Chapter 14: Capitalism and Economy - Inquisitive
Exam Questions with Correct Answers
1. What must a computer do to pass the Turing test? correct answer: It must
fool a human being into thinking he or she is interacting with another human being
-The interaction takes place via computer screens, so that the computer is not required to physically look
like a human being.
2. In the U.S., how do working mothers and stay-at-home moms
differ, on average? Match each characteristic to the group it
describes. correct answer: Working mothers correct answer:
1. feel more valued at home
2. more likely to feel anxious and tired
3. more likely to get divorced
Stay-at-Home Moms
1. more depressed
2. less happy
3. In recent years, union representation rates have risen in sectors
of the U.S. workforce where one kind of worker is heavily
represented. Which kind of worker is that? correct answer: immigrants (many of
them are from Central America)
4. Match each feature of money to the corresponding social and
economic benefit, according to Adam Smith. correct answer: Money can be
used to set agreed-on prices for goods
-Money comes in standard countable quantities (Since money is divisible into units of small value, prices
can be set very precisely.)
Money can be used to store value
-Money does not rot, rust, or evaporate. (Money makes savings possible. Saving with a barter system is
diflcult.)
Money promotes trust between people
-Money is intrinsically worthless (Accepting money in payment is an act of trust correct answer: that someone
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Exam Questions with Correct Answers
else will later do the same when one wants to buy something)
5. According to some sociologists, in the twentieth century the male
breadwin- ner-female homemaker ideal served several traditionalist
purposes. What were these? correct answer: 1. boosting men's sense of self
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Exam Questions with Correct Answers
-Men's wages were considered essential to family survival, while women's wages were considered
nonessential.
2. making divorce more diflcult
-The less attractive women's work prospects were, the less likely they were to leave unhappy marriages.
6. Adbusters has satirized global corporations by altering their logos.
Drag labels into place to identify the corporation each logo mocks.
correct answer: -Adbusters has satirized global corporations by altering their logos.
Drag labels into place to identify the corporation each logo mocks.
BUY logo = BMW
-Heineken International is a Dutch brewing company. Its many international labels include Murphy's
Irish Stout Consume = Heineken
-DHL was the first international overnight courier service. The brand is now part of Deutsche Post AG, the
privatized successor to the German postal service
DIE = DHL
-McDonald's is the world's largest fast-food burger chain, serving more than 60 million people per day
Work = McDonald's
7. According to Georg Simmel, ways of paying people for their work
have over time become more and more depersonalized. Place the
payment forms in order, from most personal to least personal,
following Simmel's scheme. correct answer: in-kind payments (sustenance
necessary to live), piecework payments, wages, salaries, honoraria
8. Identify each occupation as being either in the service sector or
not in the service sector. correct answer: Service Sector
-garbage truck driver
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Exam Questions with Correct Answers
1. What must a computer do to pass the Turing test? correct answer: It must
fool a human being into thinking he or she is interacting with another human being
-The interaction takes place via computer screens, so that the computer is not required to physically look
like a human being.
2. In the U.S., how do working mothers and stay-at-home moms
differ, on average? Match each characteristic to the group it
describes. correct answer: Working mothers correct answer:
1. feel more valued at home
2. more likely to feel anxious and tired
3. more likely to get divorced
Stay-at-Home Moms
1. more depressed
2. less happy
3. In recent years, union representation rates have risen in sectors
of the U.S. workforce where one kind of worker is heavily
represented. Which kind of worker is that? correct answer: immigrants (many of
them are from Central America)
4. Match each feature of money to the corresponding social and
economic benefit, according to Adam Smith. correct answer: Money can be
used to set agreed-on prices for goods
-Money comes in standard countable quantities (Since money is divisible into units of small value, prices
can be set very precisely.)
Money can be used to store value
-Money does not rot, rust, or evaporate. (Money makes savings possible. Saving with a barter system is
diflcult.)
Money promotes trust between people
-Money is intrinsically worthless (Accepting money in payment is an act of trust correct answer: that someone
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Exam Questions with Correct Answers
else will later do the same when one wants to buy something)
5. According to some sociologists, in the twentieth century the male
breadwin- ner-female homemaker ideal served several traditionalist
purposes. What were these? correct answer: 1. boosting men's sense of self
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,Chapter 14: Capitalism and Economy - Inquisitive
Exam Questions with Correct Answers
-Men's wages were considered essential to family survival, while women's wages were considered
nonessential.
2. making divorce more diflcult
-The less attractive women's work prospects were, the less likely they were to leave unhappy marriages.
6. Adbusters has satirized global corporations by altering their logos.
Drag labels into place to identify the corporation each logo mocks.
correct answer: -Adbusters has satirized global corporations by altering their logos.
Drag labels into place to identify the corporation each logo mocks.
BUY logo = BMW
-Heineken International is a Dutch brewing company. Its many international labels include Murphy's
Irish Stout Consume = Heineken
-DHL was the first international overnight courier service. The brand is now part of Deutsche Post AG, the
privatized successor to the German postal service
DIE = DHL
-McDonald's is the world's largest fast-food burger chain, serving more than 60 million people per day
Work = McDonald's
7. According to Georg Simmel, ways of paying people for their work
have over time become more and more depersonalized. Place the
payment forms in order, from most personal to least personal,
following Simmel's scheme. correct answer: in-kind payments (sustenance
necessary to live), piecework payments, wages, salaries, honoraria
8. Identify each occupation as being either in the service sector or
not in the service sector. correct answer: Service Sector
-garbage truck driver
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