Deck 11: D: Social Class in Canada

Question 1

The total amount of financial assets,minus any debts,is referred to as:

A)income.
B)personal property.
C)wealth.
D)power.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A professional Canadian hockey player has just signed his first million-dollar contract to play in the NHL.Ha has just entered the _______________ class.

A)upper-upper
B)lower-upper
C)upper-middle
D)elite

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following factors affect social position in Canada?

A)the family a person is born into
B)a person's race
C)a person's gender
D)All of the above are correct.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

If you followed the lead of Max Weber,you would think of social stratification in terms of:

A)a multidimensional status hierarchy.
B)two major social classes.
C)a middle-class society.
D)six different social classes.

Question 5

Which of the following concepts refers to earnings from work or any investments?

A)income
B)personal property
C)wealth
D)power

Question 6

Based on what you know about occupational prestige,which of the following statements is correct?

A)Most of the highest-ranked occupations in Canada are dominated by women.
B)Occupational rankings are much the same in all high-income nations.
C)White-collar work and blue-collar work have about the same social prestige.
D)In Canada,occupation has little to do with social standing.

Question 7

The family of actor Will Smith and actress Jada Pinkett Smith would best be described as:

A)working class.
B)middle class.
C)"old money."
D)lower-upper class.

Question 8

Which of the following has the highest median income in Canada?

A)Nunavut
B)Ontario
C)Alberta
D)The Yukon

Question 9

Among the following,which has the lowest median income?

A)New Brunswick
B)Quebec
C)The Yukon
D)Newfoundland

Question 10

The upper-upper class is often referred to as:

A)elitist society
B)popular society
C)high society
D)ideal society

Question 11

Education is an important determinant of _______ in industrial societies.

A)meritocracy
B)endogamy
C)labour force participation
D)gender identity and roles

Question 12

Statistics Canada has recently found that differences in household access to the Internet is best explained by education level of household head and _____________.

A)age of household head
B)number of children in the home
C)Blishen score of female parent
D)ages of children

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT defined in your text as a dimension of social inequality?

A)wealth
B)power
C)occupational prestige
D)birth order

Question 14

Women of the upper-upper class often _____________.

A)remain at home because of no financial need for employment
B)maintain a full schedule of volunteer work for charitable organizations
C)gain employment through their husbands' "network"
D)have a clearly altruistic motive when engaging in volunteer community services

Question 15

Being in the upper-upper class is usually the result of _____;being in the lower-upper class is more a matter of _____.

A)birth;achievement
B)business success;birth
C)gender;birth
D)high-income;low-income

Question 16

The lower-upper class _________________.

A)can enjoy the same levels of prestige enjoyed by those with rich and famous grandparents
B)depend on wealth,as much as earnings,as their primary source of income
C)can readily join prestigious clubs because they can afford high initiation and yearly fees
D)are often referred to as the "nouveau riche"

Question 17

Nothing affects social standing in Canada as much as:

A)ancestry
B)schooling
C)gender
D)ethnicity

Question 18

Which of the following contributes to a blurred line between social classes?

A)social mobility
B)an ineffective social welfare and unemployment insurance program
C)use of a relative definition of poverty that changes by geographical area
D)inflation and an increasing cost of living for all Canadians

Question 19

The richest 20 percent of U.S.families owns about what share of all wealth?

A)6 percent
B)20 percent
C)52 percent
D)85 percent

Question 20

Based on the statistics in the textbook,it is correct to say that in Canada the richest 20 percent of the population earn about _____ times as much as the poorest 20 percent.

A)two
B)twelve
C)forty-four
D)eighty-five

Question 21

A good example of a person in the upper-upper class is:

A)J.K.Rowling,author of the Harry Potter books.
B)Elizabeth II,the queen of England.
C)anyone who is part of the "working rich."
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 22

The working poor:

A)live primarily on welfare
B)often work 2-3 jobs to make ends meet
C)have average levels of literacy
D)are mostly optimistic about the future

Question 23

The lower class makes up ________ percent of the Canadian population.

A)20
B)30
C)45
D)55

Question 24

The higher the level of education and occupation of _________________,the more years of schooling one is likely to complete.

A)one's peers
B)one's mother
C)one's father
D)one's grandparents

Question 25

In Canada,the middle class encompasses about _____ percent of the population.

A)10-20
B)20-30
C)40-50
D)80-90

Question 26

Richer people live longer for several reasons.Which of the following is NOT one of these reasons?

A)they eat more nutritious foods
B)they live in safer environments
C)they have been shown by biologists to have fewer genetic anomalies
D)they receive better health care

Question 27

In general,people of low-class position:

A)live in less safe and more stressful environments.
B)are less likely to describe their own health as "excellent."
C)live fewer years overall.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 28

According to your text,_____________ is the key to occupational mobility in Canada.

