Question 1

What did Max Weber do?

Accepted Answer

A)  He examined the influence of religion on suicide. 
B)  He called religion the "opiate of the masses". 
C)  He studied cult behaviour in Germany. 
D)  He examined the connection between religious faith and the rise of capitalism. 
A)  He examined the influence of religion on suicide. 
B)  He called religion the "opiate of the masses". 
C)  He studied cult behaviour in Germany. 
D)  He examined the connection between religious faith and the rise of capitalism. D

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Muslims made up the majority of immigrants to Canada from 1991 to 2001. 
B)  The number of immigrants to Canada claiming no religion has decreased over time. 
C)  There were fewer Hindu immigrants to Canada from 1991 to 2001 than there were from 1971 to 1981. 
D)  Jewish immigration to Canada has decreased since 1961. 
A)  Muslims made up the majority of immigrants to Canada from 1991 to 2001. 
B)  The number of immigrants to Canada claiming no religion has decreased over time. 
C)  There were fewer Hindu immigrants to Canada from 1991 to 2001 than there were from 1971 to 1981. 
D)  Jewish immigration to Canada has decreased since 1961. D

Question 3

Incest taboos and related laws in Canada are relevant to endogamous mate selection.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Bureaucracies have five features, according to Max Weber. How are each of
 these expressed in contemporary educational settings?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.
 The ideal type of bu

Question 5

Which sociological perspectives would argue that Ogburn's functions of the family serve to limit the experience of home as the "haven in a heartless world" for many in North American society?

Accepted Answer

A)  symbolic interactionism & conflict 
B)  symbolic interactionist and functionalist 
C)  functionalist and feminist 
D)  feminist & conflict 
A)  symbolic interactionism & conflict 
B)  symbolic interactionist and functionalist 
C)  functionalist and feminist 
D)  feminist & conflict

Question 6

A woman and her husband, her children, her parents, her mother-in-law, her sister, a parakeet, two Irish setters, a cow, and five chickens live together on a farm on the Prairies. Of what is this an example?

Accepted Answer

A)  nuclear family 
B)  community 
C)  kinship network 
D)  family 
A)  nuclear family 
B)  community 
C)  kinship network 
D)  family

Question 7

In 2008, how many international students attended Canadian post-secondary institutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  fewer than 50,000 
B)  more than 100,000 but less than 200,000 
C)  more than 200,000 
D)  more than 50,000 but less than 100,000 
A)  fewer than 50,000 
B)  more than 100,000 but less than 200,000 
C)  more than 200,000 
D)  more than 50,000 but less than 100,000

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT true of divorce?

Accepted Answer

A)  The divorce rate has increased both in North America and in many other parts of the world, in the past 50 years. 
B)  In Canada, divorced women are more likely to remarry than divorced men. 
C)  Over the past 100 years, there has been a greater social acceptance of divorce. 
D)  Women who marry at 35 years of age or older are less likely to divorce than those marrying younger. 
A)  The divorce rate has increased both in North America and in many other parts of the world, in the past 50 years. 
B)  In Canada, divorced women are more likely to remarry than divorced men. 
C)  Over the past 100 years, there has been a greater social acceptance of divorce. 
D)  Women who marry at 35 years of age or older are less likely to divorce than those marrying younger.

Question 9

Why did Karl Marx oppose religion?

Accepted Answer

A)  It did not make logical sense. 
B)  It impaired the productivity of workers. 
C)  It dulled the revolutionary impulse among workers. 
D)  It provided competition to the secular leadership. 
A)  It did not make logical sense. 
B)  It impaired the productivity of workers. 
C)  It dulled the revolutionary impulse among workers. 
D)  It provided competition to the secular leadership.

Question 10

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Equality of access is not the same as equality of education. 
B)  Funding formulae instituted by the provinces ensure that all schools have equal resources. 
C)  Children in Northern communities do not always have access to basic education. 
D)  Education is under federal jurisdiction in Canada. 
A)  Equality of access is not the same as equality of education. 
B)  Funding formulae instituted by the provinces ensure that all schools have equal resources. 
C)  Children in Northern communities do not always have access to basic education. 
D)  Education is under federal jurisdiction in Canada.

