ISS 215- SDI FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | UPDATED | 2024 VERSION| BRAND NEW’’
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ISS 215- SDI FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | UPDATED | 2024 VERSION| BRAND NEW’’
Which nations tend to have very high fertility? - poor nations
Which of the following countries has the lowest life expectancy? - Sierra Leone
In which country do you find very high GNI...
ISS 215- SDI FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | UPDATED | 2024
VERSION| BRAND NEW’’
Which nations tend to have very high fertility? - poor nations
Which of the following countries has the lowest life expectancy? - Sierra Leone
In which country do you find very high GNI PPP? - Qatar
Which of the following countries tends to have the highest percentage of married
women using modern methods of contraception? - China
Which nations tend to have very high infant mortality rates? - Under developed nations
The author suggests that description, explanation, and prescription are three levels of
analysis of inequality. Social scientists believe that there are economic, political, cultural
and religious reasons for this disparity. What level of knowledge is reflected in this
statement? - Explanation
Which one of the following discussed by the author under Sociological Mode? - Going
beyond the obvious, Using the tools of Sociology, and Seeing probabilities, not
certainties
What is the relationship between the mode of production and social structure? -
Change in mode of productions leads to a change in social structure, change in social
structure leads to change in the mode of production
According to Max Weber, which one of the following statements best describes the
relationship between status and economic class? - Sometimes status depends on
economic class and sometimes it is independent of economic class
According to our in-class discussion, which country benefitted the most from World War
II? - USA
According to the author and our in-class discussion, prior to 1980s US economy was
predominantly? - Manufacturing economy
According to the author, where do most Americans put themselves in the US class
Structure? - Middle Class
, According to the author, which one of the following is the major change in the US
economy in the last three decades? - Globalization of production and distribution
In our discussion on social mobility, we discussed a number of reasons for individual
mobility. Which of the following is one of them? - Education
According to the author, in which of the following countries, caste and its different
versions influence social-mobility? - India, South Africa, Japan
In our discussion on social mobility, we used a story of a senior citizen who suddenly
became very rich. How? - He won multi-million dollar jack pot in Las Vegas
Women face inequality in most societies around the globe. Which one of the following
strategies may help them gain relative equality? - Access to and possession of valuable
things
In our class, which one of the following was used as an example of a man-made social
difference - religion
In our class, we used a story of two teenagers from two different castes were hung by
their own parents. Why? - They fell in love
Which one of the following is one of the social implications of the caste system of India
for untouchables? - untouchables have high infant mortality rates
In your assignment, you found a number of nations in Europe that have a very low
fertility leading to a negative growth of populations. According to the functional
perspective, it is not good. Why not? - In the long run, such societies may disappear
A large number of untouchables in India changes their religion and became Christians.
How did this conversation influence their status in India? - They were still considered
inferior in India
Davis and Moore believed that social inequality was good for society. Which one of the
following reasons was given by them to justify their point of view? - Social Inequality
encourages creativity, innovations, and inventions
What is the point of view of functional perspective on population? - Increasing
population is good for a society
What would be the point of view of Functional Perspective on terrorists? - Even though
terrorists are horrible people, they are still functional
Rise and fall of civilizations were used in our class to illustrate which concept? - Society
is a living organism
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