Sociology test bank.
s s
Chapter 1 s
MultiplesChoice
1. AssdefinedsbysC.sWrightsMills,swhichsofsthesfollowings“enablessusstosgraspshistorysandsbiographysandsthesr
elationssbetweensthestwoswithinssociety”?
a. formalssociology
b. sociologicalsimagination
c. microsociology
d. macrosociology
ANS:sBsDIF:sEasysREF:sPages5
TOP:sFactualsOBJ:sSociologicalsImagination
2. FeelingsdiscomfortsaboutsruralsChinesessociety,swheresmanysgenerationssofsasfamilyssleepsinsthessamesb
ed,sissknownsas:
a. xenophobia.
b. Verstehen.
c. socialsidentity.
d. socialsecology.
ANS:sAsDIF:sModeratesREF:sPagess6–7
TOP:sAppliedsOBJ:sSociologicalsImagination
3. HowsdoessthestextbooksauthorsusesdialoguesfromsPulpsFiction,sinswhichsthescharacterssdiscussshowsins
Hollandspeoplesputsmayonnaisesonstheirsfrenchsfries?
a. tosintroducesthessociologysofsfilm
b. tosexplainsthessociologicalsimagination
c. tosexplainssocialsinstitutions
d. tosdefinesformalssociology
ANS:sBsDIF:sEasysREF:sPages7
TOP:sAppliedsOBJ:sSociologicalsImagination
4. Asfemalesmanagersissattemptingstosclimbsherswaystosthestopsofsthescorporatesladder.sShesworkssasshard,sifsn
otsharder,sthanshersmalescolleagues,sbutsnothingsshesseemsstosdoshelpsshersadvance.sShesbeginsstosnoticesthatsmaless
aresbeingspromoted,sbutsfemalesstendstosbesoverlookedsforsadvancements.sThesrealizationsthatsmanyswomensinsherscirc
umstancesaresexperiencingsthessamesdiscriminationsissansexamplesof:
a. anomie.
b. Verstehen.
c. sociologicalsimagination.
d. socialscohesion.
ANS:sCsDIF:sDifficultsREF:sPages5
TOP:sAppliedsOBJ:sSociologicalsImagination
5. Sociologistssandseconomistsshavesshownsthatsthesbenefitssofshigherseducationsincludeshighersmediansi
ncomessforscollegesgraduates.sThississknownsas:
a.
educationalsinvestment.s
b. thesreturnsstosschooling.
c. studyshardsorsbespoor.
d. getsanseducation;sgetsasjob.
ANS:sBsDIF:sModeratesREF:sPages8
TOP:sFactualsOBJ:sReturnsstosSchooling
6. Aftersdoingssomessociologicalsmath,swhatsissthesnetsdifferencesbetweensthesannualsearningssofsthesa
verageshighsschoolsversusscollegesgraduate?
a. abouts$5,000spersyear
[Date]
,b. abouts$10,000spersyears
c. abouts$15,000spersyear
d.
abouts$50,000spersyearsA
NS:sCsDIF:sDifficultsREF:sPages9
[Date]
, TOP:sConceptualsOBJ:sReturnsstosSchooling
7. AccordingstosRandallsCollins’ss(1979)sresearch,sthesexpansionsofshigherseducationsis:
a. mainlyscausedsbysthesglobalizationsofscapitalism.
b. likelyscausedsbysless-
preparedshighsschoolsstudentssenteringscollege.sc.
asresultsofscredentialism sandsexpendituressonsformalseducation.
d. asresultsofsincreasingsgovernmentalsinterferencesinseducationalsfunding.
ANS:sCsDIF:sDifficultsREF:sPages11s
TOP:sFactualsOBJ:sCredentialism
8. Accordingstosresearchsusedstosquestionscredentialism,swhatsmightsitscoststosbuysascollegesdiplomasonline?sa
. $29.95
b. $99.99
c. $250.00
d. atsleasts$1,000
ANS:sAsDIF:sModeratesREF:sPages11s
TOP:sFactualsOBJ:sCredentialism
9. Instoday’sssociety,sRandallsCollinssmightssuggeststhatsgettingsas“piecesofspaper”sissmoresimportantstosmanyst
hansactuallyshavingsthesknowledgestosdosasjob.sHescallssthesprioritysplacedsonsformalseducation:
a.
secondaryseducation.s
b. credentialism.
c. normlessness.
d. xenophobia.
