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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.
| 201. |
The urban crisis________________? |
| A. | is intensified by the move of the middle class to the suburbs |
| B. | has been reduced by urban renewal |
| C. | has been intensified by gentrification |
| D. | is well on the way to being resolved |
| Answer» B. has been reduced by urban renewal | |
| 202. |
The Untied States Constitution provides for the________________? |
| A. | doctrine of elitist pluralism |
| B. | doctrine of executive privilege |
| C. | principle of federalism |
| D. | concept of polis |
| Answer» D. concept of polis | |
| 203. |
The unraveling of soviet communism can be traced to______________? |
| A. | a failure in raised expectations |
| B. | the oppressive role of the Communist Party |
| C. | the failure of the Soviet economy to provide for consumer goods |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 204. |
The United Stats in an exception in that_________________? |
| A. | wealth correlates with religion |
| B. | wealth does not correlate with religion |
| C. | in most wealth nations religion is very important |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. in most wealth nations religion is very important | |
| 205. |
The United States government includes the following traits____________? |
| A. | federalism |
| B. | a subordinate judiciary |
| C. | unlimited power |
| D. | appointed representatives |
| Answer» B. a subordinate judiciary | |
| 206. |
The United States government began to function in_______________? |
| A. | 1763 |
| B. | 1776 |
| C. | 1781 |
| D. | 1788 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 207. |
The United States Canada Northern and Western Europe among other areas are________________? |
| A. | in the first stage of the demographic transition |
| B. | still trying to curb population growth |
| C. | threatened by under population |
| D. | in the third stage of the demographic transition |
| Answer» E. | |
| 208. |
The United Nations__________________? |
| A. | Is primarily an instrument of the U.S |
| B. | Open supports communist and socialist regimes |
| C. | is extremely effective in policing the world |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 209. |
The unique two-party system in the United States is based on______________? |
| A. | the need to have religious representation in government |
| B. | proportional representation |
| C. | extremist ideologies |
| D. | broad agreement on basic principles |
| Answer» E. | |
| 210. |
The ultimate effect of stratification systems is to________________? |
| A. | create inequality |
| B. | help people decide whom they should marry |
| C. | provide a work force for society |
| D. | fulfill the laws of nature |
| Answer» B. help people decide whom they should marry | |
| 211. |
The type of foreign policy decisions made by the governmental bureaucracy fall into the category of_______________? |
| A. | crisis decisions |
| B. | administrative foreign policy |
| C. | legislative decisions |
| D. | constructive foreign policy |
| Answer» C. legislative decisions | |
| 212. |
The Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan and NATO are characteristic of which period ? |
| A. | isolationism |
| B. | interventionism |
| C. | containment |
| D. | internationalism |
| Answer» D. internationalism | |
| 213. |
The trend toward early retirement seems to be______________? |
| A. | irreversible |
| B. | the inevitable outcome of modernization |
| C. | a reasonable response to the declining intellectual performance that occurs after age 55 |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 214. |
The Treaty of Westphalia established ? |
| A. | secure borders between Germany and France |
| B. | the principle that state religions were forbidden |
| C. | King Henry the VII as the Holy Roman Emperor |
| D. | that the power of the state superseded the power of the Catholic church |
| Answer» E. | |
| 215. |
The treatment of mental illness based on rewards and punishment is referred to as_____________? |
| A. | chemotherapy |
| B. | hypnotherapy |
| C. | shock therapy |
| D. | behavior therapy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 216. |
The transitional period between the dominance of one party or another is called_______________? |
| A. | realignment |
| B. | dealignment |
| C. | alignment |
| D. | derailment |
| Answer» B. dealignment | |
| 217. |
The transition from rural living to city living occurred because_______________? |
| A. | there was less need for farm workers as agriculture became mechanized |
| B. | factories were concentrated in cities |
| C. | social change dictated a new fad urban living |
| D. | of BOTH a decrease in the need for farm workers and the fact that factories were located in cities |
