Question 1

A form of stratification in which some people are owned as property is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  capitalism 
B)  caste 
C)  estates 
D)  slavery 
A)  capitalism 
B)  caste 
C)  estates 
D)  slavery

Question 2

It is much easier for a person to experience social mobility in a class system than in a caste system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Karl Marx defined the relationship between those who own the means of production and those who make their living by selling their own labor power for a wage as two classes that he referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  status groups and pariahs 
B)  sellers and buyers 
C)  producers and consumers 
D)  the bourgeoisie and the proletariat 
A)  status groups and pariahs 
B)  sellers and buyers 
C)  producers and consumers 
D)  the bourgeoisie and the proletariat

Question 4

According to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century, ever-increasing wealth inequality is a necessary and inevitable feature of almost all capitalist economic systems. The major exception to this rule was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  nineteenth century 
B)  mid-twentieth century 
C)  1970s 
D)  years since the 2008 recession 
A)  nineteenth century 
B)  mid-twentieth century 
C)  1970s 
D)  years since the 2008 recession

Question 5

The money a person receives from wages or salary or from investments is income, and the assets an individual owns are wealth. Why is wealth considered more significant in social stratification?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wealth is more predictable and is held only by the top 1 percent. 
B)  Wealth is more predictable and can be used to generate more wealth. 
C)  Income is more predictable, but only wealth can create capital. 
D)  Income tends to favor the lower and middle classes, while wealth is the domain of the superrich. 
A)  Wealth is more predictable and is held only by the top 1 percent. 
B)  Wealth is more predictable and can be used to generate more wealth. 
C)  Income is more predictable, but only wealth can create capital. 
D)  Income tends to favor the lower and middle classes, while wealth is the domain of the superrich.

Question 6

Real income for most of the working population in the United States increased over the twentieth century. What is the most important reason for this?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women's entrance into the paid labor force changed real income. 
B)  Competition from foreign companies was reduced. 
C)  There was an increase in productivity due to technological change. 
D)  There was a decrease in the size of the working-age population. 
A)  Women's entrance into the paid labor force changed real income. 
B)  Competition from foreign companies was reduced. 
C)  There was an increase in productivity due to technological change. 
D)  There was a decrease in the size of the working-age population.

Question 7

What is the key difference between the sociological definition of income and that of wealth?

Accepted Answer

A)  Income is something everyone has, while wealth is limited to those who own property. 
B)  Wealth is earned, while income is held and then invested. 
C)  Wealth is something everyone has, while income must be worked for. 
D)  Income is earned, while wealth is held or invested. 
A)  Income is something everyone has, while wealth is limited to those who own property. 
B)  Wealth is earned, while income is held and then invested. 
C)  Wealth is something everyone has, while income must be worked for. 
D)  Income is earned, while wealth is held or invested.

Question 8

Anne searches nation-level data for a country characterized by exchange mobility. She finds that:

Accepted Answer

A)  smaller countries are more likely than larger countries to have exchange mobility 
B)  smaller countries with socialist governments are more likely to have exchange mobility 
C)  there are no countries with exchange mobility, but the notion is still helpful in inequality 
D)  countries with public education systems are closer to exchange mobility than others 
A)  smaller countries are more likely than larger countries to have exchange mobility 
B)  smaller countries with socialist governments are more likely to have exchange mobility 
C)  there are no countries with exchange mobility, but the notion is still helpful in inequality 
D)  countries with public education systems are closer to exchange mobility than others

Question 9

In Karl Marx's theory, a class is made up of people who have the same relationship to the:

Accepted Answer

A)  bourgeoisie 
B)  means of production 
C)  means of consumption 
D)  proletariat 
A)  bourgeoisie 
B)  means of production 
C)  means of consumption 
D)  proletariat

Question 10

How far an individual moves up or down the socioeconomic scale in her lifetime is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  intragenerational mobility 
B)  intergenerational mobility 
C)  life course 
D)  life history 
A)  intragenerational mobility 
B)  intergenerational mobility 
C)  life course 
D)  life history

Question 11

MATCHING
-Lower middle class

Accepted Answer

A) Grew throughout much of the twentieth century but has been shrinking the past four decades 
B) The most varied of the social class strata 
C) Mostly wealthy but not superrich 
D) Located in the highest-poverty neighborhoods of the inner city 
E) Primarily blue-collar workers such as mechanics and pink-collar laborers such as clerical aids
F)Their jobs, when they can find them, are dead-end
G)Includes college professors 
A) Grew throughout much of the twentieth century but has been shrinking the past four decades 
B) The most varied of the social class strata 
C) Mostly wealthy but not superrich 
D) Located in the highest-poverty neighborhoods of the inner city 
E) Primarily blue-collar workers such as mechanics and pink-collar laborers such as clerical aids
F)Their jobs, when they can find them, are dead-end
G)Includes college professors

