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SYG 2000 UCF EXAM 2 LATEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL
EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
According to Karl Marx, which of the following is a characteristic of the proletariat? -
Answer✔️✔️-They could create a classless society if they develop a class
consciousness.
Which theorist(s) is (are) most strongly associated with the structural-functionalist view
of social stratification? - Answer✔️✔️-Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore
Which term refers to one's opportunities, depending on both achieved and ascribed
statuses in society? - Answer✔️✔️-Life chances
According to the text, lifestyle is a simple matter of having money. - Answer✔️✔️-False
Which of the following statements about poverty and wealth is true?
A large percentage of impoverished people depend on help from private organizations.
The top 1% of the world's population owns more wealth than the rest of the population.
The wealth gap is due to functional issues in select countries.
All of these are true.
Most people living in poverty have no property-based income. - Answer✔️✔️-The top 1%
of the world's population owns more wealth than the rest of the population.
Most people living in poverty have no property-based income.
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A large percentage of impoverished people depend on help from private organizations.
(AND GOVERNMENT)
False but to be true
The wealth gap is due to STRUCTURAL issues
In 2016, among those ages 18-64, 9.7% of males and 13.4% of females in the U.S.
lived in poverty. This concentration of women make up a growing proportion of those in
poverty known as the ______. - Answer✔️✔️-feminization of poverty
The difference between conflict theorists and structural functionalists is that conflict
theorists believe that money and rewards are not necessarily given to those in the most
important positions. - Answer✔️✔️-True
Age and race are most important in open class systems - Answer✔️✔️-False
In an open class system, it is possible to achieve a higher ranking by working hard,
obtaining education, and choosing an occupation that pays well
According to Karl Marx a characteristic of the proletariat is they could create a classless
society if they develop a class consciousness. - Answer✔️✔️-True
The statement, "After the minimum survival needs of both individuals and the society
are met, power determines who gets the surplus," most closely reflects symbolic
interaction theory. - Answer✔️✔️-False
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Under conflict theory section
In 2017, Nevada became the first state to allow residents to attain a new birth certificate
in a non-binary gender designation. - Answer✔️✔️-False, it was California
A young girl was ridiculed by her peers for wearing a three piece suit to school one day.
The girl was sanctioned for violating ______ - Answer✔️✔️-gender roles
Social forces that keep women from reaching the highest levels of corporate and public
responsibility are known as the glass ceiling. - Answer✔️✔️-True
Gender is biological in nature; sex is socially constructed. - Answer✔️✔️-False, reverse
According to the text, media images have a major impact on how we see ourselves. -
Answer✔️✔️-True
What meso- and macro-level theories did I discuss on Tuesday and how do these
theories apply to gender? - Answer✔️✔️-structural-functional theory each sex has a role
to play in society early functionalists believed a gendered division of labor exists
because it is efficient
conflict theory males protect privileged by keeping women subordinate capitalism
provided more wealth to men men will not voluntarily give up power as long as they are
benefitting from it
feminist theory (micro to macro but I thought it was important to include) gender
stratification based on power struggle and patriarchy women will be oppressed until
patriarchy is eliminated women's social consciousness must be raised societies become
OWNER: EMILLYCHARLOTTE
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SYG 2000 UCF EXAM 2 LATEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL
EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
According to Karl Marx, which of the following is a characteristic of the proletariat? -
Answer✔️✔️-They could create a classless society if they develop a class
consciousness.
Which theorist(s) is (are) most strongly associated with the structural-functionalist view
of social stratification? - Answer✔️✔️-Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore
Which term refers to one's opportunities, depending on both achieved and ascribed
statuses in society? - Answer✔️✔️-Life chances
According to the text, lifestyle is a simple matter of having money. - Answer✔️✔️-False
Which of the following statements about poverty and wealth is true?
A large percentage of impoverished people depend on help from private organizations.
The top 1% of the world's population owns more wealth than the rest of the population.
The wealth gap is due to functional issues in select countries.
All of these are true.
Most people living in poverty have no property-based income. - Answer✔️✔️-The top 1%
of the world's population owns more wealth than the rest of the population.
Most people living in poverty have no property-based income.
,TITLE: EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC PERIOD
OWNER: EMILLYCHARLOTTE
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT: ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 2024
A large percentage of impoverished people depend on help from private organizations.
(AND GOVERNMENT)
False but to be true
The wealth gap is due to STRUCTURAL issues
In 2016, among those ages 18-64, 9.7% of males and 13.4% of females in the U.S.
lived in poverty. This concentration of women make up a growing proportion of those in
poverty known as the ______. - Answer✔️✔️-feminization of poverty
The difference between conflict theorists and structural functionalists is that conflict
theorists believe that money and rewards are not necessarily given to those in the most
important positions. - Answer✔️✔️-True
Age and race are most important in open class systems - Answer✔️✔️-False
In an open class system, it is possible to achieve a higher ranking by working hard,
obtaining education, and choosing an occupation that pays well
According to Karl Marx a characteristic of the proletariat is they could create a classless
society if they develop a class consciousness. - Answer✔️✔️-True
The statement, "After the minimum survival needs of both individuals and the society
are met, power determines who gets the surplus," most closely reflects symbolic
interaction theory. - Answer✔️✔️-False
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OWNER: EMILLYCHARLOTTE
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT: ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 2024
Under conflict theory section
In 2017, Nevada became the first state to allow residents to attain a new birth certificate
in a non-binary gender designation. - Answer✔️✔️-False, it was California
A young girl was ridiculed by her peers for wearing a three piece suit to school one day.
The girl was sanctioned for violating ______ - Answer✔️✔️-gender roles
Social forces that keep women from reaching the highest levels of corporate and public
responsibility are known as the glass ceiling. - Answer✔️✔️-True
Gender is biological in nature; sex is socially constructed. - Answer✔️✔️-False, reverse
According to the text, media images have a major impact on how we see ourselves. -
Answer✔️✔️-True
What meso- and macro-level theories did I discuss on Tuesday and how do these
theories apply to gender? - Answer✔️✔️-structural-functional theory each sex has a role
to play in society early functionalists believed a gendered division of labor exists
because it is efficient
conflict theory males protect privileged by keeping women subordinate capitalism
provided more wealth to men men will not voluntarily give up power as long as they are
benefitting from it
feminist theory (micro to macro but I thought it was important to include) gender
stratification based on power struggle and patriarchy women will be oppressed until
patriarchy is eliminated women's social consciousness must be raised societies become
