WGU C273 Final Exam Introduction to
Sociology Questions and Answers
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
Answer 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
Answer 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
, Answer 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
Answer 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
Answer 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
Answer 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
Answer 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
Answer 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
Answer 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
Answer macrosociology
11.Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels said, "The history of all hitherto
existing society is the history of class struggles.... The have nothing to
lose but their chains. They have a world to win. WORKING MEN OF ALL
COUNTRIES, UNITE!"
Select one
a. bourgeoisie
b. proletarians
c. Vulcans
d. middle classes
Answer proletarians
12.Émile Durkheim's explanation of suicide was scientific because
he Select one
a. developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of data.
b. carefully studied the personalities of hundreds of suicide victims.
c. worked in a university setting.
d. divided suicide into four distinctive categories
Answer developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of
data.
13.In Karl Marx's analysis, society was fundamentally divided
between Select one
a. separate genders that clash in pursuit of their own interests.
b. economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests.
c. different races that clash in pursuit of their own interests.
c. the religious and the nonreligious who clash in pursuit of their own inter-
ests
Answer economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class
interests
Sociology Questions and Answers
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
Answer 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
Answer 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
, Answer 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
Answer 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
Answer 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
Answer 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
Answer 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
Answer 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
Answer 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
Answer macrosociology
11.Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels said, "The history of all hitherto
existing society is the history of class struggles.... The have nothing to
lose but their chains. They have a world to win. WORKING MEN OF ALL
COUNTRIES, UNITE!"
Select one
a. bourgeoisie
b. proletarians
c. Vulcans
d. middle classes
Answer proletarians
12.Émile Durkheim's explanation of suicide was scientific because
he Select one
a. developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of data.
b. carefully studied the personalities of hundreds of suicide victims.
c. worked in a university setting.
d. divided suicide into four distinctive categories
Answer developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of
data.
13.In Karl Marx's analysis, society was fundamentally divided
between Select one
a. separate genders that clash in pursuit of their own interests.
b. economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class interests.
c. different races that clash in pursuit of their own interests.
c. the religious and the nonreligious who clash in pursuit of their own inter-
ests
Answer economic classes that clash in pursuit of their own class
interests
