Question 1

The youngest voters are more likely to be affiliated with the __________ Party.

Accepted Answer

A)   Libertarian
B)   Green
C)   Democratic
D)   Republican C

Question 2

In the "Wal-Mart Economy," companies like Wal-Mart control all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   competitor prices
B)   supplier wages to workers
C)   prices for goods from suppliers
D)   supplier costs D

Question 3

The majority of Swedes resent paying high taxes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

In the U.S.,what percentage of the voting-age population is registered to vote?

Accepted Answer

A)   one-fourth
B)   one-third
C)   two-thirds
D)   three-fourths

Question 5

Decision-making power based on the sanctity of time-honored routines is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   charismatic authority.
B)   rational-legal authority.
C)   traditional authority.
D)   moral authority.

Question 6

Professor Smith's syllabus for introductory sociology states that part of the course grade is based on essay assignments.The students in the class write several essays.Students follow the requirements because they are based on:

Accepted Answer

A)   social influence.
B)   charismatic authority.
C)   rational-legal authority.
D)   traditional authority.

Question 7

When Justin does not want to mow the lawn his father tells him he must.Justin asks why,and his father says,"Because I'm the father and I say so." His father is exercising:

Accepted Answer

A)   persuasion.
B)   traditional authority.
C)   charismatic authority.
D)   rational-legal authority.

Question 8

Margie works for a company that builds parts for cars.She is increasingly dissatisfied with her job,feeling that her supervisor offers her no opportunity to provide input about how to better perform her job.She believes that the company doesn't care about her and is just using her.Margie is experiencing:

Accepted Answer

A)   autonomy.
B)   alienation.
C)   deskilling.
D)   displacement.

Question 9

Which of the following would distribution NOT include?

Accepted Answer

A)   how many new homes a community needs to build
B)   how profits from business should be divided between owners and workers
C)   who should support those who cannot work
D)   what factors income should be based on

Question 10

The liberal approach to protecting U.S.jobs includes:

Accepted Answer

A)   reducing government oversight.
B)   letting the market determine prices and wages.
C)   subsidies and surcharges to reduce the market advantages of foreign-made products.
D)   All of these are part of the liberal approach.

Question 11

Patterns of political participation by social class show that:

Accepted Answer

A)   the working class is most likely to vote.
B)   the higher the social class, the higher the rate of participation.
C)   the lower the social class, the higher the rate of participation.
D)   class no longer affects voting participation.

Question 12

What negative outcomes on labor are likely to result from increases in technology?

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

Which is an example of precarious work?

Accepted Answer

A)   Window washers, who work with constant danger of falling
B)   A factory worker whose fulltime job with benefits may be outsourced at any time
C)   An adjunct college instructor, who is hired from semester to semester, and can lose classes a week before the term starts because of low enrollment
D)   A real estate agent who depends on commission and is losing income because of the housing crisis

Question 14

C.Wright Mills is a central figure in the development of the:

Accepted Answer

A)   pluralist model of American democracy.
B)   conflict/dialectic model of pluralism.
C)   power elite model.
D)   state autonomy model.

Question 15

__________ is the process through which government services are farmed out to private,capitalistic firms.

Accepted Answer

A)   Transnationalism
B)   Welfare capitalism
C)   Globalization
D)   Privatization

Question 16

U.S.surveys consistently find that an overwhelming majority of workers:

Accepted Answer

A)   are extremely dissatisfied with their job.
B)   are satisfied with their job.
C)   are planning to change jobs within the next two years.
D)   care only about their paycheck.

Question 17

Over the last fifty years,the fastest growing production sector is the _________ production sector.

Accepted Answer

A)   primary
B)   secondary
C)   tertiary
D)   corporate

Question 18

The pluralist model of political power is most associated with:

Accepted Answer

A)   conflict theory.
B)   structural-functionalism.
C)   symbolic interactionism.
D)   feminist theory.

Question 19

In Sweden,people pay very high taxes.The majority of Swedes:

Accepted Answer

A)   resent this.
B)   have immigrated to other countries to avoid paying such high taxes.
C)   have voted to pay the high taxes and receive the benefits.
D)   are communists.

Question 20

Both capitalism and socialism can coexist with either an authoritarian or a democratic political system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: Politics and the Economy