Question 12

MATCHING
-Middle class

Accepted Answer

A) Grew throughout much of the twentieth century but has been shrinking the past four decades 
B) The most varied of the social class strata 
C) Mostly wealthy but not superrich 
D) Located in the highest-poverty neighborhoods of the inner city 
E) Primarily blue-collar workers such as mechanics and pink-collar laborers such as clerical aids
F)Their jobs, when they can find them, are dead-end
G)Includes college professors 
A) Grew throughout much of the twentieth century but has been shrinking the past four decades 
B) The most varied of the social class strata 
C) Mostly wealthy but not superrich 
D) Located in the highest-poverty neighborhoods of the inner city 
E) Primarily blue-collar workers such as mechanics and pink-collar laborers such as clerical aids
F)Their jobs, when they can find them, are dead-end
G)Includes college professors

Question 13

Which of the following best explains the relationship between wealth and income?

Accepted Answer

A)  Although income is influenced by race, education, and age, wealth is independent of these variables. 
B)  Wealthy people almost always inherit their money; thus, there is no relationship between wealth and income. 
C)  The same factors that limit people's incomes also limit their ability to accumulate wealth. 
D)  Income inequality has increased in the past three decades, whereas wealth inequality has decreased. 
A)  Although income is influenced by race, education, and age, wealth is independent of these variables. 
B)  Wealthy people almost always inherit their money; thus, there is no relationship between wealth and income. 
C)  The same factors that limit people's incomes also limit their ability to accumulate wealth. 
D)  Income inequality has increased in the past three decades, whereas wealth inequality has decreased.

Question 14

What is the most important asset in the net worth of most American families?

Accepted Answer

A)  bonds 
B)  businesses 
C)  homes 
D)  savings and checking accounts 
A)  bonds 
B)  businesses 
C)  homes 
D)  savings and checking accounts

Question 15

A sociologist conducts a study of superrich Americans. One defining characteristic that separates the superrich from the upper class is that the superrich:

Accepted Answer

A)  earn more than $200,000 per year 
B)  own a large home and probably a vacation home 
C)  derive most of their wealth from investments 
D)  vacation abroad and educate their children in private schools 
A)  earn more than $200,000 per year 
B)  own a large home and probably a vacation home 
C)  derive most of their wealth from investments 
D)  vacation abroad and educate their children in private schools

Question 16

Class is most often used to analyze stratification in industrialized societies because industrialized societies:

Accepted Answer

A)  do not have the religious components found in other systems 
B)  are characterized by divisions in income, wealth, occupation, and education 
C)  usually have class relations stated and defined in their constitutions 
D)  are more evolved than other systems 
A)  do not have the religious components found in other systems 
B)  are characterized by divisions in income, wealth, occupation, and education 
C)  usually have class relations stated and defined in their constitutions 
D)  are more evolved than other systems

Question 17

A sociologist uses Pierre Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital to conduct a study of family life. To see cultural capital at play, a sociologist would look at:

Accepted Answer

A)  census records that record names and dates of birth over several generations 
B)  tax records that show family income over a period of years 
C)  everyday family conversation, including parent vocabulary, tone, and general use of language 
D)  trends in job availability across the economy as a whole 
A)  census records that record names and dates of birth over several generations 
B)  tax records that show family income over a period of years 
C)  everyday family conversation, including parent vocabulary, tone, and general use of language 
D)  trends in job availability across the economy as a whole

Question 18

You are conducting a study of the highest-poverty social groups, and you want to compare age and race. Which age and race groups would you select? Americans Living in Poverty, 2015
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Accepted Answer

A)  Non-Hispanic white and 65+ 
B)  Black and Under age 18 
C)  Black and 65+ 
D)  Hispanic and Under age 18 
A)  Non-Hispanic white and 65+ 
B)  Black and Under age 18 
C)  Black and 65+ 
D)  Hispanic and Under age 18

Question 19

MATCHING
-Upper middle class

Accepted Answer

A) Grew throughout much of the twentieth century but has been shrinking the past four decades 
B) The most varied of the social class strata 
C) Mostly wealthy but not superrich 
D) Located in the highest-poverty neighborhoods of the inner city 
E) Primarily blue-collar workers such as mechanics and pink-collar laborers such as clerical aids
F)Their jobs, when they can find them, are dead-end
G)Includes college professors 
A) Grew throughout much of the twentieth century but has been shrinking the past four decades 
B) The most varied of the social class strata 
C) Mostly wealthy but not superrich 
D) Located in the highest-poverty neighborhoods of the inner city 
E) Primarily blue-collar workers such as mechanics and pink-collar laborers such as clerical aids
F)Their jobs, when they can find them, are dead-end
G)Includes college professors

Question 20

Suppose a society has truly equal opportunity, and within each generation, the more talented people move up in position while the less talented move down. What would such a society have?

