Sample Multiple Choice Questions for Soc140 Midterm (Answers Below):
1. Anomie refers to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
weak or conflicting social norms
a process that describes, explains, and blames people with a social problem
the meanings and lifestyles constructed by human populations
the ideas our culture promotes about success and failure
2. According to the gendered racism perspective:
a. All workers are exploited equally by capitalists.
b. Women of colour and Indigenous women have been uniquely affected by the
interactive effect of racism and sexism.
c. Historically, most jobs in the primary sector were held by white women, not women
of colour.
d. Men of colour and Indigenous men have been more discriminated against than
women because the men have only been able to gain jobs in the tertiary sector in recent
years.
3. Heterosexual people are much less likely than gay, lesbian or bisexual people to be
labelled by their sexual orientation because:
a. non-heterosexual people flaunt the fact that they are not straight.
b. heterosexuals are more conservative in dress and behaviour than non-heterosexuals.
c. heterosexuals sexuality is presumed normal and taken-for-granted.
d. non-heterosexuals prefer to be known for sexual orientation in order to promote a
political agenda.
4. The close relationship between the military and the private defense industry is known
as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
a war system
organic solidarity
fascist authoritarianism
the military industrial complex
5. The number one source for information on crime in Canada is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Statistics Canada
The Census
The Uniform Crime Report
The General Social survey
6. Sociologists refer to inequalities, differences, segregation, or conflict between age
groups as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
the generation gap.
age discrimination.
age stratification.
the greying of the population.
7. According to the structural-functionalist theory of war and terrorism:
a.
b.
c.
d.
large scale conflict increases social cohesion and group identity
wars increase employment and production
wars lead to scientific and technological innovation
all of the above
8. According to the structural-functionalist perspective, the general solution to social
problems involves:
a. strengthening social norms and slowing the pace of social change
b. calling for the abolition of social class differences
c. mobilizing for action and developing and implementing an official plan
d. making a detailed connection between microsociological level activities and
macrosociological forces
9. The text defines discrimination as:
a. a negative or unfavourable attitude towards a group or its individual members.
b. stereotyped beliefs that are not tested against reality.
c. actions or practices of subordinate group members that have a harmful impact on
members of dominant groups.
d. actions or practices of dominant group members that have a harmful impact on
members of subordinate groups.
10. In Canada, the problems resulting from exclusion, discrimination, and prejudice are
most evident among:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Aboriginal peoples
Arabs of Montreal
Sikhs of Edmonton
Chinese of Vancouver
(Answers: 1a, 2b, 3c, 4d, 5c, 6c, 7d, 8a, 9d, 10a)