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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A sexism.
B an abundance of caution.
C ageism.
D normal rationing.
Question #2
A 105
B 110
C 101
D 100
Question #3
A ascribed statuses.
B role conflicts.
C achieved statuses.
D biological in nature.
Question #4
A Native Americans were poor when they came to the United States
B Native Americans occupied the U.S. when European settlers first arrived.
C Native Americans came to the United States involuntarily.
D Native Americans were free to leave the United States if they didn’t like it.
Question #5
A elder abuse is actually a myth—perpetrated by members of AARP who want attention.
B categories of elder abuse do not include neglect.
C many elderly are abused by a paid caregiver or one who is dependent on the elder.
D elderly who live alone are at greater risk than those who live with a relative.
Question #6
A when women have no children and have worked as long as men have worked, they are paid equally.
B in none of the occupations studied do women earn more than men.
C women earn less than men because they do more poorly in high school and college.
D women earn less than men because they take longer to finish college.
Question #7
A To question the ways society perceives and experiences sex, gender, and sexuality.
B To determine whether sexual orientation is a product of nature or nurture.
C To propose a series of federal laws that will put an end to many social inequalities.
D To examine the genetic differences between the heterosexual population and homosexual (in old slang, “queer”) population.
Question #8
A primary aging.
B tertiary aging.
C secondary aging.
D insanity.
E psychosomatic aging.
Question #9
A African Americans have had access to “investment clubs” to help them succeed.
B African Americans were poor when they came to the United States.
C most African Americans came to the United States involuntarily.
D African Americans were free to leave the United States if they didn’t like it.
Question #10
A interactionist perspective.
B functionalist perspective.
C evolutionary perspective.
D conflict perspective.
Question #11
A feminist perspective.
B conflict perspective.
C functionalist perspective.
D evolutionary perspective.
E interactionist perspective.
Question #12
A the frequency with which older adults engage in sexual intercourse.
B the number of men in a population per 100 women.
C the ration of sexual encounters in older adults vs. the frequency in younger people.
D the number of women in a population per 100,000 men,
Question #13
A Gen X.
B the lost Generation.
C the Baby Boom.
D the Millennial Generation.
Question #14
A age-stratified society.
B gerontocracy.
C meritocracy.
D oligarchy of elders.
Question #15
A Age stratification theory.
B Gerotranscendence.
C Selective optimization with compensation theory.
D Subculture of aging theory.
Question #16
A Continuity theory.
B Exchange theory.
C Functionalist theory.
D Modernization theory.
E Age stratification theory.
Question #17
A As people age, they generally withdraw from all forms of society.
B As people age, they think less and less about being married to their spouse, and more about their individuality.
C As people age, ideas of romance and intimacy become distasteful.
D As people age, they disengage with their friends in order to spend more time with their families.
E As people age, they begin to lose their friends and family and spend their last days mourning their losses.
Question #18
A Being carded to prove their Senior Citizen status.
B Being talked down to by gas station attendants.
C Being suspected of shoplifting by sales clerks.
D Having their medical ailments trivialized by doctors.
E Being hit on by young men in search of “cougars” and “sugar Mamas”.
Question #19
A It is the comparison of grandparents to parents.
B It is the comparison of children to parents.
C It is the comparison of healthcare professionals to the elderly.
D It is the comparison of working people to non-working people.
Question #20
A Increasing the age at which someone can start collecting Social Security.
B Increasing the work week to 45 hours so that there is more money coming into the program.
C Paying Social Security to people who paid the tax; cut out any spouses or dependents who might benefit.
D Making Social Security a private program, much like insurance or a 401(k).
Question #21
A The greatest part of the population is reaching the age of 65 and entering old age.
B Refers to the fact that so many older adults are “behind grey prison walls”.
C With industrialization and the building of big cities, there is very little green nature left and everything is the color of cement.
D Gray is culturally considered beautiful and thus people are bleaching their hair.
Question #22
A Keisha’s mom encouraging her to take home economics rather than shop classes so she can please her future husband.
B A music store employee encouraging a young woman to study the piano or flute instead of the drums or guitar.
C A teacher discouraging a female student from entering the military, suggesting nursing school instead.
D A father buying a basketball hoop for his daughter’s eighth birthday.
Question #23
A Symbolic interactionism.
B Conflict theory.
C Exchange theory.
D Functionalism.
Question #24
A Sweden.
B the United States.
C England.
D Nigeria.
Question #25
A dating a member of the same sex to make a political statement.
B the prejudiced belief that one sex should be valued over another.
C the refusal to participate in any tasks with gender-specific requirements.
D when people conduct themselves and perform tasks based upon the gender assigned to them by society.
E all of these are examples of “doing gender”.
Question #26
A Conflict theory.
B Cyberfeminism.
C Symbolic interactionism.
D Functionalism.
Question #27
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #28
A a double standard.
B homophobia.
C heterosexism.
D gender dysphoria.
Question #29
A a person’s capacity for sexual feelings.
B an individual’s biological/reproductive category.
C the repressed sexual inclinations of society as a whole.
D an individual’s sense of being either masculine or feminine.
Question #30
A homophobia.
B sexism.
C a “crush” on her boss.
D amalgamation.
E sexual orientation.
Question #31
A a person’s emotional and sexual attraction to a particular sex.
B a person’s biological/reproductive category.
C in Freudian Theory, a phase which a person outgrows before entering heterosexuality.
D a term that refers to individuals who identify with the behaviors and characteristics that are opposite of their biological sex.
Question #32
A Behaviorism.
B Symbolic interactionism.
C Functionalism.
D Conflict theory.
Question #33
A racial steering.
B institutional racism/discrimination.
C ethnocentrism.
D perpetuity.
Question #34
A expulsion.
B assimilation.
C de facto segregation.
D de jure segregation.
E pluralism.
Question #35
A the physical separation of groups, particularly in residence, but also in workplace and social functions.
B the process by which a minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture
C the deliberate annihilation of a targeted, usually subordinate, group.
D the integration of diverse cultural concepts into a public school curriculum.
Question #36
A Paolo assuming his neighbor likes rap music because he is African American.
B Cynthia believing her best friend is good at math because she is Asian.
C Isaiah cooking his girlfriend a meat-free dinner because she is a vegetarian.
D Maria assuming her son-in-law is a heavy drinker because he is Irish.
Question #37
A Communism.
B racial steering.
C genocide.
D preferential treatment of minorities.
E expulsion.
Question #38
A genocide.
B scapegoat theory.
C the culture of prejudice.
D intersection theory.
Question #39
A the social construction of race.
B white privilege.
C scapegoat theory.
D pluralism.
Question #40
A Kiki being told she’ll find math difficult because she is a girl.
B All of these are examples of racial steering.
C Jose’s parents not allowing him to date Martha because she is of a different background.
D Ral estate agents directing white clients to look for housing in certain neighborhoods, and non-white clients to others.
E The Trail of Tears, when the United States government forced Native Americans to permanently leave their homes and territory.