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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.
| 1051. |
Children of divorce have________________? |
| A. | no problems |
| B. | a preference for parental conflict rather than their divorce |
| C. | the most difficulty at ages nine and ten |
| D. | fewer problems of adjustment than children from intact families |
| Answer» D. fewer problems of adjustment than children from intact families | |
| 1052. |
Children have taken on the role of the generalized other when______________? |
| A. | most of the important norms have been internalized |
| B. | they start school |
| C. | they have learned to speak |
| D. | they are consciously socialized |
| Answer» C. they have learned to speak | |
| 1053. |
Child abuse___________________? |
| A. | includes physical and emotional neglect |
| B. | refers to a wide range of maltreatment |
| C. | has a victimization rate of 12.3 per 1,000 children |
| D. | only A B and C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1054. |
Chemical pesticides________________? |
| A. | continue to control pests for many years |
| B. | leach out of the ground quickly |
| C. | are harmless to humans |
| D. | can be toxic to other forms of life |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1055. |
Charismatic leaders_______________? |
| A. | appear only in traditional societies |
| B. | may appear in societies with either a traditional or a legal-rational base of authority |
| C. | establish a stable social organization |
| D. | are only characteristic of theocracies |
| Answer» C. establish a stable social organization | |
| 1056. |
Change may be experienced on three levels__________________? |
| A. | personal impersonal social |
| B. | invention discovery exploration |
| C. | micro middle and macro |
| D. | planning reform revolution |
| Answer» D. planning reform revolution | |
| 1057. |
Change may be experienced at which level ? |
| A. | Alpha beta and delta |
| B. | Micro middle and macro |
| C. | High and low |
| D. | Public and public opinion |
| Answer» C. High and low | |
| 1058. |
Change felt through new patterns of individual and small-group interaction is called_______________? |
| A. | diffusion |
| B. | micro-level change |
| C. | innovation |
| D. | macro-level change |
| Answer» C. innovation | |
| 1059. |
CEO stands for_______________? |
| A. | clear everybody out |
| B. | capital employment outlay |
| C. | chief executive officer |
| D. | chief executive officer |
| Answer» D. chief executive officer | |
| 1060. |
Censorship______________? |
| A. | is the same as propaganda |
| B. | gives a one-sided interpretation of an issue |
| C. | deletes all or parts of information |
| D. | is the opposite of propaganda? |
| Answer» D. is the opposite of propaganda? | |
| 1061. |
Capitalisms roots can be found in_________________? |
| A. | feudal agriculture |
| B. | Christianity |
| C. | machine-based production |
| D. | dialectic materialism |
| Answer» D. dialectic materialism | |
| 1062. |
By what method were the first cars ever manufactured produced ? |
| A. | Craft method |
| B. | Assembly-line method |
| C. | Lean-production method |
| D. | Production-line method |
| Answer» B. Assembly-line method | |
| 1063. |
By “dependent relations” globalists mean_______________? |
| A. | the legitimacy of nation -states depends upon propaganda and internal surveillance |
| B. | industrial nations depend upon raw materials located in no-industrial nations |
| C. | Third-World countries are maintained in a state of dependency by First-and Second- World nations |
| D. | the effectiveness of the United Nations depends upon a cohesive Security Council |
| Answer» D. the effectiveness of the United Nations depends upon a cohesive Security Council | |
| 1064. |
By advocating the acquisition of “more androgynous roles” by both men and women what is meant is that________________? |
| A. | bisexuality should be the norm |
| B. | we should adopt passive roles |
| C. | we should adopt blurred ill-defined roles |
| D. | we should combine male and female sex-typed traits |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1065. |
By 2050 8 billion of the projected 9.5 billion people will be_____________________? |
| A. | as wealthy as the developed nations |
| B. | living in poor countries |
| C. | living in industrial nations |
| D. | living in predominantly agricultural nations |
| Answer» C. living in industrial nations | |
| 1066. |
Burning your neighbor’s house down is considered a serious offense It is a violation of_____________? |
