Sociology Test Bank Q
h h h
uestion and Answers
h h
, Chapter
MultiplehChoice
1. As hdef ined hbyhC. hWright hMills, hwhichhof hthehfollowing h“enables hus hto hgrasp hhistory hand hbiography hand hthe
h relations hbetweenhthehtwo hwithinhsociety”?
a. f ormalhsociology
b. sociologicalhimagination
c. microsociology
d. macrosociology
ANS: hBhDIF: hEasy hREF: hPageh5
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hSociologicalhImagination
2. Feeling hdiscomf ort habout hruralhChinesehsociety, hwherehmany hgenerations hof hahf amily hsleep hinhthehsame
h bed, his hknownhas:
a. xenophobia.
b. Verstehen.
c. socialhidentity.
d. socialhecology.
ANS: hAhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPages h6–7
TOP: hApplied hOBJ: hSociologicalhImagination
3. Howhdoes hthehtextbookhauthorhusehdialoguehf romhPulphFiction,hinhwhichhthehcharacters hdiscuss hhowhin
h Holland hpeoplehput hmayonnaisehonhtheirhf renchhf ries?
a. to hintroducehthehsociology hof hf ilm
b. to hexplainhthehsociologicalhimagination
c. to hexplainhsocialhinstitutions
d. to hdef inehf ormalhsociology
ANS: hBhDIF: hEasy hREF: hPageh7
TOP: hApplied hOBJ: hSociologicalhImagination
4. Ahf emalehmanagerhis hattempting hto hclimb hherhway hto hthehtop hof hthehcorporatehladder. hShehworks has hhard, hifh
not hharder, hthanhherhmalehcolleagues, hbut hnothing hshehseems hto hdo hhelps hherhadvance. hShehbegins hto hnoticehthat hmal
es harehbeing hpromoted, hbut hfemales htend hto hbehoverlooked hf orhadvancements. hThehrealizationhthat hmany hwomenhinhher
hcircumstanceharehexperiencing hthehsamehdiscriminationhis hanhexamplehof :
a. anomie.
b. Verstehen.
c. sociologicalhimagination.
d. socialhcohesion.
ANS: hChDIF: hDif f icult hREF: hPageh5
TOP: hApplied hOBJ: hSociologicalhImagination
5. Sociologistshand heconomistshhavehshownhthat hthehbenef itshof hhigherheducationhincludehhigherhmedian
h incomes hf orhcollegehgraduates. hThis his hknownhas:
a. educationalhinvestment.
b. thehreturns hto hschooling.
c. study hhard horhbehpoor.
d. get hanheducation; hget hahjob.
ANS: hBhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh8
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hReturns hto hSchooling
6. Af terhdoing hsomehsociologicalhmath, hwhat his hthehnethdiff erencehbetweenhthehannualhearnings hof hthe
h averagehhighhschoolhversus hcollegehgraduate?
a. about h$5,000hperhyear
b. about h$10,000hperhyear
c. about h$15,000hperhyear
d. about h$50,000hperhyearh
ANS: hChDIF: hDif f icult hREF: hPageh9
, TOP: hConceptualhOBJ: hReturns hto hSchooling
7. According hto hRandallhCollins’s h(1979)hresearch, hthehexpansionhof hhigherheducationhis:
a. mainly hcaused hby hthehglobalizationhof hcapitalism.
b. likely hcaused hby hless-prepared hhighhschoolhstudents hentering hcollege.
c. ahresult hof hcredentialismhand hexpenditures honhf ormalheducation.
d. ahresult hof hincreasing hgovernmentalhinterf erencehinheducationalhf unding.
ANS: hChDIF: hDif f icult hREF: hPageh11hTO
P:hFactualhOBJ: hCredentialism
8. According hto hresearchhused hto hquestionhcredentialism, hwhat hmight hit hcost hto hbuy hahcollegehdiplomahonline?
a. $29.95
b. $99.99
c. $250.00
d. at hleast h$1,000
ANS: hAhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh11hT
OP: hFactualhOBJ: hCredentialism
9. Inhtoday’s hsociety, hRandallhCollins hmight hsuggest hthat hgetting hah“piecehof hpaper”his hmorehimportant hto hmany
h thanhactually hhaving hthehknowledgehto hdo hahjob. hHehcalls hthehpriority hplaced honhf ormalheducation:
a. secondary heducation.
b. credentialism.
c. normlessness.
d. xenophobia.
