SOC 300 - EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What are the three variables Max Weber identified as defining social class?
Property, power, prestige
Occupation, neighborhood, wealth
Ethnicity, race, sex
Sex, power, education - ANSWER-Property, power, prestige
Which statement regarding the nation's income is MOST accurate?
The top 20 percent of Americans earn nearly half the income.
The bottom 20 percent of Americans earn about 15 percent of the income.
The top two-thirds of Americans earn about two-thirds of the income.
Income earnings are just about evenly divided among all Americans. - ANSWER-The
top 20 percent of Americans earn nearly half the income.
The belief by many Americans that they actually contribute to major governmental
decisions through the power of their vote is referred to by Hellinger and Judd as
________.
Constitutional mandate
The power of persuasion
The democratic facade
False consciousness - ANSWER-The democratic facade
Janelle is a professor in the Department of Business at a state university. She is a
full professor in her department and earns $135,000 a year. According to Lenski's
status inconsistency hypothesis, what is Janelle's MOST likely political philosophy?
Conservative
Liberal
Inconsistent
Very Radical - ANSWER-Conservative
What is the relationship between one's social class and one's chances of being a
victim of crime?
Direct
Positive
Inverse
Null - ANSWER-Inverse
, To determine the poverty line, the U.S. government calculates a low-cost food
budget for a family of a specific size, then subjects that number to which
modification?
It multiples the food budget by five.
It multiplies the food budget by three.
It divides the food budget by five.
It divides the food budget by three. - ANSWER-It multiplies the food budget by three.
Numerically, ___________ make up the majority of the poor in the United States?
Native American
African American
white
Latino - ANSWER-white
What is the strongest variable in developing correlations to which social groups are
in poverty?
Geographic Location
Race/Ethnicity
Age
Education - ANSWER-Race/Ethnicity
________ are the MOST likely segment of the population in the United States to
experience poverty today.
Middle-aged adults
The elderly
Children
Young, single males - ANSWER-Children
What is the relationship between social class and the likelihood of embracing
deferred gratification?
The lower one's social class, the more likely they will embrace deferred gratification.
The higher one's social class, the more likely they will embrace deferred gratification.
The working class and working poor are the most likely to embrace deferred
gratification.
There is no consistent relationship between social class and deferred gratification. -
ANSWER-The higher one's social class, the more likely they will embrace deferred
gratification.
What is a group of people with inherited physical characteristics that distinguish it
from another group?
Tribe
Ethnicity
Race
Social Group - ANSWER-Race
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What are the three variables Max Weber identified as defining social class?
Property, power, prestige
Occupation, neighborhood, wealth
Ethnicity, race, sex
Sex, power, education - ANSWER-Property, power, prestige
Which statement regarding the nation's income is MOST accurate?
The top 20 percent of Americans earn nearly half the income.
The bottom 20 percent of Americans earn about 15 percent of the income.
The top two-thirds of Americans earn about two-thirds of the income.
Income earnings are just about evenly divided among all Americans. - ANSWER-The
top 20 percent of Americans earn nearly half the income.
The belief by many Americans that they actually contribute to major governmental
decisions through the power of their vote is referred to by Hellinger and Judd as
________.
Constitutional mandate
The power of persuasion
The democratic facade
False consciousness - ANSWER-The democratic facade
Janelle is a professor in the Department of Business at a state university. She is a
full professor in her department and earns $135,000 a year. According to Lenski's
status inconsistency hypothesis, what is Janelle's MOST likely political philosophy?
Conservative
Liberal
Inconsistent
Very Radical - ANSWER-Conservative
What is the relationship between one's social class and one's chances of being a
victim of crime?
Direct
Positive
Inverse
Null - ANSWER-Inverse
, To determine the poverty line, the U.S. government calculates a low-cost food
budget for a family of a specific size, then subjects that number to which
modification?
It multiples the food budget by five.
It multiplies the food budget by three.
It divides the food budget by five.
It divides the food budget by three. - ANSWER-It multiplies the food budget by three.
Numerically, ___________ make up the majority of the poor in the United States?
Native American
African American
white
Latino - ANSWER-white
What is the strongest variable in developing correlations to which social groups are
in poverty?
Geographic Location
Race/Ethnicity
Age
Education - ANSWER-Race/Ethnicity
________ are the MOST likely segment of the population in the United States to
experience poverty today.
Middle-aged adults
The elderly
Children
Young, single males - ANSWER-Children
What is the relationship between social class and the likelihood of embracing
deferred gratification?
The lower one's social class, the more likely they will embrace deferred gratification.
The higher one's social class, the more likely they will embrace deferred gratification.
The working class and working poor are the most likely to embrace deferred
gratification.
There is no consistent relationship between social class and deferred gratification. -
ANSWER-The higher one's social class, the more likely they will embrace deferred
gratification.
What is a group of people with inherited physical characteristics that distinguish it
from another group?
Tribe
Ethnicity
Race
Social Group - ANSWER-Race