| A. | folkways |
| B. | mores |
| C. | table manners |
| D. | taboos |
| Answer» C. table manners | |
| 1067. |
Bureaucracy is based on________________? |
| A. | ad hoc rules |
| B. | specialization |
| C. | unpredictability |
| D. | lack of authority |
| Answer» C. unpredictability | |
| 1068. |
Bureaucracy and extensive social differentiation initially occur in the historical transition from_____________? |
| A. | hunting and gathering to pastoral society |
| B. | pastoral to horticultural society |
| C. | horticultural to agricultural society |
| D. | agricultural to industrial society |
| Answer» D. agricultural to industrial society | |
| 1069. |
Both fiscal and monetary policies focus on____________________? |
| A. | the supply side of the market |
| B. | the demand side of the market |
| C. | both sides of the market |
| D. | the global market |
| Answer» C. both sides of the market | |
| 1070. |
Birthrates________________? |
| A. | generally correspond to population density |
| B. | are low in Western Europe and Japan |
| C. | are high in Arabia and interior African |
| D. | are low BOTH in Western Europe and Japan and high in Arabia and Africa |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1071. |
Birthrates remain high is the Third World because_________________? |
| A. | there has been cultural lag following superimposed industrialization |
| B. | in many cultures a man,s worth is measured by the number of his children |
| C. | contraception is either opposed or not properly practiced |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1072. |
Biological factors which make the development of culture possible include ? |
| A. | vision in depth |
| B. | opposable thumb |
| C. | erect walking posture |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1073. |
Biological explanations of deviance________________? |
| A. | were popular during the first half of the 20th century |
| B. | agree on the causes of deviance |
| C. | are strongly supported scientifically |
| D. | explain all types of deviance |
| Answer» B. agree on the causes of deviance | |
| 1074. |
Billy Graham,s religious revival meetings are an example of_________________? |
| A. | expressive crowds |
| B. | social movements |
| C. | people, s fear of the unknown |
| D. | spiritual awakening |
| Answer» B. social movements | |
| 1075. |
Before the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) political organization around the world had been_________________? |
| A. | unilateral and generic |
| B. | universal and local |
| C. | empirical and patriotic |
| D. | uniform and multiform |
| Answer» C. empirical and patriotic | |
| 1076. |
Before ecological problems can be resolved what will probably need to happen ? |
| A. | It will have to become politicized |
| B. | The smog will have to increase |
| C. | Acid rain will have to destroy our crops |
| D. | Cultural values will have to change |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1077. |
Barriers to entry ? |
| A. | Enable abnormal profits to be made in the long run |
| B. | Enable losses to be made in the long run |
| C. | Enable abnormal profits to be made in the short run only |
| D. | Occur in perfect competition |
| Answer» C. Enable abnormal profits to be made in the short run only | |
| 1078. |
Assuming there is no government or foreign sector the formula for the multiplier is ? |
| A. | 1/MPS |
| B. | 1/(1+ MPC) |
| C. | 1 – MPC |
| D. | 1/MPC |
| Answer» B. 1/(1+ MPC) | |
| 1079. |
Assuming there is no government or foreign sector, if the multiplier is 2.5 the MPC is ? |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 25 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 2.5 |
| Answer» D. 2.5 | |
| 1080. |
Assuming there is no government or foreign sector, if the MPC is 8 the multiplier is ? |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 1.25 |
| Answer» B. 8 | |
| 1081. |
Assume there is no government or foreign setor, If the MPC is 75 a Rs20 million decrease in planned investment will cause aggregate output to decrease by ? |
| A. | Rs80 million |
| B. | Rs20 million |
| C. | Rs 15 million |
| D. | Rs26.67 million |
| Answer» B. Rs20 million | |
| 1082. |
As the MPS increases the multiplier will ? |
| A. | decrease |
| B. | remain constant |
| C. | increase |
| D. | either increase or decrease depending on the size of the change in investment |
| Answer» B. remain constant | |
| 1083. |
As resources are shifted from one industry to another this can be shown by ? |
