Sociology 101 - Chapter 13 Questions and Answers
2024
In poor nations around the world, about how many children die before they reach
their first birthday?
A) 1 in 50
B ) 1 in 10
C) 1 in 100
D) 1 in 500 ** Answ** B ) 1 in 10
Which of the following statements about gender and health is correct?
A) Women have a higher suicide rate than men.
B) Men have fewer accidents than women.
C) Women generally have better health than men.
D) Women are more likely to be victims of homicide. ** Answ** C) Women
generally have better health than men.
Which of the following categories of people in the United States is especally likely
to smoke cigarettes?
A) Married people
B) Divorced people
C) People with college degrees
D) People in the labor force ** Answ** B) Divorced people
, If you were to visit a low-income nation to study its high death rates, what would
you find to be the most common causes of death? A) Cancer and heart disease
B) Infectious diseases
C) Accidents
D) Old age ** Answ** B) Infectious diseases
Parsons believed that illness is.
A) a sign of weakness.
B) a made up concept.
C) a necessary part of society.
D) dysfunctional. ** Answ** D) dysfunctional.
The topic of psychosomatic disorders is of greatest interest to sociologists guided
by which theoretical approach?
A) The structural-functional approach
B) The symbolic-interaction approach
C) The social-conflict approach
D) The sociobiological approach ** Answ** B) The symbolic-interaction
approach
Which of the following is considered a behavior placing people at high risk of HIV
infection?
A) Anal sex
B) Sharing needles
C) Using drugs that impair judgment
D) All of these responses are correct ** Answ** D) All of these responses are
correct
2024
In poor nations around the world, about how many children die before they reach
their first birthday?
A) 1 in 50
B ) 1 in 10
C) 1 in 100
D) 1 in 500 ** Answ** B ) 1 in 10
Which of the following statements about gender and health is correct?
A) Women have a higher suicide rate than men.
B) Men have fewer accidents than women.
C) Women generally have better health than men.
D) Women are more likely to be victims of homicide. ** Answ** C) Women
generally have better health than men.
Which of the following categories of people in the United States is especally likely
to smoke cigarettes?
A) Married people
B) Divorced people
C) People with college degrees
D) People in the labor force ** Answ** B) Divorced people
, If you were to visit a low-income nation to study its high death rates, what would
you find to be the most common causes of death? A) Cancer and heart disease
B) Infectious diseases
C) Accidents
D) Old age ** Answ** B) Infectious diseases
Parsons believed that illness is.
A) a sign of weakness.
B) a made up concept.
C) a necessary part of society.
D) dysfunctional. ** Answ** D) dysfunctional.
The topic of psychosomatic disorders is of greatest interest to sociologists guided
by which theoretical approach?
A) The structural-functional approach
B) The symbolic-interaction approach
C) The social-conflict approach
D) The sociobiological approach ** Answ** B) The symbolic-interaction
approach
Which of the following is considered a behavior placing people at high risk of HIV
infection?
A) Anal sex
B) Sharing needles
C) Using drugs that impair judgment
D) All of these responses are correct ** Answ** D) All of these responses are
correct
