CLEP INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS 2025/2026

CLEP INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGYEXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS
2025/2026

A school system that teaches children of different ethnic groups in the children's
own language and about their own particular ethnic heritage illustrates a policy of


(A) structural assimilation
(B) cultural assimilation
(C) accommodation
(D) rationalization
(E) ethnocentrism - ANSWER ->(C) accommodation
Max Weber linked the emergence of capitalism to the (A) Calvinist doctrine of
predestination
(B) Catholic monks' belief in asceticism
(C) Protestants' desire for material luxuries
(D) increasing power of the nobility in medieval Europe
(E) Hindu belief in reincarnation - ANSWER ->(A) Calvinist doctrine of
predestination

The economy of the postindustrial United States is characterized by all of the
following EXCEPT


(A) computer-facilitated automation

,(B) relation of manufacturing plants to less-developed countries
(C) international competition in the manufacturing sector of the economy
(D) increasing numbers of service compared to manufacturing jobs
(E) increased job security due to globalization - ANSWER
>(E) increased job security due to globalization

Which statement about political participation in the United States is true?


(A) Almost everyone of voting age in the United States is registered to vote.


(B) Voter turnout in the United States is lower than in most European nations.


(C) Voted turnout has increased dramatically in the last twenty years.


(D) People of higher social class tend to participate less in voting than lower
social classes.


(E) Younger adults are more likely to vote than those over 65. - ANSWER ->(B)
Voter turnout in the United States is lower than in most European nations.

Which of the following is best described as an organized sphere of social like, or
societal subsystem, designed to support important values and to meet human
needs?


(A) Social structure
(B) Social organization
(C) Social institution
(D) Social culture

,(E) Economic corporation - ANSWER ->(C) Social institution

Most of the funding for public schools in the United
States comes from


(A) lottery revenues
(B) state income taxes
(C) local sales taxes
(D) local income taxes
(E) local property taxes - ANSWER ->(E) local property taxes
According to Max Weber, authority derived from the understanding that
individuals have clearly defined rights and duties to uphold and that they
implement rules and procedures impersonally is


(A) traditional authority
(B) charismatic authority
(C) rational-legal authority
(D) coercion
(E) persuasion - ANSWER ->(C) rational-legal authority Raw materials are
processed and converted into finished goods in which sector of the
economy?


(A) Agricultural
(B) Industrial
(C) Public
(D) Service

, (E) Information - ANSWER ->(B) Industrial

In the United States, economic growth between 1985 and
2005 resulted in


(A) growth in the gap between the rich and poor
(B) a narrowing of the gap between the rich and poor
(C) no change in the gap between the rich and the poor
(D) growth in the economic gap between men and women
(E) no change in the economic gap between men and women - ANSWER ->(A)
growth in the gap between the rich and poor

Within the scientific perspective, which of the following are the most important
sources of knowledge?


(A) Common sense and tradition
(B) Empiricism and reason
(C) Authority and structure
(D) Paradigms and intuition
(E) Existentialism and reference groups - ANSWER ->(B)
Empiricism and reason

Which of the following made up the largest number of immigrants to the United
States in the 2000s?


(A) Mexicans
(B) Chinese
(C) Italians