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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.
| 1301. |
Sociology is well-equipped to uncover the truth about social problems because of______________? |
| A. | its reliance on surveys |
| B. | its theoretical grounding |
| C. | its emphasis on careful reliable empirical research |
| D. | its desire to solve problems |
| E. | its reliance on government funding |
| Answer» D. its desire to solve problems | |
| 1302. |
Which sociological theory emphasizes the meanings that people attach to various aspects of reality ? |
| A. | Symbolic Interactionism |
| B. | Feminism |
| C. | Conflict |
| D. | Radical |
| E. | Structural Functionalism |
| Answer» B. Feminism | |
| 1303. |
Conflict theory is heavily indebted to the work of_____________? |
| A. | Abell |
| B. | Mead |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | Pareto |
| E. | Parsons |
| Answer» D. Pareto | |
| 1304. |
Conflict and feminist theories both focus on______________? |
| A. | consensus |
| B. | subjective meanings |
| C. | manifest functions |
| D. | negotiated social orders |
| E. | structured social inequality |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1305. |
In modern societies members perform different tasks and are highly interdependent this kind of solidarity is called______________? |
| A. | Organic solidarity |
| B. | Mechanical solidarity |
| C. | Interdependence solidarity |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Mechanical solidarity | |
| 1306. |
The fourth major perspective in sociology is ___________________________ theory. |
| A. | political economy |
| B. | symbolic interactionist |
| C. | conflict |
| D. | feminist |
| E. | functionalist |
| Answer» E. functionalist | |
| 1307. |
Karl Marx,s view of the struggle between social classes inspired the contemporary_____________? |
| A. | functionalist perspective |
| B. | conflict perspective |
| C. | interactionist perspective |
| D. | dramaturgical approach |
| Answer» C. interactionist perspective | |
| 1308. |
Erving Goffman made a distinctive contribution to sociology by popularizing a particular type of interactionist method known as____________? |
| A. | macrosociology |
| B. | the dramaturgical approach |
| C. | Verstehen |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Verstehen | |
| 1309. |
A moral panic occurs when_______________? |
| A. | the media exaggerate reports of deviant groups generating hostile reactions |
| B. | children watch violent or sexually explicit films and then copy the behavior |
| C. | audiences challenge the ethnic stereotypes represented by the media |
| D. | elitists express concern with the Americanization of culture |
| Answer» B. children watch violent or sexually explicit films and then copy the behavior | |
| 1310. |
Which one of the following statements in not a key charge of postcolonial critiques against mainstream sociology ? |
| A. | standard accounts of the origins of sociology focus on the industrial and French revolutions giving no weight to the significance of colonialism in sh |
| B. | the sociological gaze is Eurocentric failing to incorporate the experience of formerly colonized societies |
| C. | sociology has described Western societies as developed or modem in opposition to the notion of non-Western societies as pre-modern traditional inferio |
| D. | the sociological imagination has always encouraged and enabled the voices of people across the world to be heard in sociological theorizing |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1311. |
The conflict perspective would note that____________? |
| A. | Physicians serve as gatekeepers for the sick role either verifying a patient’s condition as illness or designating the patient as recovered. |
| B. | Patients play an active role in health care by failing to follow a physician’s advice |
| C. | Multinational corporations based in industrialized countries have reaped significant profits dumping unapproved drugs on unsuspecting Third World coun |
| D. | The designation healthy or ill generally involves social definition by others |
| Answer» D. The designation healthy or ill generally involves social definition by others | |
| 1312. |
The writings of Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim are examples of___________? |
| A. | cyclical theory |
| B. | unilinear theory |
| C. | multilinear theory |
| D. | conflict theory |
| Answer» C. multilinear theory | |
| 1313. |
Comte,s term positivism refers to_____________? |
| A. | a theory that emphasizes the positive aspects of society |
| B. | the precise scientific study of observable phenomena |
| C. | a theory that posits difficult s and sets out to answer them |
| D. | an unscientific set of laws about social progress |
| Answer» C. a theory that posits difficult s and sets out to answer them | |
| 1314. |
The model minority stereotype of Asian Americans contains an implicit critique of Blacks Hispanics and others for failing to succeed as well as the model minority has Which sociological perspective would view this as yet another instance of blaming the victim ? |
| A. | functionalist perspective |
| B. | conflict perspective |
| C. | interactionist perspective |
| D. | dramaturgical approach |
| Answer» C. interactionist perspective | |