ANS: hBhDIF: hDif f icult hREF: hPageh11hTO
P:hConceptualhOBJ: hCredentialism
10. Allhof hthehf ollowing harehexamples hof hsocialhinstitutions hused htohprevent hwebsites hf romhundermining
h colleges’hdegree-conf erring habilities hEXCEPT:
a. copyright hlaw.
b. policehf orces.
c. employers.
d. f amilies.
ANS: hD hDIF: hEasy hREF: hPageh11
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hSocialhInstitutions
11. Whichhof hthehfollowing his hdefined has hahset hof hstories hembedded hwithinhahsocialhnetwork habout hthehstandard
h ways hahsociety hmeets hits hneeds?
a. ahsocialh identity
b. ahsocialhinstitution
c. ahtheory
d. anomie
ANS: hBhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh12hT
OP: hFactualhOBJ: hSocialhInstitutions
12. Thehauthorhof hyourhtext hstates hthat hthehmost hage-segregated hsocialhinstitutionhinhourhsociety his:
a. ahhospital.
b. ahmentalhinstitution.
c. ahprison.
d. ahf our-yearhcollege.
ANS: hD hDIF: hEasy hREF: hPageh12
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hSocialhInstitutions
13. Ahf amily, has hahgroup hof hpeoplehliving htogetherhsharing hindividualhstories, hmakes hup ha(n):
a. socialhinstitution.
b. conf lict hinstitution.
c. anomic hinstitution.
d. creativehinstitution.
ANS: hAhDIF: hDif f icult hREF: hPageh13
TOP: hConceptualhOBJ: hSocialhInstitutions
14. ThehPhillip hMorris hCompany hchanged hits hnamehto hAltirahinhanhattempt hto hstart hahnew:
, a. linehof hcigarettes.
b. def ensehagainst hlawhsuits.
c. socialhidentity.
d. multinationalhcompany.
ANS: hChDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh13hT
OP: hFactualhOBJ: hSocialhIdentity
15. Theh“grand hnarrative”hthat hconstitutes hahsocialhidentity:
a. is hnothing hmorehthanhahsumhof hindividualhstories htold hbetweenhpairs hof hindividuals.
b. remains hthehsamehthroughout htime.
c. canhonly hbehdef ined hby hthehindividualhhim-horhherself .
d. is hbest hdisplayed honlinehonhMySpacehand hFacebook.
ANS: hAhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh13hTO
P:hConceptualhOBJ: hSocialhIdentity
16. As hahf ormalhf ield, hsociology his hahrelatively discipline, has hdiscussed hinhChapterh1.
a. old
b. established
c. young
d. conservative
ANS: hChDIF: hEasy hREF: hPageh15
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hEarly hSociologicalhTheory
17. Who hwas hthehauthorhof hthehf irst hmethods hbook hinhthehdisciplinehof hsociology?
a. EmilehDurkheim
b. Harriet hMartineau
c. JanehAddams
d. Max hWeber
ANS: hBhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh18
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hAugust hComtehand hHarriet hMartineau
18. Inhthehbook hHowhtohObservehMorals handhManners,hthehinstitutionhof hmarriagehis hcriticized has:
a. based honhanhassumptionhof hthehinf eriority hof hwomen.
b. based honhanhassumptionhof hthehinf eriority hof hmen.
c. reinf orcing hcompulsory hheterosexuality.
d. perpetuating hsocialhclass hstratif ication.
ANS: hAhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh18
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hAugust hComtehand hHarriet hMartineauh|hFeminist hTheory
19. Whichhof hthehf ollowing hsociologists hdeveloped hthehtheory hof hpositivism?
a. AugustehComte
b. EmilehDurkheim
c. KarlhMarx
d. Max hWeber
ANS: hAhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh15hT
OP: hFactualhOBJ: hPositivism
20. Positivism his hbest hdef ined has:
a. thehideahthat hwehcanhscientif ically hand hlogically hstudy hsocialhinstitutions hand hthehindividuals hwithinhthem.
b. thehef f ect hof hreligionhonhsocialhinstitutions hand hthehindividuals hwithinhthem.
c. thehstudy hof hthehsymbolic hinteractions hbetweenhsocialhinstitutions hand hthehindividuals hwithinhthem.
d. thehrelationship hbetweenhscientif ic hand hreligious hsocialhinstitutions.
