Miscellaneous Economics MCQs

Option A: CMSAs (Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas)

Option B: SMSAs (Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas)

Option C: CBSAs (Core Bases Statistical Areas)

Option D: MSAs (Micropolitan Statistical Areas)

Correct Answer: CBSAs (Core Bases Statistical Areas) ✔

Option A: overpopulation and urban life

Option B: agriculture and horticulture

Option C: fishing and mining

Option D: low population growth and low density

Correct Answer: overpopulation and urban life ✔

Option A: It will have to become politicized

Option B: The smog will have to increase

Option C: Acid rain will have to destroy our crops

Option D: Cultural values will have to change

Correct Answer: Cultural values will have to change ✔

Option A: the way inanimate objects are placed into the natural system

Option B: a systematic application of the economy

Option C: the way living things interact and interrelate with each other and their environments

Option D: what Hobbes called the “state of nature”

Correct Answer: the way living things interact and interrelate with each other and their environments ✔

Option A: means that the number of births equals the number of deaths in country in any given year

Option B: signifies that the deaths exceed the births

Option C: is the term used when there are no births in any given year in a specific county

Option D: means that population stop growing because of an epidemic such as the Black Death or AIDS

Correct Answer: means that the number of births equals the number of deaths in country in any given year ✔

Option A: defined as the number of deaths per 1000 people per country per year

Option B: the rate at which infants survive past their first year

Option C: deaths of infants before they are one year old

Option D: the rate a which the elderly die in any given year

Correct Answer: defined as the number of deaths per 1000 people per country per year ✔

Option A: New York

Option B: Africa

Option C: Pacific Islands

Option D: Eurasia

Correct Answer: Eurasia ✔

Option A: a dramatic increase in population

Option B: a visible decrease in population

Option C: the systematic migration of populations to different areas

Option D: a return to an agrarian way of life

Correct Answer: a dramatic increase in population ✔

Option A: traditional values

Option B: government subsidies for large families

Option C: low infant mortality

Option D: women’s rights

Correct Answer: traditional values ✔

Option A: infinite

Option B: finite

Option C: ready to support many more billions of people

Option D: dispensable

Correct Answer: finite ✔

Option A: constant increase

Option B: environmental depletion

Option C: environmental pollution

Option D: price stability

Correct Answer: environmental depletion ✔

Option A: greater rainfall

Option B: greater crop yields

Option C: climate changes

Option D: fluorochlorocarbon production

Correct Answer: climate changes ✔

Option A: the ecosystem is disturbed

Option B: biological capital is lost

Option C: the environment is degraded

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: provided good housing for the poor

Option B: secured many jobs for the poor

Option C: eliminated housing discrimination

Option D: moved residents but not improved conditions

Correct Answer: moved residents but not improved conditions ✔

Option A: slums

Option B: a concentration of one racial group in an area

Option C: residents who make up an economic underclass

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: a concentration of one racial group in an area ✔

Option A: a standard metropolitan area

Option B: a megalopolis

Option C: an ecological city

Option D: a repetition of the Greek polis

Correct Answer: a megalopolis ✔

Option A: several small towns

Option B: a central city and surrounding suburbs and small towns

Option C: the city only

Option D: a city with a subway system

Correct Answer: a central city and surrounding suburbs and small towns ✔

Option A: skin color only

Option B: homogeneous families

Option C: social class

Option D: the grass being greener in the suburbs

Correct Answer: social class ✔

Option A: are doomed to total disorganization

Option B: are too expensive

Option C: stimulate creativity

Option D: will revert to rural areas within a short time

Correct Answer: stimulate creativity ✔

Option A: 20 percent

Option B: 49 percent

Option C: 50 percent

Option D: 80 percent

Correct Answer: 49 percent ✔

Option A: has been reinforced by recent studies

Option B: is based on stereotypes

Option C: helped democratic representation in the states

Option D: gave urban dwellers an inferiority complex

Correct Answer: is based on stereotypes ✔

Option A: factories

Option B: the continued improvements in agricultural methods

Option C: population size

Option D: the favor of the local tyrant

Correct Answer: the continued improvements in agricultural methods ✔

Option A: the central city suburbs and satellites

Option B: one with a recycling enter

Option C: one containing a clean water supply for the area

Option D: where urban planning originates

Correct Answer: the central city suburbs and satellites ✔

Option A: of lower death rates

Option B: of high birth rates

Option C: cultural values encourage large families

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: The class structure became more rigid

