CLEP SOCIOLOGY PRACTICE TEST
Questions and Answers
1.The tendency for women or minorities to experience difficulty in climbing
the corporate ladder to positions of greater responsibility is known as the
Answer - Glass Ceiling
2.The act of disengaging from a self-identifying role is called
Answer Role Exit
3.Jon thinks that Indian food is stinky and smelly, and probably won't taste
good. After he tries some however, he finds that it is actually quite tasty!
What is this an example of?
Answer Prejudice
4.The gradual acceptance of a new way of doing things in society is
known as
Answer Institutionalization
5.Alex is the Chief of Police in a small town and he knows his son has been
vandalizing stores. On one hand, Alex is responsible for bringing the
vandal to justice. On the other, Alex wants to protect his son. Alex is
experiencing which of the following?
Answer Role Conflict
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,6.Which sociologist developed the concept of the dependency ratio?
Answer Thomas Malthus
7.Which of the following countries has the greatest number of deaths
per capita?
Answer South Africa (followed closely by Russia and Ukraine)
8.The "looking glass self," which describes the image we have of
ourselves based on how we believe others to perceive us, was first
suggested by
Answer - Charles Cooley
9.The Halo Effect is best summarized as
Answer A bias in which judgement of a person's character or
quality of work is influenced by other unrelated things.
10.The development of stem cell technology showed a number of
significant benefits for medicine, but resulted in disagreement over the
ethical nature
of the treatments. Eventually however, stem cell research has become more
accepted. This phenomenon is called
Answer Cultural Lag
11.If a defendant in court does not wish to plead guilty or not guilty, he or
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, she can also plead
Answer No Contest or nolo contender
12.The cultural concept of a 'salad bowl' is different from the 'melting pot'
idea in that
Answer Cultures remain distinct and not fully integrated.
13.James notices that the cool kids at school all wear berets. The next day,
James goes to school wearing a beret. What kind of behavior is this?
Answer Antici- patory Socialization
14. In the social sciences, two predominant factors are argued to shape
human behavior. They are
Answer Action and Agency
15.The principle that church and state affairs should be separate is
also known as
Answer Secularism
16.John is conducting some research for a sociology project, and he is
handing out a list of questions to a number of students on his campus.
John is conducting
Answer Survey Research
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Questions and Answers
1.The tendency for women or minorities to experience difficulty in climbing
the corporate ladder to positions of greater responsibility is known as the
Answer - Glass Ceiling
2.The act of disengaging from a self-identifying role is called
Answer Role Exit
3.Jon thinks that Indian food is stinky and smelly, and probably won't taste
good. After he tries some however, he finds that it is actually quite tasty!
What is this an example of?
Answer Prejudice
4.The gradual acceptance of a new way of doing things in society is
known as
Answer Institutionalization
5.Alex is the Chief of Police in a small town and he knows his son has been
vandalizing stores. On one hand, Alex is responsible for bringing the
vandal to justice. On the other, Alex wants to protect his son. Alex is
experiencing which of the following?
Answer Role Conflict
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,6.Which sociologist developed the concept of the dependency ratio?
Answer Thomas Malthus
7.Which of the following countries has the greatest number of deaths
per capita?
Answer South Africa (followed closely by Russia and Ukraine)
8.The "looking glass self," which describes the image we have of
ourselves based on how we believe others to perceive us, was first
suggested by
Answer - Charles Cooley
9.The Halo Effect is best summarized as
Answer A bias in which judgement of a person's character or
quality of work is influenced by other unrelated things.
10.The development of stem cell technology showed a number of
significant benefits for medicine, but resulted in disagreement over the
ethical nature
of the treatments. Eventually however, stem cell research has become more
accepted. This phenomenon is called
Answer Cultural Lag
11.If a defendant in court does not wish to plead guilty or not guilty, he or
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17
, she can also plead
Answer No Contest or nolo contender
12.The cultural concept of a 'salad bowl' is different from the 'melting pot'
idea in that
Answer Cultures remain distinct and not fully integrated.
13.James notices that the cool kids at school all wear berets. The next day,
James goes to school wearing a beret. What kind of behavior is this?
Answer Antici- patory Socialization
14. In the social sciences, two predominant factors are argued to shape
human behavior. They are
Answer Action and Agency
15.The principle that church and state affairs should be separate is
also known as
Answer Secularism
16.John is conducting some research for a sociology project, and he is
handing out a list of questions to a number of students on his campus.
John is conducting
Answer Survey Research
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