Question 1

What shift in society caused a huge migration from rural to urban areas in Western Europe during the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   from industrial to post-industrial
B)   from post-industrial to postmodern
C)   from horticultural to agrarian
D)   from agrarian to industrialE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

Which of the following may be considered a positive consequence of the bureaucratization of a college or university for the students?

Accepted Answer

A)   scientific management approach
B)   human relations approach
C)   the Peter Principle
D)   McDonaldizationE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 3

Imagining the effects of a virtual networking site where participants can create an avatar that is an online representation of a character different from their actual identity, a symbolic interactionist would argue that which of the following will occur?

Accepted Answer

A)   men would likely use virtual networking more than women because it has a higher pay off due to men's traditional presence in the public sphere
B)   virtual worlds must operate based on the same five major tasks of any society in order to ensure a social order
C)   examining everyday interactions within the context of both online and offline communities can help us to further understand why humans think and act the way they do
D)   the use of virtual networking helps to maintain the privileges of the most powerful as they are the ones that can afford the technology, thus contributing to the powerlessness of those who do not have accessE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 4

An alcoholic who has lost his job and left his family to live on the street is considered to  be practicing which of the following forms of adaptation as described by sociologist  Robert Merton?

Accepted Answer

A)   retreatist
B)   rebel
C)   acceptance
D)   ritualistE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

More than 50 women, mostly poor, Aboriginal, and substance-addicted, disappeared from Vancouver's downtown east side over a little more than a decade. For a long time, police investigations of these disappearances were cursory. Critics charge that this would not have been the case if these women were white, university-educated and middle-class. Of what could this be considered an example?

Accepted Answer

A)   police brutality
B)   racial profiling
C)   differential association
D)   differential justiceE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Feminist theorists of crime and deviance have noted which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   A woman's sexual history is more relevant to prosecutions of sexual abuse and assault than a man's is.
B)   As women make gains in the workplace and achieve higher positions, they are also becoming better positioned to engage in white-collar crime.
C)   Most women report domestic violence.
D)   Rape is a crime that cannot be perpetrated by a woman on a man.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

Which of the following is true of deviance?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is always anomic.
B)   It violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.
C)   It always violates the laws of a society.
D)   It is always illegal.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Discuss the various components of social control. Identify and describe how
 sanctions may be used to control the expectations of society regarding people's
 actions and behaviours.

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Question 9

When Reena returns to school after summer break, she notices that all of her friends have begun to wear makeup, so she asks her mother if she can wear makeup too. What kind of  behaviour is Reena displaying?

Accepted Answer

A)   obedience
B)   deviance
C)   sanctioning
D)   conformityE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Discuss the relationship between cultural transmission and differential
 association in explaining deviance or criminal acts. Give an illustration of how a  person would likely become criminal using the differential association process.

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Question 11

Guiliana, a second generation Italian-Canadian, is a respected contemporary composer. She is also visually impaired, having lost her sight due to scarlet fever as a child. Which of the following is an achieved status attached to Guiliana?

Accepted Answer

A)   second generation Italian-Canadian
B)   visually impaired
C)   respected contemporary composer
D)   femaleE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Edwin Sutherland coined the term stigma to describe the labels society uses to devalue members of certain social groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Bureaucratization increases ____________ and decreases ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   efficiency; profitability
B)   worker satisfaction; efficiency
C)   efficiency; worker satisfaction
D)   profitability; rationalityE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

What is a master status?

Accepted Answer

A)   A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.
B)   A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.
C)   A series of social relationships linking a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.
D)   A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

A bureaucracy, according to Max Weber, is oriented towards which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   security
B)   efficiency
C)   profitability
D)   fulfillmentE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Andina lives in a large village where most people grow corn. In the spring, teams of oxen pull plows to till the fields and in the fall, the corn is dried, and then ground into flour at a mill where donkeys turn the grindstone. According to Gerhard Lenski, Andina's society is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   agrarian
B)   horticultural
C)   characterized by organic solidarity
D)   a GesellschaftE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 17

To what does the term social control refer?

Accepted Answer

A)   Techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behaviour in any society.
B)   Justifications for deviant behaviour.
C)   Behaviour that violates the norms of a group.
D)   Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

On a typical day, which country imprisons 751 of every 100,000 adults?

Accepted Answer

A)   Mexico
B)   United States
C)   Russia
D)   CubaE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

When individuals experience a loss of direction in a society, the society's social control becomes ineffective, often leading to increases in crime and deviance. This statement is supported by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   social disorganization theory and the concept of anomie
B)   the concept of differential justice and labelling theory
C)   anomie theory of deviance
D)   societal-reaction approachE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT an activity likely to be engaged in by organized crime?

Accepted Answer

A)   Creation of computer viruses that allow third parties to send spam to your contacts list.
B)   Producing, importing and distributing illegal drugs.
C)   Bringing young women into the country on false pretences and forcing them into prostitution.
D)   Running unlicensed gambling locations.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Exam 3: Social Structure, Interaction & Deviance

An alcoholic who has lost his job and left his family to live on the street is considered to be practicing which of the following forms of adaptation as described by sociologist Robert Merton?

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Feminist theorists of crime and deviance have noted which of the following?

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To what does the term social control refer?

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Which of the following is true of deviance?

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What is a master status?

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Edwin Sutherland coined the term stigma to describe the labels society uses to devalue members of certain social groups.

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Imagining the effects of a virtual networking site where participants can create an avatar that is an online representation of a character different from their actual identity, a symbolic interactionist would argue that which of the following will occur?

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Andina lives in a large village where most people grow corn. In the spring, teams of oxen pull plows to till the fields and in the fall, the corn is dried, and then ground into flour at a mill where donkeys turn the grindstone. According to Gerhard Lenski, Andina's society is which of the following?

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Which of the following is NOT an activity likely to be engaged in by organized crime?

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What shift in society caused a huge migration from rural to urban areas in Western Europe during the nineteenth century?

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Guiliana, a second generation Italian-Canadian, is a respected contemporary composer. She is also visually impaired, having lost her sight due to scarlet fever as a child. Which of the following is an achieved status attached to Guiliana?

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Discuss the various components of social control. Identify and describe how sanctions may be used to control the expectations of society regarding people's actions and behaviours.

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A bureaucracy, according to Max Weber, is oriented towards which of the following?

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Bureaucratization increases and decreases .

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When Reena returns to school after summer break, she notices that all of her friends have begun to wear makeup, so she asks her mother if she can wear makeup too. What kind of behaviour is Reena displaying?

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When individuals experience a loss of direction in a society, the society's social control becomes ineffective, often leading to increases in crime and deviance. This statement is supported by which of the following?

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