Question 1

The upper class makes up just 1 percent of the total U.S.population,but its total net worth is greater than that of ________ percent of the rest of the population.

Accepted Answer

A)  10 
B)  53 
C)  90 
D)  99

Question 2

A young girl from a poor family is sent to live with wealthy distant relations.Her relations expect her to take care of the household cooking and cleaning instead of going to school.They do not pay her and threaten her when she attempts to return home.Her situation is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  the new caste system. 
B)  modern apartheid. 
C)  modern slavery. 
D)  the new Jim Crow.

Question 3

What sort of social mobility often results from losing a job?

Accepted Answer

A)  horizontal 
B)  upward 
C)  career 
D)  vertical

Question 4

What does Karl Marx call it when individuals fail to see the ways they are oppressed by the social system in which they live?

Accepted Answer

A)  false consciousness 
B)  ideology 
C)  hegemony 
D)  meritocracy

Question 5

Explain two ways in which belonging to a particular social class has a profound effect on almost every aspect of a person's life.

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Question 6

Symbolic interactionists stress the way we make "snap judgments" about other people's class statuses.We often pay close attention to what cues we display since we are aware that other people are judging us.Given this,why did Paul Fussell decide to measure class status with a "living room scale" rather than assessing some other part of the house?

Accepted Answer

A)  The living room is a part of the house the whole family uses. 
B)  The living room is where we receive guests. 
C)  The living room is where the most expensive furniture goes. 
D)  The living room is where the television is usually found.

Question 7

What are the tastes,habits,and expectations called that children "inherit" or learn from their parents and that help to achieve material success in life?

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural capital 
B)  ideology 
C)  social welfare 
D)  education

Question 8

What criteria does a social class system use to stratify its members?

Accepted Answer

A)  heredity and employment status 
B)  occupational attainment and gender 
C)  wealth, property, power, and prestige 
D)  gender, race, and ethnicity

Question 9

Which of the following variables have the greatest impact on crime rates?

Accepted Answer

A)  poverty 
B)  funding for law enforcement 
C)  the availability of drugs 
D)  population density and anomie

Question 10

What do sociologists mean when they say that the homeless population of the United States is often "invisible"?

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Question 11

What sort of measure of poverty are we using when we compare the salaries of the lowest-paid members of a corporation with the salary of the CEO?

Accepted Answer

A)  relative deprivation 
B)  cultural poverty 
C)  absolute deprivation 
D)  horizontal poverty

Question 12

Several members of the Indian government have argued that poverty in India should be calculated according to how many calories per day people consume,not in relation to their incomes.What sort of measure of poverty would this be?

Accepted Answer

A)  vertical 
B)  structural 
C)  absolute 
D)  relative

Question 13

The American Dream is the pursuit of material and personal success and the idea that anyone can achieve such success.How does widespread belief in the American Dream and individualism actually serve to reinforce socioeconomic barriers?

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Question 14

Describe and analyze Pierre Bourdieu's theory of cultural capital in terms of microsociology and macrosociology.What elements of his theory are more like conflict theory? What elements are more like symbolic interactionism?

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Question 15

How do law enforcement policies make the poor less visible?

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing scrutiny of the lower class 
B)  profiling the lower class 
C)  moving the homeless out of high-profile locations 
D)  attacking political protests that are organized by the poor

Question 16

In "The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation," Drew Westen argues that advocates of health care reform turn many people against universal health care when they talk about it as a way to help the "uninsured" or "underinsured." This is because there is an underlying assumption that poor people are getting what they deserve.What do sociologists call this assumption?

Accepted Answer

A)  disenfranchisement 
B)  the just-world hypothesis 
C)  class consciousness 
D)  the invisibility of poverty

Question 17

How does social class relate to race,ethnicity,gender,and age in the United States today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Race and ethnicity are more important than any other factor in determining social class. 
B)  These multiple dimensions of status and inequality intersect to shape who we are and how we live. 
C)  These other variables matter for members of the upper class but not for members of the middle or lower classes. 
D)  These variables matter for members of the lower class but not for members of the upper or middle class.

Question 18

Why do members of the lower class exercise less often?

Accepted Answer

A)  Exercise is a luxury often accessible only to those who do not have to struggle with day-to-day existence. 
B)  The poor are lazy. 
C)  Poor people care less about their health. 
D)  The lower classes do not have health problems that make exercise necessary.

Question 19

Betsy DeVos and her husband,both children of billionaires,have donated large amounts of money to many politicians.Betsy DeVos wrote,"I have decided to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence.Now I simply concede the point.They are right." Which of the following best describes the DeVos family's involvement in politics?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are part of the simplicity movement. 
B)  They suffer from false consciousness. 
C)  They are part of an oligarchy. 
D)  They are an example of heterogamy.

Question 20

The idea of the American Dream is MOST closely related to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  social conflict theory 
B)  structural mobility 
C)  vertical social mobility 
D)  class consciousness

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