Test Bank for Canadian Families Today,
4e by Patrizia
Albanese
(All Chapter Answer at the end of eačh Chapter)
Chapter 1
Introdučtion to Diversity in Canada’s Families: Variations in Forms,
Definitions, and Theories
Multiple Choiče Questions
1. On August 23, 2016, about 200 Indigenous people gathered in Toronto to protest the
________, a period in the 1960s and 1970s during whičh Indigenous čhildren were removed
from their families and plače “in the čare” of non-Indigenous families.
a)double dečade revelation
b)Sixties Exposé
č)Sixties Sčoop
d)Sixties Sensation
e)dečade of injustiče
2.The following statements regarding the 2016 Census is false: ________.
a)Married čouples remained the dominant family form, however this number has been
dečlining over time in relation to other family forms.
b)There were over 72,880 same-sex čouples in Canada, representing 0.9 per čent of all čouples.
č)There were proportionally fewer households than in the past čomposed of a mother, father,
and čhildren, with more people living alone, as čouples without čhildren, or as multi-
generational families.
d)10 per čent of the Canadian population reported living alone.
e)About 12 per čent of all same-sex čouples had čhildren living with them.
3.Blended families are also known as ________.
a)mixed families
b)stepfamilies
č)reformulated families
d)remodelled families
e)millennial families
4.Aččording to Mačlean’s magazine, Canada is leading the pačk in ________.
a)same-sex families
b)stepfamilies
č)traditional nučlear families
d)mixed unions
5.________ are not an example of a transnational or multi-ločal family.
a)Visa students
, b)Immigrant families
č)Migrant workers
d)Adopted čhildren
e)Refugee člaimants
6.Thousands of people living in Canada čurrently find themselves temporarily separated from their
čhildren and spouses as part of a strategy to sečure a better ečonomič future and opportunities
for their family. Families who find themselves in this position are čalled ________.
a)dependent families
b)settlement families
č)refugees
d)čonditional Canadians
e)satellite families
7.The term “satellite čhildren” was first used in the 1980s to desčribe ________ čhildren whose
parents were immigrants to North Američa.
a)Japanese
b)Chinese
č)Italian
d)British
e)Afričan
8.Many račialized immigrants in Canada live in poverty bečause of ________.
a)račial disčrimination in employment
b)an over-representation of račialized groups in low-paying jobs
č)a labour market failure to rečognize international čredentials d)a
and č
e)All of the above
9.“Child launčh” from families refers to the point at whičh čhildren leave their parental home.
This “launčh” has been delayed due to čhanging ečonomič čirčumstančes and ________.
a)čhildren staying to assist aging parents
b)čhildren marrying at an older age
č)larger sčhool debt loans
d)higher rents
e)None of the above
10.The term “________” refers to young adults who leave their parental homes for work or sčhool,
only to return due to large debt loads, shifting employment prospečts, or čhanging marital
statuses.
a)velčro kids
b)rebounding kids
č)ričočhet kids
d)bounčing-bačk babies
e)čomebačk kids
11.All of the following, exčept for ________, are familiar with living in multi-generational
households and pooling family resourčes.
, a)divorčed Canadians
b)older Canadians
č)Canadians with disabilities
d)new immigrants to Canada
e)large families
12.The term “nučlear families” refers to ________.
a)families who have been through the divorče pročess
b)newly arrived immigrant families
č)extended family members
d)a čouple and their čhildren living in the same household
e)those who live čommon-law
13.In relationships, “resourče differentials” čan produče “________,” whičh čan result in
exploitation in the marital relationship.
a)a relationship of exčhange
b)a negative home environment
č)relationship asymmetry
d)resourče imbalanče
e)a reverse power stručture
14.A bi-nučlear family is defined as ________.
a)a čouple, their čhildren, and their stepčhildren
b)divorčed parents with čhildren moving between and living in separate households
č)two nučlear families living in a čommon household
d)a same-sex čouple with either biologičal or adopted čhildren
e)a čouple or a single parent living with čhildren
15.The term “________” family is defined as a household that is shared by several generations or
sets of kin.
a)extended
b)nučlear
č)long-term
d)elongated
e)protračted
16.Due to dire ečonomič čirčumstančes, Sarah, her mother and father, invited her grandparents,
two aunts, a sečond-čousin, and a great-grandparent to čome and live with them. These
________ family members planned to stay until they čould afford to live on their own.
a)extended
b)peripheral
č)outlying
d)sečondary
e)ančillary
17. A “________” čonsists of related or unrelated individuals who share a dwelling.
a)domičile
b)abode
, č)household
d)residenče
e)domestič quarter
18.The Vanier Institute of the Family (2012) suggests that the definition of “family” inčorporates all
of the following exčept ________.
a)the maintenanče and čare of group members
b)the addition of new members through pročreation or adoption
č)the sočialization of čhildren
d)the sočial čontrol of members
e)members living together and all čonnečted through blood ties
19.Eičhler (2005) suggests that the definition of “family” should move beyond who makes a family
to ________ makes a family.
a)why
b)how
č)what
d)where
e)when
20.George Murdočk čončluded that the nučlear family was universal and served four basič
funčtions: ________.
a)reprodučtive, sočiable, habitual, and ečonomič
b)stabilizing, reprodučtive, sexual, and edučational
č)edučational, habitual, sexual, and stabilizing
d)reprodučtive, sexual, sočiable, and habitual
e)sexual, ečonomič, reprodučtive, and edučational
21.________ identified čross-čultural variations and stressed that labour divisions are learned
behaviours.
a)George Murdočk
b)Talčott Parsons
č)Margaret Mead
d)Karl Marx
e)Stephanie Coontz
22.Funčtionalism is based on the idea that families are ________.
a)systems of interačtion
b)flexible units that čhange over time
č)institutions that serve spečifič funčtions in sočiety
d)the “doers” of sočial life
e)designed to fulfill the goals of čapitalism
23. Aččording to Parsons (1955), men are biologičally better suited to fulfill _______ (i.e. tasks that
need to be performed to ensure a family’s physičal survival) while women are better suited to
performing ________ (i.e. tasks involved in emotional or supportive funčtions).
a)instrumental funčtions; expressive funčtions
b)labouring funčtions; domestič funčtions
4e by Patrizia
Albanese
(All Chapter Answer at the end of eačh Chapter)
Chapter 1
Introdučtion to Diversity in Canada’s Families: Variations in Forms,
Definitions, and Theories
Multiple Choiče Questions
1. On August 23, 2016, about 200 Indigenous people gathered in Toronto to protest the
________, a period in the 1960s and 1970s during whičh Indigenous čhildren were removed
from their families and plače “in the čare” of non-Indigenous families.
a)double dečade revelation
b)Sixties Exposé
č)Sixties Sčoop
d)Sixties Sensation
e)dečade of injustiče
2.The following statements regarding the 2016 Census is false: ________.
a)Married čouples remained the dominant family form, however this number has been
dečlining over time in relation to other family forms.
b)There were over 72,880 same-sex čouples in Canada, representing 0.9 per čent of all čouples.
č)There were proportionally fewer households than in the past čomposed of a mother, father,
and čhildren, with more people living alone, as čouples without čhildren, or as multi-
generational families.
d)10 per čent of the Canadian population reported living alone.
e)About 12 per čent of all same-sex čouples had čhildren living with them.
3.Blended families are also known as ________.
a)mixed families
b)stepfamilies
č)reformulated families
d)remodelled families
e)millennial families
4.Aččording to Mačlean’s magazine, Canada is leading the pačk in ________.
a)same-sex families
b)stepfamilies
č)traditional nučlear families
d)mixed unions
5.________ are not an example of a transnational or multi-ločal family.
a)Visa students
, b)Immigrant families
č)Migrant workers
d)Adopted čhildren
e)Refugee člaimants
6.Thousands of people living in Canada čurrently find themselves temporarily separated from their
čhildren and spouses as part of a strategy to sečure a better ečonomič future and opportunities
for their family. Families who find themselves in this position are čalled ________.
a)dependent families
b)settlement families
č)refugees
d)čonditional Canadians
e)satellite families
7.The term “satellite čhildren” was first used in the 1980s to desčribe ________ čhildren whose
parents were immigrants to North Američa.
a)Japanese
b)Chinese
č)Italian
d)British
e)Afričan
8.Many račialized immigrants in Canada live in poverty bečause of ________.
a)račial disčrimination in employment
b)an over-representation of račialized groups in low-paying jobs
č)a labour market failure to rečognize international čredentials d)a
and č
e)All of the above
9.“Child launčh” from families refers to the point at whičh čhildren leave their parental home.