| 1315. |
The birthplace of sociology is generally considered to be_______________? |
| A. | the United States |
| B. | Canada |
| C. | Europe |
| D. | Australia |
| Answer» D. Australia | |
| 1316. |
Which sociological perspective views race from the macro level and sees the economic structure as a central factor in the exploitation of minority groups ? |
| A. | functionalist perspective |
| B. | conflict perspective |
| C. | interactionist perspective |
| D. | labelling theory |
| Answer» C. interactionist perspective | |
| 1317. |
social aggregations that emerge from the (Inter)Net when enough people carry on…. public discussions long enough with sufficient human feeling to form webs of personal relationships What is Rheingold (2000) describing here ? |
| A. | cyberspace |
| B. | the worldwide web |
| C. | virtual communities |
| D. | chatrooms |
| Answer» D. chatrooms | |
| 1318. |
The acceptance of preventive medicine is an example of the process that Parsons called______________? |
| A. | differentiation |
| B. | value generalization |
| C. | inclusion |
| D. | adaptive upgrading |
| Answer» C. inclusion | |
| 1319. |
which of these concepts is addressed in Foucault’s work ? |
| A. | sexuality |
| B. | discipline |
| C. | discourse |
| D. | all of the these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1320. |
Feminist perspectives are distinctive in sociology because______________? |
| A. | only women can write from a feminist perspective |
| B. | other theoretical perspectives have not researched women |
| C. | they emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis |
| D. | men and women view the and world in different ways |
| Answer» D. men and women view the and world in different ways | |
| 1321. |
According to Weber rationalization meant that_______________? |
| A. | there are no absolutes concerning social life |
| B. | all though would eventually lead to justifying human action |
| C. | early philosophers were too concerned with creating a utopian society |
| D. | sociologists should be primarily concerned with solving problems |
| E. | humans would eventually seek out the most efficient means to accomplish a particular task |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1322. |
Which of the following is not an example of a manufactured risk ? |
| A. | genetic modification of crops |
| B. | volcanic eruptions |
| C. | global warming |
| D. | the threat of nuclear war |
| Answer» C. global warming | |
| 1323. |
What sociologist was responsible for developing the concept of anomie ? |
| A. | Comte |
| B. | Rousseau |
| C. | Mead |
| D. | Locke |
| E. | Durkheim |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1324. |
The rise of globalization was greatly facilitated by_____________? |
| A. | wealthy aristocrats |
| B. | sixteenth-century population growth |
| C. | industrialization |
| D. | developments in transportation and communication |
| E. | international migration |
| Answer» E. international migration | |
| 1325. |
The effect of the Internet upon the public sphere has been to_____________? |
| A. | repress it by promoting only the interests of elite groups |
| B. | revive it by reaffirming a commitment of freedom of speech |
| C. | reproduce it by emphasizing face-to-face contact with peer groups |
| D. | replace it with a superior form of communication |
| Answer» C. reproduce it by emphasizing face-to-face contact with peer groups | |
| 1326. |
A decline in which of the following does Putnam link to the spread of television ? |
| A. | rational though |
| B. | social capital |
| C. | cultural capital |
| D. | political awareness |
| Answer» C. cultural capital | |
| 1327. |
Nineteenth-century theories of social change reflect the pioneering work in biological evolution done by____________? |
| A. | Albert Einstein |
| B. | Charles Darwin |
| C. | Harriet Martineau |
| D. | Benjamin Franklin |
| Answer» C. Harriet Martineau | |
| 1328. |
Which term was used by Talcott Parsons in asserting that society tends toward a state of stability or balance ? |
| A. | charisma |
| B. | magnetism |
| C. | equilibrium |
| D. | status quo |
| Answer» D. status quo | |
| 1329. |
Sreberny-Mohammadi (1996) argues that national cultures can resist American cultural domination of the media by_____________? |
| A. | domesticating its content including more home-produced programmes |
| B. | controlling the distribution of imported products by banning satellite dishes |
| C. | creating reverse flows of their own programmes back to imperial societies |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1330. |
The global dominance of American film exports raises s about_____________? |
| A. | cultural imperialism |
| B. | rise of digital media |
| C. | virtual communities |
| D. | the US is not the largest global exporter of films |
| Answer» B. rise of digital media | |
| 1331. |
What term is used to describe the phenomenon whereby newspapers can be read online radio stations accessed on digital televisions and mobile phones enable internet access ? |
| A. | mediatization |
| B. | convergence |
| C. | globalization |
| D. | cloud computing |
| Answer» C. globalization | |
| 1332. |
Who famously stated the medium is the message_______________? |
| A. | Manuel Castells |
| B. | Marshall McLuhan |
