Sociology 100 Midterm Exam #2 Practice PDF

Name:_____Sample Questions _____ SOCIOLOGY 100 Midterm Exam #2 (Practice Only) There are 60 multiple-choice questions in this exam worth a total of 100 points. Ti...

Name:_____Sample Questions _____ SOCIOLOGY 100 Midterm Exam #2 (Practice Only) There are 60 multiple-choice questions in this exam worth a total of 100 points. Time: 00 Minutes Classification: Protected A  1. Julie and her husband Bryan started out as a working-class couple. A decade later Julie operates her own business, and Bryan is CEO of a large marketing firm. What does their experience demonstrate? A. social advancement B. intragenerational mobility C. intergenerational mobility D. social immobility E. social exchange 2. According to your text, which of the following statements about political crimes is/are true? A. A political crime involves the misuse of power by government officials. B. A political crime involves or illegal acts perpetrated against the government. C. Bribery or fraud committed by a government personal is an example of a political crime. D. All of the above. E. Only a and c above 3. Crime statistics include only crimes known to the police. A good way to evaluate these statistics is through a(n) A. social profiles. B. objective evaluations. C. victimization surveys. D. perpetrator surveys. E. criminal profiles 4. What is the term for the systematic study of how biology affects social behaviour? A. psychophysiology B. sociobiology C. psychology D. zoology E. none of the above 5. What sociological concept defines the “totality of our beliefs and feelings about ourselves”? A. self-concept B. psychological self C. self-esteem D. self-identity E. self-belief 2 Classification: Protected A  6. Which group of crimes occupies most of the time and attention of the criminal justice system? A. occupational crime B. corporate crime C. political crime D. street crime E. violent crime 7. What is “event-driven poverty”? A. A phenomenon that occurs when the poverty rate in Canada increases, as it did during the last economic recession. B. Something that happens when a person becomes poor due to some change, such as divorce or widowhood. C. A situation in which a person living in poverty perpetuates his fate by spending his money foolishly. D. Poverty that results from a major economic downturn in the economy, which leads to high unemployment. E. When a group of people from the same ethnic background are driven into poverty all at once. 8. According to a functionalist perspective, why does Canada have inequality? A. Canadians perceive their income and wealth differently from people in other parts of the world. B. Powerful Canadians use inequality as a force to maintain their position in society. C. Inequality is avoidable and unnecessary provided that all the parts of Canadian society are working in harmony. D. Inequality is an inevitable and necessary feature of Canadian society. E. None of the above. 9. A/an ___________________ status is a social position conferred at birth or received involuntarily later in life. A. ascribed B. assigned C. achieved D. occupational E. socioeconomic 3 Classification: Protected A  10. According to the text, the _______________ is the most important agent of socialization in all societies. A. mass media B. family C. school D. peer group E. all of the media 11. The delinquent subculture that focuses on economic gain including theft, extortion and drug dealing is described as: A. conflict subculture B. retreatist subculture C. criminal subculture D. economic subculture E. corporate subculture 12. Which of the following statements regarding socialization is/are true? A. Socialization is essential for human development. B. The content of socialization varies from one society to another. C. Socialization enables a society to "reproduce" itself by passing on cultural content from one generation to the next. D. Socialization is a life-long process. E. All of above are true. 13. What do conflict theorists argue about socialization? A. Socialization disrupts class structure for future generations. B. Socialization represses class structure within a generation. C. Socialization reproduces the class structure in the next generation. D. Socialization alters class structure for subsequent generations. E. Both b and c above are correct. 14. People are sometimes exposed to cultural goals that they are unable to attain because they do not have access to culturally approved means of achieving those goals. This reflects the: A. functional theory B. containment theory C. strain theory D. social control theory E. status inaccessibility theory 4 Classification: Protected A  15. According to the social-conflict paradigm, the primary criterion of who and what is labelled deviant is _________________________ A. labelling. B. relative power. C. the period in time. D. the severity of the deviant act. E. the personality of who the person is labelling. 16. According to discussions in class, punishment serves a number of functions. Which of the following would you consider as one of them? A. Retribution B Deterrence C. Rehabilitation D. Social protection E. All of above 17. Suppose Greg mentally assumes the role of his father in order to understand the world from an adult’s point of view. What would a sociologist employing Mead’s theory argue? A. Greg is role exploring. B. Greg is role assuming. C. Greg is role developing. D. Greg is role taking. E. Greg is mental playing. 18. In an open system of stratification, … A. there is no social mobility. B. there is an equal distribution of wealth. C. people’s positions are influenced by achieved statuses. D. people’s positions are determined by ascribed statuses alone. E. the boundaries between levels in the hierarchies of social stratification are rigid. 19. Systematic practices developed by social groups to encourage conformity and to discourage deviance are referred to as mechanisms of: A. retaliation B. social control C. compliance D. emphasis E. deviance 5 Classification: Protected A  20. Sociologists often employ a combined measure that attempts to classify individuals, families, or households in terms of indicators such as income, occupation, and education to determine class position. What is this measure called? A. social class B. social standing C. prestige ranking D. meritocracy E. none of the above 21. Which of the following would a conflict perspective on socialization explore? A. How families create stability in society. B. How families teach children about language and symbols. C. How families allow children to spend time on the Internet. D. How families contribute to the reproduction of social class. E. How families could be perceived as dysfunctional. 22. When infants are deprived of human contact, they do not develop the characteristics that most of us think of as “human”. A. True B. False 23. In a closed system of stratification, boundaries between levels are flexible. A. True B. False 24. The sad case of “Anna” shows the explanatory power of biology over sociology. A. True B. False 25. Which of the following is not a feature of total institutions? A. seclusion B. freedom of association C. depersonalization D. indoctrination E. control 6 Classification: Protected A