SOC1502 MCQ EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Wright Mills once said that sociologists need to develop a
sociological __________ to study how society affects
individuals.
1. culture
2. imagination
3. method
4.tool. Answer: 2. Imagination
◉ A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a
defined area, share a culture, and who:
1. interact
2. work in the same industry
3. speak different languages
4. practise a recognized religion. Answer: 1. interact
◉ Seeing patterns means that a sociologist needs to be able to:
1. compare the behaviour of individuals from different societies
2. compare one society to another
,3. identify similarities in how social groups respond to social pressure
4. compare individuals to groups. Answer: 3. identify similarities in how
social groups respond to social pressure
◉ Which of the following was a topic of study in early sociology?
1. astrology
2. economics
3. physics
4. history. Answer: 2. economics
◉ Which founder of sociology believed societies changed due to class
struggle?
1. Émile Comte
2. Karl Marx
3. Plato
4. Herbert Spencer. Answer: 2.Karl Marx
◉ The difference between positivism and interpretive sociology relates
to:
1. whether individuals like or dislike their society
2. whether research methods use statistical data or person-to-person
research
3. whether sociological studies can predict or improve society
,4. all of the above. Answer: 3. whether sociological studies can predict
or improve society
◉ Which would a quantitative sociologists use to gather data?
1. a large survey
2. a literature search
3. an in-depth interview
4. a review of television programs. Answer: 1. a large survey
◉ Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively
because they were influenced by:
1. drugs
2. their culture
3. their genetic makeup
4. the researcher. Answer: 2.their culture
◉ Which of these theories is most likely to look at the social world on a
micro-level?
1. structural functionalism
2. conflict theory
3. positivism
4. symbolic interactionism. Answer: 4. symbolic interactionism
, ◉ Who believed that the history of society was one of class struggle?
1. Émile Durkheim
2. Karl Marx
3. Erving Goffmann
4. George Herbert Mead. Answer: 2. Karl Marx
◉ Who coined the phrase symbolic interactionism?
1. Herbert Blumer
2. Max Weber
3. Lester F. Ward
4. W. I. Thomas. Answer: 1. Herbert Blumer
◉ A symbolic interactionist may compare social interactions to:
1. behaviours
2. conflicts
3. human organs
4. theatrical roles. Answer: 4. Theatrical roles
◉ Which research technique would most likely be used by a symbolic
interactionist?
1. surveys
2. participant observation
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Wright Mills once said that sociologists need to develop a
sociological __________ to study how society affects
individuals.
1. culture
2. imagination
3. method
4.tool. Answer: 2. Imagination
◉ A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a
defined area, share a culture, and who:
1. interact
2. work in the same industry
3. speak different languages
4. practise a recognized religion. Answer: 1. interact
◉ Seeing patterns means that a sociologist needs to be able to:
1. compare the behaviour of individuals from different societies
2. compare one society to another
,3. identify similarities in how social groups respond to social pressure
4. compare individuals to groups. Answer: 3. identify similarities in how
social groups respond to social pressure
◉ Which of the following was a topic of study in early sociology?
1. astrology
2. economics
3. physics
4. history. Answer: 2. economics
◉ Which founder of sociology believed societies changed due to class
struggle?
1. Émile Comte
2. Karl Marx
3. Plato
4. Herbert Spencer. Answer: 2.Karl Marx
◉ The difference between positivism and interpretive sociology relates
to:
1. whether individuals like or dislike their society
2. whether research methods use statistical data or person-to-person
research
3. whether sociological studies can predict or improve society
,4. all of the above. Answer: 3. whether sociological studies can predict
or improve society
◉ Which would a quantitative sociologists use to gather data?
1. a large survey
2. a literature search
3. an in-depth interview
4. a review of television programs. Answer: 1. a large survey
◉ Weber believed humans could not be studied purely objectively
because they were influenced by:
1. drugs
2. their culture
3. their genetic makeup
4. the researcher. Answer: 2.their culture
◉ Which of these theories is most likely to look at the social world on a
micro-level?
1. structural functionalism
2. conflict theory
3. positivism
4. symbolic interactionism. Answer: 4. symbolic interactionism
, ◉ Who believed that the history of society was one of class struggle?
1. Émile Durkheim
2. Karl Marx
3. Erving Goffmann
4. George Herbert Mead. Answer: 2. Karl Marx
◉ Who coined the phrase symbolic interactionism?
1. Herbert Blumer
2. Max Weber
3. Lester F. Ward
4. W. I. Thomas. Answer: 1. Herbert Blumer
◉ A symbolic interactionist may compare social interactions to:
1. behaviours
2. conflicts
3. human organs
4. theatrical roles. Answer: 4. Theatrical roles
◉ Which research technique would most likely be used by a symbolic
interactionist?
1. surveys
2. participant observation
