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This section includes 1534 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Sociology Mcqs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 551. |
Diffusion is a _______ way process? |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. three | |
| 552. |
All civilizations are in an endless cycle of three cultural systems this theory was presented by_____________? |
| A. | Oswald Spengler |
| B. | Arnold Toynbee |
| C. | Pitirim Sorokin |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 553. |
Invention can be further divided into material inventions and social inventions democratic government is an example of____________? |
| A. | material invention |
| B. | Social Invention |
| C. | both of these |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. both of these | |
| 554. |
The first stage according to Comte is that of_______________? |
| A. | Guided by supernatural wisdom |
| B. | Stage of disbelief |
| C. | Stage of scientific progress |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Stage of disbelief | |
| 555. |
It is the fourth week of the semester and your class has decided that your sociology instructor Rashid Mukhtar is excellent! Professor Rashid Mukhtar is a disabled middle-aged male. For students in this class Professor Rashid Mukhtars master status is_____________? |
| A. | excellent instructor |
| B. | disabled |
| C. | middle-aged |
| D. | male |
| Answer» B. disabled | |
| 556. |
Which of these is a front region of social life ? |
| A. | a restaurant kitchen |
| B. | a clothing store payment counter |
| C. | a football ground dressing room |
| D. | a nightclub toilet |
| Answer» C. a football ground dressing room | |
| 557. |
Which of the following statements is not correct ? |
| A. | Sociologists use the term negotiated order to underscore the fact that social order is continually being constructed and altered through negotiation |
| B. | Negotiation is a cultural universal |
| C. | Most elements of social structure are not static and are therefore subject to change through bargaining and exchanging (negotiation) |
| D. | Negotiation is a macro-level process that does not usually involve interactions between small groups such as families |
| Answer» E. | |
| 558. |
The price paid for increased mobility includes a decrease in__________? |
| A. | Conformity |
| B. | Loyalty to superior |
| C. | Personal Responsibility |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Loyalty to superior | |
| 559. |
A system of stratification where positions are partly achieved, and mobility is common is one based on_____________? |
| A. | slavery |
| B. | caste |
| C. | class |
| D. | status |
| Answer» D. status | |
| 560. |
Many people sincerely accept their goals and values, but their attitude is not in consistency with the requirements of their goals This hypothesis is called______________? |
| A. | artful presentation of self |
| B. | Differed Gratification pattern |
| C. | The value-Stretch hypothesis |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 561. |
The dual economy mobility aids barriers and occupational structure are_____________? |
| A. | individual factor |
| B. | Structural factor |
| C. | Both a & b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Both a & b | |
| 562. |
Social mobility is______________? |
| A. | from lower to higher |
| B. | In both directions |
| C. | from higher to lower |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. from higher to lower | |
| 563. |
In open class society mobility is_____________? |
| A. | high |
| B. | medium |
| C. | low |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. medium | |
| 564. |
Which of the following is an achieved status ? |
| A. | senior citizen |
| B. | member of the female sex |
| C. | bank robber |
| D. | Native American |
| Answer» D. Native American | |
| 565. |
Which sociologist saw that the “definition of the situation “could mold the thinking and personality of the individual ? |
| A. | Philip Zimbardo |
| B. | Herbert Blumer |
| C. | William I. Thomas |
| D. | Erving Goggman |
| Answer» D. Erving Goggman | |
| 566. |
The term inter-generational mobility refers to______________? |
| A. | movement into a different occupational category over a person’s lifetime |
| B. | movement into different occupational categories between generations |
| C. | movement into a higher occupational category |
| D. | movement into an occupation that generates a lower income |
| Answer» C. movement into a higher occupational category | |
| 567. |
Which of the following is an ascribed status ? |
| A. | daughter |
| B. | long-distance runner |
| C. | doctor |
| D. | each of the above |
| Answer» B. long-distance runner | |
| 568. |
Social mobility may be experienced by_____________? |
| A. | Only by individuals |
| B. | Only groups |
| C. | By individual or by entire group |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 569. |
Rate of mobility in modern societies is determined by (1) structural factor and (2) ? |
| A. | Individual factors |
| B. | Social factors |
