Sociology MCQs

Option A: it is a committed on a larger, often global, scale, and is well organized

Option B: it is associated with political conflict between states and their citizens

Option C: it can have far-reaching effects upon international relations

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: White collar crime

Option B: organized crime

Option C: none-criminal deviance

Option D: global terrorism

Correct Answer: organized crime ✔

Option A: The punishment or stigmatization of deviant acts

Option B: the labelling of an act as deviant through social reaction to it

Option C: the ways in which taking on a deviant role affects future action

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: criminals were socialized into an underworld of crime

Option B: no act is intrinsically deviant

Option C: biological failings drove some people into crime

Option D: women were less likely to be arrested than men

Correct Answer: biological failings drove some people into crime ✔

Option A: rehabilitation

Option B: deterrence

Option C: reform

Option D: recidivism

Correct Answer: recidivism ✔

Option A: anti-social behavior orders

Option B: Steering locks

Option C: burglar alrams

Option D: CCTV

Correct Answer: anti-social behavior orders ✔

Option A: New Left Realism

Option B: Right Realism

Option C: new criminology

Option D: interactionism

Correct Answer: new criminology ✔

Option A: Conformists

Option B: innovators

Option C: ritualists

Option D: retrealists

Correct Answer: innovators ✔

Option A: criminality

Option B: deviance

Option C: recidivism

Option D: degeneracy

Correct Answer: deviance ✔

Option A: victims may not realise that a crime has been committed

Option B: it is more difficult to apportion blame to corporate criminals

Option C: legal systems are founded on individual not collective responsibility

Option D: corporate offences cause less harm than crimes against an individual

Correct Answer: corporate offences cause less harm than crimes against an individual ✔