Option B: Families became nuclear

Option C: Primary group ties became less important

Option D: Formal agencies of control multiplied

Correct Answer: The class structure became more rigid ✔

Option A: is intensified by the move of the middle class to the suburbs

Option B: has been reduced by urban renewal

Option C: has been intensified by gentrification

Option D: is well on the way to being resolved

Correct Answer: is intensified by the move of the middle class to the suburbs ✔

Option A: the move of the middle class and industry to the suburbs

Option B: the inner city,s declining tax base

Option C: a high percentage of deprived and trapped individuals

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: in the first stage of the demographic transition

Option B: still trying to curb population growth

Option C: threatened by under population

Option D: in the third stage of the demographic transition

Correct Answer: in the third stage of the demographic transition ✔

Option A: there has been cultural lag following superimposed industrialization

Option B: in many cultures a man,s worth is measured by the number of his children

Option C: contraception is either opposed or not properly practiced

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: 6 billion

Option B: 8 billion

Option C: 10 billion

Option D: 30 billion

Correct Answer: 10 billion ✔

Option A: a general rise in the standard of living for all segments of society

Option B: a rapid decline in the standard of living

Option C: false advertising and credit expansion

Option D: dissatisfaction based on relative deprivation

Correct Answer: dissatisfaction based on relative deprivation ✔

Option A: high births high death rates

Option B: low death rates high birthrates

Option C: low birth rates low death rates

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: fodd increases in a geometric progression

Option B: population grow in arithmetic progression

Option C: populations increase in geometric progression

Option D: population growth is a matter of algebra not geometry or arithmetic

Correct Answer: populations increase in geometric progression ✔

Option A: highly developed nations

Option B: the underdeveloped nations

Option C: Japan

Option D: Western Europe

Correct Answer: the underdeveloped nations ✔

Option A: always relates to birthrates

Option B: is low in Japan

Option C: is low in Western Europe

Option D: is high in industrial areas

Correct Answer: is high in industrial areas ✔

Option A: sheer numbers

Option B: uneven density of population

Option C: population growth presents no problem

Option D: that most societies have a fertility rate

Correct Answer: uneven density of population ✔

Option A: follow the dictates of religion and culture

Option B: voluntarily curb their fertility

Option C: have attained zero population growth

Option D: willingly accept governmental family planning

Correct Answer: voluntarily curb their fertility ✔

Option A: generally correspond to population density

Option B: are low in Western Europe and Japan

Option C: are high in Arabia and interior African

Option D: are low BOTH in Western Europe and Japan and high in Arabia and Africa

Correct Answer: are low BOTH in Western Europe and Japan and high in Arabia and Africa ✔

Option A: the demographic transition represents a general pattern

Option B: Western societies are doomed to extinction

Option C: the underdeveloped nations must increase their birthrate

Option D: population grows in inverse proportion to food production

Correct Answer: the demographic transition represents a general pattern ✔

Option A: Birthrates death rates sex rates

Option B: Age groups marriage incidence divorce frequency

Option C: Human mobility

Option D: Rock forming land shaping soil forming

Correct Answer: Rock forming land shaping soil forming ✔

Option A: birthrate

Option B: fertility rate

Option C: population pyramid

Option D: population growth rate

Correct Answer: birthrate ✔

Option A: demography

Option B: poor contraception

Option C: population density

Option D: political organization

Correct Answer: demography ✔

Option A: conservatism and reactionism

Option B: innovation and invention

Option C: conformity and obedience

Option D: nationalism and patriotism

Correct Answer: nationalism and patriotism ✔

Option A: are always progressive

Option B: may be reactionary or progressive

Option C: are equally successful in all types of societies

Option D: have brought about both communism and fascism

Correct Answer: may be reactionary or progressive ✔

Option A: play new roles

Option B: occupy new statuses

Option C: become social climbers

Option D: take on BOTH new statuses and new roles

Correct Answer: occupy new statuses ✔

Option A: stability and efficiency

Option B: statics and dynamics

Option C: backward and forward progress

Option D: if it is good for the people

Correct Answer: statics and dynamics ✔

Option A: began in England in the 1800s

Option B: is already finished

Option C: caused few sociocultural changes

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: began in England in the 1800s ✔

Option A: It tends to be reciprocal

Option B: Only some elements of a culture are accepted by other cultures

Option C: Borrowing cultures modify the traits they accept

Option D: A complex culture borrows more elements from a simple culture than the other way around

