Question 1

"Eating clubs" at prestigious colleges and universities provide

Accepted Answer

A) opportunities to make valued contacts 
B) opportunities to learn important culinary skills 
C) opportunities for students to engage in eating competitions among their peers 
D) opportunities for students to provide catering services for their peers 
A) opportunities to make valued contacts 
B) opportunities to learn important culinary skills 
C) opportunities for students to engage in eating competitions among their peers 
D) opportunities for students to provide catering services for their peers

Question 2

Early rich men earned their wealth on their own while their contemporaries did so through the use of corporate communities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Upper-class mothers believe that having nannies who are not upper-class raise their children is helpful in providing the children with the cultural capital they will need to do well in the future.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Wealthy families manage and maintain their wealth by distributing a share to each member of the family.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

By the 1760s,many of the wealthy families in the colonies had earned their wealth through

Accepted Answer

A) negotiations 
B) violence 
C) sharecropping 
D) bank robbery 
A) negotiations 
B) violence 
C) sharecropping 
D) bank robbery

Question 6

The most powerful CEOs are those who look to diversity their board members along education,race/ethnicity,and class lines.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The new rich are more likely than the old rich to support welfare and immigration reform and other liberal policies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Government "wealthfare" includes

Accepted Answer

A) military waste,fraud,and incompetence 
B) low taxes on capital gains 
C) multinational tax avoidance 
D) all of the above 
A) military waste,fraud,and incompetence 
B) low taxes on capital gains 
C) multinational tax avoidance 
D) all of the above

Question 9

Liberal policy and conservative think tanks spend roughly the same amount of money.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Upper-class and upper-middle-class boarding schools require students to

Accepted Answer

A) engage in community service to see how "the other half" lives 
B) participate in sports like basketball 
C) wear ties and blazers 
D) tutor one another 
A) engage in community service to see how "the other half" lives 
B) participate in sports like basketball 
C) wear ties and blazers 
D) tutor one another

Question 11

The "management by objective" system of corporate structure is

Accepted Answer

A) preferable to a subjective system where people's feelings can easily be hurt 
B) when all members of the corporation must remain objective in their deliberations about company business 
C) company targets and objectives start from the lowest level and moves up to the higher management and finally to the CEO 
D) all of the above 
E) b and c 
A) preferable to a subjective system where people's feelings can easily be hurt 
B) when all members of the corporation must remain objective in their deliberations about company business 
C) company targets and objectives start from the lowest level and moves up to the higher management and finally to the CEO 
D) all of the above 
E) b and c

Question 12

The Social Register is an organization that recognizes the old rich.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

How does gaining membership into the Social Register exemplify status differences between the old rich and the new rich?

Accepted Answer

Gaining membership into the Social Regis

"Eating clubs" at prestigious colleges and universities provide

Early rich men earned their wealth on their own while their contemporaries did so through the use of corporate communities.

Upper-class mothers believe that having nannies who are not upper-class raise their children is helpful in providing the children with the cultural capital they will need to do well in the future.

Wealthy families manage and maintain their wealth by distributing a share to each member of the family.

By the 1760s,many of the wealthy families in the colonies had earned their wealth through

The most powerful CEOs are those who look to diversity their board members along education,race/ethnicity,and class lines.

The new rich are more likely than the old rich to support welfare and immigration reform and other liberal policies.

Government "wealthfare" includes

Liberal policy and conservative think tanks spend roughly the same amount of money.

Upper-class and upper-middle-class boarding schools require students to

The "management by objective" system of corporate structure is

The Social Register is an organization that recognizes the old rich.

How does gaining membership into the Social Register exemplify status differences between the old rich and the new rich?

The Road to Social Inequality: a Conceptual Introduction

In Marxs Wake: Theories of Social Stratification and Social Inequality

Repeat Performance: Globalization Through Time and Space

Foundation for Social Inequality: Concepts and Structures

The Badly Beseiged Middle Class

Working Class: Estranged From Entitlement

American Poverty: the Dream Turned Nightmare

Racism: a Persistent American Presence

Womens Oppression: Sexism and Intersectionality

Astride With the Best and the Wisest

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Exam 5: Heading the Hierarchy: Upper Class or Superclass

"Eating clubs" at prestigious colleges and universities provide

Early rich men earned their wealth on their own while their contemporaries did so through the use of corporate communities.

Upper-class mothers believe that having nannies who are not upper-class raise their children is helpful in providing the children with the cultural capital they will need to do well in the future.

Wealthy families manage and maintain their wealth by distributing a share to each member of the family.

By the 1760s,many of the wealthy families in the colonies had earned their wealth through

The most powerful CEOs are those who look to diversity their board members along education,race/ethnicity,and class lines.

The new rich are more likely than the old rich to support welfare and immigration reform and other liberal policies.

Government "wealthfare" includes

Liberal policy and conservative think tanks spend roughly the same amount of money.

Upper-class and upper-middle-class boarding schools require students to

The "management by objective" system of corporate structure is

The Social Register is an organization that recognizes the old rich.

How does gaining membership into the Social Register exemplify status differences between the old rich and the new rich?

The Road to Social Inequality: a Conceptual Introduction

In Marxs Wake: Theories of Social Stratification and Social Inequality

Repeat Performance: Globalization Through Time and Space

Foundation for Social Inequality: Concepts and Structures

The Badly Beseiged Middle Class

Working Class: Estranged From Entitlement

American Poverty: the Dream Turned Nightmare

Racism: a Persistent American Presence

Womens Oppression: Sexism and Intersectionality

Astride With the Best and the Wisest

Filters