EXAM 2

Question 1

according to our discussion, all social institutions play a very significant role in the life of individuals. however, one of those was singled out as the most important one, which one?

Answer 1

Economics

Question 2

in which country, traffic fines are assessed based on income

Answer 2

finland

Question 3

which one of the following is one of the characteristics of socialism

Answer 3

state is responsible for basic needs

Question 4

education, banking, insurance, tourism are some of the examples of jobs related to

Answer 4

service economy

Question 5

according to our lecture which company spends more money on advertising than the total money it pays to its labor

Answer 5

nike

Question 6

which one of the following concepts promote the idea that those individuals who are hardworking, smart, and dedicated are the ones who succeed

Answer 6

social darwinisim

Question 7

free health care, free education, and generous retirement benefits, are some of the features of welfare state. what is the main source of income that is used by a welfare state to provide these benefits to its citizens

Answer 7

money generated from government taxes

Question 8

which family is the richest in the world

Answer 8

walton family walmart

Question 9

according to our discussion, which one of the following economic systems believes in trickle down effect of economy

Answer 9

capitalism

Question 10

which one of the following organization gives out loans to nation for its development projects

Answer 10

world bank

Question 11

which one of the following is not one of the components of political institutions

Answer 11

relations with other nations

Question 12

according to a number of social scientists, nations all over the world are ruled by a small number of people who can be labeled as elites who are the elites in germany

Answer 12

corporation

Question 13

which one the following created the need for formal political institutions

Answer 13

diversity, anonymity, and individualism

Question 14

according to our discussion on state of nature, thomas hobbes, john locke, and rousseau, disagreed with one another on human nature. however they agreed on one the following

Answer 14

social contract

Question 15

according to to CW Mills, dramatic social changes are always resisted by the elites

Answer 15

fear of change in power structure

Question 16

which one of the following is one of the power elites in the USA

Answer 16

walton family of walmart
cabinet secretary - john kerry
general raymond odierno-chiefs of staff of US army

Question 17

according to our lecture, which one of the following groups by people tend to be lobbyist

Answer 17

people with political connections

Question 18

is the usa which one of the following organizations tend to use lobbyist

Answer 18

businesses
colleges/uni
labor unions, teachers unions

Question 19

which one of the following statements best describe marxist POV on politics

Answer 19

people who dominate economy dominate politics

Question 20

in his book Prince, Machiavelli listed a number of strategies of rule a nation, which one of the following is one the those strategies

Answer 20

scare people from outside threat

Question 21

prior to the into of formal educational system, which institution was responsible for transmission knowledge, skill, beliefs, and values from one generation to another

Answer 21

family

Question 22

what was the main theme of the story David and Snake

Answer 22

socialization

Question 23

it was argue in our lectures that educational institution promote and strengthen social inequality. which one of the following statement supports this argument

Answer 23

educational institutions are class based

Question 24

according to GH Mead, what is creativity

Answer 24

natural component of personality

Question 25

it was argued in our lectures that love between a child and mother is a result of

Answer 25

childhood dependence

Question 26

according to jean piaget children at a very young age experience the outside world through looking, sucking, and listening. what did he call this stage

Answer 26

sensorimotor stage

Question 27

we talked about back stage and front stage behavior and looking glass theory in our class, which of the these behavior reflects the main theme presented by looking glass theory

Answer 27

front stage behavior

Question 28

examples of very expensive private hs in the USA and eaton academy of UK were used in our class, an example of

Answer 28

educational institutions that are class biased

Question 29

which school of thought suggests that educational institutions are good for screening, sorting, and selecting talent

Answer 29

functional perspective

Question 30

in which continent you fidn large number of countries with high life expectancy, low infant mortality, and low natural increase

Answer 30

europe

Question 31

which one of the following nations has the highest GDP per capita

Answer 31

Norway

Question 32

according to the data which one of the following nations has the lowest HDI ranking

Answer 32

Sierra Leone

Question 33

generally speaking what is the life expectancy of women

Answer 33

higher than men

Question 34

in which of the following four nations, women make more money than men

Answer 34

none

Question 35

which of the country has the lowest adult literacy rates for both men and women

Answer 35

Burkina Faso

Question 36

According to Max Weber, what is the relationship between class and status

Answer 36

sometimes status depends on the class and sometime sit is independent of class

Question 37

according to karl Marx, what is the relationship between mode of production and social structure

Answer 37

change in mode of production leads to change in the social structure change in social structure leads to change in the mode

Question 38

which one of the following variables was singled our by duncan as determinants of occupational ranking

Answer 38

education + income

Question 39

the author have listed 7 principles of ranking in the US which one of the following is on of those principles

Answer 39

ranking varies based on the perceptions of people

Question 40

which one of the following is one of the reasons given by the author for rising wage inequalities

Answer 40

globalization expanding trade deregulation

Question 41

what do frank and cook mean by winner take all

Answer 41

only a few executives at the top of every corporations enjoy the maximum benefits of the capitalist system

Question 42

author presents an imaginary parade of people in this chapter. where in this parade struggle to succeed is relatively less competitive

Answer 42

towards the end of the race

Question 43

the story of gullivers travel was used in our class to illustrate

Answer 43

competition between rich and poor and magnitude of inequality

Question 44

in our discussion on this chapter which one of the following statement was emphasized on the hs dating in the USA

Answer 44

HS dating is class biases

Question 45

accoridng to the author, what is cultural and social capital

Answer 45

social relations with educated professionals and other powerful people

Question 46

according to the author, lately what has been the trend in social mobility

Answer 46

downward social mobility has increased

Question 47

according to the authoer what is the most important varibale that helps young men in upward social mobility