ANS: hAhDIF: hDif f icult hREF: hPageh16hT
OP: hFactualhOBJ: hPositivism
21. According hto hComte, hpositivismharosehout hof hahneed hto hmake
sensehof hthehsocialhorderhinhahtimehof hdeclining hreligious hauthority.
a. scientif ic
b. moral
c. rational
d. economic
h h h
uestion and Answers
h h
, Chapter
MultiplehChoice
1. As hdef ined hbyhC. hWright hMills, hwhichhof hthehfollowing h“enables hus hto hgrasp hhistory hand hbiography hand hthe
h relations hbetweenhthehtwo hwithinhsociety”?
a. f ormalhsociology
b. sociologicalhimagination
c. microsociology
d. macrosociology
ANS: hBhDIF: hEasy hREF: hPageh5
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hSociologicalhImagination
2. Feeling hdiscomf ort habout hruralhChinesehsociety, hwherehmany hgenerations hof hahf amily hsleep hinhthehsame
h bed, his hknownhas:
a. xenophobia.
b. Verstehen.
c. socialhidentity.
d. socialhecology.
ANS: hAhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPages h6–7
TOP: hApplied hOBJ: hSociologicalhImagination
3. Howhdoes hthehtextbookhauthorhusehdialoguehf romhPulphFiction,hinhwhichhthehcharacters hdiscuss hhowhin
h Holland hpeoplehput hmayonnaisehonhtheirhf renchhf ries?
a. to hintroducehthehsociology hof hf ilm
b. to hexplainhthehsociologicalhimagination
c. to hexplainhsocialhinstitutions
d. to hdef inehf ormalhsociology
ANS: hBhDIF: hEasy hREF: hPageh7
TOP: hApplied hOBJ: hSociologicalhImagination
4. Ahf emalehmanagerhis hattempting hto hclimb hherhway hto hthehtop hof hthehcorporatehladder. hShehworks has hhard, hifh
not hharder, hthanhherhmalehcolleagues, hbut hnothing hshehseems hto hdo hhelps hherhadvance. hShehbegins hto hnoticehthat hmal
es harehbeing hpromoted, hbut hfemales htend hto hbehoverlooked hf orhadvancements. hThehrealizationhthat hmany hwomenhinhher
hcircumstanceharehexperiencing hthehsamehdiscriminationhis hanhexamplehof :
a. anomie.
b. Verstehen.
c. sociologicalhimagination.
d. socialhcohesion.
ANS: hChDIF: hDif f icult hREF: hPageh5
TOP: hApplied hOBJ: hSociologicalhImagination
5. Sociologistshand heconomistshhavehshownhthat hthehbenef itshof hhigherheducationhincludehhigherhmedian
h incomes hf orhcollegehgraduates. hThis his hknownhas:
a. educationalhinvestment.
b. thehreturns hto hschooling.
c. study hhard horhbehpoor.
d. get hanheducation; hget hahjob.
ANS: hBhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh8
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hReturns hto hSchooling
6. Af terhdoing hsomehsociologicalhmath, hwhat his hthehnethdiff erencehbetweenhthehannualhearnings hof hthe
h averagehhighhschoolhversus hcollegehgraduate?
a. about h$5,000hperhyear
b. about h$10,000hperhyear
c. about h$15,000hperhyear
d. about h$50,000hperhyearh
ANS: hChDIF: hDif f icult hREF: hPageh9
, TOP: hConceptualhOBJ: hReturns hto hSchooling
7. According hto hRandallhCollins’s h(1979)hresearch, hthehexpansionhof hhigherheducationhis:
a. mainly hcaused hby hthehglobalizationhof hcapitalism.
b. likely hcaused hby hless-prepared hhighhschoolhstudents hentering hcollege.
c. ahresult hof hcredentialismhand hexpenditures honhf ormalheducation.
d. ahresult hof hincreasing hgovernmentalhinterf erencehinheducationalhf unding.
ANS: hChDIF: hDif f icult hREF: hPageh11hTO
P:hFactualhOBJ: hCredentialism
8. According hto hresearchhused hto hquestionhcredentialism, hwhat hmight hit hcost hto hbuy hahcollegehdiplomahonline?
a. $29.95
b. $99.99
c. $250.00
d. at hleast h$1,000
ANS: hAhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh11hT
OP: hFactualhOBJ: hCredentialism
9. Inhtoday’s hsociety, hRandallhCollins hmight hsuggest hthat hgetting hah“piecehof hpaper”his hmorehimportant hto hmany
h thanhactually hhaving hthehknowledgehto hdo hahjob. hHehcalls hthehpriority hplaced honhf ormalheducation:
a. secondary heducation.
b. credentialism.
c. normlessness.
d. xenophobia.
