Question 1

Select the statement which defines Weber's classification of ethnic-related concepts:

Accepted Answer

A) Status groups form the basis of ethnicity 
B) Common ancestry causes consciousness of kind and ethnic lifestyles to emerge 
C) Cultural content and ethnic category are more important than symbolic boundaries,like language and food,to ethnic communities 
D) Common ancestry is not significant for understanding ethnic group and ethnic community formations 
A) Status groups form the basis of ethnicity 
B) Common ancestry causes consciousness of kind and ethnic lifestyles to emerge 
C) Cultural content and ethnic category are more important than symbolic boundaries,like language and food,to ethnic communities 
D) Common ancestry is not significant for understanding ethnic group and ethnic community formations D

Question 2

The term 'institutional completeness' as used by Breton (1964)best describes what?

Accepted Answer

A) The extent to which an ethnic community contains representative types of organisations such that individuals may live out their lives within the boundaries of the community 
B) The way that migrants tend to migrate in chains so that they move to live with others who share the same ethnicity 
C) The view of ethnicity that defines interests in material terms 
D) The way that ethnic groups create a continuum by marrying others of the same ethnicity 
A) The extent to which an ethnic community contains representative types of organisations such that individuals may live out their lives within the boundaries of the community 
B) The way that migrants tend to migrate in chains so that they move to live with others who share the same ethnicity 
C) The view of ethnicity that defines interests in material terms 
D) The way that ethnic groups create a continuum by marrying others of the same ethnicity A

Question 3

Name the two sociological theories that provide alternative analyses of immigrants and the labour market.

Accepted Answer

A) Human capital and labour market 
B) Labour segmentation and Marxism 
C) Human capital and labour segmentation 
D) Human capital and everyday multiculturalism 
A) Human capital and labour market 
B) Labour segmentation and Marxism 
C) Human capital and labour segmentation 
D) Human capital and everyday multiculturalism C

Question 4

Which of the following describes Wise's (2009)work on everyday multiculturalism?

Accepted Answer

A) The ways that migrants switch between English and other languages when talking to each other over the course of a day 
B) A survey of whether Australians living in Bega hold negative views of multiculturalism 
C) The ways that the media positively represents different ethnic groups in broadcast and print 
D) The different ways that Anglo-Australians and Lebanese Australians used the beach at Cronulla 
A) The ways that migrants switch between English and other languages when talking to each other over the course of a day 
B) A survey of whether Australians living in Bega hold negative views of multiculturalism 
C) The ways that the media positively represents different ethnic groups in broadcast and print 
D) The different ways that Anglo-Australians and Lebanese Australians used the beach at Cronulla

Question 5

The term 'diaspora' is best described by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The traditional cultures that ethnic communities share 
B) The correct term for Italian immigrants that live in Australia 
C) Dispersed populations throughout the world who share ethnicity and a homeland but who reside outside that homeland 
D) The ways that ethnicity is a factor encouraging class formation 
A) The traditional cultures that ethnic communities share 
B) The correct term for Italian immigrants that live in Australia 
C) Dispersed populations throughout the world who share ethnicity and a homeland but who reside outside that homeland 
D) The ways that ethnicity is a factor encouraging class formation

Question 6

Since the late 1980s,what has been the main focus for the selection of migrants permitted to come to Australia?

Accepted Answer

A) Family migrants 
B) Skilled migrants 
C) British migrants 
D) Refugees 
A) Family migrants 
B) Skilled migrants 
C) British migrants 
D) Refugees

Question 7

When did the Australian Ethnic Affairs Council (AEAC)adopt a formal statement against assimilation?

Accepted Answer

A) 1967 
B) 1977 
C) 1976 
D) 1987 
A) 1967 
B) 1977 
C) 1976 
D) 1987

Question 8

What factors does Hugo (2006)NOT attribute to the increase in temporary migration in the past decade?

Accepted Answer

A) The development of multinational companies who transfer staff between nations 
B) The cheapening of international travel 
C) The higher divorce rates leading to people leaving the country after marriage breaks down 
D) The growth in international students who migrate in order to study 
A) The development of multinational companies who transfer staff between nations 
B) The cheapening of international travel 
C) The higher divorce rates leading to people leaving the country after marriage breaks down 
D) The growth in international students who migrate in order to study

Question 9

Which of the following best describes an essentialist understanding of ethnicity?

