SOC 200 NOVA COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE UPDATED COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● social class
Answer: a group that shares a common social status based on factors like
wealth, income, education, and occupation
●● social mobility
Answer: the ability to change positions within a social stratification
system
●● Downward mobility
Answer: a lowering of one's social class
●● upward mobility
Answer: an increase—or upward shift—in social class
●● social inequality
Answer: the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different
social positions or statuses within a group or society
,●● caste system
Answer: a system in which people are born into a social standing that
they will retain their entire lives
●● class system
Answer: social standing based on social factors and individual
accomplishments
●● structural social mobility
Answer: when societal changes enable a whole group of people to move
up or down the class ladder
●● ideology
Answer: a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis
of economic or political theory and policy.
●● socioeconomic status
Answer: the social standing or class of an individual or group. It is often
measured as a combination of education, income and occupation
●● INTERgenerational mobility
Answer: a difference in social class between different generations of a
family
, ●● INTRAgenerational mobility
Answer: a difference in social class between different members of the
same generation
●● feminization of poverty
Answer: a pattern that occurs when women bear a disproportionate
percentage of the burden of poverty
●● scarce social resources
Answer: society is a struggle for dominance among social groups (like
women versus men) that compete for scarce resources
●● hierarchy
Answer: a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked
one above the other according to status or authority
●● Inequality
Answer: the concentration of resources in core nations and in the hands
of a wealthy minority
●● status
Answer: the responsibilities and benefits that a person experiences
according to their rank and role in society
STUDY GUIDE UPDATED COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● social class
Answer: a group that shares a common social status based on factors like
wealth, income, education, and occupation
●● social mobility
Answer: the ability to change positions within a social stratification
system
●● Downward mobility
Answer: a lowering of one's social class
●● upward mobility
Answer: an increase—or upward shift—in social class
●● social inequality
Answer: the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different
social positions or statuses within a group or society
,●● caste system
Answer: a system in which people are born into a social standing that
they will retain their entire lives
●● class system
Answer: social standing based on social factors and individual
accomplishments
●● structural social mobility
Answer: when societal changes enable a whole group of people to move
up or down the class ladder
●● ideology
Answer: a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis
of economic or political theory and policy.
●● socioeconomic status
Answer: the social standing or class of an individual or group. It is often
measured as a combination of education, income and occupation
●● INTERgenerational mobility
Answer: a difference in social class between different generations of a
family
, ●● INTRAgenerational mobility
Answer: a difference in social class between different members of the
same generation
●● feminization of poverty
Answer: a pattern that occurs when women bear a disproportionate
percentage of the burden of poverty
●● scarce social resources
Answer: society is a struggle for dominance among social groups (like
women versus men) that compete for scarce resources
●● hierarchy
Answer: a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked
one above the other according to status or authority
●● Inequality
Answer: the concentration of resources in core nations and in the hands
of a wealthy minority
●● status
Answer: the responsibilities and benefits that a person experiences
according to their rank and role in society