| C. | Howard Rheingold |
| D. | Karl Marx |
| Answer» C. Howard Rheingold | |
| 1333. |
Noam Chomsky,s work is an example of which theoretical approach to the media ? |
| A. | functionalism |
| B. | symbolic interactionism |
| C. | postmodernism |
| D. | political economy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1334. |
Place the three largest producers of films globally in order______________? |
| A. | USA India Nigeria |
| B. | India USA Nigeria |
| C. | India China USA |
| D. | India Nigeria USA |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1335. |
The division of labor among physicians into obstetricians’ internists surgeons and so forth is an example of the process that Talcott Parsons called_______________? |
| A. | differentiation |
| B. | value generalization |
| C. | inclusion |
| D. | adaptive upgrading |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1336. |
Walt Disney Sony and Time Warner are examples of________________? |
| A. | transnational corporations |
| B. | multi-media empires |
| C. | ownership concentrated within one medium |
| D. | government-owned companies |
| Answer» B. multi-media empires | |
| 1337. |
According to Marshall McLuhan which of the following is being created by the electronic media ? |
| A. | global village |
| B. | global network |
| C. | global flows |
| D. | global cities |
| Answer» B. global network | |
| 1338. |
When was the World Wide Web invented at a Swiss physics laboratory ? |
| A. | 1980 |
| B. | 1985 |
| C. | 1990 |
| D. | 1995 |
| Answer» D. 1995 | |
| 1339. |
Put these stages in the evolution of citizenship in chronological order _____________? |
| A. | civil rights political citizenship social citizenship environmental citizenship |
| B. | social citizenship political citizenship environmental citizenship civil rights |
| C. | political citizenship social citizenship environmental citizenship civil rights |
| D. | civil rights environmental citizenship social citizenship political citizenship |
| Answer» B. social citizenship political citizenship environmental citizenship civil rights | |
| 1340. |
According to Jean Baudrillard What is hyper reality ? |
| A. | modern theme parks such as Disneyland |
| B. | the merging of reality and media representations |
| C. | the virtual world made possible by the Internet |
| D. | people, s affinity with soap characters rather than real people |
| Answer» C. the virtual world made possible by the Internet | |
| 1341. |
Which of these distinguishes modern nation-sates from traditional civilizations ? |
| A. | a national identity with an associated set of symbols and beliefs |
| B. | governmental authority over a clearly demarcated territory |
| C. | the granting of citizenship rights to the relevant population |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1342. |
Which of these is not an example of social exclusion ? |
| A. | tax avoidance |
| B. | gated communities |
| C. | homelessness |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1343. |
Which of these constitute the three worlds of welfare-capitalism ? |
| A. | social democratic socialist communist |
| B. | social democratic corporatist liberal |
| C. | social democratic Christian-democratic nationalist |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. social democratic Christian-democratic nationalist | |
| 1344. |
Which of these is not a critique of attempts to measure relative deprivation ? |
| A. | the personal experience of poverty is not the concern of sociologists |
| B. | there is an arbitrary nature to how items are selected for a deprivation index |
| C. | it may be choice not poverty that means some people do not qualify for some of the items on a deprivation index |
| D. | the subjective nature of such indices means it is difficult to make comparisons between different studies and time periods |
| Answer» B. there is an arbitrary nature to how items are selected for a deprivation index | |
| 1345. |
In order to genuinely reflect a broad range of the population a survey must be based on precise___________? |
| A. | representative sampling |
| B. | experiments |
| C. | surveys |
| D. | hypotheses |
| Answer» B. experiments | |
| 1346. |
Formulating the hypothesis is the _____________ step in the scientific method? |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» D. fourth | |
| 1347. |
A close connection between religion and economic forces has been presented by____________? |
| A. | Max Weber |
| B. | Karl Max |
| C. | Emile Durkheim |
| D. | C-Wright Mills |
| Answer» D. C-Wright Mills | |
| 1348. |
Children living in poverty tend to be more likely______________? |
| A. | to be killed in road accident |
| B. | to have a diet consisting primarily of vegetables |
| C. | to live in male-headed households |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. to have a diet consisting primarily of vegetables | |
| 1349. |
Ibne Khaldun in his theories is near to______________? |
| A. | Kurkheim |
| B. | Comte |
| C. | Marx |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» D. All of above | |
| 1350. |
The right to govern in England flows through the legislature to_____________? |
| A. | The prime minister |
| B. | The cabinet |
| C. | The court of law |
| D. | None of them |
| Answer» C. The court of law | |