Accepted Answer

A) Ethnicity is fixed and static,with one clear set of characteristics which members of an ethnic group share 
B) Ethnicity changes throughout the life course,though there are a set of core characteristics which members of an ethnic group share 
C) Ethnicity is a characteristic which is mobilised in order to gain status or power 
D) Ethnicity is a social process rather than a fixed entity 
A) Ethnicity is fixed and static,with one clear set of characteristics which members of an ethnic group share 
B) Ethnicity changes throughout the life course,though there are a set of core characteristics which members of an ethnic group share 
C) Ethnicity is a characteristic which is mobilised in order to gain status or power 
D) Ethnicity is a social process rather than a fixed entity

Question 10

Globalisation,transnationalism,mass immigration,border protection policies,the war on terror,the refugee crisis - these are all processes and events that have contributed to the current climate of fear that is said to pervade Australian society.Examine to what extent this statement is true or false,drawing on sociological examples as evidence.

Accepted Answer

Student response could define the signif

Question 11

In what year was the Australian Citizenship Test introduced?

Accepted Answer

A) 2004 
B) 1901 
C) 2008 
D) 2007 
A) 2004 
B) 1901 
C) 2008 
D) 2007

Question 12

Describe,in one paragraph,the trend in migration for different program streams as shown on page 105 in Figure 5.2: Migration program outcomes by stream,Australia,1989/90 to 2010/11.

Accepted Answer

Student response could note any major ch

Question 13

Which statement INCORRECTLY critiques multiculturalism/ethnicity?

Accepted Answer

A) Multiculturalism may threaten the social order by encouraging social division 
B) Anglo-Australian identity is hegemonic because it fails to be seen as an ethnicity at all 
C) A disadvantage of being a migrant is that one gains an ethnicity 
D) As Jewish history shows,ethnic status may result even when one does not identify as Jewish nor has maternal Jewish ancestry 
A) Multiculturalism may threaten the social order by encouraging social division 
B) Anglo-Australian identity is hegemonic because it fails to be seen as an ethnicity at all 
C) A disadvantage of being a migrant is that one gains an ethnicity 
D) As Jewish history shows,ethnic status may result even when one does not identify as Jewish nor has maternal Jewish ancestry

Question 14

The association between culture and ethnicity in Australian multicultural policy limits our perception of the term 'ethnicity'.Discuss.

Accepted Answer

Student response could include definitio

Question 15

Identify two factors that determine the settlement patterns of different groups.

Accepted Answer

A) Type of migration and culture 
B) Identification processes and location 
C) Social networks and wealth 
D) Social networks and opportunity structures 
A) Type of migration and culture 
B) Identification processes and location 
C) Social networks and wealth 
D) Social networks and opportunity structures

Question 16

Which of the following do McKay and Lewins (1978)distinguish between in their typology of ethnic identification?

Accepted Answer

A) Ethnic practice and ethnic resistance 
B) Ethnic awareness and ethnic consciousness 
C) Ethnic symbols and ethnic networks 
D) Ethnic authenticity and ethnic inauthenticity 
A) Ethnic practice and ethnic resistance 
B) Ethnic awareness and ethnic consciousness 
C) Ethnic symbols and ethnic networks 
D) Ethnic authenticity and ethnic inauthenticity

Question 17

Herbert Gans (1979)coined the term 'symbolic ethnicity' to refer to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The feelings that ethnic communities share of identification which involves nostalgic allegiance but does not necessarily incorporate ethnic practices into everyday behaviour 
B) The ways that global communication technologies enable dispersed populations to stay in touch with family outside Australia 
C) The ways that ethnicity develops over time 
D) The use of everyday symbols,such as clothing or hairstyles,to display ethnicity to the dominant culture 
A) The feelings that ethnic communities share of identification which involves nostalgic allegiance but does not necessarily incorporate ethnic practices into everyday behaviour 
B) The ways that global communication technologies enable dispersed populations to stay in touch with family outside Australia 
C) The ways that ethnicity develops over time 
D) The use of everyday symbols,such as clothing or hairstyles,to display ethnicity to the dominant culture

Question 18

Racism and discrimination may motivate ethnic minorities to form social groups and community organisations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the settlement experience of humanitarian categorised migrants?

