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This section includes 1337 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Economics Mcqs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
The popularity of spaghetti in the United States resulted from_______________? |
| A. | the discovery of noodles |
| B. | the invention of pasta machines |
| C. | diffusion |
| D. | an innovation in agriculture |
| Answer» D. an innovation in agriculture | |
| 102. |
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 | |
| 103. |
A crisis of legitimacy indicates that_______________? |
| A. | the social order requires piecemeal reform |
| B. | general apathy has overtaken the public |
| C. | the public perceives that legitimate government has failed |
| D. | better government propaganda is in order |
| Answer» D. better government propaganda is in order | |
| 104. |
Ideologies_______________? |
| A. | underlie all social movements |
| B. | do not underlie all political movements |
| C. | underlie only political movements |
| D. | underlie only revolutionary movements |
| Answer» B. do not underlie all political movements | |
| 105. |
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 | |
| 106. |
A nationalistic revolution occurred in the________________? |
| A. | communist takeover of China in 1949 |
| B. | Cuban revolution of 1959 |
| C. | American Revolution |
| D. | French Revolution |
| Answer» D. French Revolution | |
| 107. |
Which is NOT an element of a social movement ? |
| A. | It has a specific perspective and ideology |
| B. | It involves no orientation toward action |
| C. | it has a strong sense of idealism and solidarity |
| D. | It involves a significant number of people |
| Answer» C. it has a strong sense of idealism and solidarity | |
| 108. |
Social movements are forms of collective behavior that have____________________? |
| A. | no specific ideology |
| B. | a sense of solidarity |
| C. | an insignificant number of persons involved |
| D. | no particular program of action |
| Answer» C. an insignificant number of persons involved | |
| 109. |
Social movements tend to______________? |
| A. | resist change |
| B. | encourage change |
| C. | redirect change |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 110. |
Telling people that using a certain toothpaste will make them sexually appealing is an example of___________? |
| A. | truth in advertising |
| B. | propaganda |
| C. | censorship |
| D. | practical use of scientific research |
| Answer» C. censorship | |
| 111. |
The basic assertion of ageism is that________________? |
| A. | the young are superior to the old |
| B. | the old are superior to the young |
| C. | there is a smooth transfer of roles between the old and the young |
| D. | work is best left to those who can do it |
| Answer» B. the old are superior to the young | |
| 112. |
Collective behavior is________________? |
| A. | nonroutine |
| B. | alienating |
| C. | convergent |
| D. | emergent |
| Answer» B. alienating | |
| 113. |
Retirements negative effects are felt most strongly by_____________? |
| A. | upper-class men and service workers |
| B. | women in general and lower-class workers |
| C. | middle-class men and lower-class women |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 114. |
Which is NOT a theory of socialization into gender roles ? |
| A. | social learning theory |
| B. | cognitive development theory |
| C. | string theory |
| D. | identification theory |
| Answer» D. identification theory | |
| 115. |
The view that the elderly lack social and material resources to reciprocate in relationships and consequently occupy a subservient status is the point of______________? |
| A. | activity theory |
| B. | disengagement theory |
| C. | exchange theory |
| D. | modernization theory |
| Answer» D. modernization theory | |
| 116. |
The differences in behavior between men and women______________? |
| A. | are due strictly to biology |
| B. | are due strictly to culture |
| C. | are due both to biology and culture |
| D. | are the product of totalitarian governments? |
| Answer» D. are the product of totalitarian governments? | |
| 117. |
The elderly are a minority because them________________? |
| A. | are a small percentage of the population? |
| B. | are physically weak |
| C. | lack power |
| D. | cannot defend themselves |
| Answer» D. cannot defend themselves | |
| 118. |
Persons set apart for differential treatment include________________? |
| A. | those affected by physical and mental disabilities |
| B. | the rich and famous |
| C. | homosexuals |
| D. | BOTH the disabled and those with same-sex preferences |
| Answer» E. | |
| 119. |
Males______________? |
| A. | have a lower birthrate than females |
| B. | live longer than females |
| C. | are more prone to aggressiveness than females |
| D. | are less likely to die violently |
| Answer» D. are less likely to die violently | |
| 120. |
A study of male identical twins one of whom had been castrated by accident during circumcision and treated as a little girl until puberty showed that_______________? |
| A. | the castrated male still acted like a tomboy |
| B. | the intact twin gradually became more “feminine” |
| C. | the castrated twin was tidier than his brother but never played with dolls |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» B. the intact twin gradually became more “feminine” | |
| 121. |
Minorities have reacted to domination by developing goals that may be called_________________? |
| A. | pluralistic |
| B. | assimilationist |
| C. | secessionist |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 122. |
Minority groups______________? |
| A. | constitute a subculture within the larger culture |
| B. | tend to show solidarity to each other |
| C. | exhibit clannish behavior |
| D. | practice cultural relativity |
| Answer» B. tend to show solidarity to each other | |
| 123. |
Structured inequality of gender roles_____________? |
| A. | has been with humans from the dawn of culture |
