Question 1

What do critics of the US poverty measure say?

Accepted Answer

A)  It fails to account for regional differences in cost of living. 
B)  Health care and housing costs have increased substantially since the measure of was adopted. 
C)  The poverty line is actually much lower than what is actually considered to be poor in America. 
D)  All of the above

Question 2

In terms of implementation, what differentiates US social programs from a universal basic income (UBI) approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  UBI is more holistic and simpler to implement. Unlike specific programs in the U.S. for different needs such as health care, nutrition, or housing), the notion of a basic income for everyone resolves many of those issues in one step. 
B)  UBI programs are socialist and the U.S. has a democracy. 
C)  Nothing is privatized in a universal basic income context, whereas even social programs in the U.S. can have for-profit components. 
D)  US social programs are more streamlined, less complex, and efficient than a UBI system would be.

Question 3

In the United States, approximately _____ of children live in poverty.

Accepted Answer

A)  21% 
B)  one-quarter 
C)  12% 
D)  half

Question 4

What is generally distinct about the chronically homeless?

Accepted Answer

A)  They have experienced homelessness over their entire lifetime. 
B)  These people prefer to remain "off the grid." 
C)  They have serious emotional and/or physical disabilities. 
D)  These people refuse help repeatedly.

Question 5

In addition to being more likely to experience emotional issues and school problems, homeless children are also at greater risk of

Accepted Answer

A)  serious health problems. 
B)  being separated from their families. 
C)  both A and B. 
D)  None of the above

Question 6

Unlike other industrial nations, the U.S.

Accepted Answer

A)  has not experienced as many negative consequences of childhood poverty. 
B)  has a low percentage of children experiencing poverty. 
C)  provides low-income mothers far less assistance such as quality childcare. 
D)  provides low-income mothers far more assistance such as quality childcare.

Question 7

Marx argued that the distinction between people in a social hierarchy was based on _____. This was part of Marx's concept of _____

Accepted Answer

A)  ownership of the means of production ; economic determinism. 
B)  class ; social capital. 
C)  income level ; economic determinism. 
D)  ownership of the means of production ; social capital.

Question 8

Poverty in its most extreme form, where people do not have enough food to eat, clothes to wear, or access to the most basic health and education services, is called

Accepted Answer

A)  3rd world country poverty. 
B)  developing world poverty. 
C)  relative poverty. 
D)  absolute poverty.

Question 9

Typically in the U.S, if an individual trying to support a family works full-time at a minimum wage job, those earnings

Accepted Answer

A)  would disqualify that person from eligibility for public benefits. 
B)  still result in an income threshold below the poverty line. 
C)  would not be taxed, and therefore would remain above the poverty line. 
D)  amount to about double the poverty line.

Question 10

Structural functionalism focuses on

Accepted Answer

A)  maximizing public good through prevention of mistreatment and inequalities. 
B)  unequal distribution of power and access to resources in a society. 
C)  the social order where, as a result of consensus, the elements of society work synergistically to contribute to its overall growth and survival. 
D)  micro-level interactions between people and ways that social location influences perception.

Exam 4: Why Are There so Many Poor People Poverty and Inequality