Question 11

Which of the following is the best example of monogamy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Troy and his sister Tracy live together in an apartment. 
B)  Ted and Tonya have been married to each other for 3 weeks. 
C)  Tori, Tito, and Tabitha have been living with each other for 14 years. 
D)  Tammy and her mother Therese live in the family home. 
A)  Troy and his sister Tracy live together in an apartment. 
B)  Ted and Tonya have been married to each other for 3 weeks. 
C)  Tori, Tito, and Tabitha have been living with each other for 14 years. 
D)  Tammy and her mother Therese live in the family home.

Question 12

Among the Yanomami of Brazil and Venezuela, it is considered proper to have sexual relations with one's opposite-sex cousins if they are the children of one's mother's brother or father's sister. But it is considered incest if one's opposite-sex cousins are which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The children of one's mother's mother or father's father. 
B)  The children of one's mother's sister or father's sister. 
C)  The children of one's mother's brother or father's brother. 
D)  The children of one's mother's sister or father's brother. 
A)  The children of one's mother's mother or father's father. 
B)  The children of one's mother's sister or father's sister. 
C)  The children of one's mother's brother or father's brother. 
D)  The children of one's mother's sister or father's brother.

Question 13

Which of the following represents a way in which schools in Canada have fostered broad social integration?

Accepted Answer

A)  Protestants and Catholics have their own schools. 
B)  Alberta allows Charter schools with particular curricular emphases. 
C)  Educators are expected to encourage cultural diversity. 
D)  Students are required to learn English or French. 
A)  Protestants and Catholics have their own schools. 
B)  Alberta allows Charter schools with particular curricular emphases. 
C)  Educators are expected to encourage cultural diversity. 
D)  Students are required to learn English or French.

Question 14

What is the term for an increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field?

Accepted Answer

A)  the worker-expectancy effect 
B)  credentialism 
C)  the hidden curriculum 
D)  escalation 
A)  the worker-expectancy effect 
B)  credentialism 
C)  the hidden curriculum 
D)  escalation

Question 15

According to the functionalist view, the family serves as the basis for transferring power, property and privilege through which of the following functions?

Accepted Answer

A)  provision of social status 
B)  socialization 
C)  regulation of sexual behaviour 
D)  protection 
A)  provision of social status 
B)  socialization 
C)  regulation of sexual behaviour 
D)  protection

Question 16

From a functionalist standpoint, when can a practice be said to be religious?

Accepted Answer

A)  When it is undertaken with the attitude appropriate to the sacred. 
B)  When it is prescribed by an authoritative text. 
C)  When it is carried out in reference to a divine being. 
D)  When it is performed in a sacred location. 
A)  When it is undertaken with the attitude appropriate to the sacred. 
B)  When it is prescribed by an authoritative text. 
C)  When it is carried out in reference to a divine being. 
D)  When it is performed in a sacred location.

Question 17

Among the following nations, which had the lowest percentage of persons who had completed higher education, as of 2008?

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Britain 
B)  Italy 
C)  France 
D)  Finland 
A)  Great Britain 
B)  Italy 
C)  France 
D)  Finland

Question 18

Which of the following statements concerning stepfamilies is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Studies suggest most stepmothers are evil. 
B)  The well-being of children in stepfamilies is better, on average, than that of children in two-parent households. 
C)  Studies have shown that step-parenting is a rewarding alternative to having biological children. 
D)  The well-being of children in stepfamilies is, on average, no better than that of children in single-parent households. 
A)  Studies suggest most stepmothers are evil. 
B)  The well-being of children in stepfamilies is better, on average, than that of children in two-parent households. 
C)  Studies have shown that step-parenting is a rewarding alternative to having biological children. 
D)  The well-being of children in stepfamilies is, on average, no better than that of children in single-parent households.

Question 19

What proportion of the Canadian population consider themselves to be nonreligious?