| B. | began with hunting and gathering societies |
| C. | has its origins in agricultural communities? |
| D. | is peculiar to industrial societies |
| Answer» D. is peculiar to industrial societies | |
| 124. |
Latino neighborhoods have prospered because________________? |
| A. | Latinos have a strong sense of community |
| B. | they are well organized politically |
| C. | they try to use English instead of their native Spanish |
| D. | they have a common culture |
| Answer» B. they are well organized politically | |
| 125. |
The difference in attitudes of whites and African Americans is related to_______________? |
| A. | age |
| B. | social status |
| C. | social class |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. social status | |
| 126. |
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. | |
| 127. |
Maintaining a group’s distinctive customs and identity is called______________? |
| A. | cultural decline |
| B. | cultural pluralism |
| C. | cultural complex |
| D. | cultural trait |
| Answer» C. cultural complex | |
| 128. |
Human races reflect_______________? |
| A. | pure stock |
| B. | differences in intelligence |
| C. | primarily differences in language |
| D. | mixtures of several populations |
| Answer» E. | |
| 129. |
Subdued religious rituals which appeal to upper-middle -class Protestants are the hallmark of which of the following denominations ? |
| A. | Episcopalians |
| B. | Presbyterians |
| C. | Congregationalists |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 130. |
The smallest percentage of the poor consists of_______________? |
| A. | the elderly |
| B. | women |
| C. | minorities |
| D. | children |
| Answer» B. women | |
| 131. |
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 | |
| 132. |
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 | |
| 133. |
Societies with landed gentry and inherited titles resemble_________________? |
| A. | caste systems |
| B. | estate systems |
| C. | class systems |
| D. | status systems |
| Answer» C. class systems | |
| 134. |
Power is exercised in________________? |
| A. | complex industrial societies |
| B. | simple farming societies |
| C. | hunting and gathering societies |
| D. | all social systems |
| Answer» E. | |
| 135. |
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 | |
| 136. |
Structural functionalism is the intellectual descendent of________________? |
| A. | Marxism |
| B. | Social Darwinism |
| C. | Classical liberalism |
| D. | Classical conservatism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 137. |
There is inequality among the Siriono of Bolivia in that_________________? |
| A. | the families of the best hunters are permitted to hoard food |
| B. | the elder females make all the group,s rules |
| C. | there is a priestly caste |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 138. |
Status inconsistency is defined as_________________? |
| A. | the condition of persons who are ranked higher in one variable of status than another |
| B. | the order of importance given to status variables |
| C. | the mechanism high status persons use to protect themselves from competition |
| D. | the least important dimension of stratification |
| Answer» B. the order of importance given to status variables | |
| 139. |
What kind of labor does the craft method require ? |
| A. | Untrained and unskilled |
| B. | High-cost, highly skilled |
| C. | Lean skilled and motivated |
| D. | Untrained and unmotivated |
| Answer» C. Lean skilled and motivated | |
| 140. |
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 | |
| 141. |
The overall poverty rate is highest among______________? |
| A. | women |
| B. | children under 6 |
| C. | the elderly |
| D. | black males |
| Answer» C. the elderly | |
| 142. |
The participants in a market include_____________? |
| A. | households |
| B. | firms |
| C. | governments |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 143. |
Taxes may be considered_____________? |
| A. | additions to the circular flow |
| B. | withdrawals from the economic flow |
| C. | injections into the economic flow |
| D. | as not affecting the economic flow |
| Answer» E. | |
| 144. |
The cottage or putting-out system refers to_________________? |
| A. | the housing given factory workers |
| B. | The fact that in early industrialization work was done in the home |
| C. | a type of architecture popular in Britain |
| D. | The way young people were put out to go work in factories |
| Answer» C. a type of architecture popular in Britain | |
| 145. |
Political science has taken a turn toward the social sciences in its studies of__________________? |
| A. | law and administration |
| B. | the moral effects of government policies |
| C. | work as a source of identity |
| D. | the social impact of government on groups and individuals |
| Answer» E. | |
| 146. |
What percent of total work hours must be used to fix errors that occur on the assembly line in mass-production plants ? |
| A. | 50% |
| B. | 25% |
| C. | 35% |
| D. | 40% |
| Answer» C. 35% | |
| 147. |
The pivotal institution of government_________________? |
| A. | exists in every nation |
| B. | is lacking in Third-World nations |
| C. | is represented by the U.N on a global level |
| D. | exists only theoretically or in a rudimentary form on the international level |
| Answer» E. | |
| 148. |
Property is defined in terms of rights of_________________? |
| A. | Ownership |
| B. | consumption |
| C. | distribution |
| D. | production |
| Answer» B. consumption | |
| 149. |
Economists chart the limits of resources and technology on output through_____________________? |
| A. | production-possibility schedules |
| B. | product-moment correlations |
| C. | Venn diagrams |
| D. | welfare functions |
| Answer» B. product-moment correlations | |
| 150. |
The practice of U.S corporations’ moving’s their production facilities abroad is called________________? |
| A. | multinationalism |
| B. | insourcing |
| C. | diversification |
| D. | Oligopoly |
| Answer» B. insourcing | |