WGU C273 FINAL EXAM -INTRODUCTION TO
SOCIOLOGY |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 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
CORRECT ANSWER
conflict perspective
Question 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
CORRECT ANSWER
Health care is profit-driven
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,Question 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.
CORRECT ANSWER
the incest taboo
Question 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
CORRECT ANSWER
polygamy
Question 5
Which of the following would be an example of a man "redoing" traditional gender?
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,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
CORRECT ANSWER
organizing a birthday lunch at work
Question 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
CORRECT ANSWER
world systems analysis
Question 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
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, d. employment based on technical qualifications
CORRECT ANSWER
division of labor
Question 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.
CORRECT ANSWER
combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist
Question 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
CORRECT ANSWER
sociological imagination
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SOCIOLOGY |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 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
CORRECT ANSWER
conflict perspective
Question 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
CORRECT ANSWER
Health care is profit-driven
1
,Question 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.
CORRECT ANSWER
the incest taboo
Question 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
CORRECT ANSWER
polygamy
Question 5
Which of the following would be an example of a man "redoing" traditional gender?
2
,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
CORRECT ANSWER
organizing a birthday lunch at work
Question 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
CORRECT ANSWER
world systems analysis
Question 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
3
, d. employment based on technical qualifications
CORRECT ANSWER
division of labor
Question 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.
CORRECT ANSWER
combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist
Question 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
CORRECT ANSWER
sociological imagination
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