Accepted Answer

A)  14 percent 
B)  33 percent 
C)  22 percent 
D)  10 percent 
A)  14 percent 
B)  33 percent 
C)  22 percent 
D)  10 percent

Question 20

Which of the following was noted by William F. Ogburn?

Accepted Answer

A)  The family provides socialization, reproductive, and protective functions for its members. 
B)  64 percent of all societies have matrilineal or patrilineal descent systems. 
C)  More homosexuals divorce than heterosexuals. 
D)  Single-parent, mother-headed families are the fastest growing segment of the poor in Canada. 
A)  The family provides socialization, reproductive, and protective functions for its members. 
B)  64 percent of all societies have matrilineal or patrilineal descent systems. 
C)  More homosexuals divorce than heterosexuals. 
D)  Single-parent, mother-headed families are the fastest growing segment of the poor in Canada.

What did Max Weber do?

Which of the following statements is true?

Incest taboos and related laws in Canada are relevant to endogamous mate selection.

Bureaucracies have five features, according to Max Weber. How are each of these expressed in contemporary educational settings?

Which sociological perspectives would argue that Ogburn's functions of the family serve to limit the experience of home as the "haven in a heartless world" for many in North American society?

A woman and her husband, her children, her parents, her mother-in-law, her sister, a parakeet, two Irish setters, a cow, and five chickens live together on a farm on the Prairies. Of what is this an example?

In 2008, how many international students attended Canadian post-secondary institutions?

Which of the following is NOT true of divorce?

Why did Karl Marx oppose religion?

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following is the best example of monogamy?

Among the Yanomami of Brazil and Venezuela, it is considered proper to have sexual relations with one's opposite-sex cousins if they are the children of one's mother's brother or father's sister. But it is considered incest if one's opposite-sex cousins are which of the following?

Which of the following represents a way in which schools in Canada have fostered broad social integration?

What is the term for an increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field?

According to the functionalist view, the family serves as the basis for transferring power, property and privilege through which of the following functions?

From a functionalist standpoint, when can a practice be said to be religious?

Among the following nations, which had the lowest percentage of persons who had completed higher education, as of 2008?

Which of the following statements concerning stepfamilies is correct?

What proportion of the Canadian population consider themselves to be nonreligious?

Which of the following was noted by William F. Ogburn?

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What did Max Weber do?

Which of the following statements is true?

Incest taboos and related laws in Canada are relevant to endogamous mate selection.

Bureaucracies have five features, according to Max Weber. How are each of these expressed in contemporary educational settings?

Which sociological perspectives would argue that Ogburn's functions of the family serve to limit the experience of home as the "haven in a heartless world" for many in North American society?

A woman and her husband, her children, her parents, her mother-in-law, her sister, a parakeet, two Irish setters, a cow, and five chickens live together on a farm on the Prairies. Of what is this an example?

In 2008, how many international students attended Canadian post-secondary institutions?

Which of the following is NOT true of divorce?

Why did Karl Marx oppose religion?

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following is the best example of monogamy?

Among the Yanomami of Brazil and Venezuela, it is considered proper to have sexual relations with one's opposite-sex cousins if they are the children of one's mother's brother or father's sister. But it is considered incest if one's opposite-sex cousins are which of the following?

Which of the following represents a way in which schools in Canada have fostered broad social integration?

What is the term for an increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field?

According to the functionalist view, the family serves as the basis for transferring power, property and privilege through which of the following functions?

From a functionalist standpoint, when can a practice be said to be religious?

Among the following nations, which had the lowest percentage of persons who had completed higher education, as of 2008?

Which of the following statements concerning stepfamilies is correct?

What proportion of the Canadian population consider themselves to be nonreligious?

Which of the following was noted by William F. Ogburn?

The Sociological Imagination, and Sociological Research

Culture, and Socialization

Social Structure, Interaction & Deviance

Government, Economy, and Social Class

Global Inequality, Gender & Age

Race, Ethnicity, Health, Medicine & Environment

Social Change

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