| Answer» E. | |
| 218. |
The transition from a charismatic religious leaders direct example to routine procedures and observances is called______________? |
| A. | differentiation |
| B. | denomination |
| C. | institutionalization |
| D. | bureaucratization |
| Answer» D. bureaucratization | |
| 219. |
The totality of the phenomenon under study is called the_______________? |
| A. | population |
| B. | universe |
| C. | sample |
| D. | inferential |
| Answer» B. universe | |
| 220. |
The total quantity of goods and services produced (or supplied) in an economy in a given period is ? |
| A. | aggregate investment |
| B. | aggregate expenditure |
| C. | aggregate demand |
| D. | aggregate output |
| Answer» E. | |
| 221. |
The total costs are Rs2000 and 10 units are produced. The marginal cost of an 11th unit is Rs1300 Which of the following is true ? |
| A. | The average cost increase from Rs20 to Rs30 |
| B. | The total costs for 11 units are Rs700 |
| C. | The average cost for 10 units is Rs1300 |
| D. | The average cost for 11 units is Rs1300 |
| Answer» D. The average cost for 11 units is Rs1300 | |
| 222. |
The three most important nations in Asia are_______________? |
| A. | Singapore South Korea and Malaysia |
| B. | Hong Kong Macao Bali |
| C. | Japan India China |
| D. | Taiwan Indonesia Tibet |
| Answer» D. Taiwan Indonesia Tibet | |
| 223. |
The third function of the legislative branch is________________? |
| A. | oversight |
| B. | ensuring that jobs are provided equally |
| C. | provide an opposition party to the administration in office |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. ensuring that jobs are provided equally | |
| 224. |
The theory speculating that every society develops a number of cultural goals for members to attain but that attainment is not possible for all is called the_____________? |
| A. | anomie theory |
| B. | differential association theory |
| C. | deviant personality theory |
| D. | focal concerns theory |
| Answer» B. differential association theory | |
| 225. |
The theory of symbolic interactionism in personality formation is associated with_______________? |
| A. | William Sheldon |
| B. | Abraham Maslow |
| C. | Charles Horton Cooley |
| D. | George Herbert Mead |
| Answer» C. Charles Horton Cooley | |
| 226. |
The theologian Ludwig Feuerbach portrayed God as_______________? |
| A. | an inappropriate object of worship |
| B. | a figment of the human imagination |
| C. | a sort of ideal |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. a sort of ideal | |
| 227. |
The text primarily applied Weber,s notion of status to______________? |
| A. | positions in the social system |
| B. | ranked occupational positions |
| C. | spending and consumption patterns |
| D. | prestige derived from ancestry |
| Answer» C. spending and consumption patterns | |
| 228. |
The term “prejudice” implies that_________________? |
| A. | one makes a judgment before having all the facts |
| B. | one refuses to change one,s mind even when confronted by facts |
| C. | one takes action against minorities |
| D. | ones judgments are BOTH preconceived and unchangeable |
| Answer» E. | |
| 229. |
The term “Neo-Freudian “refers to__________________? |
| A. | behavior based on sexual drives |
| B. | thinkers prior to Freud who anticipated his ideas |
| C. | thinkers opposed to psychoanalysis |
| D. | thinkers influenced by Freud who have modified his ideas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 230. |
The term “minority “may be defined as______________? |
| A. | a small group of people living within a large nation |
| B. | a group of people who possess the same access to prestige privilege and power but who differ in looks |
| C. | any group in society that is socially dominated by another group through discrimination because of race culture religion or sex |
| D. | any small group in society which is disliked and abused |
| Answer» D. any small group in society which is disliked and abused | |
| 231. |
The term “ecclesia” means_______________? |
| A. | a book of the Bible |
| B. | a member of the clergy |
| C. | a universal religion |
| D. | a state religion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 232. |
The term “constitutional” is reserved to describe________________? |
| A. | a government that acts arbitrarily |
| B. | a government that operates in accordance with general rules and limitations |
| C. | an agreement or treaty in written form |
| D. | a government that is no subject to restraints on political power |
| Answer» C. an agreement or treaty in written form | |
| 233. |
The teen pregnancy rate_________________? |
| A. | began to decline in 1997 |
| B. | has declined principally for non-Hispanic black teens |
| C. | is highest among Asian teens |
