SOC 100 FINAL EXAM PART 2

15 Jul SOC 100 FINAL EXAM PART 2

Question 1

According to Domhoff, the _____ is made up of individuals who are linked to the social upper class, the corporate community, and the policy-formation organizations that influence government policy.

[removed]		executive branch
[removed]		power elite
[removed]		dominant class
[removed]		bourgeoisie

Question 2

Which of the following would be considered a political right?

[removed]		The right to vote after being convicted of a felony
[removed]		The right to Social Security
[removed]		The right to freedom from racial discrimination
[removed]		The right to practice one’s religion without persecution

Question 3

The codified rules of behavior established by a government and backed by the threat of force are known as:

[removed]		Ritual
[removed]		Statutes
[removed]		Legal norms
[removed]		Law

Question 4

A single people or nation governed by a political authority or state is commonly referred to as:

[removed]		Nation-state
[removed]		Country
[removed]		State
[removed]		Society

Question 5

Economically productive activities that do not result directly in a physical product are known as:

[removed]		Goods
[removed]		Products
[removed]		Services
[removed]		Amenities

Question 6

Karl Marx introduced the idea of a _____, a pool of job-seekers whose numbers outpace the available positions and who contribute to keeping wages low and conditions of work tenuous.

[removed]		pool of unemployment
[removed]		unemployed labor pool
[removed]		reserve army of labor
[removed]		labor army reserve

Question 7

The replacement of human labor by machines in the process of manufacturing is known as:

[removed]		Robotics
[removed]		Mechanization
[removed]		Mechanical production
[removed]		Automation

Question 8

Highly educated professionals who engage in mental labor and the manipulation of symbols are also known as:

[removed]		Symbolic interactionists
[removed]		Computer programmers
[removed]		Symbolic analysts
[removed]		Knowledge laborers

Question 9

Which of the following is the number one cause of premature death in the United States?

[removed]		Obesity
[removed]		Homicide
[removed]		Tobacco
[removed]		AIDS

Question 10

An institutionalized system for the scientific diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness is known as:

[removed]		Health
[removed]		Healthcare
[removed]		Medicine
[removed]		Public medicine

Question 11

What is the definition of morbidity?

[removed]		The rate of death
[removed]		The rate of illness
[removed]		The rate of incidence of physical ailments
[removed]		The number of people who seek medicial attention in a given period of time

Question 12

Which of the following food categories receives the most federal subsidies?

[removed]		Fruits and vegetables
[removed]		Meats and dairy
[removed]		Sugar
[removed]		Alcohol

Question 13

The phenomenon of war boosting economic productivity and employment is referred to as:

[removed]		War economy
[removed]		War machine
[removed]		Military industrial complex
[removed]		War industrial economy

Question 14

Violence that is intentionally dramatic and enacted for the purpose of attracting attention and publicity and spreading fear is known as:

[removed]		Dramaturgical violence
[removed]		Histrionic violence
[removed]		Dramatical violence
[removed]		Performative violence

Question 15

Of the 2.5 million young enlisted U.S. men served in Vietnam, about what percentage were from working-class and poor backgrounds?

[removed]		35
[removed]		66
[removed]		74
[removed]		80

Question 16

The U.S.-Afghanistan conflict is an example of:

[removed]		Asymmetrical guerilla warfare
[removed]		Large-scale combat
[removed]		Genocidal conflict
[removed]		Preemptive war of aggression

Question 17

The science of population size, distribution, and composition is defined as:

[removed]		Ethnography
[removed]		Population studies
[removed]		Demography
[removed]		Demographics

Question 18

Which of the following is a characteristic of a second demographic transition?

[removed]		Decreased rates of divorce
[removed]		A rise of non-marital births as a proportion of all births
[removed]		A rise in the rate of natural increase (RNI)
[removed]		Larger family sizes

Question 19

Which is the preferred measure for demographers to estimate future fertility?

[removed]		Crude birth rates
[removed]		Age-specific fertility rates
[removed]		Age-specific live births
[removed]		Crude death rates

Question 20

What total fertility rate represents replacement rate fertility (in which each parent is able to replace himself or herself)?

[removed]		2.1
[removed]		2.5
[removed]		2.0
[removed]		1.9

Question 21

Temporary gatherings of closely interacting people with a common focus are known as:

[removed]		Crowds
[removed]		Riots
[removed]		Masses
[removed]		Contagions

Question 22

The development of increasing societal complexity through the creation of specialized social roles and institutions is referred to as:

[removed]		Differentiation
[removed]		Specialization
[removed]		Interdependence
[removed]		Division of labor

Question 23

Dominant ideas that lead people to consent to their own domination are known as:

[removed]		Ideologies
[removed]		Hegemonies
[removed]		Dogmas
[removed]		Ideological subjugations

Question 24

Which of the following theorists highlighted the importance of ideas in maintaining order and oppression in society?

[removed]		Karl Marx
[removed]		Max Weber
[removed]		Antonio Gramsci
[removed]		Pierre Bourdieu

Question 25

According to Antonio Gramsci, _____ intellectuals are those who emerge from oppressed groups and create counterhegemonies that challenge dominant and dominating ideas.

[removed]		traditional
[removed]		organic
[removed]		mechanical
[removed]		Marxist