Question 1

Which of the following is the best sociological definition of income?

Accepted Answer

A) an individual's yearly salary 
B) wages, tips, and other compensation 
C) household earnings over a set period of time 
D) the value of everything a person owns, minus the value of everything he or she owes 
A) an individual's yearly salary 
B) wages, tips, and other compensation 
C) household earnings over a set period of time 
D) the value of everything a person owns, minus the value of everything he or she owes

Question 2

Explain the relationship between power and class.In other words, what role do political power and voice play in the reproduction of class differences?

Accepted Answer

The affluent can use their wealth and ot

Question 3

Briefly discuss how inequality has grown in the United States.

Accepted Answer

Varies: Inequality in the United States

Question 4

What percentage of Americans were uninsured before the Affordable Care Act?

Accepted Answer

A) 1.9% 
B) 80% 
C) 57% 
D) 12% 
A) 1.9% 
B) 80% 
C) 57% 
D) 12%

Question 5

Liquid assets are easy to transform into cash.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Workers who are not making full use of their skills or are working part time when they would like to be working full time are ______.

Accepted Answer

A) unemployed 
B) underemployed 
C) gainfully employed 
D) overemployed 
A) unemployed 
B) underemployed 
C) gainfully employed 
D) overemployed

Question 7

The United States is a ______ society.

Accepted Answer

A) class 
B) caste 
C) racial 
D) binary 
A) class 
B) caste 
C) racial 
D) binary

Question 8

Discuss the relationships between occupation, income, and health.Include a discussion of the shift in types of occupation, in particular the growth of the service sector.

Accepted Answer

Varies.Many of the jobs created in the 1

Question 9

Which of the following is characteristic of food deserts?

Accepted Answer

A) fresh fruit, vegetables, and meat 
B) lower prices for food 
C) lower quality stores 
D) more neighborhood food options to choose from 
A) fresh fruit, vegetables, and meat 
B) lower prices for food 
C) lower quality stores 
D) more neighborhood food options to choose from

Question 10

Poverty areas are those in which ______ or more households are impoverished.

Accepted Answer

A) 10% 
B) 20% 
C) 30% 
D) 50% 
A) 10% 
B) 20% 
C) 30% 
D) 50%

Question 11

Historically, caste systems have been present in which type of societies?

Accepted Answer

A) urban 
B) suburban 
C) diverse 
D) agricultural 
A) urban 
B) suburban 
C) diverse 
D) agricultural

Question 12

What is the distinction between household poverty and neighborhood poverty?

Accepted Answer

Household poverty is the poverty an indi

Question 13

In the United States, there are few barriers to upward social mobility.As long as someone works hard enough, they can achieve middle- or upper-class status.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Herbert Gans posed which of the following questions?

Accepted Answer

A) How does stratification limit the discovery of talent in society? 
B) How is poverty functional? 
C) For whom is poverty functional? 
D) How does the conflict perspective illuminate the issue of poverty? 
A) How does stratification limit the discovery of talent in society? 
B) How is poverty functional? 
C) For whom is poverty functional? 
D) How does the conflict perspective illuminate the issue of poverty?

Question 15

Which of the following is a government health insurance program that primarily serves the poor?

Accepted Answer

A) supplemental security income 
B) welfare 
C) Medicare 
D) Medicaid 
A) supplemental security income 
B) welfare 
C) Medicare 
D) Medicaid

Question 16

Social inequality is the systematic ranking of different groups of people in a hierarchy of inequality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In which of the following areas has the modern U.S.economy produced the largest number of jobs?

Accepted Answer

A) manufacturing 
B) agriculture 
C) container shipping 
D) production of knowledge and information 
A) manufacturing 
B) agriculture 
C) container shipping 
D) production of knowledge and information

Question 18

Most Americans describe themselves in surveys as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) working poor 
B) working class 
C) middle class 
D) capitalist class 
A) working poor 
B) working class 
C) middle class 
D) capitalist class

Question 19

Discuss the disappearing of the middle class in the United States.

Accepted Answer

Varies.The middle class has been shrinki

Question 20

Which of the following is a results of the transition to a postindustrial economy in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Workers with less education have become more highly valued. 
B) Workers with more education have become more highly valued. 
C) Outsourcing has become less highly valued. 
D) Production workers have become more highly valued. 
A) Workers with less education have become more highly valued. 
B) Workers with more education have become more highly valued. 
C) Outsourcing has become less highly valued. 
D) Production workers have become more highly valued.

Which of the following is the best sociological definition of income?

Explain the relationship between power and class.In other words, what role do political power and voice play in the reproduction of class differences?

Briefly discuss how inequality has grown in the United States.

What percentage of Americans were uninsured before the Affordable Care Act?

Liquid assets are easy to transform into cash.

Workers who are not making full use of their skills or are working part time when they would like to be working full time are ______.

The United States is a ______ society.

Discuss the relationships between occupation, income, and health.Include a discussion of the shift in types of occupation, in particular the growth of the service sector.

Which of the following is characteristic of food deserts?

Poverty areas are those in which ______ or more households are impoverished.

Historically, caste systems have been present in which type of societies?

What is the distinction between household poverty and neighborhood poverty?

In the United States, there are few barriers to upward social mobility.As long as someone works hard enough, they can achieve middle- or upper-class status.

Herbert Gans posed which of the following questions?

Which of the following is a government health insurance program that primarily serves the poor?

Social inequality is the systematic ranking of different groups of people in a hierarchy of inequality.

In which of the following areas has the modern U.S.economy produced the largest number of jobs?

Most Americans describe themselves in surveys as ______.

Discuss the disappearing of the middle class in the United States.

Which of the following is a results of the transition to a postindustrial economy in the United States?

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Exam 7: Social Class and Inequality in the United States

Which of the following is the best sociological definition of income?

Explain the relationship between power and class.In other words, what role do political power and voice play in the reproduction of class differences?

Briefly discuss how inequality has grown in the United States.

What percentage of Americans were uninsured before the Affordable Care Act?

Liquid assets are easy to transform into cash.

Workers who are not making full use of their skills or are working part time when they would like to be working full time are ______.

The United States is a ______ society.

Discuss the relationships between occupation, income, and health.Include a discussion of the shift in types of occupation, in particular the growth of the service sector.

Which of the following is characteristic of food deserts?

Poverty areas are those in which ______ or more households are impoverished.

Historically, caste systems have been present in which type of societies?

What is the distinction between household poverty and neighborhood poverty?

In the United States, there are few barriers to upward social mobility.As long as someone works hard enough, they can achieve middle- or upper-class status.

Herbert Gans posed which of the following questions?

Which of the following is a government health insurance program that primarily serves the poor?

Social inequality is the systematic ranking of different groups of people in a hierarchy of inequality.

In which of the following areas has the modern U.S.economy produced the largest number of jobs?

Most Americans describe themselves in surveys as ______.

Discuss the disappearing of the middle class in the United States.

Which of the following is a results of the transition to a postindustrial economy in the United States?

Discover Sociology

Discover Sociological Research

Culture and Mass Media

Socialization and Social Interaction

Groups, Organizations, and Bureaucracies

Deviance and Social Control

Global Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality

Race and Ethnicity

Gender and Society

Families and Society

Education and Society

Religion and Society

The State, War, and Terror

Work, Consumption, and the Economy

Health and Medicine

Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Social Movements and Social Change

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