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This section includes 1267 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Economics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1001. |
Death rates are highest in_______________? |
| A. | tropical African |
| B. | Britain |
| C. | Turkey |
| D. | Thailand |
| Answer» B. Britain | |
| 1002. |
Daniel Bell has called the newly emerging from of society ? |
| A. | technological |
| B. | informational |
| C. | post-subsistence |
| D. | postindustrial |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1003. |
C.Wright Mills wrote that the “power elite” controls_________________? |
| A. | all political and social issues |
| B. | the major issues like war and peace |
| C. | the election of all national officials |
| D. | access to Supreme Court appointments |
| Answer» C. the election of all national officials | |
| 1004. |
C.Wright Mills maintains that the nation is really ruled by_______________? |
| A. | the masses |
| B. | a power elite |
| C. | representatives of the people |
| D. | the participants in the political process |
| Answer» C. representatives of the people | |
| 1005. |
Culture______________? |
| A. | is based on symbols in animals and on signals among humans |
| B. | is a property of all higher animal groups? |
| C. | is arguably possessed to some degree by nonhuman primates as well as humans |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 1006. |
Culture is the basis of______________? |
| A. | human social life |
| B. | not only human but also ant society |
| C. | all animal groups |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. not only human but also ant society | |
| 1007. |
Culture is based on______________? |
| A. | instinct |
| B. | simple learning only |
| C. | learning thorough symbols |
| D. | genetic heredity |
| Answer» D. genetic heredity | |
| 1008. |
Cultural universals include ? |
| A. | personal adornment |
| B. | music |
| C. | food taboos |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. food taboos | |
| 1009. |
Cultural relativity ideally implies ? |
| A. | that moral values different from one, s own are all wrong |
| B. | everyone’s crazy except you and me (and I’m not sure about you) |
| C. | mindless acceptance of all cultural values of others |
| D. | tolerance and respect for the cultural values of others |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1010. |
Cults differ from sects in that______________? |
| A. | they are small voluntary and exclusive |
| B. | they reject the status quo |
| C. | the have no ties to existing religious groups |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1011. |
Cultural change is always________________? |
| A. | fast and dramatic |
| B. | slow and imperceptible |
| C. | nether of the above |
| D. | both of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1012. |
Crowds may engage in unpredictable behavior because_______________? |
| A. | they are temporary |
| B. | individuals can remain anonymous |
| C. | individuals are unpredictable |
| D. | BOTH they are temporary, and individuals are anonymous |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1013. |
Crowds and masses differ in that___________________? |
| A. | masses are not personally connected to one another |
| B. | people in a crowd are in close proximity to one another |
| C. | collective behavior cannot take place in masses |
| D. | masses of people must always be in the same physical setting |
| Answer» C. collective behavior cannot take place in masses | |
| 1014. |
Critiques of bureaucratic forms of business administration argue that_____________? |
| A. | explicit standards of quality control must be imposed by management |
| B. | employees are given too much discretion |
| C. | small organization inevitably become bureaucracies |
| D. | vertical hierarchies of power are too sluggish |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1015. |
Critics of our school system sate that _________________? |
| A. | education makes no attempt to exercise social control |
| B. | education places too little emphasis on hard work and obedience |
| C. | education is used to foster the acceptance of our political system without |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 1016. |
Critics maintain that the following issues are present in higher education______________? |
| A. | high tuitions |
| B. | a lowering of standards |
| C. | muzzling of academic freedom |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1017. |
Criticisms of structural functionalism include_______________? |
| A. | who says that a football player is more important than a college professor? |
| B. | sons of talented persons are privileged even if they themselves lack talent |
| C. | is a stable society better than an unequal society? |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1018. |
Criminologists Cloward and Ohlin Classified delinquent gangs into which of the following categories ? |
| A. | Ritualistic territorial rebel |
| B. | Realist drug and alcohol territorial |
| C. | Conflict subcultural criminal |
| D. | Criminal realist conflict |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1019. |
Crimes that are tolerated more than others because they seldom include violence include_______________? |
| A. | copyright infringement |
| B. | data rape |
| C. | price fixing |
| D. | all but B |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1020. |
Credentialism opens jobs _______________? |
| A. | to all people |
| B. | to members of skilled professions |
| C. | to members of academia |
| D. | but has no bearing on the job market |
| Answer» C. to members of academia | |
| 1021. |
Craft unions differed from industrial unions in that they______________? |
| A. | Welcomed minorities |
| B. | Were socialist |
| C. | Were horizontally organized |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 1022. |
Craftsmen foremen secretary’s office workers belong to the________________? |
| A. | upper-middle class |
| B. | middle-middle class |
| C. | working class |
| D. | “new class” |
| Answer» D. “new class” | |
| 1023. |
Countercultures are_______________? |
| A. | subcultures that refuse to assimilate |
| B. | groups whose values differ from the mainstream |
| C. | groups whose values are in explicit opposition to those of the wider societal culture |
| D. | the most active subcultures |
| Answer» D. the most active subcultures | |
| 1024. |
Correlation differs from causation in that correlation ? |
| A. | precedes causation |
| B. | only indicates a probable relation |
| C. | occurs purely by chance |
| D. | occurs among more than two variables |
