WGU C273 ALL UNITS ASSESSMENT -
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY |ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW
2026-2027 UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
Equal pay for women and men is an issue currently being fought for in the United States.
Which one of the following names the issue equal pay will fix?
a) gender segregation
b) gender typing
c) gender wage gap
d) gendered marketing
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is C. The gender wage gap is the difference between the average
earnings by men and the average earning by women.
Question 2
Which of the following is a sociological theory about why boys (on average) get lower
grades than girls (on average)?
a) Girls benefit more from higher education.
b) Doing poorly in school is a gender norm for boys among their peers.
c) Boys' intellectual capacity develop later than girls'.
d) Teachers have lower expectations for boys than for girls.
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is B. One theorist, Amy Hsin, speculated that since Asian-American boys'
grades fell in high school, their peers' social norms for "masculine" behavior might be more
influential than the early social norms inculcated by their parents.
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,Question 3
What sociological observations have led to the term "second shift?"
a) Working women pick up more of the housework than working men.
b) Most women have shifted their focus from family life to their careers, and are therefore
working longer hours than men.
c) Women are more frequently forced to work in lower-paying jobs than men.
d) Women often have to take second jobs because their first jobs pay little money.
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is A. The "second shift" refers to the housework and child rearing that
must be done after work, (a "second shift"), and surveys have found that working women on
average spend more time on such chores than working men.
Question 4
The conflict perspective argues which of the following about gender?
a) The balance of society is dependent on women and men upholding the proper gender
roles.
b) Society's historically matriarchal culture holds men and women to unequal standards.
c) Gender roles dominate the way people behave and interact with one another.
d) Inequality in society stems from the gender roles assigned to and expected from men and
women.
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is D. The conflict perspective attributes society's differences in how men
and women are treated to inequality, especially now that gender roles are changing.
Question 5
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,An exchange student from China studying in Massachusetts adopts an English name, eats
only American foods, and joins an intramural football team at his college. Which of the
following concepts is this student exemplifying?
a) discrimination
b) systemic racism
c) assimilation
d) implicit bias
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is C. Assimilation is the process by which someone gives up their
distinctive culture and adopts the patterns of the dominant culture.
Question 6
What social institution led to the "one drop" rule?
a) the law, since the law said that a person is Black if his or her mother is Black
b) the law, since the law said that a person is Black if his or her mother is a slave
c) slavery, since the law that said that a child was a slave if his or her mother was, which
eventually led to the idea that a single Black ancestor makes a person Black
d) slavery since the law said that only Black people were slaves, therefore people who
looked sufficiently White could escape slavery
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is C. Early Colonial laws stated that any children of slaves were slaves,
even if they had White paternity. Over generations, even people whose racial heritage was
largely White could still be considered slaves, feeding into the idea that a single Black
ancestor made someone Black.
Question 7
Which is an example of systemic racism?
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, a) A single police officer, operating under the "stop and frisk" policy, disproportionately stops
and frisks more citizens of color.
b) Police officers in the United States, on average, operating under the "stop and frisk"
policy, stop disproportionately more citizens of color.
c) A new law forces businesses to cover the names of applicants prior to and during the
review process so that they are not accidentally influenced by implicit bias.
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is B. In this example, we see that a disproportionate number of racial
and ethnic groups being stopped and frisked reveals an underlying bias that is present in the
United States. This is an example of a societal attitude that drives forms of racism. In letter A,
a single officer demonstrates individual bias, and in letter C, a law aims to mitigate the
effects of systemic or individual racism in the workplace.
Question 8
What practice do employers use to decrease the ability of low-wage workers to negotiate
their wages?
a) Employers appeal to the law to restrict what their employees can do to improve their
working conditions.
b) Employers work with their employees to ensure the wages they are paying are fair.
c) Employers regularly pay less than minimum wage in order to reap the maximum amount
of profit.
d) Employers keep a reserve army of workers they can hire if current employees misbehave.
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is D. Employers keep a reserve of potential employees, which allows
them to threaten current employees with firing.