| A. | An inward shift of the production possibility frontier |
| B. | A movement along the production possibility frontier |
| C. | An outward shift of the production possibility frontier |
| D. | The pivoting of the production possibility frontier |
| Answer» C. An outward shift of the production possibility frontier | |
| 1084. |
As of 2005 what proportion of women were in managerial professional and administrative positions ? |
| A. | 20% |
| B. | 12% |
| C. | 50% |
| D. | 4% |
| Answer» D. 4% | |
| 1085. |
As of the late 1990s________________? |
| A. | black unemployment was the same as that of whites |
| B. | blacks and whites had the same average income |
| C. | blacks and whites graduated from college at the same rate |
| D. | at least 40 percent of blacks were squarely in the middle class |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1086. |
As income increase ? |
| A. | The average propensity to consume gets nearer in value of the marginal propensity to consume |
| B. | The average propensity to consume diverges in value from the marginal propensity to consume |
| C. | The average propensity to consume falls |
| D. | The average propensity to consume always approaches 0 |
| Answer» D. The average propensity to consume always approaches 0 | |
| 1087. |
As a result of social change some members of society_______________? |
| A. | play new roles |
| B. | occupy new statuses |
| C. | become social climbers |
| D. | take on BOTH new statuses and new roles |
| Answer» C. become social climbers | |
| 1088. |
As a person age_____________? |
| A. | health care costs decrease |
| B. | senility sets in |
| C. | senescence affects a small minority |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. senility sets in | |
| 1089. |
Armenia Georgia and Azerbaijan are_____________________? |
| A. | Baltic nations |
| B. | Slavic nations |
| C. | Asian nations |
| D. | African nations |
| Answer» D. African nations | |
| 1090. |
Approximately what percentage of the population admits to being bisexual ? |
| A. | 30 percent |
| B. | 20 percent |
| C. | 10 percent |
| D. | 6 percent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1091. |
Approximately how many people inhabit the earth ? |
| A. | 50 billion |
| B. | 6 billion |
| C. | 12 billion |
| D. | 1.2 billion |
| Answer» C. 12 billion | |
| 1092. |
Any combination of products inside the production possibility frontier is ? |
| A. | Allocatively inefficient |
| B. | X inefficient |
| C. | Consumer inefficient |
| D. | Productively inefficient |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1093. |
Anthropology is restricted to the study of_______________? |
| A. | primitive people only |
| B. | prehistoric people only |
| C. | modern peoples only |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1094. |
Anthropologists have developed ? |
| A. | laws governing ancient societies |
| B. | a number of theories |
| C. | methods of explaining human behavior |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. methods of explaining human behavior | |
| 1095. |
Antarctica is occupied by several nations together because no one nations has________________? |
| A. | sovereignty over it |
| B. | the desire to rule it |
| C. | interest in its resources |
| D. | the power to take it over |
| Answer» B. the desire to rule it | |
| 1096. |
Another way of talking about opportunity costs might be as________________? |
| A. | economic consequences |
| B. | social consequences |
| C. | value of sacrificed resources |
| D. | parallel world |
| Answer» D. parallel world | |
| 1097. |
Another way of saying that position in a group are value-rated by group members is_______________? |
| A. | statuses are ascribed |
| B. | authority is hierarchical |
| C. | statuses are ranked |
| D. | roles are scripted |
| Answer» D. roles are scripted | |
| 1098. |
Another term for nationalism might be________________? |
| A. | racism |
| B. | imperialism |
| C. | colonialism |
| D. | national ethnocentrism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1099. |
Another name for cultural transmission theory is______________? |
| A. | anomie |
| B. | labeling theory |
| C. | innovation |
| D. | differential association theory |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1100. |
Anger is_______________? |
| A. | an innate human response to deprivation and frustration |
| B. | a definite sharply defined emotion |
| C. | subject to manipulation |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |