Question 1

Which of the following is an example of absolute poverty?

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A)  A homeless man in tattered clothes begs in the streets for money and food.
B)  A dual-career couple lives in a suburban community and struggles to pay their monthly bills.
C)  A family owns only two luxury automobiles,although their friends and neighbors own three such vehicles.
D)  None of these answers is correct.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

An inner-city youth spends many hours in the neighborhood playground shooting baskets on the basketball court and engaging in every game that he can play.His skills become outstanding,and he receives a college scholarship and then signs a lucrative contract to play in the National Basketball Association.This is an example of

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A)  vertical mobility.
B)  ascribed status.
C)  horizontal mobility.
D)  structural mobility.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

One shortcoming of Karl Marx's work is that he failed to anticipate the

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A)  end of feudalism.
B)  extent to which political liberties and relative prosperity could contribute to a false consciousness.
C)  effects of alienated labor on the working class.
D)  conflict between various capitalist nations.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 4

Which of the following terms did Karl Marx use to refer to an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect the class's objective position?

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A)  False consciousness
B)  Bourgeoisie consciousness
C)  Class consciousness
D)  Proletariat consciousnessE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 5

The study of tax policy and its relationship to the stratification system is known as fiscal sociology.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The most extreme form of legalized social inequality for individuals or groups is a caste system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The fact that an unemployed coal miner in Appalachia has a higher standard of living than a doctor in Congo illustrates the idea that

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A)  poverty is absolute.
B)  poverty is relative.
C)  being a doctor is not a high-prestige occupation in all countries.
D)  Americans are ethnocentric.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 8

An ascribed status is a social position

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A)  attained by a person largely through his or her own effort.
B)  assigned to a person without regard to the person's unique characteristics or talents.
C)  based solely on income and wealth.
D)  based solely on lifestyle.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Explain the reasons why the working class is declining in size.

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Question 10

An 83-year-old woman is placed at a small table in a dark corner of a trendy nightclub and is ignored by the staff.Her shoddy treatment is probably due to her age,which is a(n) ________ status.

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A)  ascribed
B)  achieved
C)  horizontal
D)  structuralE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Which level of college degree serves as less of a guarantee of upward mobility today than it did in the past?

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A)  
A)  A./A.A.S.
B)  
B)  A./B.S.
C)  M) A./M.S.
D)  Ph.D.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

The commonly used "poverty line" measure of poverty used by the federal government measures which type of poverty?

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A)  Relative poverty
B)  Absolute poverty
C)  Elementary poverty
D)  Dramatic povertyE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Purchasing goods not to survive,but to flaunt one's superior wealth and social standing is known as

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A)  presumptive consumption.
B)  inconspicuous ridicule.
C)  conspicuous consumption.
D)  consumptive frivolity.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Max Weber defined ________ as the ability to exercise one's will over others.

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A)  control
B)  status
C)  class
D)  powerE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

A stratification system that implies that the position of each individual is influenced by the person's achieved status is referred to as a(n)

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A)  open stratification system.
B)  closed stratification system.
C)  egalitarian class system.
D)  fractured class system.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Some sociologists have suggested that in the southern U.S.in the pre-civil rights era,an African American individual was born into a status that would always be subordinate to the status of all of the White members of the community.This is an example of a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  estate system.
B)  class system.
C)  caste system.
D)  feudal system.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true regarding women living in poverty?

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A)  About half of all women living in poverty in the United States are in transition.
B)  About half of all women living in poverty in the United States are employed at least part-time.
C)  The other half tend to be economically independent from friends or the welfare system.
D)  The death of a husband does not impact a women's poverty status.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Compare and contrast the functionalist and conflict views of social stratification.Give examples of each view to support your answer.

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The functionalist view of social stratif...

Question 19

A system of enforced servitude in which people are legally owned by others is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  feudalism.
B)  slavery.
C)  communism.
D)  a caste system.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Max Weber argued that the actions of individuals and groups can be understood solely in economic terms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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