Question 1

Polygamy

Accepted Answer

A) One husband and one wife 
B) Two or more successive spouses 
C) Multiple spouses at one time 
D) One husband, multiple wives at one time 
E) One wife, multiple husbands at one time 
A) One husband and one wife 
B) Two or more successive spouses 
C) Multiple spouses at one time 
D) One husband, multiple wives at one time 
E) One wife, multiple husbands at one time

Question 2

A functionalist would argue that families are structured to

Accepted Answer

A) devalue reproductive work. 
B) maintain and perpetuate social inequalities. 
C) replace the members of society who die. 
D) foster racial divisions and boundaries. 
A) devalue reproductive work. 
B) maintain and perpetuate social inequalities. 
C) replace the members of society who die. 
D) foster racial divisions and boundaries.

Question 3

Which one of the following represents an example of tertiary kin?

Accepted Answer

A) Mother 
B) Mother's mother 
C) Brother's daughter's son 
D) Father's sister 
A) Mother 
B) Mother's mother 
C) Brother's daughter's son 
D) Father's sister

Question 4

South Africa's fertility rate was 2.34 in 2013.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

There is no concrete group that can be universally identified as a family.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which one of the following represents an example of secondary kin?

Accepted Answer

A) Father 
B) Father's father 
C) Mother's sister's son 
D) Brother's daughter's son's son 
A) Father 
B) Father's father 
C) Mother's sister's son 
D) Brother's daughter's son's son

Question 7

A non-family household family consists of

Accepted Answer

A) Husband, wife and their immediate children 
B) Three or more generations living under one roof 
C) Mother or father living with children 
D) People who share the same residence but are not considered family 
A) Husband, wife and their immediate children 
B) Three or more generations living under one roof 
C) Mother or father living with children 
D) People who share the same residence but are not considered family

Question 8

Men and women can decide to share in reproductive work but doing so involves costs to both parties.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

HIV and AIDS, poverty and absent fathers are the key socio-economic challenges facing South African families.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Marriage and family systems are structure to value productive work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Monogamy is

Accepted Answer

A) One husband and one wife 
B) Two or more successive spouses 
C) Multiple spouses at one time 
D) One husband, multiple wives at one time 
E) One wife, multiple husbands at one time 
A) One husband and one wife 
B) Two or more successive spouses 
C) Multiple spouses at one time 
D) One husband, multiple wives at one time 
E) One wife, multiple husbands at one time

Question 12

A nuclear family consists of

Accepted Answer

A) Husband, wife and their immediate children 
B) Three or more generations living under one roof 
C) Mother or father living with children 
D) People who share the same residence but are not considered family 
A) Husband, wife and their immediate children 
B) Three or more generations living under one roof 
C) Mother or father living with children 
D) People who share the same residence but are not considered family

Question 13

A husband's decision not to hand his crying son to his wife, and his wife's decision not to take the crying child away from her husband represent the couple's commitment to

Accepted Answer

A) raising their child in a genderless household. 
B) reverse parenting roles. 
C) share in the reproductive work. 
D) share in the productive work. 
A) raising their child in a genderless household. 
B) reverse parenting roles. 
C) share in the reproductive work. 
D) share in the productive work.

Question 14

'Renewing life is a form of work, as fundamental to the perpetuation of society as the production of things.' This statement relates to

Accepted Answer

A) productive work. 
B) fertility. 
C) reproductive work. 
D) life chances. 
A) productive work. 
B) fertility. 
C) reproductive work. 
D) life chances.

Question 15

Matrilineal descent is traced through the

Accepted Answer

A) Father 
B) Mother 
C) Both mother and father 
A) Father 
B) Mother 
C) Both mother and father

Question 16

Absent father rarely participate in their children's lives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In at least 96 countries in the world, the fertility rate is below _____________, the rate needed to replace those members that die.

Accepted Answer

A) 1.8 
B) 2.1 
C) 3.2 
D) 4.0 
A) 1.8 
B) 2.1 
C) 3.2 
D) 4.0

Question 18

An extended family consists of

Accepted Answer

A) Husband, wife and their immediate children 
B) Three or more generations living under one roof 
C) Mother or father living with children 
D) People who share the same residence but are not considered family 
A) Husband, wife and their immediate children 
B) Three or more generations living under one roof 
C) Mother or father living with children 
D) People who share the same residence but are not considered family

Question 19

Families everywhere trace ancestry in the same way.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Patriarchal authority

Accepted Answer

A) Male dominated 
B) Female dominated 
C) Equal authority between sexes 
A) Male dominated 
B) Female dominated 
C) Equal authority between sexes

Exam 8: Family Structure

Polygamy

A functionalist would argue that families are structured to

Which one of the following represents an example of tertiary kin?

South Africa's fertility rate was 2.34 in 2013.

There is no concrete group that can be universally identified as a family.

Which one of the following represents an example of secondary kin?

A non-family household family consists of

Men and women can decide to share in reproductive work but doing so involves costs to both parties.

HIV and AIDS, poverty and absent fathers are the key socio-economic challenges facing South African families.

Marriage and family systems are structure to value productive work.

Monogamy is

A nuclear family consists of

A husband's decision not to hand his crying son to his wife, and his wife's decision not to take the crying child away from her husband represent the couple's commitment to

'Renewing life is a form of work, as fundamental to the perpetuation of society as the production of things.' This statement relates to

Matrilineal descent is traced through the

Absent father rarely participate in their children's lives.

In at least 96 countries in the world, the fertility rate is below _____________, the rate needed to replace those members that die.

An extended family consists of

Families everywhere trace ancestry in the same way.

Patriarchal authority

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