Sociology test bank.
d d
Chapter 1 d
MultipledChoice
1. AsddefineddbydC.dWrightdMills,dwhichdofdthedfollowingd“enablesdusdtodgraspdhistorydanddbiographydanddthed
relationsdbetweendthedtwodwithindsociety”?
a. formaldsociology
b. sociologicaldimagination
c. microsociology
d. macrosociology
ANS:dBdDIF:dEasydREF:dPaged5
TOP:dFactualdOBJ:dSociologicaldImagination
2. FeelingddiscomfortdaboutdruraldChinesedsociety,dwheredmanydgenerationsdofdadfamilydsleepdindthedsamed
bed,disdknowndas:
a. xenophobia.
b. Verstehen.
c. socialdidentity.
d. socialdecology.
ANS:dAdDIF:dModeratedREF:dPagesd6–7
TOP:dApplieddOBJ:dSociologicaldImagination
3. HowddoesdthedtextbookdauthorduseddialoguedfromdPulpdFiction,dindwhichdthedcharactersddiscussdhowdind
Hollanddpeopledputdmayonnaisedondtheirdfrenchdfries?
a. todintroducedthedsociologydofdfilm
b. todexplaindthedsociologicaldimagination
c. todexplaindsocialdinstitutions
d. toddefinedformaldsociology
ANS:dBdDIF:dEasydREF:dPaged7
TOP:dApplieddOBJ:dSociologicaldImagination
4. Adfemaledmanagerdisdattemptingdtodclimbdherdwaydtodthedtopdofdthedcorporatedladder.dShedworksdasdhard,difd
notdharder,dthandherdmaledcolleagues,dbutdnothingdshedseemsdtoddodhelpsdherdadvance.dShedbeginsdtodnoticedthatdmal
esdaredbeingdpromoted,dbutdfemalesdtenddtodbedoverlookeddfordadvancements.dThedrealizationdthatdmanydwomendindherd
circumstancedaredexperiencingdthedsameddiscriminationdisdandexampledof:
a. anomie.
b. Verstehen.
c. sociologicaldimagination.
d. socialdcohesion.
ANS:dCdDIF:dDifficultdREF:dPaged5
TOP:dApplieddOBJ:dSociologicaldImagination
5. Sociologistsdanddeconomistsdhavedshowndthatdthedbenefitsdofdhigherdeducationdincludedhigherdmediand
incomesdfordcollegedgraduates.dThisdisdknowndas:
a.
educationaldinvestment.d
b. thedreturnsdtodschooling.
c. studydharddordbedpoor.
d. getdandeducation;dgetdadjob.
ANS:dBdDIF:dModeratedREF:dPaged8
TOP:dFactualdOBJ:dReturnsdtodSchooling
6. Afterddoingdsomedsociologicaldmath,dwhatdisdthednetddifferencedbetweendthedannualdearningsdofdthed
averagedhighdschooldversusdcollegedgraduate?
a. aboutd$5,000dperdyear
[Date]
,b. aboutd$10,000dperdyeard
c. aboutd$15,000dperdyear
d.
aboutd$50,000dperdyeard
ANS:dCdDIF:dDifficultdREF:dPaged9
[Date]
, TOP:dConceptualdOBJ:dReturnsdtodSchooling
7. AccordingdtodRandalldCollins’sd(1979)dresearch,dthedexpansiondofdhigherdeducationdis:
a. mainlydcauseddbydthedglobalizationdofdcapitalism.
b. likelydcauseddbydless-
prepareddhighdschooldstudentsdenteringdcollege.dc.
adresultdofdcredentialism danddexpendituresdondformaldeducation.
d. adresultdofdincreasingdgovernmentaldinterferencedindeducationaldfunding.
ANS:dCdDIF:dDifficultdREF:dPaged11d
TOP:dFactualdOBJ:dCredentialism
8. Accordingdtodresearchduseddtodquestiondcredentialism,dwhatdmightditdcostdtodbuydadcollegeddiplomadonline?d
a. $29.95
b. $99.99
c. $250.00
d. atdleastd$1,000
ANS:dAdDIF:dModeratedREF:dPaged11d
TOP:dFactualdOBJ:dCredentialism
9. Indtoday’sdsociety,dRandalldCollinsdmightdsuggestdthatdgettingdad“piecedofdpaper”disdmoredimportantdtodmanyd
thandactuallydhavingdthedknowledgedtoddodadjob.dHedcallsdthedprioritydplaceddondformaldeducation:
a.
secondarydeducation.d
b. credentialism.
c. normlessness.
d. xenophobia.
