SOC-201 EXAM 3 TEST QUESTIONS
WITH ACTUAL DETAILED ANSWERS
2025/2026 UPDATED.
"Is offering high salaries - say 250 times larger than the average household income - really
necessary to make sure someone qualified takes the job of CEO?" This is a question most
relevant to which sociological perspective? - Answer conflict theorist
"Minority group" is a term that applies to racial minorities only. - Answer False
"Social inequality is the device by which societies ensure that the most functionally important
occupations are filled by the best qualified people." This statement is something a __________
would make. - Answer Functionalists
"When I use checks, credit cards, or cash, I can count on my skin color not to work against the
appearance that I am financially reliable." This statement illustrates an example of - Answer
privileges that members of dominant groups enjoy and take for granted.
A "hidden ethnicity" is something that applies to - Answer A dominant ethnic group
A baby born in the United States has the best chance in the world of surviving its first year of
life. - Answer False
A parent who gets his daughter's ears pierced shortly after her birth because he believes it gives
her a feminine appearance is - Answer Acting as an agent of socialization
A person experiences ______________ when all of the important and meaningful primary
relationships (dating, play, school, and fraternity groups) are confined largely to people of the
same racial and ethnic groups. - Answer Segregation
A person who changes his or her class position through marriage, graduation, inheritance, or
job promotion is experiencing - Answer Vertical mobility
A person's ascribed statuses are the result of - Answer chance
WITH ACTUAL DETAILED ANSWERS
2025/2026 UPDATED.
"Is offering high salaries - say 250 times larger than the average household income - really
necessary to make sure someone qualified takes the job of CEO?" This is a question most
relevant to which sociological perspective? - Answer conflict theorist
"Minority group" is a term that applies to racial minorities only. - Answer False
"Social inequality is the device by which societies ensure that the most functionally important
occupations are filled by the best qualified people." This statement is something a __________
would make. - Answer Functionalists
"When I use checks, credit cards, or cash, I can count on my skin color not to work against the
appearance that I am financially reliable." This statement illustrates an example of - Answer
privileges that members of dominant groups enjoy and take for granted.
A "hidden ethnicity" is something that applies to - Answer A dominant ethnic group
A baby born in the United States has the best chance in the world of surviving its first year of
life. - Answer False
A parent who gets his daughter's ears pierced shortly after her birth because he believes it gives
her a feminine appearance is - Answer Acting as an agent of socialization
A person experiences ______________ when all of the important and meaningful primary
relationships (dating, play, school, and fraternity groups) are confined largely to people of the
same racial and ethnic groups. - Answer Segregation
A person who changes his or her class position through marriage, graduation, inheritance, or
job promotion is experiencing - Answer Vertical mobility
A person's ascribed statuses are the result of - Answer chance