| Answer» D. occurs among more than two variables | |
| 1025. |
Corporations wield power through_____________? |
| A. | PACs |
| B. | interlocking directorates |
| C. | investment portfolios |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1026. |
Corporations and labor unions_____________? |
| A. | cannot contribute to congressional candidates |
| B. | may establish their own PACs |
| C. | may use union or corporate funds to administer PACs |
| D. | can give soft money to a national party for state and local campaigns |
| E. | all of the above |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1027. |
Cooley’s Lookingglass self refers to______________________? |
| A. | self-regard based on instinct |
| B. | a person’s perception as to what others think of him/her |
| C. | negative self-image |
| D. | positive self-image |
| Answer» B. a person’s perception as to what others think of him/her | |
| 1028. |
Contrary to Karl Marx,s expectations communist revolutions occurred in_______________? |
| A. | agricultural nations like Cuba |
| B. | less economically developed nations like Russia |
| C. | Asian nations lacking well-developed industrial sectors like China |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1029. |
Contemporary technologically advanced societies tend to be_______________? |
| A. | hexahedron |
| B. | hermetic |
| C. | heterogeneous |
| D. | homogeneous |
| Answer» D. homogeneous | |
| 1030. |
Consumer sovereignty means that________________? |
| A. | production depends on supply and demand |
| B. | consumers create demand |
| C. | producers supply what is demanded |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1031. |
Constitutions are________________? |
| A. | always written |
| B. | intended to limit governmental power |
| C. | meant to establish the rule of men |
| D. | blueprints for monarchies |
| Answer» C. meant to establish the rule of men | |
| 1032. |
Constitution are_________________? |
| A. | signed documents |
| B. | instruments for limiting governmental power |
| C. | possible only in industrial societies |
| D. | characteristic of democracies only |
| Answer» C. possible only in industrial societies | |
| 1033. |
Congressional representation is based on______________? |
| A. | single member constituency system |
| B. | proportional representation |
| C. | parliamentary system |
| D. | BOTH single-member constituency and proportional representation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1034. |
Congestion pollution urban decay and similar side effects of the market system are termed_____________? |
| A. | negatives |
| B. | externalities |
| C. | internalities |
| D. | tangentials |
| Answer» C. internalities | |
| 1035. |
Conflicts between the dominant group and minorities develop because_________________? |
| A. | minorities are perceived as different |
| B. | minorities perceive themselves as different |
| C. | the dominant group has coercive power |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1036. |
Conflict_______________? |
| A. | underlies both competition and coercion |
| B. | is diametrically opposed to competition |
| C. | is a hostile form of struggle? |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 1037. |
Conflict theorists view stratification systems as______________? |
| A. | resulting from class struggles |
| B. | effects of the law of nature |
| C. | mechanisms of coercion |
| D. | BOTH coercive and resulting from class struggles |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1038. |
Conflict theorists see the states functions as________________? |
| A. | protecting the interest of the ruling elite only |
| B. | helping the poor and homeless |
| C. | bringing peace to its citizens |
| D. | directing the economy |
| Answer» B. helping the poor and homeless | |
| 1039. |
Conditions associated with long-term marriages include_________________? |
| A. | a women’s age at marriage |
| B. | a women’s family income |
| C. | whether the women came from an intact family |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1040. |
Companies in the private sector are owned by ? |
| A. | The government |
| B. | Shareholders |
| C. | Employees |
| D. | The community |
| Answer» D. The community | |
| 1041. |
Communism has a history of attracting Third World nations because of the fact that_____________? |
| A. | the ideology is static |
| B. | the ideology changes to suit conditions |
| C. | it has not led to dictatorship |
| D. | it promises to give more power to the masses |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1042. |
Communism emerged as an ideology in reaction to conditions following____________? |
| A. | the French Revolution |
| B. | starvation in Ireland |
| C. | the Industrial Revolution |
| D. | the Protestant Reformation |
| Answer» D. the Protestant Reformation | |
| 1043. |
Collective behavior_______________? |
| A. | completely lacks structure |
| B. | has some connection with social factors? |
| C. | is always disorganized |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. is always disorganized | |
| 1044. |
Collective behavior is_______________________? |
| A. | rather unstructured |
| B. | well planned |
| C. | based on regular norms |
| D. | individual behavior multiplied |
| Answer» B. well planned | |
| 1045. |
Collective behavior is________________? |
| A. | nonroutine |
| B. | alienating |
| C. | convergent |
| D. | emergent |
| Answer» B. alienating | |
| 1046. |
Collective behavior is often precipitated by__________________? |
| A. | anomaly |
| B. | rapid social change |
| C. | deviant behavior |
| D. | fear of the future |
| Answer» C. deviant behavior | |
| 1047. |
Collective behavior favors social change because it_______________? |
| A. | alters people’s perspective |
| B. | prevents action |
| C. | destroys group identity |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. prevents action | |
| 1048. |
Cohabiting couples__________________? |
| A. | are predominantly homosexual |
| B. | represent an example of premarital life |
| C. | are an old phenomenon |
| D. | represent the great majority of couples |
| Answer» C. are an old phenomenon | |
| 1049. |
Cohabitation_______________? |
| A. | is most popular among the 24-35 age group |
| B. | among working couples |
| C. | among college-educated high-income groups |
| D. | only A and B |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1050. |
Classification of human races is_____________________? |
| A. | clear-cut |
| B. | vague because of overlap of traits |
| C. | restricted to skin color |
| D. | done according to physical appearance |
| Answer» C. restricted to skin color | |