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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.
| 351. |
The most recent social movements________________? |
| A. | focus more on economic issues |
| B. | attract the underclass rather than the working class |
| C. | are community and locality based? |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 352. |
The most numerous forms of business ownership in the United States is the________________? |
| A. | partnership |
| B. | subchapter S corporation |
| C. | sole survivorship |
| D. | sole proprietorship |
| Answer» E. | |
| 353. |
The most pernicious aspect of sexist ideology is__________________? |
| A. | the belief that the sexes differ by nature |
| B. | that men are superior in certain activities |
| C. | that men are basically superior by nature |
| D. | the pervasiveness of the ideology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 354. |
The most obvious effect of sexism on women has been that they__________________? |
| A. | have become passive and accepting of the status quo |
| B. | have been denied alternatives to the roles of wives and mothers |
| C. | have become masculine since they joined the work force |
| D. | realized that motherhood had fewer satisfactions than a career |
| Answer» C. have become masculine since they joined the work force | |
| 355. |
The most likely factor to overcome the low status of a father’s occupation is______________? |
| A. | education |
| B. | religion |
| C. | hard work |
| D. | belonging to organized crime |
| Answer» B. religion | |
| 356. |
The most important of government is to__________________? |
| A. | provide social welfare |
| B. | implement political control |
| C. | exercise total control |
| D. | regulate human life in society |
| Answer» C. exercise total control | |
| 357. |
The most important product of the social way of life is__________________? |
| A. | marriage |
| B. | family |
| C. | culture |
| D. | society |
| Answer» D. society | |
| 358. |
The most important differences among humans are based on ______________ ? |
| A. | biology |
| B. | species separation |
| C. | culture |
| D. | physical aspect |
| Answer» D. physical aspect | |
| 359. |
The most important determinant of scholastic success is________________? |
| A. | how well the students’ parents did in school |
| B. | the peer group influence |
| C. | the opinion of the neighbors |
| D. | a family’s values regarding education |
| Answer» E. | |
| 360. |
The most important category of norms for maintaining social order are ? |
| A. | folkways |
| B. | mores |
| C. | customs |
| D. | traditions |
| Answer» C. customs | |
| 361. |
The most fundamental factor(s)in stratification is (are)______________? |
| A. | the ability to make someone do what you want |
| B. | education and income |
| C. | access to economic resources |
| D. | an ambitious mother and later marriage |
| Answer» C. access to economic resources | |
| 362. |
The most fundamental function of the family is_________________? |
| A. | ensuring the reproduction of the species |
| B. | providing sex education |
| C. | feeding its members |
| D. | keeping members sheltered |
| Answer» B. providing sex education | |
| 363. |
The most experimental of the social sciences is_________________? |
| A. | sociology |
| B. | psychology |
| C. | archaeology |
| D. | economics |
| Answer» C. archaeology | |
| 364. |
The most essential element of culture is______________? |
| A. | cooperation |
| B. | group activities |
| C. | a warning system |
| D. | language |
| Answer» E. | |
| 365. |
The most dramatic change that followed each technological revolution was_______________? |
| A. | a dramatic increase in population |
| B. | a visible decrease in population |
| C. | the systematic migration of populations to different areas |
| D. | a return to an agrarian way of life |
| Answer» B. a visible decrease in population | |
| 366. |
The most common form of marriage today is_______________? |
| A. | polygamy |
| B. | polyandry |
| C. | polygyny |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 367. |
The most common form of religious behavior is__________________? |
| A. | tithing |
| B. | mana |
| C. | prayer |
| D. | taboo |
| Answer» D. taboo | |
| 368. |
The most advanced form of regional cooperation is exhibited by______________? |
| A. | Africa |
| B. | The Middle East |
| C. | Europe |
| D. | The Pacific Rim |
| Answer» D. The Pacific Rim | |
| 369. |
The more consumers are willing to pay for a product_____________________? |
| A. | the more of the product will be produced |
| B. | the less producers will manufacture to raise the price still more |
| C. | the more they go into debt forcing them to stop buying |
| D. | the more expensive the product becomes |
| Answer» B. the less producers will manufacture to raise the price still more | |
| 370. |
The modern approach to studying social classes based on several dimensions of the stratification system is the______________? |
| A. | SES |
| B. | BES |
| C. | CES |
| D. | TES |
| Answer» B. BES | |
| 371. |
The model in urban ecology that stresses distance of residence from central business based on social class is the_________________? |
| A. | sector model |
| B. | concentric zone model |
| C. | multiple nuclei model |
| D. | wedge-shaped model |
| Answer» C. multiple nuclei model | |
| 372. |
The microelements of societies are made up of_____________? |
| A. | processes of social interaction |
| B. | diseases that harm societies |
| C. | problems of cement roads |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. diseases that harm societies | |
| 373. |
The middle- and low-income nation are located mostly in_______________? |
| A. | the southern regions of the world |
| B. | the North-South Axis |
| C. | the northern regions of the world |
| D. | the North and South Pole |
| Answer» B. the North-South Axis | |
| 374. |
The Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of_______________? |
| A. | one urban cluster of at lest 10,000 but less than 50.000 population |
| B. | one city of at least 50,000 population |
| C. | one city of at least 1 million population |
| D. | a region of the country |
| Answer» B. one city of at least 50,000 population | |
| 375. |
The merging of majority and minority groups as happened in Brazil is called_______________? |
| A. | segregation |
| B. | acculturation |
| C. | accommodation |
| D. | amalgamation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 376. |
The media present gender roles_____________? |
