Sociology test bank.
r r
Chapter 1 r
MultiplerChoice
1. AsrdefinedrbyrC.rWrightrMills,rwhichrofrtherfollowingr“enablesrusrtorgrasprhistoryrandrbiographyrandrtherrelati
onsrbetweenrthertworwithinrsociety”?
a. formalrsociology
b. sociologicalrimagination
c. microsociology
d. macrosociology
ANS:rBrDIF:rEasyrREF:rPager5
TOP:rFactualrOBJ:rSociologicalrImagination
2. FeelingrdiscomfortraboutrruralrChinesersociety,rwherermanyrgenerationsrofrarfamilyrsleeprinrthersamerbed
,risrknownras:
a. xenophobia.
b. Verstehen.
c. socialridentity.
d. socialrecology.
ANS:rArDIF:rModeraterREF:rPagesr6–7
TOP:rAppliedrOBJ:rSociologicalrImagination
3. HowrdoesrthertextbookrauthorruserdialoguerfromrPulprFiction,rinrwhichrthercharactersrdiscussrhowrinrHoll
andrpeoplerputrmayonnaiseronrtheirrfrenchrfries?
a. torintroducerthersociologyrofrfilm
b. torexplainrthersociologicalrimagination
c. torexplainrsocialrinstitutions
d. tordefinerformalrsociology
ANS:rBrDIF:rEasyrREF:rPager7
TOP:rAppliedrOBJ:rSociologicalrImagination
4. Arfemalermanagerrisrattemptingrtorclimbrherrwayrtorthertoprofrthercorporaterladder.rSherworksrasrhard,rifrnotrh
arder,rthanrherrmalercolleagues,rbutrnothingrsherseemsrtordorhelpsrherradvance.rSherbeginsrtornoticerthatrmalesrarerbein
grpromoted,rbutrfemalesrtendrtorberoverlookedrforradvancements.rTherrealizationrthatrmanyrwomenrinrherrcircumstancera
rerexperiencingrthersamerdiscriminationrisranrexamplerof:
a. anomie.
b. Verstehen.
c. sociologicalrimagination.
d. socialrcohesion.
ANS:rCrDIF:rDifficultrREF:rPager5
TOP:rAppliedrOBJ:rSociologicalrImagination
5. Sociologistsrandreconomistsrhavershownrthatrtherbenefitsrofrhigherreducationrincluderhigherrmedianrinc
omesrforrcollegergraduates.rThisrisrknownras:
a.
educationalrinvestment.r
b. therreturnsrtorschooling.
c. studyrhardrorrberpoor.
d. getranreducation;rgetrarjob.
ANS:rBrDIF:rModeraterREF:rPager8
TOP:rFactualrOBJ:rReturnsrtorSchooling
6. Afterrdoingrsomersociologicalrmath,rwhatrisrthernetrdifferencerbetweenrtherannualrearningsrofrtherave
ragerhighrschoolrversusrcollegergraduate?
a. aboutr$5,000rperryear
[Date]
,b. aboutr$10,000rperryearr
c. aboutr$15,000rperryear
d.
aboutr$50,000rperryearrA
NS:rCrDIF:rDifficultrREF:rPager9
[Date]
, TOP:rConceptualrOBJ:rReturnsrtorSchooling
7. AccordingrtorRandallrCollins’sr(1979)rresearch,rtherexpansionrofrhigherreducationris:
a. mainlyrcausedrbyrtherglobalizationrofrcapitalism.
b. likelyrcausedrbyrless-preparedrhighrschoolrstudentsrenteringrcollege.rc.
arresultrofrcredentialism randrexpendituresronrformalreducation.
d. arresultrofrincreasingrgovernmentalrinterferencerinreducationalrfunding.
ANS:rCrDIF:rDifficultrREF:rPager11rT
OP:rFactualrOBJ:rCredentialism
8. Accordingrtorresearchrusedrtorquestionrcredentialism,rwhatrmightritrcostrtorbuyrarcollegerdiplomaronline?ra.
$29.95
b. $99.99
c. $250.00
d. atrleastr$1,000
ANS:rArDIF:rModeraterREF:rPager11rT
OP:rFactualrOBJ:rCredentialism
9. Inrtoday’srsociety,rRandallrCollinsrmightrsuggestrthatrgettingrar“piecerofrpaper”risrmorerimportantrtormanyrthanr
actuallyrhavingrtherknowledgertordorarjob.rHercallsrtherpriorityrplacedronrformalreducation:
a.
secondaryreducation.r
b. credentialism.
c. normlessness.
d. xenophobia.