ANS: hBhDIF: hDif f icult hREF: hPageh11hTO
P:hConceptualhOBJ: hCredentialism
10. Allhof hthehf ollowing harehexamples hof hsocialhinstitutions hused htohprevent hwebsites hf romhundermining
h colleges’hdegree-conf erring habilities hEXCEPT:
a. copyright hlaw.
b. policehf orces.
c. employers.
d. f amilies.
ANS: hD hDIF: hEasy hREF: hPageh11
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hSocialhInstitutions
11. Whichhof hthehfollowing his hdefined has hahset hof hstories hembedded hwithinhahsocialhnetwork habout hthehstandard
h ways hahsociety hmeets hits hneeds?
a. ahsocialh identity
b. ahsocialhinstitution
c. ahtheory
d. anomie
ANS: hBhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh12hT
OP: hFactualhOBJ: hSocialhInstitutions
12. Thehauthorhof hyourhtext hstates hthat hthehmost hage-segregated hsocialhinstitutionhinhourhsociety his:
a. ahhospital.
b. ahmentalhinstitution.
c. ahprison.
d. ahf our-yearhcollege.
ANS: hD hDIF: hEasy hREF: hPageh12
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hSocialhInstitutions
13. Ahf amily, has hahgroup hof hpeoplehliving htogetherhsharing hindividualhstories, hmakes hup ha(n):
a. socialhinstitution.
b. conf lict hinstitution.
c. anomic hinstitution.
d. creativehinstitution.
ANS: hAhDIF: hDif f icult hREF: hPageh13
TOP: hConceptualhOBJ: hSocialhInstitutions
14. ThehPhillip hMorris hCompany hchanged hits hnamehto hAltirahinhanhattempt hto hstart hahnew:
, a. linehof hcigarettes.
b. def ensehagainst hlawhsuits.
c. socialhidentity.
d. multinationalhcompany.
ANS: hChDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh13hT
OP: hFactualhOBJ: hSocialhIdentity
15. Theh“grand hnarrative”hthat hconstitutes hahsocialhidentity:
a. is hnothing hmorehthanhahsumhof hindividualhstories htold hbetweenhpairs hof hindividuals.
b. remains hthehsamehthroughout htime.
c. canhonly hbehdef ined hby hthehindividualhhim-horhherself .
d. is hbest hdisplayed honlinehonhMySpacehand hFacebook.
ANS: hAhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh13hTO
P:hConceptualhOBJ: hSocialhIdentity
16. As hahf ormalhf ield, hsociology his hahrelatively discipline, has hdiscussed hinhChapterh1.
a. old
b. established
c. young
d. conservative
ANS: hChDIF: hEasy hREF: hPageh15
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hEarly hSociologicalhTheory
17. Who hwas hthehauthorhof hthehf irst hmethods hbook hinhthehdisciplinehof hsociology?
a. EmilehDurkheim
b. Harriet hMartineau
c. JanehAddams
d. Max hWeber
ANS: hBhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh18
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hAugust hComtehand hHarriet hMartineau
18. Inhthehbook hHowhtohObservehMorals handhManners,hthehinstitutionhof hmarriagehis hcriticized has:
a. based honhanhassumptionhof hthehinf eriority hof hwomen.
b. based honhanhassumptionhof hthehinf eriority hof hmen.
c. reinf orcing hcompulsory hheterosexuality.
d. perpetuating hsocialhclass hstratif ication.
ANS: hAhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh18
TOP: hFactualhOBJ: hAugust hComtehand hHarriet hMartineauh|hFeminist hTheory
19. Whichhof hthehf ollowing hsociologists hdeveloped hthehtheory hof hpositivism?
a. AugustehComte
b. EmilehDurkheim
c. KarlhMarx
d. Max hWeber
ANS: hAhDIF: hModeratehREF: hPageh15hT
OP: hFactualhOBJ: hPositivism
20. Positivism his hbest hdef ined has:
a. thehideahthat hwehcanhscientif ically hand hlogically hstudy hsocialhinstitutions hand hthehindividuals hwithinhthem.
b. thehef f ect hof hreligionhonhsocialhinstitutions hand hthehindividuals hwithinhthem.
c. thehstudy hof hthehsymbolic hinteractions hbetweenhsocialhinstitutions hand hthehindividuals hwithinhthem.
d. thehrelationship hbetweenhscientif ic hand hreligious hsocialhinstitutions.
ANS: hAhDIF: hDif f icult hREF: hPageh16hT
OP: hFactualhOBJ: hPositivism
21. According hto hComte, hpositivismharosehout hof hahneed hto hmake
sensehof hthehsocialhorderhinhahtimehof hdeclining hreligious hauthority.
a. scientif ic
b. moral
c. rational
d. economic