Option A: social exclusion

Option B: individual pathology

Option C: political marginalization

Option D: relative deprivation

Correct Answer: individual pathology ✔

Option A: Normlessness

Option B: meaninglessness

Option C: social strain

Option D: social adaptation

Correct Answer: social strain ✔

Option A: civil law or torts

Option B: limiting the powers of wealthy businessmen

Option C: family law

Option D: limiting the powers of government

Correct Answer: the protection of universal human rights ✔

Option A: stigma

Option B: commitment

Option C: aspiration

Option D: motivation

Correct Answer: stigma ✔

Option A: religiosity

Option B: commitment

Option C: involvement

Option D: belief

Correct Answer: religiosity ✔

Option A: due to poor parenting

Option B: learned

Option C: psychotic

Option D: biological

Correct Answer: learned ✔

Option A: Sexual assault

Option B: terrorism

Option C: counterfeiting

Option D: drug abuse

Correct Answer: drug abuse ✔

Option A: Weber

Option B: Cohen

Option C: Marx

Option D: Merton

Correct Answer: Merton ✔

Option A: Violent

Option B: juvenile

Option C: drug-related

Option D: white collar

Correct Answer: Violent ✔

Option A: Warning

Option B: Solidarity

Option C: Unification

Option D: Authoritarian

Correct Answer: Solidarity ✔

Option A: People who aspire to the upper class

Option B: The ruling elite

Option C: white collar businessmen

Option D: gang members

Correct Answer: The ruling elite ✔

Option A: Chambliss

Option B: Lynch

Option C: Merton

Option D: Bentham

Correct Answer: Chambliss ✔

Option A: informal

Option B: societal

Option C: traditional

Option D: formal

Correct Answer: formal ✔

Option A: attributes

Option B: realities

Option C: Choices

Option D: records

Correct Answer: Conditions ✔

Option A: Talcott Parsons

Option B: Ralf Dahrendorf

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: Robert Merton

Correct Answer: Ralf Dahrendorf ✔

Option A: alienation

Option B: amorality

Option C: anomie

Option D: ascription

Correct Answer: anomie ✔

Option A: the theorist has researched the literature thoroughly

Option B: they have been tested out by means of factual research

Option C: they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove

Option D: they are shared by a large enough number of theorists

Correct Answer: they have been tested out by means of factual research ✔

Option A: macro sociological theory

Option B: feminist sociological theory

Option C: micro sociological theory

Option D: middle-range sociological theory

Correct Answer: middle-range sociological theory ✔

Option A: strong class-based identities

Option B: multiculturalism

Option C: moral consensus

Option D: a strong state

Correct Answer: moral consensus ✔

Option A: capitalist production exploits the working class

Option B: class conflict is inevitable in capitalist societies

Option C: industrial workers are the revolutionary class

Option D: class struggle only occurs under capitalism

Correct Answer: class struggle only occurs under capitalism ✔

Option A: organic solidarity

Option B: a loss of social solidarity

Option C: mechanical solidarity

Option D: communal solidarity

Correct Answer: a loss of social solidarity ✔

Option A: understanding the differences between the classical theorists

Option B: bringing together private troubles and public issues

Option C: seeing the social world as one made up of Social facts

Option D: avoiding explanations based on individual psychology

Correct Answer: bringing together private troubles and public issues ✔

Option A: Karl Max

Option B: Ibn-e-Khaldum

Option C: George Hegel

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Karl Max ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: Karl Max

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: C-Wright Mills

Correct Answer: Emile Durkheim ✔

Option A: disappointment and disproportion

Option B: disbelief and disintegration

Option C: disengagement and disenchantment

Option D: distribution and distillation

Correct Answer: disengagement and disenchantment ✔

Option A: Mechanical and organic solidarity

Option B: Physical and social solidarity

Option C: physiological and mechanical solidarity

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Mechanical and organic solidarity ✔

Option A: structural functionalism

Option B: interaction school of thought

Option C: Phenom ology

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: structural functionalism ✔

Option A: William F. Ogbum

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Auguste Comte

Option D: Thorstein Veblen

Correct Answer: William F. Ogbum ✔

Option A: Karl Marx and Georg Hegel

Option B: George Herbert Mead and Jane Addams

Option C: Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx

Option D: Talcott Parsons and Robert Merton

Correct Answer: Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx ✔

Option A: George Herbert Mead

Option B: Karl Marx

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: Max Weber

Correct Answer: George Herbert Mead ✔

Option A: successfully combining theory and research

Option B: an analysis of deviant behavior that focuses on societal goals and means

Option C: an attempt to bring macro- and micro

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: suicide rates and how they varied from country to country

Option B: personalities of individual suicide victims

Option C: means people used to take their own lives

Option D: effects of suicide on the families of victims

Correct Answer: suicide rates and how they varied from country to country ✔

Option A: Marx

Option B: Durkheim

Option C: Herbert Spencer

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Herbert Spencer ✔

Option A: Marx

Option B: Weber

Option C: Durkheim

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: Durkheim ✔

Option A: Feudalism

Option B: communism

Option C: Economic equalitarianism

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: communism ✔

Option A: Four phases

Option B: three phases

Option C: Two phases

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: three phases ✔

Option A: Kurkheim

Option B: Comte

Option C: Marx

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: Marx ✔

Option A: society

Option B: social Change

Option C: universal History

Option D: all of above

Correct Answer: universal History ✔

Option A: Muamlla

Option B: Muqaddimah

Option C: Muzakira

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Muqaddimah ✔

Option A: microsociology

Option B: interactionism

Option C: macrosociology

Option D: ethnomethodology

Correct Answer: macrosociology ✔

Option A: middle-range function

Option B: consumption function

Option C: latent function

Option D: structural function

Correct Answer: latent function ✔

Option A: human behavior is so complicated that no single theory would be adequate

Option B: sociologists can choose the theory that best fits the data they have collected

Option C: it removes the need to assess a theory according the empirical evidence

Option D: innumerable theories have been developed in the many fields of sociology

Correct Answer: human behavior is so complicated that no single theory would be adequate ✔

