Question 1

Marx, in his greatest work, Capital, documented the capitalists' attempts at ____________________ in order to secure greater profit for themselves.

Accepted Answer

A)  helping disabled individuals gain access to their businesses 
B)  charitable work 
C)  brainwashing the public 
D)  lengthening the working day and raising productivity 
E)  shortening the working day and lowering productivity

Question 2

The so-called "trickle down effect" and similar arguments are veils, designed to hide the way in which the tax system channels income up rather than down.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Although opportunity is great and everyone is supposed to strive for success, built in restrictions limit the legally approved means for achieving this goal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Weber stressed that people behave in terms of both their economic interests and:

Accepted Answer

A)  their values. 
B)  their level of oppression. 
C)  their brain chemistry. 
D)  their religiosity. 
E)  personal tastes.

Question 5

Karl Marx asserted that collective control of the economy by the people is:

Accepted Answer

A)  a very bad idea. 
B)  historically inevitable. 
C)  an unlikely event. 
D)  a process that will only serve the ruling elite. 
E)  inherent to the nature of capitalism.

Question 6

According to Weber, a class comprises all those sharing similar life chances based on their economic interests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Lenski hypothesized that the greater the surplus of goods and services in a society, the more _____________ determines their distribution.

Accepted Answer

A)  Industrialization 
B)  Division of labor 
C)  Power 
D)  Status 
E)  Capitalism

Question 8

The three systems of ranking in modern societies are by race, gender, and education.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Sociology at its best looks at the data along two dimensions:

Accepted Answer

A)  long term and short term. 
B)  historical and cross-national 
C)  post-modern and constructionist 
D)  qualitative and quantitative. 
E)  problem solving and descriptive.

Question 10

Each level of analysis not only provides different data, the explanatory variables differ as well.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Marx believed that a communist society would allow the free development of each as the condition for the free development of all.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to Lenski, fate will determine the distribution of nearly all of the surplus possessed by a society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Weber asserted that people maintain their status by discriminating against others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Attempting to uncover the functions of poverty, unemployment, and other social facts is not really useful to the study of stratification.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In order to explain the basis of stratification, Lenski focuses on the distribution of food within societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Ability and hard work are increasingly important, but __________ also remains an important factor in determining social stratification.

Accepted Answer

A)  achievement 
B)  ascription 
C)  luck 
D)  the ability to lie well 
E)  mother nature

Question 17

Minorities within the middle class, are often unequal to Whites in the middle class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Life chances can be defined as people's consumption habits, use of leisure time, and fundamental values.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Lenski suggested that the greater the level of ________ and the more democratic the state, the less inequality.

Accepted Answer

A)  technology 
B)  freedom 
C)  unemployment 
D)  food 
E)  diversity

Question 20

According to Marx, increases in productivity meant that only the very rich could obtain the necessities of life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Sociology and Stratification

Marx, in his greatest work, Capital, documented the capitalists' attempts at ____________________ in order to secure greater profit for themselves.

The so-called "trickle down effect" and similar arguments are veils, designed to hide the way in which the tax system channels income up rather than down.

Although opportunity is great and everyone is supposed to strive for success, built in restrictions limit the legally approved means for achieving this goal.

Weber stressed that people behave in terms of both their economic interests and:

Karl Marx asserted that collective control of the economy by the people is:

According to Weber, a class comprises all those sharing similar life chances based on their economic interests.

Lenski hypothesized that the greater the surplus of goods and services in a society, the more _____________ determines their distribution.

The three systems of ranking in modern societies are by race, gender, and education.

Sociology at its best looks at the data along two dimensions:

Each level of analysis not only provides different data, the explanatory variables differ as well.

Marx believed that a communist society would allow the free development of each as the condition for the free development of all.

According to Lenski, fate will determine the distribution of nearly all of the surplus possessed by a society.

Weber asserted that people maintain their status by discriminating against others.

Attempting to uncover the functions of poverty, unemployment, and other social facts is not really useful to the study of stratification.

In order to explain the basis of stratification, Lenski focuses on the distribution of food within societies.

Ability and hard work are increasingly important, but __________ also remains an important factor in determining social stratification.

Minorities within the middle class, are often unequal to Whites in the middle class.

Life chances can be defined as people's consumption habits, use of leisure time, and fundamental values.

Lenski suggested that the greater the level of ________ and the more democratic the state, the less inequality.

According to Marx, increases in productivity meant that only the very rich could obtain the necessities of life.