| A. | realistically |
| B. | according to Victorian model |
| C. | stereotypically |
| D. | idealistically |
| Answer» D. idealistically | |
| 377. |
The mechanisms of upward mobility of minorities did NOT include? |
| A. | internal economic development and specialization |
| B. | development of a middle class |
| C. | geographic concentration |
| D. | a social caste system |
| Answer» E. | |
| 378. |
The mechanism of the market system provides for________________? |
| A. | the content and flow of goods and services to take place without any fixed plan |
| B. | buyers and sellers not needing to know how the market works in order to act in it |
| C. | the economy to function so that all participants derive some satisfaction |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 379. |
The master status of George W.Bush was______________? |
| A. | husband |
| B. | president |
| C. | dog owner |
| D. | jogger |
| Answer» C. dog owner | |
| 380. |
The mass media especially TV have been_______________? |
| A. | definitely proven to increase the crime rate |
| B. | definitely proven to improve school learning |
| C. | providing realistic view of the world |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 381. |
The Marxian model of class structure divided the population into______________? |
| A. | quintiles |
| B. | six or seven layers |
| C. | the bourgeoisie and the proletariat |
| D. | the haves and the have nots |
| Answer» D. the haves and the have nots | |
| 382. |
The market system consists of planning by__________________? |
| A. | inducement |
| B. | direction |
| C. | command |
| D. | tradition |
| Answer» B. direction | |
| 383. |
The marginal propensity to withdraw is ? |
| A. | 1/investment multiplier |
| B. | 1-(1/injections multiplier |
| C. | MPS + MPT + MPM |
| D. | the proportion of national income that is withdraw from the circular flow of income |
| Answer» D. the proportion of national income that is withdraw from the circular flow of income | |
| 384. |
The marginal propensity to consume is equal to ? |
| A. | Total spending / total consumption |
| B. | Total consumption / total income |
| C. | change in consumption / change in income |
| D. | Change in consumption / change in savings |
| Answer» B. Total consumption / total income | |
| 385. |
The marginal propensity to save (MPS) is ? |
| A. | the average amount of income that is saved |
| B. | the fraction of a change in income that is saved |
| C. | the ratio of saving to income |
| D. | the ratio of income to saving |
| Answer» C. the ratio of saving to income | |
| 386. |
The marginal productivity of labor_________________? |
| A. | concerns wage rates and labor supply |
| B. | is a political as well as economic issue |
| C. | is complicated by overlapping labor markets |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 387. |
The manifest functions of government include________________? |
| A. | the formation of party machines |
| B. | the protection of the interests of the power elite |
| C. | the enlargement of the administrative elite |
| D. | the provision of institutionalized social control |
| Answer» C. the enlargement of the administrative elite | |
| 388. |
The majority of the human population lives in________________? |
| A. | New York |
| B. | Africa |
| C. | Pacific Islands |
| D. | Eurasia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 389. |
The major function of the legislative branch is_______________? |
| A. | to enact legislation |
| B. | ensure that legislation is carried out |
| C. | get around the administration |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. ensure that legislation is carried out | |
| 390. |
The main purpose of a political party in a democracy is to________________? |
| A. | eliminate the opposition |
| B. | gain power |
| C. | eliminate power |
| D. | control the media |
| Answer» C. eliminate power | |
| 391. |
The main problem facing societies with a surplus is_____________________? |
| A. | how to get rid of it |
| B. | what to produce how produce it and for whom to produce it |
| C. | there is no problem it is divided equally |
| D. | how to keep it away from enemies |
| Answer» C. there is no problem it is divided equally | |
| 392. |
The main function of organized labor is to_______________? |
| A. | manage large corporations |
| B. | strike |
| C. | bargain collectively |
| D. | regulate safety |
| Answer» D. regulate safety | |
| 393. |
The low birthrate in the United States is related to_______________? |
| A. | able nutrition |
| B. | increased drug use |
| C. | increase of women in work force |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 394. |
The loss of entire categories of jobs without the creation of new occupations would be_______________? |
| A. | structural mobility of a negative sort |
| B. | horizontal mobility |
| C. | intragenerational mobility |
| D. | status ambiguity |
| Answer» B. horizontal mobility | |
| 395. |
The liquidity trap occurs when the demand for money ? |
| A. | Is perfectly interest elastic |
| B. | Is perfectly interest inelastic |
| C. | Means that an increase in money supply leads to a fall in the interest rate |
| D. | Means that an increases in the money supply leads to an increases in the interest rate |
| Answer» B. Is perfectly interest inelastic | |
| 396. |
The legitimate possession of power is a definition of______________? |
| A. | force |
| B. | the police |
| C. | the state |
| D. | authority |
| Answer» E. | |
| 397. |
The leaders of interest groups tend to be_________________? |
| A. | in accord with the agenda of the rank and file |
| B. | more liberal than the rank and file |
| C. | more conservative than the rank and file |
| D. | unaware of the concerns of the rank and file |
| Answer» C. more conservative than the rank and file | |
| 398. |
The law of diminishing returns assumes ? |
| A. | There are no fixed factors of production |
| B. | There are no variable factors of production |
| C. | Utility is maximised when marginal product falls |
| D. | Some factors of production are fixed |
| Answer» D. Some factors of production are fixed | |
| 399. |
The largest of the world regions containing 44 countries is_____________? |
| A. | Europe |
| B. | Asia |
| C. | North America |
| D. | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Answer» E. | |
| 400. |
The largest number of Latinos come form_______________? |
| A. | Latin American |
| B. | Spain |
| C. | Mexico |
| D. | Puerto Rico |
| Answer» D. Puerto Rico | |