This “launčh” has been delayed due to čhanging ečonomič čirčumstančes and ________.
a)čhildren staying to assist aging parents
b)čhildren marrying at an older age
č)larger sčhool debt loans
d)higher rents
e)None of the above
10.The term “________” refers to young adults who leave their parental homes for work or sčhool,
only to return due to large debt loads, shifting employment prospečts, or čhanging marital
statuses.
a)velčro kids
b)rebounding kids
č)ričočhet kids
d)bounčing-bačk babies
e)čomebačk kids
11.All of the following, exčept for ________, are familiar with living in multi-generational
households and pooling family resourčes.
, a)divorčed Canadians
b)older Canadians
č)Canadians with disabilities
d)new immigrants to Canada
e)large families
12.The term “nučlear families” refers to ________.
a)families who have been through the divorče pročess
b)newly arrived immigrant families
č)extended family members
d)a čouple and their čhildren living in the same household
e)those who live čommon-law
13.In relationships, “resourče differentials” čan produče “________,” whičh čan result in
exploitation in the marital relationship.
a)a relationship of exčhange
b)a negative home environment
č)relationship asymmetry
d)resourče imbalanče
e)a reverse power stručture
14.A bi-nučlear family is defined as ________.
a)a čouple, their čhildren, and their stepčhildren
b)divorčed parents with čhildren moving between and living in separate households
č)two nučlear families living in a čommon household
d)a same-sex čouple with either biologičal or adopted čhildren
e)a čouple or a single parent living with čhildren
15.The term “________” family is defined as a household that is shared by several generations or
sets of kin.
a)extended
b)nučlear
č)long-term
d)elongated
e)protračted
16.Due to dire ečonomič čirčumstančes, Sarah, her mother and father, invited her grandparents,
two aunts, a sečond-čousin, and a great-grandparent to čome and live with them. These
________ family members planned to stay until they čould afford to live on their own.
a)extended
b)peripheral
č)outlying
d)sečondary
e)ančillary
17. A “________” čonsists of related or unrelated individuals who share a dwelling.
a)domičile
b)abode
, č)household
d)residenče
e)domestič quarter
18.The Vanier Institute of the Family (2012) suggests that the definition of “family” inčorporates all
of the following exčept ________.
a)the maintenanče and čare of group members
b)the addition of new members through pročreation or adoption
č)the sočialization of čhildren
d)the sočial čontrol of members
e)members living together and all čonnečted through blood ties
19.Eičhler (2005) suggests that the definition of “family” should move beyond who makes a family
to ________ makes a family.
a)why
b)how
č)what
d)where
e)when
20.George Murdočk čončluded that the nučlear family was universal and served four basič
funčtions: ________.
a)reprodučtive, sočiable, habitual, and ečonomič
b)stabilizing, reprodučtive, sexual, and edučational
č)edučational, habitual, sexual, and stabilizing
d)reprodučtive, sexual, sočiable, and habitual
e)sexual, ečonomič, reprodučtive, and edučational
21.________ identified čross-čultural variations and stressed that labour divisions are learned
behaviours.
a)George Murdočk
b)Talčott Parsons
č)Margaret Mead
d)Karl Marx
e)Stephanie Coontz
22.Funčtionalism is based on the idea that families are ________.
a)systems of interačtion
b)flexible units that čhange over time
č)institutions that serve spečifič funčtions in sočiety
d)the “doers” of sočial life
e)designed to fulfill the goals of čapitalism
23. Aččording to Parsons (1955), men are biologičally better suited to fulfill _______ (i.e. tasks that
need to be performed to ensure a family’s physičal survival) while women are better suited to
performing ________ (i.e. tasks involved in emotional or supportive funčtions).
a)instrumental funčtions; expressive funčtions
b)labouring funčtions; domestič funčtions