ANS:dBdDIF:dDifficultdREF:dPaged11dTO
P:dConceptualdOBJ:dCredentialism
10. Alldofdthedfollowingdaredexamplesdofdsocialdinstitutionsduseddtodpreventdwebsitesdfromdunderminingd
colleges’ddegree-conferringdabilitiesdEXCEPT:
a. copyrightdlaw.
b. policedforces.
c. employers.d
d. families.
ANS:dDdDIF:dEasydREF:dPaged11
TOP:dFactualdOBJ:dSocialdInstitutions
11. Whichdofdthedfollowingdisddefineddasdadsetdofdstoriesdembeddeddwithindadsocialdnetworkdaboutdthedstandardd
waysdadsocietydmeetsditsdneeds?
a.
adsociald identityd
b. adsocialdinstitution
c. adtheory
d. anomie
ANS:dBdDIF:dModeratedREF:dPaged12dT
OP:dFactualdOBJ:dSocialdInstitutions
12. Thedauthordofdyourdtextdstatesdthatdthedmostdage-segregateddsocialdinstitutiondindourdsocietydis:
a. adhospital.
b. admentaldinstitution.
c. adprison.
d. adfour-yeardcollege.
ANS:dDdDIF:dEasydREF:dPaged12
TOP:dFactualdOBJ:dSocialdInstitutions
13. Adfamily,dasdadgroupdofdpeopledlivingdtogetherdsharingdindividualdstories,dmakesdupda(n):d
a. socialdinstitution.
b. conflictdinstitution.
[Date]
, c. anomicdinstitution.
d. creativedinstitution.
ANS:dAdDIF:dDifficultdREF:dPaged13
TOP:dConceptualdOBJ:dSocialdInstitutions
14. ThedPhillipdMorrisdCompanydchangedditsdnamedtodAltiradindandattemptdtodstartdadnew:
[Date]
d d
Chapter 1 d
MultipledChoice
1. AsddefineddbydC.dWrightdMills,dwhichdofdthedfollowingd“enablesdusdtodgraspdhistorydanddbiographydanddthed
relationsdbetweendthedtwodwithindsociety”?
a. formaldsociology
b. sociologicaldimagination
c. microsociology
d. macrosociology
ANS:dBdDIF:dEasydREF:dPaged5
TOP:dFactualdOBJ:dSociologicaldImagination
2. FeelingddiscomfortdaboutdruraldChinesedsociety,dwheredmanydgenerationsdofdadfamilydsleepdindthedsamed
bed,disdknowndas:
a. xenophobia.
b. Verstehen.
c. socialdidentity.
d. socialdecology.
ANS:dAdDIF:dModeratedREF:dPagesd6–7
TOP:dApplieddOBJ:dSociologicaldImagination
3. HowddoesdthedtextbookdauthorduseddialoguedfromdPulpdFiction,dindwhichdthedcharactersddiscussdhowdind
Hollanddpeopledputdmayonnaisedondtheirdfrenchdfries?
a. todintroducedthedsociologydofdfilm
b. todexplaindthedsociologicaldimagination
c. todexplaindsocialdinstitutions
d. toddefinedformaldsociology
ANS:dBdDIF:dEasydREF:dPaged7
TOP:dApplieddOBJ:dSociologicaldImagination
4. Adfemaledmanagerdisdattemptingdtodclimbdherdwaydtodthedtopdofdthedcorporatedladder.dShedworksdasdhard,difd
notdharder,dthandherdmaledcolleagues,dbutdnothingdshedseemsdtoddodhelpsdherdadvance.dShedbeginsdtodnoticedthatdmal
esdaredbeingdpromoted,dbutdfemalesdtenddtodbedoverlookeddfordadvancements.dThedrealizationdthatdmanydwomendindherd
circumstancedaredexperiencingdthedsameddiscriminationdisdandexampledof:
a. anomie.
b. Verstehen.
c. sociologicaldimagination.
d. socialdcohesion.