ANS:sBsDIF:sDifficultsREF:sPages11sTO
P:sConceptualsOBJ:sCredentialism
10. Allsofsthesfollowingsaresexamplessofssocialsinstitutionssusedstospreventswebsitessfromsunderminingsc
olleges’sdegree-conferringsabilitiessEXCEPT:
a. copyrightslaw.
b. policesforces.
c. employers.s
d. families.
ANS:sDsDIF:sEasysREF:sPages11
TOP:sFactualsOBJ:sSocialsInstitutions
11. Whichsofsthesfollowingsissdefinedsassassetsofsstoriessembeddedswithinsassocialsnetworksaboutsthesstandardsw
ayssassocietysmeetssitssneeds?
a.
associals identitysb
. associalsinstitution
c. astheory
d. anomie
ANS:sBsDIF:sModeratesREF:sPages12sT
OP:sFactualsOBJ:sSocialsInstitutions
12. Thesauthorsofsyourstextsstatessthatsthesmostsage-segregatedssocialsinstitutionsinsourssocietysis:
a. ashospital.
b. asmentalsinstitution.
c. asprison.
d. asfour-yearscollege.
ANS:sDsDIF:sEasysREF:sPages12
TOP:sFactualsOBJ:sSocialsInstitutions
13. Asfamily,sassasgroupsofspeopleslivingstogetherssharingsindividualsstories,smakessupsa(n):s
a. socialsinstitution.
b. conflictsinstitution.
[Date]
, c. anomicsinstitution.
d. creativesinstitution.
ANS:sAsDIF:sDifficultsREF:sPages13
TOP:sConceptualsOBJ:sSocialsInstitutions
14. ThesPhillipsMorrissCompanyschangedsitssnamestosAltirasinsansattemptstosstartsasnew:
[Date]
s s
Chapter 1 s
MultiplesChoice
1. AssdefinedsbysC.sWrightsMills,swhichsofsthesfollowings“enablessusstosgraspshistorysandsbiographysandsthesr
elationssbetweensthestwoswithinssociety”?
a. formalssociology
b. sociologicalsimagination
c. microsociology
d. macrosociology
ANS:sBsDIF:sEasysREF:sPages5
TOP:sFactualsOBJ:sSociologicalsImagination
2. FeelingsdiscomfortsaboutsruralsChinesessociety,swheresmanysgenerationssofsasfamilyssleepsinsthessamesb
ed,sissknownsas:
a. xenophobia.
b. Verstehen.
c. socialsidentity.
d. socialsecology.
ANS:sAsDIF:sModeratesREF:sPagess6–7
TOP:sAppliedsOBJ:sSociologicalsImagination
3. HowsdoessthestextbooksauthorsusesdialoguesfromsPulpsFiction,sinswhichsthescharacterssdiscussshowsins
Hollandspeoplesputsmayonnaisesonstheirsfrenchsfries?
a. tosintroducesthessociologysofsfilm
b. tosexplainsthessociologicalsimagination
c. tosexplainssocialsinstitutions
d. tosdefinesformalssociology
ANS:sBsDIF:sEasysREF:sPages7
TOP:sAppliedsOBJ:sSociologicalsImagination
4. Asfemalesmanagersissattemptingstosclimbsherswaystosthestopsofsthescorporatesladder.sShesworkssasshard,sifsn
otsharder,sthanshersmalescolleagues,sbutsnothingsshesseemsstosdoshelpsshersadvance.sShesbeginsstosnoticesthatsmaless
aresbeingspromoted,sbutsfemalesstendstosbesoverlookedsforsadvancements.sThesrealizationsthatsmanyswomensinsherscirc
umstancesaresexperiencingsthessamesdiscriminationsissansexamplesof:
a. anomie.
b. Verstehen.
c. sociologicalsimagination.
d. socialscohesion.
