Question 1

Max Weber argued that the actions of individuals and groups can be understood solely in economic terms.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

An ascribed status is a social position

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A)   attained by a person largely through his or her own effort.
B)   assigned to a person without regard to the person's unique characteristics or talents.
C)   based solely on income and wealth.
D)   based solely on lifestyle.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

The objective method of assessing social class assigns individuals to classes on the basis of

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A)   criteria such as occupation, education, income, and place of residence.
B)   self-assessment.
C)   assessments by friends and colleagues.
D)   the neighborhoods in which they reside.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

The commonly used "poverty line" measure of poverty used by the federal government measures which type of poverty?

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A)   relative poverty
B)   absolute poverty
C)   elementary poverty
D)   dramatic povertyE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

In Karl Marx's view, a worker who identifies with the wealthy and believes that she can achieve great wealth through hard work is likely to have developed a

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A)   bourgeoisie consciousness.
B)   class consciousness.
C)   false consciousness.
D)   caste consciousness.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Describe the differences between ascribed status and achieved status. Give examples to support your answer.

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Question 7

Which of the following statements about slavery is true?

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A)   It is considered the most extreme form of social inequality.
B)   The only recorded examples of slavery occurred in the U.S. and in ancient Greece.
C)   Slavery was considered a permanent status in ancient Greece.
D)   Slavery in the U.S. was considered an achieved status.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Men are more likely than women to withdraw from the workforce when their skills far exceed the jobs offered them.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Wealth is

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A)   all of a person's material assets, including land, stocks, and other types of property.
B)   salaries and wages.
C)   a term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have a similar level of income and prestige.
D)   a term used by Thorstein Veblen for people who have the same lifestyle, independent of their class position.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Research concerning the degree of social mobility within the occupational structure of the U.S. indicates that

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A)   occupational mobility has been common among males.
B)   much of the social mobility in the U.S. covers a very "great distance."
C)   occupational mobility among African Americans is no longer sharply limited by racial discrimination.
D)   All of these answers are correct.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

A system of stratification under which peasants were required to work land leased to them by nobles in exchange for military protection is known as a(n)

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A)   estate system.
B)   slavery system.
C)   caste system.
D)   feudal system.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

Which sociological perspective argues that competition for scarce resources results in significant political, economic, and social inequality?

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A)   functionalist perspective
B)   conflict perspective
C)   interactionist perspective
D)   feminist perspectiveE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

The United Nations has valued the unpaid work performed by women in child care, agriculture, and housework at $11 trillion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Thorstein Veblen suggested persons at the top of the social hierarchy convert wealth into conspicuous consumption while the behavior of the lower classes is often subjected to ridicule. Veblen's views are from the

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A)   functionalist perspective.
B)   conflict perspective.
C)   interactionist perspective.
D)   feminist perspective.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Karl Marx used the term proletariat to refer to the

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A)   capitalist class.
B)   owners of the means of production.
C)   working class.
D)   middle class.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 16

Employment that is poorly paid and, from the worker's perspective, insecure and unprotected is called

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A)   pink-collar work.
B)   white-collar work.
C)   hard work.
D)   precarious work.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 17

A single mother who works in a factory sewing large sheets of canvass would be considered

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A)   upper class.
B)   middle class.
C)   lower middle class.
D)   working class.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Some sociologists have suggested that in the southern U.S. in the pre-civil rights era, an African American individual was born into a status that would always be subordinate to the status of all of the White members of the community. This is an example of a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   estate system.
B)   class system.
C)   caste system.
D)   feudal system.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Max Weber uses the term class to refer to people who share a similar level of

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A)   culture.
B)   wealth and income.
C)   power.
D)   esteem.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Which of the following refers to the movement of individuals or groups from one position of society's stratification system to another?

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A)   social mobility
B)   life chances
C)   relative poverty
D)   social distributionE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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