| C. | Class factor |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Social factors | |
| 570. |
The societies which strictly follow caste systems the people mostly adopt the occupations of their ancestors and live on the same statuses such society is_____________? |
| A. | Open society |
| B. | Caste society |
| C. | Closed society |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 571. |
Oops! is an example of______________? |
| A. | a response cry |
| B. | netiquette |
| C. | interactional vandalism |
| D. | civil inattention |
| Answer» B. netiquette | |
| 572. |
The act of moving from one social class to another is termed as_____________? |
| A. | Social class |
| B. | social groups |
| C. | social mobility |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 573. |
Selves without bodies don,t make much sense in human terms (Jenkins 1996) What is Jenkins alluding to in this quotation ? |
| A. | the need to bring biological knowledge into sociology |
| B. | the need to theorize the embodiment of the social self |
| C. | the need for sociologists to understand the natural sciences |
| D. | the need for a new science of sociobiology |
| Answer» C. the need for sociologists to understand the natural sciences | |
| 574. |
Which of these is not part of Judith Butlers theory of gender identity ? |
| A. | gender is performative |
| B. | people, s biological sex underpins their gendered identity |
| C. | gender is about what we do not who we are |
| D. | there is no essential or biological basis to gender |
| Answer» C. gender is about what we do not who we are | |
| 575. |
When a subordinate person breaks the tacit rules of everyday interaction this is called what ? |
| A. | a response cries |
| B. | unfocused interaction |
| C. | interactional vandalism |
| D. | impression management |
| Answer» D. impression management | |
| 576. |
Which term describes societies where the family name and the inheritance of property passes down the male line ? |
| A. | matrilineal |
| B. | androlineal |
| C. | homolineal |
| D. | patrilineal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 577. |
The compulsion of proximity describes_______________? |
| A. | wanting to meet face-to-face whenever possible |
| B. | seeking experience of intimacy on the internet |
| C. | travelling to see foreign locations for holidays |
| D. | creating feelings of security in on-line settings |
| Answer» B. seeking experience of intimacy on the internet | |
| 578. |
What is social role ? |
| A. | an achieved occupational status |
| B. | a persons overall social status within their family |
| C. | a social position that becomes a master status for the person occupying it |
| D. | socially defined expectations of people in a given social position |
| Answer» E. | |
| 579. |
What is ethnomethodology ? |
| A. | the study of sociological research methods |
| B. | the study of the methods people uses to make sense of the world |
| C. | the study of language in everyday conversations |
| D. | the use of experiments in sociological research |
| Answer» C. the study of language in everyday conversations | |
| 580. |
A group with which we identify and to which we belong is called a(n) ? |
| A. | in-group |
| B. | reference group |
| C. | secondary group |
| D. | relationship |
| Answer» B. reference group | |
| 581. |
Norbert Elias argued that effective communication systems have an evolutionary survival value How did he illustrate this in humans ? |
| A. | by studying whole body language |
| B. | by studying the face |
| C. | by studying sign language |
| D. | by studying small tribal groups |
| Answer» C. by studying sign language | |
| 582. |
Through association with people who are meaningful to us we achieve a sense of security love acceptance companionship and personal worth This is a(n) ? |
| A. | anticipatory bond |
| B. | expressive tie |
| C. | family tie |
| D. | instrumental bond |
| Answer» C. family tie | |
| 583. |
Which term describes a society in which women can marry more than one husband at a time but men may marry only one wife at a time ? |
| A. | monogamy |
| B. | polygamy |
| C. | polygyny |
| D. | polyandry |
| Answer» D. polyandry | |
| 584. |
According to recent findings from across Europe which of the following statements best characterizes cohabitation ? |
| A. | an experimental stage before marriage |
| B. | a family form only found among st younger people |
| C. | a short-lived experiment from the 1960 s that is now in decline |
| D. | an alternative to traditional marriage |
| Answer» B. a family form only found among st younger people | |
| 585. |
It is difficult to ascertain the true extent of domestic violence because___________? |
| A. | there is a large dark figure of unreported incidents |
| B. | the changing definitions of legal categories have made it harder to convict offenders |
| C. | researchers are not allowed access to official statistics |
| D. | there is no valid or reliable way of researching such a sensitive topic |
| Answer» B. the changing definitions of legal categories have made it harder to convict offenders | |
| 586. |
In West marriage appears to be in decline because________________? |