ANS:rBrDIF:rDifficultrREF:rPager11rTOP:r
ConceptualrOBJ:rCredentialism
10. Allrofrtherfollowingrarerexamplesrofrsocialrinstitutionsrusedrtorpreventrwebsitesrfromrunderminingrcoll
eges’rdegree-conferringrabilitiesrEXCEPT:
a. copyrightrlaw.
b. policerforces.
c. employers.r
d. families.
ANS:rDrDIF:rEasyrREF:rPager11
TOP:rFactualrOBJ:rSocialrInstitutions
11. Whichrofrtherfollowingrisrdefinedrasrarsetrofrstoriesrembeddedrwithinrarsocialrnetworkraboutrtherstandardrway
srarsocietyrmeetsritsrneeds?
a.
arsocialr identityrb
. arsocialrinstitution
c. artheory
d. anomie
ANS:rBrDIF:rModeraterREF:rPager12rTO
P:rFactualrOBJ:rSocialrInstitutions
12. Therauthorrofryourrtextrstatesrthatrthermostrage-segregatedrsocialrinstitutionrinrourrsocietyris:
a. arhospital.
b. armentalrinstitution.
c. arprison.
d. arfour-yearrcollege.
ANS:rDrDIF:rEasyrREF:rPager12
TOP:rFactualrOBJ:rSocialrInstitutions
13. Arfamily,rasrargrouprofrpeoplerlivingrtogetherrsharingrindividualrstories,rmakesrupra(n):ra.
socialrinstitution.
b. conflictrinstitution.
c. anomicrinstitution.
[Date]
, d. creativerinstitution.
ANS:rArDIF:rDifficultrREF:rPager13
TOP:rConceptualrOBJ:rSocialrInstitutions
14. TherPhilliprMorrisrCompanyrchangedritsrnamertorAltirarinranrattemptrtorstartrarnew:
[Date]
r r
Chapter 1 r
MultiplerChoice
1. AsrdefinedrbyrC.rWrightrMills,rwhichrofrtherfollowingr“enablesrusrtorgrasprhistoryrandrbiographyrandrtherrelati
onsrbetweenrthertworwithinrsociety”?
a. formalrsociology
b. sociologicalrimagination
c. microsociology
d. macrosociology
ANS:rBrDIF:rEasyrREF:rPager5
TOP:rFactualrOBJ:rSociologicalrImagination
2. FeelingrdiscomfortraboutrruralrChinesersociety,rwherermanyrgenerationsrofrarfamilyrsleeprinrthersamerbed
,risrknownras:
a. xenophobia.
b. Verstehen.
c. socialridentity.
d. socialrecology.
ANS:rArDIF:rModeraterREF:rPagesr6–7
TOP:rAppliedrOBJ:rSociologicalrImagination
3. HowrdoesrthertextbookrauthorruserdialoguerfromrPulprFiction,rinrwhichrthercharactersrdiscussrhowrinrHoll
andrpeoplerputrmayonnaiseronrtheirrfrenchrfries?
a. torintroducerthersociologyrofrfilm
b. torexplainrthersociologicalrimagination
c. torexplainrsocialrinstitutions
d. tordefinerformalrsociology
ANS:rBrDIF:rEasyrREF:rPager7
TOP:rAppliedrOBJ:rSociologicalrImagination
4. Arfemalermanagerrisrattemptingrtorclimbrherrwayrtorthertoprofrthercorporaterladder.rSherworksrasrhard,rifrnotrh
arder,rthanrherrmalercolleagues,rbutrnothingrsherseemsrtordorhelpsrherradvance.rSherbeginsrtornoticerthatrmalesrarerbein
grpromoted,rbutrfemalesrtendrtorberoverlookedrforradvancements.rTherrealizationrthatrmanyrwomenrinrherrcircumstancera
rerexperiencingrthersamerdiscriminationrisranrexamplerof:
a. anomie.
b. Verstehen.
c. sociologicalrimagination.
d. socialrcohesion.