Accepted Answer

A)  exchange mobility 
B)  intergenerational mobility 
C)  intragenerational mobility 
D)  social reproduction 
A)  exchange mobility 
B)  intergenerational mobility 
C)  intragenerational mobility 
D)  social reproduction

A form of stratification in which some people are owned as property is known as:

It is much easier for a person to experience social mobility in a class system than in a caste system.

Karl Marx defined the relationship between those who own the means of production and those who make their living by selling their own labor power for a wage as two classes that he referred to as:

According to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century, ever-increasing wealth inequality is a necessary and inevitable feature of almost all capitalist economic systems. The major exception to this rule was the:

The money a person receives from wages or salary or from investments is income, and the assets an individual owns are wealth. Why is wealth considered more significant in social stratification?

Real income for most of the working population in the United States increased over the twentieth century. What is the most important reason for this?

What is the key difference between the sociological definition of income and that of wealth?

Anne searches nation-level data for a country characterized by exchange mobility. She finds that:

In Karl Marx's theory, a class is made up of people who have the same relationship to the:

How far an individual moves up or down the socioeconomic scale in her lifetime is called:

MATCHING -Lower middle class

MATCHING -Middle class

Which of the following best explains the relationship between wealth and income?

What is the most important asset in the net worth of most American families?

A sociologist conducts a study of superrich Americans. One defining characteristic that separates the superrich from the upper class is that the superrich:

Class is most often used to analyze stratification in industrialized societies because industrialized societies:

A sociologist uses Pierre Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital to conduct a study of family life. To see cultural capital at play, a sociologist would look at:

You are conducting a study of the highest-poverty social groups, and you want to compare age and race. Which age and race groups would you select? Americans Living in Poverty, 2015 [img]

MATCHING -Upper middle class

Suppose a society has truly equal opportunity, and within each generation, the more talented people move up in position while the less talented move down. What would such a society have?

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Exam 8: Stratification, Class, and Inequality

A form of stratification in which some people are owned as property is known as:

It is much easier for a person to experience social mobility in a class system than in a caste system.

Karl Marx defined the relationship between those who own the means of production and those who make their living by selling their own labor power for a wage as two classes that he referred to as:

According to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century, ever-increasing wealth inequality is a necessary and inevitable feature of almost all capitalist economic systems. The major exception to this rule was the:

The money a person receives from wages or salary or from investments is income, and the assets an individual owns are wealth. Why is wealth considered more significant in social stratification?

Real income for most of the working population in the United States increased over the twentieth century. What is the most important reason for this?

What is the key difference between the sociological definition of income and that of wealth?

Anne searches nation-level data for a country characterized by exchange mobility. She finds that:

In Karl Marx's theory, a class is made up of people who have the same relationship to the:

How far an individual moves up or down the socioeconomic scale in her lifetime is called:

MATCHING -Lower middle class

MATCHING -Middle class

Which of the following best explains the relationship between wealth and income?

What is the most important asset in the net worth of most American families?

A sociologist conducts a study of superrich Americans. One defining characteristic that separates the superrich from the upper class is that the superrich:

Class is most often used to analyze stratification in industrialized societies because industrialized societies:

A sociologist uses Pierre Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital to conduct a study of family life. To see cultural capital at play, a sociologist would look at:

You are conducting a study of the highest-poverty social groups, and you want to compare age and race. Which age and race groups would you select? Americans Living in Poverty, 2015 [img]

MATCHING -Upper middle class

Suppose a society has truly equal opportunity, and within each generation, the more talented people move up in position while the less talented move down. What would such a society have?

What Is Sociology

Asking and Answering Sociological Questions

Culture and Society

Socialization and the Life Course

Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

Groups, Networks, and Organizations

Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Global Inequality

Gender Inequality

Ethnicity and Race

Aging

Government, Political Power, and Social Movements

Work and Economic Life

Families and Intimate Relationships

Education

Religion in Modern Society

The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality

Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Globalization in a Changing World

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