SYO 4400 EXAM 2 REVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. Historically, many urban clinics providing treatment for the poor were estab-
lished primarily as:: teaching facilities
2. Social status is a(n) dimension in "social class" consisting of
how much esteem the person is accorded by other people.: subjective
3. The lower class would include:: semi-skilled and unskilled workers, the chronically unemployed
4. The National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC) is typically used
by:: British
5. Which component of social class is consistently the strongest single predictor
of good health?: education
6. In the United States, heart disease has over the past 30
years.-
: decreased
7. According to Weber, is the ability to realize one's will even
against the resistance of others.: power
8. Compared to other social classes, lower class individuals visit physicians
.: more often
9. The finding that even the upper middle class lives shorter than the uppermost
class, and that every class lives longer than the one directly below it is evidence
of what?: social gradient in mortality
10. Which of the following is NOT one of the features of neighborhoods that can
influence health?: racial makeup of the neighborhood
11. What has been the general pattern in life expectancy during the 20th century
with respect to men and women?: Women gained more than men in the first half of the century but
since then men have made greater gains and the gap is narrowing.
12. is the leading cause of death for women after age 66.: heart disease
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1. Historically, many urban clinics providing treatment for the poor were estab-
lished primarily as:: teaching facilities
2. Social status is a(n) dimension in "social class" consisting of
how much esteem the person is accorded by other people.: subjective
3. The lower class would include:: semi-skilled and unskilled workers, the chronically unemployed
4. The National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC) is typically used
by:: British
5. Which component of social class is consistently the strongest single predictor
of good health?: education
6. In the United States, heart disease has over the past 30
years.-
: decreased
7. According to Weber, is the ability to realize one's will even
against the resistance of others.: power
8. Compared to other social classes, lower class individuals visit physicians
.: more often
9. The finding that even the upper middle class lives shorter than the uppermost
class, and that every class lives longer than the one directly below it is evidence
of what?: social gradient in mortality
10. Which of the following is NOT one of the features of neighborhoods that can
influence health?: racial makeup of the neighborhood
11. What has been the general pattern in life expectancy during the 20th century
with respect to men and women?: Women gained more than men in the first half of the century but
since then men have made greater gains and the gap is narrowing.
12. is the leading cause of death for women after age 66.: heart disease
1/4