A)networking
B)wealth
C)personality
D)education

Question 29

The concept "conspicuous consumption" refers to:

A)buying things that are popular with the most people.
B)buying more than what you need for the moment.
C)the practice of buying things to make a statement about one's social position.
D)acting as if one had a lower social position than is really the case.

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of lower-class families?

A)they typically work in low-prestige jobs that provide minimal income and little intrinsic satisfaction
B)they are widely dispersed into neighbourhoods with the middle class
C)they are most often found in cities,where large numbers of poor families live in rental housing and may be shunned by other social classes
D)the children learn that many people consider them only marginal members of society

Question 31

Working class people might also be described as _____.

A)lower-middle class
B)lower-upper class
C)lower-class
D)upper-middle class

Question 32

Which of the following class levels contains the least amount of racial and ethnic diversity?

A)the upper-upper class
B)the middle class
C)the working class
D)All class levels have the same level of racial and ethnic diversity.

Question 33

Which of the following categories of people are most likely to be tolerant on controversial behaviours such as homosexuality?

A)rich,highly-educated people
B)average,middle class people
C)less-educated working class people
D)All these categories are equally likely to be liberal on social issues.

Question 34

According to Karl Marx,which class forms the core of the industrial proletariat?

A)the upper-middle class
B)the middle class
C)the upper class
D)the working class

Question 35

According to your text book,which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the average middle class person?

A)they work in less prestigious white-collar occupations
B)they work in highly skilled blue-collar occupations
C)few own their own houses
D)their children often go to university close to home

Question 36

Relative poverty:

A)is found everywhere.
B)is life threatening.
C)is not found in Canada
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 37

Which of the following concepts refers to change in social position during a person's lifetime?

A)intragenerational social mobility
B)intergenerational social mobility
C)structural social mobility
D)horizontal social mobility

Question 38

Many working class jobs require ____,but rarely,_____________.

A)intelligence;creativity
B)continual supervision;discipline
C)imagination;intelligence
D)discipline;imagination

Question 39

According to your text,which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a person from the top half of the middle class?

A)the accumulation of considerable property
B)a comfortable house in a fairly expensive area
C)several automobiles
D)limited involvement in local political affairs

Question 40

The concept of "intergenerational social mobility" refers to change in social position:

A)over a person's lifetime
B)when moving from one type of job to another.
C)in a downward direction.
D)by children in relation to their parents.

Question 41

The concept "feminization of poverty" refers to the fact that,in the United States:

A)more and more women are becoming poor.
B)today's women have fewer legal rights.
C)women make up an increasing share of the poor.
D)fewer women now work for income.

Question 42

The fastest growing category of the homeless is:

A)mentally ill individuals
B)divorced females
C)drug addicts
D)children

Question 43

The lowest level of poverty in Canada is found in which of the following educational groups?

A)some high school
B)some post-secondary
C)diploma completion
D)degree completion

Question 44

Who,of the following,would be most likely to be poor?

A)an urban male
B)a rural male
C)an urban woman
D)a rural woman

Question 45

William Ryan (1976)argues that:

A)the poor are responsible for their own situation
B)poverty is inevitable
C)lack of ambition on the part of poor people is a cause of their unfortunate situation
D)society is responsible for the existence of poverty

Question 46

Which of the following statements about homelessness is TRUE?

A)Most homeless adults are mentally ill.
B)Most homeless adults are substance abusers.
C)The elderly are the fastest-growing category of the homeless.
D)One-third of all homeless people are entire families.

Question 47

The societal factors which now contribute to homelessness include:

A)a lack of low-income housing
B)lower levels of ambition among the poor
C)the trend toward high-tech jobs
D)increased welfare payments

Question 48

A deprivation of resources that is life-threatening is called:

A)comparable poverty
B)analogous poverty
C)absolute poverty
D)relative poverty

Question 49

Which of the following ethnic or racial categories rank in the bottom fifteen (of sixty)for average male income?

A)French
B)Scottish
C)West Indian
D)Jewish

Question 50

Edward Banfield (1974),in his description of a distinctive lower-class subculture,suggests that:

A)poor people live largely for the future
B)poor people are not responsible for their poverty
C)poor people who live largely for the moment are basically irresponsible
D)the poor deserve better than what they get in our society

Question 51

The anthropologist Oscar Lewis suggested the cause of poverty lies in:

A)a lower-class culture of poverty.
B)lack of government action.
C)too few available jobs.
D)bad public schools.