Accepted Answer

A) It can take a long time to be established in the local labour market 
B) Housing problems are common in the early stages of settlement 
C) A high degree of welfare dependency in the early stages of settlement 
D) Access to employment with high level salaries 
A) It can take a long time to be established in the local labour market 
B) Housing problems are common in the early stages of settlement 
C) A high degree of welfare dependency in the early stages of settlement 
D) Access to employment with high level salaries

Question 20

In less than 500 words,describe the differences between forced and economic migrants.

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Student response could clarify the disti

Select the statement which defines Weber's classification of ethnic-related concepts:

The term 'institutional completeness' as used by Breton (1964)best describes what?

Name the two sociological theories that provide alternative analyses of immigrants and the labour market.

Which of the following describes Wise's (2009)work on everyday multiculturalism?

The term 'diaspora' is best described by which of the following?

Since the late 1980s,what has been the main focus for the selection of migrants permitted to come to Australia?

When did the Australian Ethnic Affairs Council (AEAC)adopt a formal statement against assimilation?

What factors does Hugo (2006)NOT attribute to the increase in temporary migration in the past decade?

Which of the following best describes an essentialist understanding of ethnicity?

In what year was the Australian Citizenship Test introduced?

Describe,in one paragraph,the trend in migration for different program streams as shown on page 105 in Figure 5.2: Migration program outcomes by stream,Australia,1989/90 to 2010/11.

Which statement INCORRECTLY critiques multiculturalism/ethnicity?

The association between culture and ethnicity in Australian multicultural policy limits our perception of the term 'ethnicity'.Discuss.

Identify two factors that determine the settlement patterns of different groups.

Which of the following do McKay and Lewins (1978)distinguish between in their typology of ethnic identification?

Herbert Gans (1979)coined the term 'symbolic ethnicity' to refer to which of the following?

Racism and discrimination may motivate ethnic minorities to form social groups and community organisations.

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the settlement experience of humanitarian categorised migrants?

In less than 500 words,describe the differences between forced and economic migrants.

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Exam 5: Ethnicity and Immigration: Challenging the National Imaginary

Select the statement which defines Weber's classification of ethnic-related concepts:

The term 'institutional completeness' as used by Breton (1964)best describes what?

Name the two sociological theories that provide alternative analyses of immigrants and the labour market.

Which of the following describes Wise's (2009)work on everyday multiculturalism?

The term 'diaspora' is best described by which of the following?

Since the late 1980s,what has been the main focus for the selection of migrants permitted to come to Australia?

When did the Australian Ethnic Affairs Council (AEAC)adopt a formal statement against assimilation?

What factors does Hugo (2006)NOT attribute to the increase in temporary migration in the past decade?

Which of the following best describes an essentialist understanding of ethnicity?

In what year was the Australian Citizenship Test introduced?

Describe,in one paragraph,the trend in migration for different program streams as shown on page 105 in Figure 5.2: Migration program outcomes by stream,Australia,1989/90 to 2010/11.

Which statement INCORRECTLY critiques multiculturalism/ethnicity?

The association between culture and ethnicity in Australian multicultural policy limits our perception of the term 'ethnicity'.Discuss.

Identify two factors that determine the settlement patterns of different groups.

Which of the following do McKay and Lewins (1978)distinguish between in their typology of ethnic identification?

Herbert Gans (1979)coined the term 'symbolic ethnicity' to refer to which of the following?

Racism and discrimination may motivate ethnic minorities to form social groups and community organisations.

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the settlement experience of humanitarian categorised migrants?

In less than 500 words,describe the differences between forced and economic migrants.

What Is Sociology

Class

Aboriginality and Australias Indigenous Peoples

The Uses of Gender

The Knowledge Generation

Illness,health and the Pursuit of Wellbeing

Personal Lives

Deviance or Difference

The Working Environment

Power and the State

Religion and Spirituality

Globalisation and the City

From Mass Media to Social Media

Changing the Climate: Modernity at Its Limits

Sociological Theory

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