Choose the best answer for each multiple choice question. Usually, multiple choice questions include two or more answers that might appear to be correct but there is always one best answer.
1. Weber identified social class by three of the following elements:
a. occupation, income, education
b. property, power, prestige
c. ownership of production, profit, competition
d. none of these
2. Income inequality is the greatest between:
a. celebrities and consumers of mass media
b. capitalists and wage earners
c. chief executive officers of the nation's largest corporations and U.S. workers
d. politicians and voters
3. According to Domhoff, the U.S. government does not make any decisions without first consulting this group:
a. power elite
b. voters
c. public sociologists
d. political scientists
4. Occupations sharing high occupational prestige include the following features:
a. ability to follow rules and respect hierarchy
b. danger and stress on the job
c. verbal and written communication skills
d. abstract thought and autonomy
5. College professors experience
a. status inconsistency
b. social mobility
c. class consciousness
d. anomie
6. The capitalist class consists of:
a. owners of means of production and wage earners
b. capitalists and petty bourgeoisie
c. blue bloods and nouveau riche
d. highly educated and powerful
7. The upper middle class is shaped by:
a. wealth
b. education
c. power
d. prestige
8. The working class is characterized by:
a. unskilled blue and white collar workers
b. working poor
c. powerless
d. none of these
9. The working poor class is characterized by:
a. Temporary, seasonal, and low pay jobs
b. homeless
c. underclass
d. college students
10. The underclass is characterized by:
a. college students
b. power elite
c. blue bloods
d. persisting poverty
11. The United States is characterized by:
a. intergenerational mobility
b. exchange mobility
c. structural mobility
d. poverty
12. John experienced downward mobility when he lost his construction job during the Great Recession. This is an example of:
a. intergenerational mobility
b. structural mobility
c. exchange mobility
d. status inconsistency
13. How is the poverty line measured?
a. Relative incomes based on social class
b. Unemployment rates
c. Incomes that are less than three times a low-cost food budget
d. Relative wealth
14. Which of the following groups has the highest poverty rates?
a. males
b. children
c. elderly
d. whites
15. The idea that parents pass on characteristics related to poverty and this perpetuates poverty from generation to generation is referred to as:
a. culture of poverty
b. deferred gratification
c. structural poverty
d. life chances
Critical Thinking Question
Why are people poor?
Answer
Read the section in Chapter 8 titled: "Why Are People Poor?"
Answers: 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. A
a. occupation, income, education
b. property, power, prestige
c. ownership of production, profit, competition
d. none of these
2. Income inequality is the greatest between:
a. celebrities and consumers of mass media
b. capitalists and wage earners
c. chief executive officers of the nation's largest corporations and U.S. workers
d. politicians and voters
3. According to Domhoff, the U.S. government does not make any decisions without first consulting this group:
a. power elite
b. voters
c. public sociologists
d. political scientists
4. Occupations sharing high occupational prestige include the following features:
a. ability to follow rules and respect hierarchy
b. danger and stress on the job
c. verbal and written communication skills
d. abstract thought and autonomy
5. College professors experience
a. status inconsistency
b. social mobility
c. class consciousness
d. anomie
6. The capitalist class consists of:
a. owners of means of production and wage earners
b. capitalists and petty bourgeoisie
c. blue bloods and nouveau riche
d. highly educated and powerful
7. The upper middle class is shaped by:
a. wealth
b. education
c. power
d. prestige
8. The working class is characterized by:
a. unskilled blue and white collar workers
b. working poor
c. powerless
d. none of these
9. The working poor class is characterized by:
a. Temporary, seasonal, and low pay jobs
b. homeless
c. underclass
d. college students
10. The underclass is characterized by:
a. college students
b. power elite
c. blue bloods
d. persisting poverty
11. The United States is characterized by:
a. intergenerational mobility
b. exchange mobility
c. structural mobility
d. poverty
12. John experienced downward mobility when he lost his construction job during the Great Recession. This is an example of:
a. intergenerational mobility
b. structural mobility
c. exchange mobility
d. status inconsistency
13. How is the poverty line measured?
a. Relative incomes based on social class
b. Unemployment rates
c. Incomes that are less than three times a low-cost food budget
d. Relative wealth
14. Which of the following groups has the highest poverty rates?
a. males
b. children
c. elderly
d. whites
15. The idea that parents pass on characteristics related to poverty and this perpetuates poverty from generation to generation is referred to as:
a. culture of poverty
b. deferred gratification
c. structural poverty
d. life chances
Critical Thinking Question
Why are people poor?
Answer
Read the section in Chapter 8 titled: "Why Are People Poor?"
Answers: 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. A
Scoring Guide:
15-14: Excellent
13-12: Very Good
11: You need more practice
10 and below: You need to re-read the text more carefully.
15-14: Excellent
13-12: Very Good
11: You need more practice
10 and below: You need to re-read the text more carefully.