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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A about 77 cents for every dollar men earn.
B about the same as what men earn
C about half of what men earn
D more than men earn in most occupations.
Question #2
A gender age; Francis E. Downey
B gerotranscendence; Lars Tornstam
C ageism; Robert Butler
D age cohort; C. Everett Koop
Question #3
A blue-colar jobs
B low-paying Jobs
C white-collar jobs
D high-paying jobs
Question #4
A All races have the same origin; race is a status that cannot be changed
B There is only one race; intelligence is based on race
C Eventually there will only be one race; all races have the same origin
D One race is superior to another; pure races exist
Question #5
A Nurture is the dominant force in determining human behavior.
B Nature is the dominant force in determining human behavior.
C Human behavior is the result of nature and nurture working together.
D Neither nature nor nurture is responsible for determining human behavior.
Question #6
A between eight and ten years
B until both children are 18 years of age
C for a year or less
D for at least five or six years
Question #7
A functionalists theorists
B symbolic interactionists
C conflict theorists
D none
Question #8
A people’s sexual orientation
B The secondary sex characteristics of men and women
C The degree of inequality between men and women in a society
D The personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being a male or female.
Question #9
A changing women’s work roles
B campaigning to pass an Equal Rights Amendment
C winning the right to vote for women
D reforming all the institutions of society
Question #10
A Gender differences are based on social factors
B Gender differences are based on genetic dispositions.
C Gender differences are based on physiological differences.
D Gender differences are the result of biological differences.
Question #11
A The world offers unequal access to power, prestige, and property based on one’s sex
B Gender is sociologically significant because it is the way in which society controls its members.
C Being born male or female carries images and expectations on how one should act.
D The terms “sex” and “gender” are sociologically and biologically interchangeable.
Question #12
A the greater the level of education, the more births to single women
B the lower the level of education, the fewer births to single women
C There is no relationship between the level of education and births to single women.
D the greater the level of education, the fewer births to single women
Question #13
A secessionists minority
B militant minority
C pluralistic minority
D assimilationist minority
Question #14
A individual discrimination
B institutional discrimination
C cronyism
D stereotyping
Question #15
A The ACLU took the Loving case to the Virginia Supreme Court, where the Court invalidated the Virginia anti-miscegenation statute in 1965
B Richard and Mildred Loving found very little support from whites.
C The ACLU took the Loving case to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the Court invalidated all anti-miscegenation laws in 1967.
D None of the above is true.
Question #16
A He is not intelligent enough to get a better job.
B It is due to his unwillingness to work.
C Changes in the social structure are the most likely cause.
D Changes in John’s value system are the most likely cause.
Question #17
A gender identity
B sex
C machismo
D androgyny
Question #18
A white power
B brown power
C white supremacy
D white privilege
Question #19
A craftsman
B skilled laborer
C bureaucrat
D unskilled worker
Question #20
A Michael is more likely than Archie to be prejudiced against Asians.
B Michael and Archie are equally likely to be prejudiced against Asians
C Archie is more likely than Michael to be prejudiced against Asians.
D No conclusion can be drawn from the statement.
Question #21
A Some societies have no definitions for gender categories.
B Societies may define both “masculine” and “feminine” differently.
C All societies define masculine in the same way.
D All societies define feminine in the same way.
Question #22
A Coal power plants are disproprtionately placed in comminities of color.
B Environmental racism is a subtle form of racism.
C Extreme cases of arthritis consitute examples of health related issues resulting from environmental racism.
D There is the dumping of waste on Native American lands.
Question #23
A They would allow nursing homes to apply for more grants and reduce costs to families.
B They would likely reduce the incidents of elderly abuse.
C They would make licensure of nursing homes easier.
D They would improve the efficiency of nursing home operations
Question #24
A is entirely dependent upon fixed biological characteristics
B is based on biological factors only
C tends to be quite similar in all cultures
D varies, depending upon the society in which its meaning is constructed
Question #25
A movement up and down the class ladder
B ownership of one group of people by another
C enforced norms of endogamy
D class distinction for life based on ascription
Question #26
A population transfer and segregation
B population transfer and genocide
C genocide and pluralism
D assimilation and segregation
Question #27
A She will be ultra conservative.
B She will probably become a socialist worker.
C She will be apathetic towards politics.
D She will be more politically radical.
Question #28
A Income earnings are just about evenly divided among all Americans.
B The top 20 percent of Americans earn nearly half the income.
C The bottom 20 percent of Americans earn about 15 percent of the income.
D The top two-thirds of Americans earn about two-thirds of the income.
Question #29
A globalization
B slavery
C neocolonialism
D caste system
Question #30
A The class system works in democracies.
B The class system existed before the other three.
C The class system has fluid boundaries.
D The class system is not based on religion.
Question #31
A relative poverty
B low-level poverty
C absolute poverty
D transitional poverty
Question #32
A social reform
B social stratification
C structural mobility
D income distribution
Question #33
A The workers are victims of social stratification.
B The workers’ sense of fairness has been influenced by primogeniture.
C The workers are experiencing false class consciousness.
D The workers share class consciousness.
Question #34
A It was enacted by President Bill Clinton
B It reformed U.S. welfare policy
C It also had a significant impact on many in the upper-middle class.
D It created the Temporary Aid to Needy Families program
Question #35
A Just as likely as people with low incomes to vote
B are much less likely than people with low income to vote
C More likely than people with low incomes to vote
D Less likely than people with low incomes to vote