Question 1

Why is a divorce rate measured by dividing the number of divorces in each year with the number of marriages in the same year misleading?

Accepted Answer

A)   It overestimates the divorce risk.
B)   It underestimates the actual divorce rate.
C)   It includes common law separations.
D)   It includes engagement break ups. A

Question 2

Upon what grounds is a no-fault divorce based?

Accepted Answer

A)   an unequal division of household labour and family resources
B)   the loss of emotional connections between spouses
C)   the failure of one spouse to provide for the other
D)   physical and/or sexual abuse by a partner B

Question 3

What are the main problems associated with stepfamilies?

Accepted Answer

A)   the number and rapidity of changes a child must make when forming a new family
B)   conflict between new, unrelated siblings over personal property and parental affection
C)   resent from children directed towards the new adult/authority figure
D)   lingering resentment between stepparents and their ex-spouses from prior marriages A

Question 4

Why might divorce be more likely for immigrants who migrate to urban centres?

Accepted Answer

A)   Immigrants are exposed to the concept of 'love' marriage versus a practical arrangement and may find their relationships still satisfying.
B)   People who take the risk to move are risk takers and welcome new life changes.
C)   The couple may experience less stress which eases the strain on the marriage.
D)   Rural, small towns make life less difficult for divorced persons and urban areas make it difficult to live life as a divorced person.

Question 5

Identify and elaborate on any three aspects of a meso-level analysis of divorce.

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Question 6

Discuss changes in divorce that occurred because of the 1968 and 1985 Divorce Acts?

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Question 7

Which religions have the lowest risk of divorce?

Accepted Answer

A)   Buddhist
B)   Muslim
C)   Catholic
D)   Hindu

Question 8

What variables are correlated with high divorce risk?

Accepted Answer

A)   cohabitation before marriage
B)   old age at marriage
C)   parental fidelity
D)   first marriage

Question 9

What measurement gives the closest approximation for divorce rates?

Accepted Answer

A)   One that looks at couples who married thirty years ago and what proportion of that population had since divorced.
B)   One that is calculated as the number of divorces in each year and divided by the mid-year population.
C)   One based on the number of divorces in each year divided by the number of marriages in that same year.
D)   One that calculates the number of people in the population ever divorced as a fraction of the population ever married.

Question 10

What factor does adverse selectivity explain?

Accepted Answer

A)   parental divorce
B)   cohabitation prior to marriage
C)   second marriages
D)   urban living

Question 11

Describe relationship between industrialization and changing divorce rates.

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Question 12

Why is divorce less prevalent in a highly integrated community?

Accepted Answer

A)   The consensus on social rules is weak and people defy these social rules by staying in their marriages.
B)   People are more highly connected to one another which make marriages more satisfying.
C)   People who divorce risk stiff punishments by the government for breaking the law.
D)   People who get a divorce risk incurring social stigma for flouting social norms and altering the social fabric of the community.

Question 13

Which types of relationships do adult children of divorce parents have with their parents?

Accepted Answer

A)   higher quality relationships with their father and lower quality relationship with their mother
B)   higher quality relationship with their mother and lower quality relationship with their father
C)   lower quality relationship with both their mother and father
D)   higher quality relationship with both their mother and father

Question 14

What is common for non-custodial fathers?

Accepted Answer

A)   divorce-related emotional satisfaction in leaving a bad relationship
B)   dissatisfaction with custody, visitation, and child support arrangements
C)   perceptions of fair divorce proceedings
D)   establishes effective tools of conflict resolutions with the ex-wife

Question 15

Why does the crude divorce rate underestimate the actual rate?

Accepted Answer

A)   It fails to account for divorces from previous years.
B)   It includes children and single people in its population pool.
C)   It only includes couples with children.
D)   It fails to acknowledge common-law couples who separate.

Question 16

What is true of children of divorce compared to children who lost a parent to death?

Accepted Answer

A)   Compared to the general population, children who lost a parent to death are less likely to marry in adulthood.
B)   Compared to the general population, children who lost a parent to death are more likely to divorce in adulthood.
C)   Compared to the general population, children whose parents divorced are less likely to divorce in adulthood.
D)   Compared to the general population, they have the same likelihood of marrying and divorcing as anyone else.

Question 17

What perspective argues that divorce should be examined at the level of societal changes?

Accepted Answer

A)   exo-level
B)   meso-level
C)   macro-level
D)   micro-level

Question 18

What change occurred because of the 1985 Divorce Act in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)   enlarging the "fault grounds" under which a divorce could be granted
B)   upgrading them from a provincial to a federal responsibility.
C)   making it unnecessary for one spouse to accept moral blame for the marriage failure
D)   making them harder to get

Question 19

Explain current trends among recent immigrants to Canada.

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Question 20

Which of the following happens to men's income after a divorce?

Accepted Answer

A)   It decreases, but not as much as women's income.
B)   It increases because they no longer must provide for a family.
C)   It decreases more than women's income does.
D)   It stays the same as prior to their divorce.

Exam 9: Divorce and Ending Relationships