Option A: the mode of production

Option B: the motor of history

Option C: the history of class struggle

Option D: the spirit of capitalism

Correct Answer: the spirit of capitalism ✔

Option A: ways of behaving that are external to individuals

Option B: only things that have been shown to be true

Option C: social insights into collective behavior

Option D: information captured by official statistics

Correct Answer: ways of behaving that are external to individuals ✔

Option A: the French and Industrial Revolutions

Option B: the Chinese and Agricultural Revolutions

Option C: the Russian and Scientific Revolutions

Option D: the American and Democratic Revolutions

Correct Answer: the French and Industrial Revolutions ✔

Option A: Georg Hegel

Option B: George Herbert Mead

Option C: Talcott Parsons

Option D: Ralf Dahrendof

Correct Answer: George Herbert Mead ✔

Option A: the most commonly found type of social organization

Option B: conceptual or analytical models of social phenomena

Option C: philosophical models of an ideal human society

Option D: models of society based on up to date statistical evidence

Correct Answer: conceptual or analytical models of social phenomena ✔

Option A: egoistic suicide

Option B: altruistic suicide

Option C: fatalistic suicide

Option D: anomic suicide

Correct Answer: anomic suicide ✔

Option A: sociological research must contribute to a governments social policy

Option B: sociology should be optimistic about human achievements

Option C: sociology should make use of statistical evidence

Option D: sociology should adopt the same methods as the natural sciences

Correct Answer: sociology should adopt the same methods as the natural sciences ✔

Option A: Blood relation and neighborhood

Option B: divine of labor and specialization

Option C: the contribution individuals make to each other

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: divine of labor and specialization ✔

Option A: Auguste Comte

Option B: Spencer

Option C: Karl Max

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Spencer ✔

Option A: integration

Option B: conflict

Option C: social facts

Option D: consensus

Correct Answer: conflict ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: dramaturgical approach

Correct Answer: conflict perspective ✔

Option A: Talcat parson

Option B: Karl Marx

Option C: Max Weber

Option D: Emile Durkheim

Correct Answer: Karl Marx ✔

Option A: the movement towards religious pluralism

Option B: inspirational Protestant groups who revived religious ideas

Option C: new religious movements who rejected traditional forms of labor

Option D: Calvinists who engaged in ascetic practices to gain signs of salvation

Correct Answer: Calvinists who engaged in ascetic practices to gain signs of salvation ✔