Correct Answer: A complex culture borrows more elements from a simple culture than the other way around ✔

Option A: cultural lag

Option B: technological innovation

Option C: cultural diffusion

Option D: sociocultural drift

Correct Answer: cultural diffusion ✔

Option A: revolution

Option B: reform

Option C: diffusion

Option D: innovation

Correct Answer: reform ✔

Option A: scientific determinism

Option B: technological revolution

Option C: evangelical determinism

Option D: secular humanism

Correct Answer: technological revolution ✔

Option A: cottage industry

Option B: guild system

Option C: factory system

Option D: exploitation of the proletariat

Correct Answer: factory system ✔

Option A: Paleolithic revolution

Option B: Industrial revolution

Option C: Agricultural revolution

Option D: Cultural revolution

Correct Answer: Agricultural revolution ✔

Option A: the discovery of noodles

Option B: the invention of pasta machines

Option C: diffusion

Option D: an innovation in agriculture

Correct Answer: diffusion ✔

Option A: invention

Option B: discovery

Option C: diffusion

Option D: innovation

Correct Answer: discovery ✔

Option A: social change is really separate from cultural change

Option B: cultural change has nothing to do with social change

Option C: social and cultural change are interrelated

Option D: the concept is a contradiction in terms

Correct Answer: social and cultural change are interrelated ✔

Option A: the British are smarter

Option B: the rate of change was slower, so integration of new values was possible

Option C: the British were ahead of other societies in their level of civilization

Option D: the British had the Magna Carta which protected civil rights

Correct Answer: the rate of change was slower, so integration of new values was possible ✔

Option A: a phrase used to describe an alien culture

Option B: the name of a famous movie dealing with a society of the future

Option C: a phrase used by Alvin Toffler to describe the rapidity of change

Option D: what the elderly experience in every society when a new generation comes into power

Correct Answer: a phrase used by Alvin Toffler to describe the rapidity of change ✔

Option A: diffusion

Option B: micro-level change

Option C: innovation

Option D: macro-level change

Correct Answer: micro-level change ✔

Option A: underlie all social movements

Option B: do not underlie all political movements

Option C: underlie only political movements

Option D: underlie only revolutionary movements

Correct Answer: underlie all social movements ✔

Option A: change-resistant movement

Option B: progressive movement

Option C: fascist movement

Option D: neo-Nazi movement

Correct Answer: change-resistant movement ✔

Option A: the antinuclear movement

Option B: fundamentalist Christianity

Option C: the civil rights movement

Option D: the women’s liberation movement

Correct Answer: fundamentalist Christianity ✔

Option A: communist takeover of China in 1949

Option B: Cuban revolution of 1959

Option C: American Revolution

Option D: French Revolution

Correct Answer: American Revolution ✔

Option A: the social order requires piecemeal reform

Option B: general apathy has overtaken the public

Option C: the public perceives that legitimate government has failed

Option D: better government propaganda is in order

Correct Answer: the public perceives that legitimate government has failed ✔

Option A: It has a specific perspective and ideology

Option B: It involves no orientation toward action

Option C: it has a strong sense of idealism and solidarity

Option D: It involves a significant number of people

Correct Answer: It involves no orientation toward action ✔

Option A: masses are not personally connected to one another

Option B: people in a crowd are in close proximity to one another

Option C: collective behavior cannot take place in masses

Option D: masses of people must always be in the same physical setting

Correct Answer: people in a crowd are in close proximity to one another ✔

Option A: criminal behavior

Option B: normative behavior

Option C: collective behavior

Option D: social behavior

Correct Answer: collective behavior ✔

Option A: nationalistic revolutionary movements

Option B: class revolutionary movements

Option C: coups d,etat

Option D: guerrilla fighting

Correct Answer: class revolutionary movements ✔

Option A: lower class

Option B: upper class

Option C: middle class

Option D: all social classes equally

Correct Answer: middle class ✔

Option A: no specific ideology

Option B: a sense of solidarity

Option C: an insignificant number of persons involved

Option D: no particular program of action

Correct Answer: a sense of solidarity ✔

Option A: resist change

Option B: encourage change

Option C: redirect change

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: public

Option B: acting crowd

Option C: casual crowd

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: public ✔

Option A: fashion

Option B: rational legal behavior

Option C: fantasy

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: none of the above ✔

Option A: casual

Option B: acting

Option C: expressive

Option D: disorganized

Correct Answer: expressive ✔

Option A: completely lacks structure

Option B: has some connection with social factors?

