Contemporary Social Problem Chapter 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
The objective element of a social problem
a. Refers to our attitudes about the social conditions.
b. Refers to the existence of a social condition.
c. Is the only part that can be measured.
d. is unimportant. - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Which element of a social problem refers to the belief that a particular social condition is
harmful to society?
a. Objective
b. Subjective
c. operational
d. theoretical - CORRECT ANSWER -B
A social problem is a social condition that
a. interferes with the functioning of society.
b. results in conflict among various population segments of a society.
c. a segment of society views as harmful to members of society and in need of remedy.
d. everyone in a society agrees is problematic for the society. - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Which of the following best illustrates the subjective element of a social problem?
a. U. S. Census statistics that show the percentage of the United States population who live in
poverty.
b. Reports that show the percentage of people who have lost their jobs due to the closing of
factories in the United States.
,c. The percentage of Americans who believe availability of child pornography on the Internet is
harmful to society.
d. World Health Organization estimates of the number of people in the world who have died of
the AIDS virus in the last five years - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Society's structure is made up of
a. the people who share a culture.
b. institutions, social groups, norms, and symbols.
c. beliefs, values, norms, and symbols.
d. institutions, social groups, statuses, and roles - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Which of the following illustrates part of the social structure of a society?
a. the public educational system
b. the belief in God
c. the value of education
d. the belief that abortion should be illegal - CORRECT ANSWER -A
The ___________of society refers to the way society is organized.
a. structure
b. culture c. ethos
c. sociological imagination - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Which of the following is NOT one of the five traditional social institutions?
a. family
b. religion
c. politics
d. prison - CORRECT ANSWER -D
, Sociologists define an institution as
a. a general idea about what is important or desirable.
b. a building where people with special needs live and are cared for
c. a collection of people who have something in common.
d. an established and enduring social pattern of social relationships - CORRECT
ANSWER -D
Modern society includes the military_______________ of science and technology, mass media,
medicine, sports, and the military.
a. social groups
b. institutions
c. statuses
d. roles - CORRECT ANSWER -
Which of the following is a group, according to the definition in your text?
a. all of the people in your favorite shopping mall at noon Saturday
b. people who usually watch NBC nightly news
c. your college sociology class
d. fans of the Yankee baseball team - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Which of the following is more likely to be found in primary rather than secondary groups?
a. task-oriented actions
b. impersonal interaction
c. intimate relationships
d. formal statuses and roles - CORRECT ANSWER -C
. Which of the following illustrates a primary group?
a. a husband, wife, and child
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
The objective element of a social problem
a. Refers to our attitudes about the social conditions.
b. Refers to the existence of a social condition.
c. Is the only part that can be measured.
d. is unimportant. - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Which element of a social problem refers to the belief that a particular social condition is
harmful to society?
a. Objective
b. Subjective
c. operational
d. theoretical - CORRECT ANSWER -B
A social problem is a social condition that
a. interferes with the functioning of society.
b. results in conflict among various population segments of a society.
c. a segment of society views as harmful to members of society and in need of remedy.
d. everyone in a society agrees is problematic for the society. - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Which of the following best illustrates the subjective element of a social problem?
a. U. S. Census statistics that show the percentage of the United States population who live in
poverty.
b. Reports that show the percentage of people who have lost their jobs due to the closing of
factories in the United States.
,c. The percentage of Americans who believe availability of child pornography on the Internet is
harmful to society.
d. World Health Organization estimates of the number of people in the world who have died of
the AIDS virus in the last five years - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Society's structure is made up of
a. the people who share a culture.
b. institutions, social groups, norms, and symbols.
c. beliefs, values, norms, and symbols.
d. institutions, social groups, statuses, and roles - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Which of the following illustrates part of the social structure of a society?
a. the public educational system
b. the belief in God
c. the value of education
d. the belief that abortion should be illegal - CORRECT ANSWER -A
The ___________of society refers to the way society is organized.
a. structure
b. culture c. ethos
c. sociological imagination - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Which of the following is NOT one of the five traditional social institutions?
a. family
b. religion
c. politics
d. prison - CORRECT ANSWER -D
, Sociologists define an institution as
a. a general idea about what is important or desirable.
b. a building where people with special needs live and are cared for
c. a collection of people who have something in common.
d. an established and enduring social pattern of social relationships - CORRECT
ANSWER -D
Modern society includes the military_______________ of science and technology, mass media,
medicine, sports, and the military.
a. social groups
b. institutions
c. statuses
d. roles - CORRECT ANSWER -
Which of the following is a group, according to the definition in your text?
a. all of the people in your favorite shopping mall at noon Saturday
b. people who usually watch NBC nightly news
c. your college sociology class
d. fans of the Yankee baseball team - CORRECT ANSWER -D
Which of the following is more likely to be found in primary rather than secondary groups?
a. task-oriented actions
b. impersonal interaction
c. intimate relationships
d. formal statuses and roles - CORRECT ANSWER -C
. Which of the following illustrates a primary group?
a. a husband, wife, and child
