WGU ACADEMY INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS #1
1. Which sociological perspective suggests that the term medicalization of society refers to the
growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. labeling perspective: conflict perspective
2. Which of the following factors has contributed to the rise in the cost of healthcare in the
United States?
Select one:
a. The system is highly efficient.
b. Health care is profit-driven.
c. The young population is consuming less health care that previously thought.
d. Pharmaceutical companies are developing generic, low-cost prescription drugs: Health care is
profit-driven
3. In most states in the U.S., an individual is not permitted to marry a parent, a sibling, an aunt or an
uncle, a grandparent, or a first or second cousin. These rules reflect our societal emphasis on
Select one:
a. the incest taboo.
b. endogamy.
c. exogamy.
d. homogamy.: the incest taboo
4. What is the general term for a marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or
wives at the same time?
Select one:
a. monogamy
b. polygamy
c. polygyny
d. polyandry: polygamy
5. Which of the following would be an example of a man "redoing" traditional gender?
Select one: a. fist fighting in public
b. organizing a birthday lunch at work
c. not crying when hurt
d. carrying lots of heavy items: organizing a birthday lunch at work
,WGU ACADEMY INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS #1
6. In Immanuel Wallerstein's view, the global economic system is divided between nations that
control wealth and nations from which resources are taken. This view is referred to as
Select one:
a. neocolonialism.
b. colonialism.
c. world systems analysis.
d. the world exploitation model: world systems analysis
7. The failure of various government intelligence-gathering organizations to detect the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001, illustrates which poorly functioning aspect of government
bureaucracy?
Select one:
a. division of labor
b. hierarchy of authority
c. impersonality
d. employment based on technical qualifications: division of labor
8. Invention is the
Select one:
a. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.
b. process of introducing new elements into a culture.
c. process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.
d. process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.:
combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist
9. Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music, over others, is an
example of using one's
Select one:
a. cultural capital.
b. conflict perspective.
c. double consciousness.
d. sociological imagination: sociological imagination
10.A study of divorce rates among the populations of Canada, England, the U.S., and France, is an
example of
Select one:
a. alienation.
b. anomie.
c. microsociology.
d. macrosociology: macrosociology
, WGU ACADEMY INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS #1
11.Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels said, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history
of class struggles.... The have nothing to lose but
their chains. They have a world to win. WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!"
Select one:
a. bourgeoisie
b. proletarians
c. Vulcans
d. middle classes: proletarians
12.Émile Durkheim's explanation of suicide was scientific because he Select one:
a. developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of data. b. carefully studied the
personalities of hundreds of suicide victims.
c. worked in a university setting.
d. divided suicide into four distinctive categories.: developed conclusions based on a systematic
examination of data.
13.In Karl Marx's analysis, society was fundamentally divided between Select one:
a. separate genders that clash in pursuit of their own interests.
b. economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests. c. different races that
clash in pursuit of their own interests.
d. the religious and the nonreligious who clash in pursuit of their own inter- ests: economic classes
that clash in pursuit of their own class interests
14.Which of the following statements is true? Select one:
a. Clinical sociologists take direct responsibility for implementing their ideas.
b. There are no established methods for educating clinical sociologists.
c. Applied and clinical sociology are the same.
d. Clinical sociology has existed for only the last 20 years: Clinical sociologists take direct
responsibility for implementing their ideas.
15.Which of the following relationships best shows causal logic? Select one:
a. The time spent reviewing for a test may be directly related to, or produce a greater likelihood of
getting a high score.
b. Being less integrated into society may be directly related to, or produce a lower likelihood of,
suicide.
c. The time spent tending to one's vegetable garden may be directly related to, or produce a greater
likelihood of overgrowth.
d. Being more involved in extracurricular activities may be directly related to,
1. Which sociological perspective suggests that the term medicalization of society refers to the
growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. labeling perspective: conflict perspective
2. Which of the following factors has contributed to the rise in the cost of healthcare in the
United States?
Select one:
a. The system is highly efficient.
b. Health care is profit-driven.
c. The young population is consuming less health care that previously thought.
d. Pharmaceutical companies are developing generic, low-cost prescription drugs: Health care is
profit-driven
3. In most states in the U.S., an individual is not permitted to marry a parent, a sibling, an aunt or an
uncle, a grandparent, or a first or second cousin. These rules reflect our societal emphasis on
Select one:
a. the incest taboo.
b. endogamy.
c. exogamy.
d. homogamy.: the incest taboo
4. What is the general term for a marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or
wives at the same time?
Select one:
a. monogamy
b. polygamy
c. polygyny
d. polyandry: polygamy
5. Which of the following would be an example of a man "redoing" traditional gender?
Select one: a. fist fighting in public
b. organizing a birthday lunch at work
c. not crying when hurt
d. carrying lots of heavy items: organizing a birthday lunch at work
,WGU ACADEMY INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS #1
6. In Immanuel Wallerstein's view, the global economic system is divided between nations that
control wealth and nations from which resources are taken. This view is referred to as
Select one:
a. neocolonialism.
b. colonialism.
c. world systems analysis.
d. the world exploitation model: world systems analysis
7. The failure of various government intelligence-gathering organizations to detect the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001, illustrates which poorly functioning aspect of government
bureaucracy?
Select one:
a. division of labor
b. hierarchy of authority
c. impersonality
d. employment based on technical qualifications: division of labor
8. Invention is the
Select one:
a. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.
b. process of introducing new elements into a culture.
c. process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.
d. process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.:
combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist
9. Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music, over others, is an
example of using one's
Select one:
a. cultural capital.
b. conflict perspective.
c. double consciousness.
d. sociological imagination: sociological imagination
10.A study of divorce rates among the populations of Canada, England, the U.S., and France, is an
example of
Select one:
a. alienation.
b. anomie.
c. microsociology.
d. macrosociology: macrosociology
, WGU ACADEMY INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS #1
11.Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels said, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history
of class struggles.... The have nothing to lose but
their chains. They have a world to win. WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!"
Select one:
a. bourgeoisie
b. proletarians
c. Vulcans
d. middle classes: proletarians
12.Émile Durkheim's explanation of suicide was scientific because he Select one:
a. developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of data. b. carefully studied the
personalities of hundreds of suicide victims.
c. worked in a university setting.
d. divided suicide into four distinctive categories.: developed conclusions based on a systematic
examination of data.
13.In Karl Marx's analysis, society was fundamentally divided between Select one:
a. separate genders that clash in pursuit of their own interests.
b. economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests. c. different races that
clash in pursuit of their own interests.
d. the religious and the nonreligious who clash in pursuit of their own inter- ests: economic classes
that clash in pursuit of their own class interests
14.Which of the following statements is true? Select one:
a. Clinical sociologists take direct responsibility for implementing their ideas.
b. There are no established methods for educating clinical sociologists.
c. Applied and clinical sociology are the same.
d. Clinical sociology has existed for only the last 20 years: Clinical sociologists take direct
responsibility for implementing their ideas.
15.Which of the following relationships best shows causal logic? Select one:
a. The time spent reviewing for a test may be directly related to, or produce a greater likelihood of
getting a high score.
b. Being less integrated into society may be directly related to, or produce a lower likelihood of,
suicide.
c. The time spent tending to one's vegetable garden may be directly related to, or produce a greater
likelihood of overgrowth.
d. Being more involved in extracurricular activities may be directly related to,