Option C: is always disorganized

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: has some connection with social factors? ✔

Option A: are more characteristic of complex societies than of simple ones

Option B: are more frequent in totalitarian societies than in democratic ones

Option C: express the values of leaders of society

Option D: have special meanings in traditional societies where conflicting issues are common

Correct Answer: are more characteristic of complex societies than of simple ones ✔

Option A: interact on a face-to-face basis

Option B: respond to a common stimulus

Option C: are personally acquainted with each other

Option D: have the same thing in mind as to how to behave

Correct Answer: respond to a common stimulus ✔

Option A: brainwashing

Option B: instruction

Option C: education

Option D: propaganda

Correct Answer: propaganda ✔

Option A: Alpha beta and delta

Option B: Micro middle and macro

Option C: High and low

Option D: Public and public opinion

Correct Answer: Micro middle and macro ✔

Option A: nonroutine

Option B: alienating

Option C: convergent

Option D: emergent

Correct Answer: nonroutine ✔

Option A: social learning theory

Option B: cognitive development theory

Option C: string theory

Option D: identification theory

Correct Answer: string theory ✔

Option A: are due strictly to biology

Option B: are due strictly to culture

Option C: are due both to biology and culture

Option D: are the product of totalitarian governments?

Correct Answer: are due both to biology and culture ✔

Option A: health care costs decrease

Option B: senility sets in

Option C: senescence affects a small minority

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: health care costs decrease ✔

Option A: sexuality exists on a continuum

Option B: one is either a heterosexual or a homosexual

Option C: bisexuals lack specific hormones

Option D: people should have sex-change operations if they felt they were the wrong sex

Correct Answer: sexuality exists on a continuum ✔

Option A: accepted his female identity

Option B: acted as a female would

Option C: preferred dolls to guns

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: preferred dolls to guns ✔

Option A: prevails only in the U.S

Option B: applies only to the old

Option C: asserts that the very young and the very old are inferior

Option D: has little impact on the society

Correct Answer: asserts that the very young and the very old are inferior ✔

Option A: meaninglessness

Option B: ordinariness

Option C: unnaturalness

Option D: appropriateness

Correct Answer: unnaturalness ✔

Option A: upper-class men and service workers

Option B: women in general and lower-class workers

Option C: middle-class men and lower-class women

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: none of the above ✔

Option A: activity theory

Option B: disengagement theory

Option C: exchange theory

Option D: modernization theory

Correct Answer: exchange theory ✔

Option A: 20%

Option B: 12%

Option C: 50%

Option D: 4%

Correct Answer: 50% ✔

Option A: he was content living as a female

Option B: he behaved as a little girl once he was given female hormones

Option C: in spite of attempted socialization as a female he was unhappy in his gender

Option D: his case proves that nurture is stronger than nature

Correct Answer: in spite of attempted socialization as a female he was unhappy in his gender ✔

Option A: realistically

Option B: according to Victorian model

Option C: stereotypically

Option D: idealistically

Correct Answer: stereotypically ✔

Option A: Freud

Option B: Cooley

Option C: Mead

Option D: Erikson

Correct Answer: Freud ✔

Option A: has been with humans from the dawn of culture

Option B: began with hunting and gathering societies

Option C: has its origins in agricultural communities?

Option D: is peculiar to industrial societies

Correct Answer: has its origins in agricultural communities? ✔

Option A: matriarchal societies have never existed

Option B: men perform the highest status non-maternal roles in all societies

Option C: men dominate male-female relationships

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: disengagement

Option B: displacement

Option C: bequeath Ent

Option D: bereavement

Correct Answer: bereavement ✔

Option A: those affected by physical and mental disabilities

Option B: the rich and famous

Option C: homosexuals

Option D: BOTH the disabled and those with same-sex preferences

Correct Answer: BOTH the disabled and those with same-sex preferences ✔

Option A: are a small percentage of the population?

Option B: are physically weak

Option C: lack power

Option D: cannot defend themselves

Correct Answer: lack power ✔

Option A: creditworthiness

Option B: employment

Option C: retirement

Option D: hospitalization

Correct Answer: employment ✔

Option A: aged persons maintaining their regular social roles

Option B: aged persons abandoning their regular roles so that younger people may assume them

Option C: a period before retirement

Option D: a pleasant interlude for the elderly

Correct Answer: aged persons abandoning their regular roles so that younger people may assume them ✔