Introductory to Sociology CLEP Practice Questions
Which of the following are always members of a person's family of orientation? ️️parent(s)
A family unit that is composed of relatives in addition to parents and children who live in the same
household is ️️an extended family.
The co...
Which of the following are always members of a person's family of orientation? ✔️✔️parent(s)
A family unit that is composed of relatives in addition to parents and children who live in the same
household is ✔️✔️an extended family.
The concurrent marriage of a person of one sex (male or female) with two or more members of the
opposite sex (male or female) is known as ✔️✔️polygamy
The practice of marrying within one's own social group or category is ✔️✔️heterogamy
The social institution that ensures the maintenance of society through the production, distribution, and
consumption of goods and services is ✔️✔️the economy
Tangible objects that are necessary or desired are referred to as ✔️✔️goods
Steel workers who process metal ore are engaged in what kind of production? ✔️✔️Secondary sector
Private ownership of the means of production, from which personal profits can be derived through
market competition and without government intervention, is characteristic of ✔️✔️capitalism.
The means through which power is acquired and exercised by some people and groups is
✔️✔️politics.
Power that people accept as legitimate rather than coercive is known as ✔️✔️authority.
According to Max Weber, power legitimized on the basis of a leader's exceptional personal qualities is
what kind of authority? ✔️✔️Charismatic
,Which of the following provides U.S. citizens a voice in their government through elected
representatives who serve as bridges between the citizenry and the government?
✔️✔️Representative democracy
Which of the following is NOT a manifest function of education? ✔️✔️Production of social networks
"Proper" attitudes toward education, socially approved dress and manners, knowledge about books, art,
music, and other forms of high and popular culture are all examples of ✔️✔️cultural capital.
Assignment of students to specific courses and educational programs based on their test scores,
previous grades, or both is ✔️✔️tracking.
The type of social arrangement in which people are able to gain higher positions based on their
intellectual and educational credentials rather than through the influence of personal contacts is
✔️✔️a meritocracy.
Belief in a single supreme being or God who is responsible for significant events such as the creation of
the world is ✔️✔️monotheism.
The study of the causes and distribution of health, disease, and impairment throughout a population is
✔️✔️social epidemiology.
According to Talcott Parsons, each of the following applies to persons who play the sick role, EXCEPT
✔️✔️they are blamed for their own illness.
All of the following are factors that have eroded the American Dream for the middle class, EXCEPT
✔️✔️a decline in the quality of medical services.
Who are the working poor? ✔️✔️People who live from just above to just below the poverty line
, Which of the following BEST expresses the functionalist explanation of social inequality?
✔️✔️Positions that are most important for the survival of society must be filled by the most qualified
people who are highly rewarded.
The hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on their control over basic resources is
✔️✔️social stratification.
According to Karl Marx, which of the following statements about capitalists is NOT true? ✔️✔️They
are vulnerable to displacement by machines or cheap labor.
Large computer software corporations are representative of twenty-first century capitalism, which
increasingly is based on ✔️✔️information technology.
According to Max Weber, individual power depends on a person's position within ✔️✔️bureaucracies.
For the upper class, wealth most often is the result of ✔️✔️inheritance.
Which of the following categories of people has the highest net worth overall? ✔️✔️Married persons
According to Karl Marx's theory of class relations, ✔️✔️class relationships involve inequality and
exploitation.
Karl Marx's term for government, schools, churches, and all other social institutions that produce and
disseminate ideas that perpetuate the existing system of exploitation is society's ✔️✔️superstructure.
In Max Weber's stratification typology, which class consists of skilled, semiskilled and unskilled workers?
✔️✔️The working class
The respect or regard with which a person is regarded by others is ✔️✔️prestige.
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