| D. | only A and B |
| Answer» E. | |
| 234. |
The teenage birthrate_______________? |
| A. | has soared in the past two years |
| B. | has declined in the past several years |
| C. | is highest among white teenagers |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. is highest among white teenagers | |
| 235. |
The technological revolution that led to the control of food production is called the_______________? |
| A. | Paleolithic revolution |
| B. | Industrial revolution |
| C. | Agricultural revolution |
| D. | Cultural revolution |
| Answer» D. Cultural revolution | |
| 236. |
The system of distributing political power between a central national government and the governments of the geographical regions of the nation is called ? |
| A. | confederacy |
| B. | federalism |
| C. | centralism |
| D. | Unitarianism |
| Answer» C. centralism | |
| 237. |
The synthesis of the elitist and pluralist approaches realist democracy assumes that_____________? |
| A. | voters do have a choice in elite competition |
| B. | the elites have a consensus on basic democracy |
| C. | new groups can become the new elite |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 238. |
The Superego of Freud,s theory is similar to Mead,s ? |
| A. | l |
| B. | me |
| C. | generalized other |
| D. | libido |
| Answer» D. libido | |
| 239. |
The succession of stages in Jean Piaget,s model of cognitive development is_______________? |
| A. | infancy childhood adolescence and adulthood |
| B. | early childhood plays concrete operational and formal operational |
| C. | sensimotor pre-operational intuitive operational and concrete operational |
| D. | sensorimotor intuitive operational concrete operational and formal operational |
| Answer» E. | |
| 240. |
The subordinate position of women in decision making may result from_____________? |
| A. | the instrumental role assumed by males |
| B. | women being less intelligent than men |
| C. | the choice of women as leaders |
| D. | women’s modesty |
| Answer» B. women being less intelligent than men | |
| 241. |
The study of traits that appear in specific population as adaptation to specific environments is called ? |
| A. | physical anthropology |
| B. | cultural anthropology |
| C. | demography |
| D. | psychology |
| Answer» B. cultural anthropology | |
| 242. |
The study of human group behavior is the definition of________________? |
| A. | psychology |
| B. | geology |
| C. | sociology |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 243. |
The study and comparative analysis of preliterate societies is one of the chief concerns of______________? |
| A. | sociology |
| B. | psychology |
| C. | anthropology |
| D. | history |
| Answer» D. history | |
| 244. |
The struggle of women and ethnic minorities to change certain discriminatory practices concerns ? |
| A. | role strain |
| B. | ascribed statuses |
| C. | master statuses |
| D. | role conflict |
| Answer» C. master statuses | |
| 245. |
The structural functionalist explanation of social stratification asserts that________________? |
| A. | nature demands the existence of social classes |
| B. | there is a limited number of skilled talented people thus they should be rewarded |
| C. | resources are plentiful so there is enough for all |
| D. | people were not meant to work |
| Answer» C. resources are plentiful so there is enough for all | |
| 246. |
The strongest urge that all living creatures feel is to__________________? |
| A. | avoid stress |
| B. | be important |
| C. | feel respectable |
| D. | reproduce themselves |
| Answer» E. | |
| 247. |
The state has the following relationship to force__________________? |
| A. | it shares it with the citizens |
| B. | it lacks it completely in democracy |
| C. | it has a monopoly on it |
| D. | it gives it up to the people |
| Answer» D. it gives it up to the people | |
| 248. |
The stages of the demographic transition model are_________________? |
| A. | high births high death rates |
| B. | low death rates high birthrates |
| C. | low birth rates low death rates |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 249. |
The speculative demand for money occurs when ? |
| A. | Individuals hold money just in case an emergency happens |
| B. | Individuals hold money to buy things |
| C. | Individuals hold money rather than other assets because they are worried about the price of the other assets falling |
| D. | Individuals hold money to shop |
| Answer» C. Individuals hold money rather than other assets because they are worried about the price of the other assets falling | |
| 250. |
The socially optimal rate of growth is ? |
| A. | Zero |
| B. | Negative |
| C. | Where the marginal social benefit = the marginal social cost |
| D. | Total social costs are minimised |
| Answer» D. Total social costs are minimised | |