Option A: Emile Durkheim

Option B: Adam Smith

Option C: Friedrich Engels

Option D: the Marx

Correct Answer: Adam Smith ✔

Option A: Charles Horton Cooley

Option B: Jane Addams

Option C: George Herbert Mead

Option D: Wright Mills

Correct Answer: Jane Addams ✔

Option A: Harriet Martineau

Option B: Herbert Spencer

Option C: Booker T Washington

Option D: W,E,B, Du Bois

Correct Answer: W,E,B, Du Bois ✔

Option A: dramaturgy

Option B: ideal types

Option C: functionalism

Option D: macro sociology

Correct Answer: ideal types ✔

Option A: Emile Durkheim

Option B: Max Weber

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: Wright Mills

Correct Answer: Wright Mills ✔

Option A: Social Conesion

Option B: Individualism

Option C: Economic problem

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Individualism ✔

Option A: Weber

Option B: Marx

Option C: Comte

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: Marx ✔

Option A: Biology

Option B: History

Option C: Sociology

Option D: Economics

Correct Answer: Sociology ✔

Option A: First phase

Option B: Second Phase

Option C: Last Phase

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Last Phase ✔

Option A: French thinker

Option B: American

Option C: British

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: French thinker ✔

Option A: Culture

Option B: Nationalism

Option C: Social groups

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: Nationalism ✔

Option A: Social conflict

Option B: Social change

Option C: Solidarity

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Social conflict ✔

Option A: North America

Option B: North Asia

Option C: North Africa

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: North Africa ✔

Option A: mono abuse

Option B: poly drug abuse

Option C: multi use

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: poly drug abuse ✔

Option A: medicine

Option B: Drug

Option C: Cure

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Drug ✔

Option A: Peace of mind

Option B: Unemployment

Option C: Fun-Pleasure

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: 1880

Option B: 1898

Option C: 1898

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: 1898 ✔

Option A: Surgical

Option B: non-medicinal

Option C: treatment

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: non-medicinal ✔

Option A: George Herbert Mead

Option B: Kari Marx

Option C: Em-ile Durkheim

Option D: Max Weber

Correct Answer: George Herbert Mead ✔

Option A: macrosociology

Option B: the dramaturgical approach

Option C: Verstehen

Option D: I,m O.K, you,re O.k

Correct Answer: the dramaturgical approach ✔

Option A: a manifest function

Option B: a latent function

Option C: a dysfunction

Option D: a manifest dysfunction

Correct Answer: a latent function ✔

Option A: successfully combining theory and research

Option B: an analysis of deviant behavior that focuses on societal goals and means

Option C: an attempt to bring macro-and micro level analyses together

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: suicide rates and how they varied from county to country

Option B: personalities of individual suicide victims

Option C: means people used to take their own lives

Option D: effects of suicide on the families of victims

Correct Answer: suicide rates and how they varied from county to country ✔

Option A: its theories are logical explicit and supported by empirical evidence

Option B: sociologists collect data in a relatively objective and systematic way

Option C: ideas and research findings are scrutinized by other sociologists

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: sociologists collect data in a relatively objective and systematic way ✔

Option A: human behavior is meaningful and varies between individuals and cultures

Option B: it is difficult for sociologists to gain access to a research laboratory

Option C: sociologists are not rational or critical enough in their approach

Option D: we cannot collect empirical data about social life

Correct Answer: human behavior is meaningful and varies between individuals and cultures ✔

Option A: creative activities such as gardening cookery and craftwork

Option B: the symbolic representation of social groups in the mass media

Option C: religious beliefs about how the world ought to be

Option D: rules and expectation about interaction that regulate social life

Correct Answer: rules and expectation about interaction that regulate social life ✔

Option A: the household

Option B: the office

Option C: the global village

Option D: the nation states

Correct Answer: the household ✔

Option A: rationalization

Option B: colonization

Option C: McDonaldization

Option D: socialization

Correct Answer: colonization ✔

Option A: survey research

Option B: naire research

Option C: archival research

Option D: observational research

Correct Answer: survey research ✔

Option A: are exempt from the considerations of research ethics that govern biological researchers

Option B: have not been able to agree on a code of ethics

Option C: enjoy the same privileges as attorneys in protecting subject’s privacy

Option D: should obtain informed consent in cases where subjects may be exposed to risks of research that are greater than the risks of everyday life

Correct Answer: should obtain informed consent in cases where subjects may be exposed to risks of research that are greater than the risks of everyday life ✔

Option A: collecting data

Option B: choosing a research design

Option C: selecting a researchable problem

Option D: formulating a hypothesis

Correct Answer: formulating a hypothesis ✔

Option A: the conflict perspective

Option B: the functionalist perspective

Option C: the interactionist perspective

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: the interactionist perspective ✔

Option A: Interactionist because the University and the students didn’t share the same understanding about final exams

Option B: Conflict, because this is an example of a power struggle between two groups with conflicting ideas an interest

Option C: Functionalist because teaching college students to protest is a manifest function of education

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: Conflict, because this is an example of a power struggle between two groups with conflicting ideas an interest ✔

Option A: He developed a theoretical understanding of racial inequality

Option B: He conducted research on the upper classes of Philadelphia

Option C: He chaired the first Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: He developed a theoretical understanding of racial inequality ✔

Option A: verstehen

Option B: dialectical materialism

Option C: social facts

Option D: value-free sociology

Correct Answer: value-free sociology ✔