SOCIOLOGY 101 STRAIGHTERLINE FINAL
EXAM COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ In an effort to better understand and combat a malaria outbreak in
Kenya, public health researchers monitored the content of ________ to
map the spread of the disease.
Select one:
a. television reports
b. text messages
c. emails
d. health surveys. Answer: b. text messages
⩥ Worldwide, low-income groups, racial and ethnic minorities, rural
residents, and the citizens of developing countries have far less access
than others to the latest technologies. This gap is referred to as the
Select one:
a. digital enclosure.
b. digital world.
c. digital dam.
d. digital divide. Answer: d. digital divide.
,⩥ Which of the sociological perspectives would more than likely take a
positive view of the Internet, pointing to its manifest ability to facilitate
communication?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. global perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. conflict perspective. Answer: a. functionalist perspective
⩥ Which sociological perspective would likely contend that the role of
the mass media is to provide socialization, enforce social norms through
public events, and create social stability and cohesion through collective
experiences?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. feminist perspective. Answer: a. functionalist perspective
⩥ Monica, a new student at Valley High School, becomes friends with a
group of teenagers who use marijuana and remain seated during the
singing of the national anthem. Although Monica had never used
, marijuana and used to sing the anthem, she begins to engage in the same
behavior as her new friends. This is an example of
Select one:
a. differential association and anomie.
b. conformity and labeling.
c. labeling and social disorganization.
d. differential association and conformity.. Answer: d. differential
association and conformity.
⩥ Jennifer is attending a business luncheon with several corporate
executives. At one point during the meal, she reaches in front of another
executive for a saltshaker and hits the executive's arm as he is about to
put a spoonful of soup in his mouth. The soup spills on his shirt, and he
glares at Jennifer. The glare is an example of a(n)
Select one:
a. norm.
b. folkway.
c. formal sanction.
d. informal sanction.. Answer: d. informal sanction.
⩥ In which of the following would anomie be felt to its greatest effect?
Select one:
a. A man loses his job, his fortune, and his family during the Great
Depression of the 1930s.
EXAM COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ In an effort to better understand and combat a malaria outbreak in
Kenya, public health researchers monitored the content of ________ to
map the spread of the disease.
Select one:
a. television reports
b. text messages
c. emails
d. health surveys. Answer: b. text messages
⩥ Worldwide, low-income groups, racial and ethnic minorities, rural
residents, and the citizens of developing countries have far less access
than others to the latest technologies. This gap is referred to as the
Select one:
a. digital enclosure.
b. digital world.
c. digital dam.
d. digital divide. Answer: d. digital divide.
,⩥ Which of the sociological perspectives would more than likely take a
positive view of the Internet, pointing to its manifest ability to facilitate
communication?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. global perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. conflict perspective. Answer: a. functionalist perspective
⩥ Which sociological perspective would likely contend that the role of
the mass media is to provide socialization, enforce social norms through
public events, and create social stability and cohesion through collective
experiences?
Select one:
a. functionalist perspective
b. conflict perspective
c. interactionist perspective
d. feminist perspective. Answer: a. functionalist perspective
⩥ Monica, a new student at Valley High School, becomes friends with a
group of teenagers who use marijuana and remain seated during the
singing of the national anthem. Although Monica had never used
, marijuana and used to sing the anthem, she begins to engage in the same
behavior as her new friends. This is an example of
Select one:
a. differential association and anomie.
b. conformity and labeling.
c. labeling and social disorganization.
d. differential association and conformity.. Answer: d. differential
association and conformity.
⩥ Jennifer is attending a business luncheon with several corporate
executives. At one point during the meal, she reaches in front of another
executive for a saltshaker and hits the executive's arm as he is about to
put a spoonful of soup in his mouth. The soup spills on his shirt, and he
glares at Jennifer. The glare is an example of a(n)
Select one:
a. norm.
b. folkway.
c. formal sanction.
d. informal sanction.. Answer: d. informal sanction.
⩥ In which of the following would anomie be felt to its greatest effect?
Select one:
a. A man loses his job, his fortune, and his family during the Great
Depression of the 1930s.