ANS:dCdDIF:dDifficultdREF:dPaged5
TOP:dApplieddOBJ:dSociologicaldImagination
5. Sociologistsdanddeconomistsdhavedshowndthatdthedbenefitsdofdhigherdeducationdincludedhigherdmediand
incomesdfordcollegedgraduates.dThisdisdknowndas:
a.
educationaldinvestment.d
b. thedreturnsdtodschooling.
c. studydharddordbedpoor.
d. getdandeducation;dgetdadjob.
ANS:dBdDIF:dModeratedREF:dPaged8
TOP:dFactualdOBJ:dReturnsdtodSchooling
6. Afterddoingdsomedsociologicaldmath,dwhatdisdthednetddifferencedbetweendthedannualdearningsdofdthed
averagedhighdschooldversusdcollegedgraduate?
a. aboutd$5,000dperdyear
[Date]
,b. aboutd$10,000dperdyeard
c. aboutd$15,000dperdyear
d.
aboutd$50,000dperdyeard
ANS:dCdDIF:dDifficultdREF:dPaged9
[Date]
, TOP:dConceptualdOBJ:dReturnsdtodSchooling
7. AccordingdtodRandalldCollins’sd(1979)dresearch,dthedexpansiondofdhigherdeducationdis:
a. mainlydcauseddbydthedglobalizationdofdcapitalism.
b. likelydcauseddbydless-
prepareddhighdschooldstudentsdenteringdcollege.dc.
adresultdofdcredentialism danddexpendituresdondformaldeducation.
d. adresultdofdincreasingdgovernmentaldinterferencedindeducationaldfunding.
ANS:dCdDIF:dDifficultdREF:dPaged11d
TOP:dFactualdOBJ:dCredentialism
8. Accordingdtodresearchduseddtodquestiondcredentialism,dwhatdmightditdcostdtodbuydadcollegeddiplomadonline?d
a. $29.95
b. $99.99
c. $250.00
d. atdleastd$1,000
ANS:dAdDIF:dModeratedREF:dPaged11d
TOP:dFactualdOBJ:dCredentialism
9. Indtoday’sdsociety,dRandalldCollinsdmightdsuggestdthatdgettingdad“piecedofdpaper”disdmoredimportantdtodmanyd
thandactuallydhavingdthedknowledgedtoddodadjob.dHedcallsdthedprioritydplaceddondformaldeducation:
a.
secondarydeducation.d
b. credentialism.
c. normlessness.
d. xenophobia.
ANS:dBdDIF:dDifficultdREF:dPaged11dTO
P:dConceptualdOBJ:dCredentialism
10. Alldofdthedfollowingdaredexamplesdofdsocialdinstitutionsduseddtodpreventdwebsitesdfromdunderminingd
colleges’ddegree-conferringdabilitiesdEXCEPT:
a. copyrightdlaw.
b. policedforces.
c. employers.d
d. families.
ANS:dDdDIF:dEasydREF:dPaged11
TOP:dFactualdOBJ:dSocialdInstitutions
11. Whichdofdthedfollowingdisddefineddasdadsetdofdstoriesdembeddeddwithindadsocialdnetworkdaboutdthedstandardd
waysdadsocietydmeetsditsdneeds?
a.
adsociald identityd
b. adsocialdinstitution
c. adtheory
d. anomie
ANS:dBdDIF:dModeratedREF:dPaged12dT
OP:dFactualdOBJ:dSocialdInstitutions
12. Thedauthordofdyourdtextdstatesdthatdthedmostdage-segregateddsocialdinstitutiondindourdsocietydis:
a. adhospital.
b. admentaldinstitution.
c. adprison.
d. adfour-yeardcollege.
ANS:dDdDIF:dEasydREF:dPaged12
TOP:dFactualdOBJ:dSocialdInstitutions
13. Adfamily,dasdadgroupdofdpeopledlivingdtogetherdsharingdindividualdstories,dmakesdupda(n):d
a. socialdinstitution.
b. conflictdinstitution.
[Date]
, c. anomicdinstitution.
d. creativedinstitution.
ANS:dAdDIF:dDifficultdREF:dPaged13
TOP:dConceptualdOBJ:dSocialdInstitutions
14. ThedPhillipdMorrisdCompanydchangedditsdnamedtodAltiradindandattemptdtodstartdadnew:
[Date]