ANS:sCsDIF:sDifficultsREF:sPages5
TOP:sAppliedsOBJ:sSociologicalsImagination
5. Sociologistssandseconomistsshavesshownsthatsthesbenefitssofshigherseducationsincludeshighersmediansi
ncomessforscollegesgraduates.sThississknownsas:
a.
educationalsinvestment.s
b. thesreturnsstosschooling.
c. studyshardsorsbespoor.
d. getsanseducation;sgetsasjob.
ANS:sBsDIF:sModeratesREF:sPages8
TOP:sFactualsOBJ:sReturnsstosSchooling
6. Aftersdoingssomessociologicalsmath,swhatsissthesnetsdifferencesbetweensthesannualsearningssofsthesa
verageshighsschoolsversusscollegesgraduate?
a. abouts$5,000spersyear
[Date]
,b. abouts$10,000spersyears
c. abouts$15,000spersyear
d.
abouts$50,000spersyearsA
NS:sCsDIF:sDifficultsREF:sPages9
[Date]
, TOP:sConceptualsOBJ:sReturnsstosSchooling
7. AccordingstosRandallsCollins’ss(1979)sresearch,sthesexpansionsofshigherseducationsis:
a. mainlyscausedsbysthesglobalizationsofscapitalism.
b. likelyscausedsbysless-
preparedshighsschoolsstudentssenteringscollege.sc.
asresultsofscredentialism sandsexpendituressonsformalseducation.
d. asresultsofsincreasingsgovernmentalsinterferencesinseducationalsfunding.
ANS:sCsDIF:sDifficultsREF:sPages11s
TOP:sFactualsOBJ:sCredentialism
8. Accordingstosresearchsusedstosquestionscredentialism,swhatsmightsitscoststosbuysascollegesdiplomasonline?sa
. $29.95
b. $99.99
c. $250.00
d. atsleasts$1,000
ANS:sAsDIF:sModeratesREF:sPages11s
TOP:sFactualsOBJ:sCredentialism
9. Instoday’sssociety,sRandallsCollinssmightssuggeststhatsgettingsas“piecesofspaper”sissmoresimportantstosmanyst
hansactuallyshavingsthesknowledgestosdosasjob.sHescallssthesprioritysplacedsonsformalseducation:
a.
secondaryseducation.s
b. credentialism.
c. normlessness.
d. xenophobia.
ANS:sBsDIF:sDifficultsREF:sPages11sTO
P:sConceptualsOBJ:sCredentialism
10. Allsofsthesfollowingsaresexamplessofssocialsinstitutionssusedstospreventswebsitessfromsunderminingsc
olleges’sdegree-conferringsabilitiessEXCEPT:
a. copyrightslaw.
b. policesforces.
c. employers.s
d. families.
ANS:sDsDIF:sEasysREF:sPages11
TOP:sFactualsOBJ:sSocialsInstitutions
11. Whichsofsthesfollowingsissdefinedsassassetsofsstoriessembeddedswithinsassocialsnetworksaboutsthesstandardsw
ayssassocietysmeetssitssneeds?
a.
associals identitysb
. associalsinstitution
c. astheory
d. anomie
ANS:sBsDIF:sModeratesREF:sPages12sT
OP:sFactualsOBJ:sSocialsInstitutions
12. Thesauthorsofsyourstextsstatessthatsthesmostsage-segregatedssocialsinstitutionsinsourssocietysis:
a. ashospital.
b. asmentalsinstitution.
c. asprison.
d. asfour-yearscollege.
ANS:sDsDIF:sEasysREF:sPages12
TOP:sFactualsOBJ:sSocialsInstitutions
13. Asfamily,sassasgroupsofspeopleslivingstogetherssharingsindividualsstories,smakessupsa(n):s
a. socialsinstitution.
b. conflictsinstitution.
[Date]
, c. anomicsinstitution.
d. creativesinstitution.
ANS:sAsDIF:sDifficultsREF:sPages13
TOP:sConceptualsOBJ:sSocialsInstitutions
14. ThesPhillipsMorrissCompanyschangedsitssnamestosAltirasinsansattemptstosstartsasnew:
[Date]
