SOCIOLOGY EXAM 4 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS
COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED APLUS
◉ Free public education emerged out of demands made by labor
unions in the 19th century.
Answer: true
◉ Literacy is the basic ability to read and write.
Answer: true
◉ A credential society does not require formal education and a
degree for employment.
Answer: false
◉ Schools in the United States typically reinforce traditional
gender roles.
Answer: true
◉ Malcolm X argued for moral education.
Answer: false
◉ Teachers behave differently toward students who are thought
to be expectational.
,Answer: true
◉ Although access to books at home and early reading
experiences are related to higher performance at the early grade
level, the literacy gap is easily closed within the first 2 or 3 years
of schooling.
Answer: false
◉ Latino and Black students are more likely to attend segregated
schools than in past decades.
Answer: true
◉ Eighty percent of Black students are burdened by student loan
debt.
Answer: true
◉ College graduation rates are higher at private colleges than at
public institutions
Answer: true
◉ Which of the following is the science of population size,
distribution, and composition?
Answer: demography
◉ Which of the following is true of population growth?
, Answer: In the United States, most population growth is taking
place as a result of immigration.
◉ According to Statistics New Zealand, there were 30,950 more
births than there were deaths in New Zealand in 2006. This is an
example of which of the following?
Answer: natural population increase
◉ What does a total fertility rate measure?
Answer: the average number of births per woman in a given
population
◉ Where are total fertility rates (TFRs) highest?
Answer: least developed countries
◉ What is the total fertility rate (TFR) at which a population
reaches replacement level fertility?
Answer: 2.1
◉ Which of the following is the fastest growing regions in the
world?
Answer: central africa
◉ In Eastern Europe, the population is expected to decrease by
14% by 2050 due in large part to which of the following factors?
EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS
COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED APLUS
◉ Free public education emerged out of demands made by labor
unions in the 19th century.
Answer: true
◉ Literacy is the basic ability to read and write.
Answer: true
◉ A credential society does not require formal education and a
degree for employment.
Answer: false
◉ Schools in the United States typically reinforce traditional
gender roles.
Answer: true
◉ Malcolm X argued for moral education.
Answer: false
◉ Teachers behave differently toward students who are thought
to be expectational.
,Answer: true
◉ Although access to books at home and early reading
experiences are related to higher performance at the early grade
level, the literacy gap is easily closed within the first 2 or 3 years
of schooling.
Answer: false
◉ Latino and Black students are more likely to attend segregated
schools than in past decades.
Answer: true
◉ Eighty percent of Black students are burdened by student loan
debt.
Answer: true
◉ College graduation rates are higher at private colleges than at
public institutions
Answer: true
◉ Which of the following is the science of population size,
distribution, and composition?
Answer: demography
◉ Which of the following is true of population growth?
, Answer: In the United States, most population growth is taking
place as a result of immigration.
◉ According to Statistics New Zealand, there were 30,950 more
births than there were deaths in New Zealand in 2006. This is an
example of which of the following?
Answer: natural population increase
◉ What does a total fertility rate measure?
Answer: the average number of births per woman in a given
population
◉ Where are total fertility rates (TFRs) highest?
Answer: least developed countries
◉ What is the total fertility rate (TFR) at which a population
reaches replacement level fertility?
Answer: 2.1
◉ Which of the following is the fastest growing regions in the
world?
Answer: central africa
◉ In Eastern Europe, the population is expected to decrease by
14% by 2050 due in large part to which of the following factors?