Question 9
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INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY |ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW
2026-2027 UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
Equal pay for women and men is an issue currently being fought for in the United States.
Which one of the following names the issue equal pay will fix?
a) gender segregation
b) gender typing
c) gender wage gap
d) gendered marketing
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is C. The gender wage gap is the difference between the average
earnings by men and the average earning by women.
Question 2
Which of the following is a sociological theory about why boys (on average) get lower
grades than girls (on average)?
a) Girls benefit more from higher education.
b) Doing poorly in school is a gender norm for boys among their peers.
c) Boys' intellectual capacity develop later than girls'.
d) Teachers have lower expectations for boys than for girls.
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is B. One theorist, Amy Hsin, speculated that since Asian-American boys'
grades fell in high school, their peers' social norms for "masculine" behavior might be more
influential than the early social norms inculcated by their parents.
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,Question 3
What sociological observations have led to the term "second shift?"
a) Working women pick up more of the housework than working men.
b) Most women have shifted their focus from family life to their careers, and are therefore
working longer hours than men.
c) Women are more frequently forced to work in lower-paying jobs than men.
d) Women often have to take second jobs because their first jobs pay little money.
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is A. The "second shift" refers to the housework and child rearing that
must be done after work, (a "second shift"), and surveys have found that working women on
average spend more time on such chores than working men.
Question 4
The conflict perspective argues which of the following about gender?
a) The balance of society is dependent on women and men upholding the proper gender
roles.
b) Society's historically matriarchal culture holds men and women to unequal standards.
c) Gender roles dominate the way people behave and interact with one another.
d) Inequality in society stems from the gender roles assigned to and expected from men and
women.
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is D. The conflict perspective attributes society's differences in how men
and women are treated to inequality, especially now that gender roles are changing.
Question 5
2
,An exchange student from China studying in Massachusetts adopts an English name, eats
only American foods, and joins an intramural football team at his college. Which of the
following concepts is this student exemplifying?
a) discrimination
b) systemic racism
c) assimilation
d) implicit bias
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is C. Assimilation is the process by which someone gives up their
distinctive culture and adopts the patterns of the dominant culture.
Question 6
What social institution led to the "one drop" rule?
a) the law, since the law said that a person is Black if his or her mother is Black
b) the law, since the law said that a person is Black if his or her mother is a slave
c) slavery, since the law that said that a child was a slave if his or her mother was, which
eventually led to the idea that a single Black ancestor makes a person Black
d) slavery since the law said that only Black people were slaves, therefore people who
looked sufficiently White could escape slavery
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is C. Early Colonial laws stated that any children of slaves were slaves,
even if they had White paternity. Over generations, even people whose racial heritage was
largely White could still be considered slaves, feeding into the idea that a single Black
ancestor made someone Black.
Question 7
Which is an example of systemic racism?
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, a) A single police officer, operating under the "stop and frisk" policy, disproportionately stops
and frisks more citizens of color.
b) Police officers in the United States, on average, operating under the "stop and frisk"
policy, stop disproportionately more citizens of color.
c) A new law forces businesses to cover the names of applicants prior to and during the
review process so that they are not accidentally influenced by implicit bias.
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is B. In this example, we see that a disproportionate number of racial
and ethnic groups being stopped and frisked reveals an underlying bias that is present in the
United States. This is an example of a societal attitude that drives forms of racism. In letter A,
a single officer demonstrates individual bias, and in letter C, a law aims to mitigate the
effects of systemic or individual racism in the workplace.
Question 8
What practice do employers use to decrease the ability of low-wage workers to negotiate
their wages?
a) Employers appeal to the law to restrict what their employees can do to improve their
working conditions.
b) Employers work with their employees to ensure the wages they are paying are fair.
c) Employers regularly pay less than minimum wage in order to reap the maximum amount
of profit.
d) Employers keep a reserve army of workers they can hire if current employees misbehave.
CORRECT ANSWER
The correct answer is D. Employers keep a reserve of potential employees, which allows
them to threaten current employees with firing.
Question 9
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