| A. | the proportion of people living alone has fallen to 29% |
| B. | many people are cohabiting in long term relationships |
| C. | the upward curve of remarriages compensates for the drop in first marriages |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. the upward curve of remarriages compensates for the drop in first marriages | |
| 587. |
The social construction of childhood can be traced back to_____________? |
| A. | the introduction of compulsory education |
| B. | increasingly emotional ties between parents and children |
| C. | new consumer goods for children such as clothes toys and books |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 588. |
The nuclear family means_____________? |
| A. | a group of people sharing living accommodation and meals |
| B. | a network of relatives extended within or between generations |
| C. | the new family created when an adult leaves home and gets married |
| D. | a two-generation unit of parents and their children |
| Answer» E. | |
| 589. |
The application of rules and regulations in an unimaginative and mechanical fashion refers to_____________? |
| A. | the iron law of oligarchy |
| B. | Parkinson’s law |
| C. | the peter principle |
| D. | trained incapacity |
| Answer» E. | |
| 590. |
What is the term for associations that members enter and leave freely ? |
| A. | coercive organizations |
| B. | total institutions |
| C. | utilitarian organizations |
| D. | voluntary organizations |
| Answer» E. | |
| 591. |
Conflict theorists contend that_______________? |
| A. | organizational goals reflect the priorities of those who occupy the top positions |
| B. | bureaucracies are arenas for cooperation in which the dominant social values of justice and equality take precedence |
| C. | factories are organized and operate independently of market pressures |
| D. | bureaucracies result from the centralizing tendencies of socialism and help to redistribute wealth and power |
| Answer» B. bureaucracies are arenas for cooperation in which the dominant social values of justice and equality take precedence | |
| 592. |
The Prisoners Dilemma Game simulates a situation in which_____________? |
| A. | both partners can benefit if each play competitively |
| B. | both partners can benefit if each plays cooperative |
| C. | you are more likely to employ a cooperative strategy if your partner exhibits cooperation early and consistently |
| D. | neither you nor your partner can win |
| Answer» C. you are more likely to employ a cooperative strategy if your partner exhibits cooperation early and consistently | |
| 593. |
Ethnic identity refers to______________? |
| A. | the objective categories of ethnicity used in the census |
| B. | a felt sense of group of group membership on basis of religion language or history |
| C. | the imposition of a racial label on a minority by a powerful majority |
| D. | the fragmented and pluralistic nature of ethnicity |
| Answer» C. the imposition of a racial label on a minority by a powerful majority | |
| 594. |
A large kinship group whose members inhibit one geographical area and believe that they are descendent from a common ancestor is known as a_______________? |
| A. | Clan |
| B. | Tribe |
| C. | Kin group |
| D. | class |
| Answer» D. class | |
| 595. |
Women have been excluded from the public sphere because_____________? |
| A. | industrial capitalism separated the middle-class home from the workplace |
| B. | those who enter paid employments have been sidelined into particular fields |
| C. | it is difficult to succeed in malestream politics without compromising their femininity |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 596. |
The purpose of a reference group is to serve a (n)_________________? |
| A. | normative function by enforcing standards of conduct and belief |
| B. | comparison function by serving as a standard against which people can measure themselves and others |
| C. | elimination function by dissolving groups that no longer have a social purpose |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 597. |
In larger groups each person has_____________? |
| A. | less time to speak |
| B. | more points of view to absorb |
| C. | a more elaborate structure within which to function |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 598. |
Which term describes families in which at least one adult has children from a previous marriage or relationship ? |
| A. | beanpole families |
| B. | cohabiting families |
| C. | reconstituted families |
| D. | horizontal families |
| Answer» D. horizontal families | |
| 599. |
In modern society people belong to so many groups that a number of their in-group and out-group relationships overlap It has given the members of society a wide spectrum of___________? |
| A. | behavior learning |
| B. | socialization |
| C. | both a & b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. socialization | |
| 600. |
Social distance is measured either by direct observation of people interacting or by____________? |
| A. | Interviews |
| B. | Questionnaire |
| C. | Case studies |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |