SOA EXAM #2 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Due to the explosive growth of digital communication, micro-level and macro-level
phenomena:
A. are more segregated
B. are more intertwined
C. are reducing the expansion of globalization
D. are more separate from individual influence - Correct Answers -B
According to your text, Yahoo and March of Dimes are examples of
_________________________________.
A. organizations
B. corporations
C. micro-level systems
D. bureaucracies - Correct Answers -B
Societies are filled with __________________________, which are collectives
purposely constructed to achieve particular ends.
A. governances
B. organizations
C. formations
D. systems - Correct Answers -B
According to Max Weber, a(n) __________________________ is a highly rational
organization and is highly efficient.
A. Internet site
B. corporation
C. network
D. bureaucracy - Correct Answers -D
Capitalism and bureaucracy best exemplify what Max Weber meant by
____________________.
A. rationalization
B. ethnomethodology
C. systemization
D. organization - Correct Answers -A
, According to Weber, a(n) _________________________ is a model in which the
degree of rationality is greatly exaggerated.
A. prototype
B. ideal type
C. real type
D. model type - Correct Answers -B
John is a boss who is very stern with his employees, and they follow every command he
gives to them. John is someone who exemplifies ___________________________.
A. weak domination
B. strong domination
C. rational-legal authority
D. strong subordination - Correct Answers -B
The president and a police officer are examples of people who have positions of
_______________________________.
A. weak dominance
B. rational-legal authority
C. charismatic authority
D. rationalized dominance - Correct Answers -B
According to Weber, there are three different types of authority that vary by:
A. what type of domination they represent
B. what makes the authority legitimate
C. how many people are subject to the authority
D. how peaceful or violent they are - Correct Answers -B
The Prime Minister of Canada is an example of which type of authority?
A. Traditional
B. Rational-legal
C. Charismatic
D. Bureaucratic - Correct Answers -B
The Catholic pope is an example of which type of authority?
A. Traditional
B. Rational-legal
C. Charismatic
D. Bureaucratic - Correct Answers -A
Martin Luther King Jr. is an example of which type of authority?
A. Traditional
B. Rational-legal
C. Charismatic
D. Bureaucratic - Correct Answers -C
ANSWERS
Due to the explosive growth of digital communication, micro-level and macro-level
phenomena:
A. are more segregated
B. are more intertwined
C. are reducing the expansion of globalization
D. are more separate from individual influence - Correct Answers -B
According to your text, Yahoo and March of Dimes are examples of
_________________________________.
A. organizations
B. corporations
C. micro-level systems
D. bureaucracies - Correct Answers -B
Societies are filled with __________________________, which are collectives
purposely constructed to achieve particular ends.
A. governances
B. organizations
C. formations
D. systems - Correct Answers -B
According to Max Weber, a(n) __________________________ is a highly rational
organization and is highly efficient.
A. Internet site
B. corporation
C. network
D. bureaucracy - Correct Answers -D
Capitalism and bureaucracy best exemplify what Max Weber meant by
____________________.
A. rationalization
B. ethnomethodology
C. systemization
D. organization - Correct Answers -A
, According to Weber, a(n) _________________________ is a model in which the
degree of rationality is greatly exaggerated.
A. prototype
B. ideal type
C. real type
D. model type - Correct Answers -B
John is a boss who is very stern with his employees, and they follow every command he
gives to them. John is someone who exemplifies ___________________________.
A. weak domination
B. strong domination
C. rational-legal authority
D. strong subordination - Correct Answers -B
The president and a police officer are examples of people who have positions of
_______________________________.
A. weak dominance
B. rational-legal authority
C. charismatic authority
D. rationalized dominance - Correct Answers -B
According to Weber, there are three different types of authority that vary by:
A. what type of domination they represent
B. what makes the authority legitimate
C. how many people are subject to the authority
D. how peaceful or violent they are - Correct Answers -B
The Prime Minister of Canada is an example of which type of authority?
A. Traditional
B. Rational-legal
C. Charismatic
D. Bureaucratic - Correct Answers -B
The Catholic pope is an example of which type of authority?
A. Traditional
B. Rational-legal
C. Charismatic
D. Bureaucratic - Correct Answers -A
Martin Luther King Jr. is an example of which type of authority?
A. Traditional
B. Rational-legal
C. Charismatic
D. Bureaucratic - Correct Answers -C
