and mental health.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
18. The shaping of individual behavior to conform to social or cultural norms is referred to as:
a. acculturation.
b. socialization.
c. societal imaging.
d. cultural modeling.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
19. The family in which we grow up is known as the:
a. family of orientation.
b. family of cohabitation.
c. family of procreation.
d. traditional family.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
20. Lisa and Jim are married and have a child together. This family they have created is, for Lisa and Jim, a family of:
a. origin.
b. procreation
c. orientation.
d. reproduction.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
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