CLEP Exam Questions and Answers All Correct

CLEP Exam Questions and Answers All Correct All of the following are examples of voluntary associations EXCEPT the (A) Republican Party (B) League of Women Voters (C) Federal Bureau of Investigation (D) First Baptist Church of Atlanta (E) Little League Baseball Association - Answer-(C) Federal Bureau of Investigation A sex ratio of 120 means that in a population there are (A) 120 more males than females (B) 120 more females than males (C) 120 males for every 100 females (D) 120 females for every 100 males (E) 12% more males than females - Answer-(C) 120 males for every 100 females Industrialization is most likely to reduce the importance of which of the following functions of the family? (A) Economic production (B) Care of young children (C) Regulation of sexual behavior (D) Socialization of the individual (E) Social control - Answer-(A) Economic production 4. Which of the following best describes the relationship between q and z on the scattergram above? (A) A perfect positive correlation (B) A perfect negative correlation (C) A perfect curvilinear correlation (D) A low negative correlation (E) A correlation of zero - Answer-(B) A perfect negative correlation 5. The process by which an individual learns how to live in his or her social surroundings is known as (A) amalgamation (B) association (C) collective behavior (D) socialization (E) innovation - Answer-(D) socialization 6. Which of the following can properly be considered norms? I. Laws II. Folkways III. Mores (A) I only (B) III only (C) I and II only (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III - Answer-(E) I, II, and III Which of the following theorists argued that class conflict was inevitable in a capitalistic society and would result in revolution? (A) C. Wright Mills (B) Karl Marx (C) Robert Park (D) Max Weber (E) Karl Mannheim - Answer-(B) Karl Marx 8. Which of the following relies most heavily on sampling methods? (A) Small group experiment (B) Laboratory experiment (C) Participant observation (D) Survey research (E) Case study - Answer-(D) Survey research 9. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the Chicago School of Sociology? (A) They studied urban neighborhoods in the city of Chicago. (B) They were influenced by Herbert Spencer and Frederic Clements. (C) They used ethnography and field methods in their research. (D) Talcott Parsons was a proponent of the school. (E) They were most influential during the twentieth century. - Answer-(D) Talcott Parsons was a proponent of the school. 10. Which of the following allows human beings to adapt to diverse physical environments? (A) Instinct (B) Heredity (C) Culture (D) Stratification (E) Ethnocentrism - Answer-(C) Culture All of the following are properties of primary groups EXCEPT (A) They are important sources of social support. (B) They tend to be ethnocentric. (C) They significantly influence personality development. (D) They tend to be large in number. (E) They are frequently characterized by face-to-face relationships. - Answer-(D) They tend to be large in number. According to Émile Durkheim, a society that lacks clear-cut norms to govern aspirations and moral conduct is characterized by (A) rationalism (B) altruism (C) egoism (D) secularism (E) anomie - Answer-(E) anomie