WGU ACADEMY - INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY -
FINAL EXAM/110 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025|2026 UPDATE
1. Which sociological perspective suggests that the term medicalization of
society refers to the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social
control?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. labeling perspective: conflict perspective
2. Which of the following factors has contributed to the rise in the cost of
healthcare in the United States?
Select one:
a. The system is highly efficient.
b. Health care is profit-driven.
c. The young population is consuming less health care that previously
thought.
d. Pharmaceutical companies are developing generic, low-cost prescription
drugs: Health care is profit-driven
3. In most states in the U.S., an individual is not permitted to marry a parent, a
sibling, an aunt or an uncle, a grandparent, or a first or second cousin. These
rules reflect our societal emphasis on
Select one:
,a. the incest taboo.
b. endogamy.
c. exogamy.
d. homogamy.: the incest taboo
4. What is the general term for a marriage in which an individual can have
several husbands or wives at the same time?
Select one:
a. monogamy
b. polygamy
c. polygyny
d. polyandry: polygamy
5. Which of the following would be an example of a man "redoing" traditional
gender?
Select one: a. fist fighting in public
b. organizing a birthday lunch at work
c. not crying when hurt
d. carrying lots of heavy items: organizing a birthday lunch at work
, 6. In Immanuel Wallerstein's view, the global economic system is divided
between nations that control wealth and nations from which resources are
taken. This view is referred to as
Select one:
a. neocolonialism.
b. colonialism.
c. world systems analysis.
d. the world exploitation model: world systems analysis
7. The failure of various government intelligence-gathering organizations to
detect the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, illustrates which poorly
functioning aspect of government bureaucracy?
Select one:
a. division of labor
b. hierarchy of authority
c. impersonality
d. employment based on technical qualifications: division of labor
8. Invention is the
Select one:
a. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously
exist.
b. process of introducing new elements into a culture.
c. process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.
d. process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society
to society.: combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously
exist
9. Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music,
over others, is an example of using one's
Select one:
a. cultural capital.
b. conflict perspective.
c. double consciousness.
d. sociological imagination: sociological imagination
10. A study of divorce rates among the populations of Canada, England, the
U.S., and France, is an example of
Select one:
a. alienation.
b. anomie.
c. microsociology.
d. macrosociology: macrosociology
FINAL EXAM/110 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025|2026 UPDATE
1. Which sociological perspective suggests that the term medicalization of
society refers to the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social
control?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. labeling perspective: conflict perspective
2. Which of the following factors has contributed to the rise in the cost of
healthcare in the United States?
Select one:
a. The system is highly efficient.
b. Health care is profit-driven.
c. The young population is consuming less health care that previously
thought.
d. Pharmaceutical companies are developing generic, low-cost prescription
drugs: Health care is profit-driven
3. In most states in the U.S., an individual is not permitted to marry a parent, a
sibling, an aunt or an uncle, a grandparent, or a first or second cousin. These
rules reflect our societal emphasis on
Select one:
,a. the incest taboo.
b. endogamy.
c. exogamy.
d. homogamy.: the incest taboo
4. What is the general term for a marriage in which an individual can have
several husbands or wives at the same time?
Select one:
a. monogamy
b. polygamy
c. polygyny
d. polyandry: polygamy
5. Which of the following would be an example of a man "redoing" traditional
gender?
Select one: a. fist fighting in public
b. organizing a birthday lunch at work
c. not crying when hurt
d. carrying lots of heavy items: organizing a birthday lunch at work
, 6. In Immanuel Wallerstein's view, the global economic system is divided
between nations that control wealth and nations from which resources are
taken. This view is referred to as
Select one:
a. neocolonialism.
b. colonialism.
c. world systems analysis.
d. the world exploitation model: world systems analysis
7. The failure of various government intelligence-gathering organizations to
detect the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, illustrates which poorly
functioning aspect of government bureaucracy?
Select one:
a. division of labor
b. hierarchy of authority
c. impersonality
d. employment based on technical qualifications: division of labor
8. Invention is the
Select one:
a. combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously
exist.
b. process of introducing new elements into a culture.
c. process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.
d. process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society
to society.: combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously
exist
9. Trying to understand why your roommate prefers a certain genre of music,
over others, is an example of using one's
Select one:
a. cultural capital.
b. conflict perspective.
c. double consciousness.
d. sociological imagination: sociological imagination
10. A study of divorce rates among the populations of Canada, England, the
U.S., and France, is an example of
Select one:
a. alienation.
b. anomie.
c. microsociology.
d. macrosociology: macrosociology