ANS:rCrDIF:rDifficultrREF:rPager5
TOP:rAppliedrOBJ:rSociologicalrImagination
5. Sociologistsrandreconomistsrhavershownrthatrtherbenefitsrofrhigherreducationrincluderhigherrmedianrinc
omesrforrcollegergraduates.rThisrisrknownras:
a.
educationalrinvestment.r
b. therreturnsrtorschooling.
c. studyrhardrorrberpoor.
d. getranreducation;rgetrarjob.
ANS:rBrDIF:rModeraterREF:rPager8
TOP:rFactualrOBJ:rReturnsrtorSchooling
6. Afterrdoingrsomersociologicalrmath,rwhatrisrthernetrdifferencerbetweenrtherannualrearningsrofrtherave
ragerhighrschoolrversusrcollegergraduate?
a. aboutr$5,000rperryear
[Date]
,b. aboutr$10,000rperryearr
c. aboutr$15,000rperryear
d.
aboutr$50,000rperryearrA
NS:rCrDIF:rDifficultrREF:rPager9
[Date]
, TOP:rConceptualrOBJ:rReturnsrtorSchooling
7. AccordingrtorRandallrCollins’sr(1979)rresearch,rtherexpansionrofrhigherreducationris:
a. mainlyrcausedrbyrtherglobalizationrofrcapitalism.
b. likelyrcausedrbyrless-preparedrhighrschoolrstudentsrenteringrcollege.rc.
arresultrofrcredentialism randrexpendituresronrformalreducation.
d. arresultrofrincreasingrgovernmentalrinterferencerinreducationalrfunding.
ANS:rCrDIF:rDifficultrREF:rPager11rT
OP:rFactualrOBJ:rCredentialism
8. Accordingrtorresearchrusedrtorquestionrcredentialism,rwhatrmightritrcostrtorbuyrarcollegerdiplomaronline?ra.
$29.95
b. $99.99
c. $250.00
d. atrleastr$1,000
ANS:rArDIF:rModeraterREF:rPager11rT
OP:rFactualrOBJ:rCredentialism
9. Inrtoday’srsociety,rRandallrCollinsrmightrsuggestrthatrgettingrar“piecerofrpaper”risrmorerimportantrtormanyrthanr
actuallyrhavingrtherknowledgertordorarjob.rHercallsrtherpriorityrplacedronrformalreducation:
a.
secondaryreducation.r
b. credentialism.
c. normlessness.
d. xenophobia.
ANS:rBrDIF:rDifficultrREF:rPager11rTOP:r
ConceptualrOBJ:rCredentialism
10. Allrofrtherfollowingrarerexamplesrofrsocialrinstitutionsrusedrtorpreventrwebsitesrfromrunderminingrcoll
eges’rdegree-conferringrabilitiesrEXCEPT:
a. copyrightrlaw.
b. policerforces.
c. employers.r
d. families.
ANS:rDrDIF:rEasyrREF:rPager11
TOP:rFactualrOBJ:rSocialrInstitutions
11. Whichrofrtherfollowingrisrdefinedrasrarsetrofrstoriesrembeddedrwithinrarsocialrnetworkraboutrtherstandardrway
srarsocietyrmeetsritsrneeds?
a.
arsocialr identityrb
. arsocialrinstitution
c. artheory
d. anomie
ANS:rBrDIF:rModeraterREF:rPager12rTO
P:rFactualrOBJ:rSocialrInstitutions
12. Therauthorrofryourrtextrstatesrthatrthermostrage-segregatedrsocialrinstitutionrinrourrsocietyris:
a. arhospital.
b. armentalrinstitution.
c. arprison.
d. arfour-yearrcollege.
ANS:rDrDIF:rEasyrREF:rPager12
TOP:rFactualrOBJ:rSocialrInstitutions
13. Arfamily,rasrargrouprofrpeoplerlivingrtogetherrsharingrindividualrstories,rmakesrupra(n):ra.
socialrinstitution.
b. conflictrinstitution.
c. anomicrinstitution.
[Date]
, d. creativerinstitution.
ANS:rArDIF:rDifficultrREF:rPager13
TOP:rConceptualrOBJ:rSocialrInstitutions
14. TherPhilliprMorrisrCompanyrchangedritsrnamertorAltirarinranrattemptrtorstartrarnew:
[Date]