Answer 47

education and occupation of father

Question 48

according to Jenks, which one of the following variables contribute to half of the variance in occupational attainment

Answer 48

father occupation parents educations income and race

Question 49

which of the following statement was used by the author as the conclusion of this chapter

Answer 49

college education provides opportunities to both lower class and middle class students that raise their status above the level of their parents college education is highly stratified but makes people believe that is based on merit

Question 50

all the beliefs and all the modes of conduct instituted by the collectivity

Answer 50

social institutions

Question 51

as you know children learn the lang of their parents. which one of the following concepts best explains this process

Answer 51

sociaization

Question 52

which of the following was discussed in our lectures under operations of social organizations

Answer 52

creation of human relations coordinated functional activities provision of needs and wants

Question 53

which one of the following sets of nations was used as an example of model welfare states

Answer 53

norway, denmark, and finland

Question 54

societies things are produced for profit

Answer 54

capitalist societies

Question 55

- negates nature - replaces nature - not friendly to enviroments

Answer 55

capitalism

Question 56

which one of the following best describe the sales tax in michigan

Answer 56

flat tax

Question 57

the story of melanie grffith was used in our class to illustrate one of the following statements

Answer 57

advertisements and consumerism over-emphasize on consumer goods and services

Question 58

according to the 2008 data, which country has the largest number of billionaires among the top ten of the world

Answer 58

india

Question 59

the video of the indian dentist was used in our class to illustrate

Answer 59

inequality in the health system of india

Question 60

ashley was born in a middle class family, she went to schools in her neighborhood. after high school she was able to go college. now she works in corporation as professional and lives in a middle neighborhood and owns her home

Answer 60

occupations are inherited in a capitalist society

Question 61

who are the elites in saudi arabia

Answer 61

royal family

Question 62

emergence of political institutions

Answer 62

cultural heterogeneity intensive agriculture diversity, anonymity and individualism

Question 63

set of informal rules and regulations for self control in traditional societies

Answer 63

social contract

Question 64

human beings by nature were selfish, brutal, and nasty

Answer 64

thomas hobbes

Question 65

CW Mills, power elites are not visible in

Answer 65

simple societies

Question 66

according to our lecture, which one of the following groups of people tends to be lobbyist

Answer 66

retired politicians

Question 67

pakistani engineer in OH who was unable to get any contract for a long time. how was he able to final get a contract

Answer 67

he used the service of a lobbyist

Question 68

based on our lecture on CW Mills most of the cabinet secretaries in the white house tend to be

Answer 68

corporate executives

Question 69

in his book prince, machiavelli listed a number of successful stratgies to rule a nation. which one of the following is one of those

Answer 69

a leader should scare people by using threat of attack by outside

Question 70

an emperor in india confined a child a prison for almost 18 years this child has no contact with outside world. when he was released, what lang he was able to speak

Answer 70

no lang.

Question 71

GH Mead, when a child learns a lang. what part of his/her personality is responsible for that

Answer 71

"me" part of child's personality

Question 72

interview selection process based on

Answer 72

a number of things listen above come with your socio economic class. thus the selection process is influenced by your socio economic class

Question 73

back stage and front stage behaviors of a waitress. which of these behaviors reflects the main theme presented by looking glass theory

Answer 73

front stage behavior

Question 74

the story of David and snake was used to illustrate the power of socialization. which one of the following uses the same principle to influence people

Answer 74

hypnotist political leaders advertisers

Question 75

According to Jean Piaget, in which stage a child develops imagination and abstract thinking

Answer 75

formal operational stage

Question 76

Andrea is third generation italian american. she loves italian food. how would CH Cooley interpret that

Answer 76

Learned behavior

Question 77

which school of thought suggested that educational institutes create adults who are loyal, obedient, submissive, and with right attitude

Answer 77

conflict perspective

Question 78

"an individual is walking on a street. someone slaps him on the face for no reason. response to the slap will vary from individual to individual" which one of the following was discuessed in our lecture class as the most important reason for this variation in response

Answer 78

socialization

Question 79

which continent tends to have very low life expectancy

Answer 79

africa

Question 80

which one of the following nations has the highest GDP per capita

Answer 80

Luxembourg

Question 81

which one of the following four nations has the lowest adult literacy rate for women

Answer 81

Mali

Question 82

1930 Lloyd Warner and his students collected data from so called yankee city in New England. in this survey who was ranked the highest by the resident of the is city

Answer 82

old family elites of yankee city

Question 83

which one of the following is one of the reasons given by the author for the rising wage inequalities

Answer 83

economic restructuring expanding trade changing technology

Question 84

in the income parage presented in this chap, who are clustered together in the beginning of the parade

Answer 84

single mother minorities elderly women living alone

Question 85

according to the author, what is cultural and social capital

Answer 85

social relations with educated professionals and other powerful people

Question 86

according to the author, lately what has been the trend of social mobility

Answer 86

there has been more downward social mobility

Question 87

conflict perspective suggests that educational institutions have a number of problems

Answer 87

- false education with hidden agenda - in strengthens cycle of poverty - it deprives women of education

Question 88

example of flat tax

Answer 88

sales tax

Question 89

in our class, we watched a video on steve jobs which one of the following statement best describe why we watched this video

Answer 89

capitalism promotes creativity, innovations, and motivation to succeed

Question 90

according to GH Mead, I and ME are two parts of human personality. according to him art, music, and creativity are part of

Answer 90

me

Question 91

according to Jean Piaget, in which stage a child learns a language

Answer 91

preoperational stage

Question 92

the author have listed 7 principles of ranking in the united states which one of the following is one of those principles of ranking

Answer 92

ranking people on the top is easy