SOCIOLOGY 101 EXAM 1 COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Joel and his friend decided to take his neighbors' car for a spin,
but instead never returned the car and sold it for money. This is an
example of what type of crime?
a. property crime
b. state crime
c. violent crime
d. organized crime.
Answer: a. property crime
◉ A female student who has multiple sexual partners is labeled a
"slut," while a male student with the same number of sexual
partners is praised by his social peers. Which of the following
statements does this scenario reflect?
a. Men are victimized by virtue of their gender.
b. Women's deviant behavior is more likely to be stigmatized.
c. Most research on deviance has been conducted by, and about,
men.
d. Women are less likely to be labeled deviant..
Answer: b. Women's deviant behavior is more likely to be
stigmatized.
,◉ Karen graduated with her bachelor's degree but cannot find a job
in her field. So she takes a job at the mall. This is an example of
which of the following?
a. social status
b. working class
c. lack of wealth
d. underemployment.
Answer: d. underemployment
◉ Which of the following best defines social mobility?
a. the prestige associated with the rise and fall of a social position
b. a person's economic position in society
c. the opportunities and obstacles an individual encounters in
education, social life, work, and in other critical areas
d. the upward or downward status movement of individuals or
groups over time.
Answer: d. the upward or downward status movement of individuals
or groups over time
◉ In cultural pluralism, the coexistence of different racial and ethnic
groups is characterized by which of the following?
a. pressure to assimilate
,b. acceptance of one another's differences
c. prejudice and discrimination
d. forced segregation.
Answer: b. acceptance of one another's differences
◉ A group's characteristics associated with national origin,
language, and cultural and religious practices are referred to as
______.
a. ethnicity
b. culture
c. race
d. nationality.
Answer: a. ethnicity
◉ Genetic variation contributes to racial differences in intelligence,
artistic talent, athletic talent, and social skills.
True or false.
Answer: False
◉ ______ refers to the absorption of minority groups into dominant
culture.
a. Assimilation
b. Cultural pluralism
, c. Functionalism
d. Acculturation.
Answer: a. Assimilation
◉ ______ are less powerful groups who are discriminated and
dominated by more powerful groups.
a. Minorities
b. Racial groups
c. Majorities
d. Cultural groups.
Answer: a. Minorities
◉ Which of the following is associated with living in a segregated
minority neighborhood?
a. fewer instances of food deserts
b. higher rates of poverty
c. lower proximity to hazardous-waste facilities
d. higher quality schools.
Answer: b. higher rates of poverty
◉ Prejudices are ______.
a. easy to overcome
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Joel and his friend decided to take his neighbors' car for a spin,
but instead never returned the car and sold it for money. This is an
example of what type of crime?
a. property crime
b. state crime
c. violent crime
d. organized crime.
Answer: a. property crime
◉ A female student who has multiple sexual partners is labeled a
"slut," while a male student with the same number of sexual
partners is praised by his social peers. Which of the following
statements does this scenario reflect?
a. Men are victimized by virtue of their gender.
b. Women's deviant behavior is more likely to be stigmatized.
c. Most research on deviance has been conducted by, and about,
men.
d. Women are less likely to be labeled deviant..
Answer: b. Women's deviant behavior is more likely to be
stigmatized.
,◉ Karen graduated with her bachelor's degree but cannot find a job
in her field. So she takes a job at the mall. This is an example of
which of the following?
a. social status
b. working class
c. lack of wealth
d. underemployment.
Answer: d. underemployment
◉ Which of the following best defines social mobility?
a. the prestige associated with the rise and fall of a social position
b. a person's economic position in society
c. the opportunities and obstacles an individual encounters in
education, social life, work, and in other critical areas
d. the upward or downward status movement of individuals or
groups over time.
Answer: d. the upward or downward status movement of individuals
or groups over time
◉ In cultural pluralism, the coexistence of different racial and ethnic
groups is characterized by which of the following?
a. pressure to assimilate
,b. acceptance of one another's differences
c. prejudice and discrimination
d. forced segregation.
Answer: b. acceptance of one another's differences
◉ A group's characteristics associated with national origin,
language, and cultural and religious practices are referred to as
______.
a. ethnicity
b. culture
c. race
d. nationality.
Answer: a. ethnicity
◉ Genetic variation contributes to racial differences in intelligence,
artistic talent, athletic talent, and social skills.
True or false.
Answer: False
◉ ______ refers to the absorption of minority groups into dominant
culture.
a. Assimilation
b. Cultural pluralism
, c. Functionalism
d. Acculturation.
Answer: a. Assimilation
◉ ______ are less powerful groups who are discriminated and
dominated by more powerful groups.
a. Minorities
b. Racial groups
c. Majorities
d. Cultural groups.
Answer: a. Minorities
◉ Which of the following is associated with living in a segregated
minority neighborhood?
a. fewer instances of food deserts
b. higher rates of poverty
c. lower proximity to hazardous-waste facilities
d. higher quality schools.
Answer: b. higher rates of poverty
◉ Prejudices are ______.
a. easy to overcome
