SOCE EXAMS SCRIPT UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔A political candidate is running on a plan that will make everyone receive equal pay,
no matter what their occupation is. How would Davis and Moore MOST likely respond to
this proposal? - ✔✔If people earn the same, they will stop trying as hard to succeed.
✔✔Lorenzo has worked five different jobs in the past five years. It seems like any job he
starts ends with a company shutting down and laying off workers. He finished high
school, but he hasn't had time (or money) to pursue a college degree. With yearly
earnings of about $20,000, he struggles to meet the day-to-day needs of his family.
How would you BEST classify Lorenzo's social ranking? - ✔✔lower class
✔✔In the United States, people from which age group are MOST likely to be poor? -
✔✔children
✔✔What is TRUE about social mobility in the United States? - ✔✔More recently, the
middle class has become smaller.
✔✔What is TRUE about social stratification? - ✔✔Social stratification is a trait of
society.
✔✔Max Weber argued that social stratification has three parts. What was NOT one of
the three parts? - ✔✔occupation
✔✔Slavery still exists in some societies of the world today. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which social class lives at or below the poverty line? - ✔✔lower class
✔✔In Ada's country, if an individual works hard and achieves success, they will be
ranked higher than a person who is lazy and doesn't have many achievements. Which
type of system does this scenario BEST demonstrate? - ✔✔meritocracy
✔✔According to Max Weber, what MOST accurately defines socioeconomic status
(SES)? - ✔✔a combination of a person's class, status, and power
✔✔Which of the following equations best represents amalgamation? - ✔✔A+B+C=D
✔✔Sometimes people in a minority group share characteristics that they do not share
with the dominant group. What is a scenario that BEST represents this occurrence? -
✔✔In Egypt, the majority of the society is Muslim, and the minority group is Christian.
, ✔✔Sometimes people in a minority group are treated unequally in society. What is a
scenario that BEST represents this occurrence? - ✔✔Tony and Mark are homosexual
men who are not allowed to get married in their country.
✔✔When Eric, who is white, and Carlton, who is black, apply for the same loan at a
bank, they receive different offers even though their financial statuses are exactly the
same. Carlton is asked to pay a higher down payment and a higher interest rate. What
do the bank's actions BEST demonstrate? - ✔✔institutional discrimination
✔✔When you study Jane Elliott's famous lesson on discrimination, what is one
conclusion you are MOST likely to make? - ✔✔Children are able to understand
discrimination and its negative consequences.
✔✔What does a minority group have less of/fewer of than a dominant group? -
✔✔power
✔✔In South Africa, blacks had very little power during apartheid, while whites held most
of the power. How would sociologists MOST likely categorize the whites in this
scenario? - ✔✔The whites are the majority group.
✔✔Enzo is a Brazilian man who is moving to the United States. He tells you that he
wants to assimilate as much as possible when he arrives. What is Enzo MOST likely to
do to reach his goal? - ✔✔dress like an American
✔✔Which of the following equations best represents assimilation? - ✔✔A+B+C=A
✔✔What do sociologists call the dominant group that holds the most power in society? -
✔✔a majority group
✔✔What is one positive result of Jane Elliott's classroom experiment? - ✔✔Students
were able to develop more sensitivity about discrimination.
✔✔It is now illegal to require African American and white students to attend separate
schools in America. Even though this is no longer the law of the land, many schools are
still very much separated by race. What does this example BEST represent? - ✔✔de
facto segregation
✔✔Ratko Mladić, the former general of the Bosnian Serb Army was convicted of war
crimes and found responsible for the 1995 massacre of over 8,000 Muslim Bosnian men
and boys in Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. How would sociologists MOST
likely classify this horrific event? - ✔✔genocide
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔A political candidate is running on a plan that will make everyone receive equal pay,
no matter what their occupation is. How would Davis and Moore MOST likely respond to
this proposal? - ✔✔If people earn the same, they will stop trying as hard to succeed.
✔✔Lorenzo has worked five different jobs in the past five years. It seems like any job he
starts ends with a company shutting down and laying off workers. He finished high
school, but he hasn't had time (or money) to pursue a college degree. With yearly
earnings of about $20,000, he struggles to meet the day-to-day needs of his family.
How would you BEST classify Lorenzo's social ranking? - ✔✔lower class
✔✔In the United States, people from which age group are MOST likely to be poor? -
✔✔children
✔✔What is TRUE about social mobility in the United States? - ✔✔More recently, the
middle class has become smaller.
✔✔What is TRUE about social stratification? - ✔✔Social stratification is a trait of
society.
✔✔Max Weber argued that social stratification has three parts. What was NOT one of
the three parts? - ✔✔occupation
✔✔Slavery still exists in some societies of the world today. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which social class lives at or below the poverty line? - ✔✔lower class
✔✔In Ada's country, if an individual works hard and achieves success, they will be
ranked higher than a person who is lazy and doesn't have many achievements. Which
type of system does this scenario BEST demonstrate? - ✔✔meritocracy
✔✔According to Max Weber, what MOST accurately defines socioeconomic status
(SES)? - ✔✔a combination of a person's class, status, and power
✔✔Which of the following equations best represents amalgamation? - ✔✔A+B+C=D
✔✔Sometimes people in a minority group share characteristics that they do not share
with the dominant group. What is a scenario that BEST represents this occurrence? -
✔✔In Egypt, the majority of the society is Muslim, and the minority group is Christian.
, ✔✔Sometimes people in a minority group are treated unequally in society. What is a
scenario that BEST represents this occurrence? - ✔✔Tony and Mark are homosexual
men who are not allowed to get married in their country.
✔✔When Eric, who is white, and Carlton, who is black, apply for the same loan at a
bank, they receive different offers even though their financial statuses are exactly the
same. Carlton is asked to pay a higher down payment and a higher interest rate. What
do the bank's actions BEST demonstrate? - ✔✔institutional discrimination
✔✔When you study Jane Elliott's famous lesson on discrimination, what is one
conclusion you are MOST likely to make? - ✔✔Children are able to understand
discrimination and its negative consequences.
✔✔What does a minority group have less of/fewer of than a dominant group? -
✔✔power
✔✔In South Africa, blacks had very little power during apartheid, while whites held most
of the power. How would sociologists MOST likely categorize the whites in this
scenario? - ✔✔The whites are the majority group.
✔✔Enzo is a Brazilian man who is moving to the United States. He tells you that he
wants to assimilate as much as possible when he arrives. What is Enzo MOST likely to
do to reach his goal? - ✔✔dress like an American
✔✔Which of the following equations best represents assimilation? - ✔✔A+B+C=A
✔✔What do sociologists call the dominant group that holds the most power in society? -
✔✔a majority group
✔✔What is one positive result of Jane Elliott's classroom experiment? - ✔✔Students
were able to develop more sensitivity about discrimination.
✔✔It is now illegal to require African American and white students to attend separate
schools in America. Even though this is no longer the law of the land, many schools are
still very much separated by race. What does this example BEST represent? - ✔✔de
facto segregation
✔✔Ratko Mladić, the former general of the Bosnian Serb Army was convicted of war
crimes and found responsible for the 1995 massacre of over 8,000 Muslim Bosnian men
and boys in Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. How would sociologists MOST
likely classify this horrific event? - ✔✔genocide
