Sociology MCQs

Option A: social statics

Option B: social dynamics

Option C: social absolutes

Option D: constructed reality

Correct Answer: social statics ✔

Option A: Karl Marx

Option B: Auguste Comte

Option C: Max Weber

Option D: Emile Durkheim

Correct Answer: Auguste Comte ✔

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 to 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: Max Weber

Option B: Karl Marx

Option C: Herbert Spencer

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Herbert Spencer ✔

Option A: Ibn-e-Khaldun

Option B: Auguste Comte

Option C: George Simmel

Option D: Herber Spencer

Correct Answer: Auguste Comte ✔

Option A: Theological

Option B: Metaphysical

Option C: Scientific stage

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Theological ✔

Option A: Soft sciences

Option B: hard sciences

Option C: Theoretical

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Soft sciences ✔

Option A: Scientific Stage

Option B: Theological stage

Option C: Metaphysical Stage

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Scientific Stage ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: August Comte

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: August Comte ✔

Option A: Mid seventeenth Century

Option B: In Eighteenth Century

Option C: In early 19th Century

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: In early 19th Century ✔

Option A: Stagnant

Option B: Changing

Option C: Both a & b

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Changing ✔

Option A: patterns of human behavior

Option B: the behavior of an individual

Option C: random human actions

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: patterns of human behavior ✔

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: 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: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: dramaturgical approach

Correct Answer: conflict perspective ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: dramaturgical approach

Correct Answer: functionalist perspective ✔

Option A: dramaturgy

Option B: ideal types

Option C: functionalism

Option D: macrosociology

Correct Answer: ideal types ✔

Option A: Emile Durkheim

Option B: Max Weber

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: C Wright Mills

Correct Answer: C Wright Mills ✔

Option A: it focuses on the researchers own experiences

Option B: it makes little distinction between the way the world is and the way it ought to be

Option C: its knowledge is accumulated from many different research contexts

Option D: it is subjective and biased

Correct Answer: its knowledge is accumulated from many different research contexts ✔

Option A: testing out new research methods to see which one works best

Option B: isolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another

Option C: using personal beliefs and values to decide what to study

Option D: interpreting date subjectively drawing on theoretical paradigms

Correct Answer: isolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another ✔

Option A: highly specialized interrelated sets of social practices

Option B: disorganized social relations in a post modem world

Option C: virtual communities in cyberspace

Option D: no longer relevant to sociology

Correct Answer: highly specialized interrelated sets of social practices ✔

Option A: a fairground rides

Option B: a circus

Option C: a puppet theatre

Option D: a ballet

Correct Answer: a fairground rides ✔

Option A: is an approach to research which emphasizes inclusion fairness and humaneness?

Option B: places its main emphasis on concrete theories

Option C: stresses that all human emotions are to be ignored all of the above

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: is an approach to research which emphasizes inclusion fairness and humaneness? ✔

Option A: is one of the easiest tools for sociological inquiry because it requires only good note taking

Option B: is not subject to the same controls that are applied to other methods

Option C: requires the involvement of the researcher in the activity being studied

Option D: may be unobtrusive or participant

Correct Answer: may be unobtrusive or participant ✔

Option A: the contaminated group

Option B: the control groups

Option C: the experimental group

Option D: the neutral standard

Correct Answer: the experimental group ✔

Option A: the ability to control the behavior of others

Option B: the principle that meaning derives from social interaction in daily life

Option C: the observed consequences that permit the adaptation or adjustment of a system

Option D: and artificial explanation of culture that exists apart from any social reality or shared social meaning

Correct Answer: the principle that meaning derives from social interaction in daily life ✔

Option A: evolutionary relativism

Option B: liberal feminism and explicit examination of women’s social roles and experiences

Option C: postmodernism feminism and critical theory

Option D: a combination of biological theory conflict theory and evolutionary theory

Correct Answer: postmodernism feminism and critical theory ✔

Option A: Catholics had higher rates of suicide than protestants

Option B: Rates of suicide were higher in times of war than in times of peace

Option C: Rates of suicide were lower in times of economic stability

Option D: Individuals who were enmeshed in meaningful social bonds were less inclined to commit suicide

Correct Answer: Individuals who were enmeshed in meaningful social bonds were less inclined to commit suicide ✔

Option A: Herbert Spencer

Option B: Emily Post

Option C: Harriet Martineau

Option D: Emile Durkheim

Correct Answer: Harriet Martineau ✔

Option A: class conflict

Option B: Dialectical materialism

Option C: Social dynamics

Option D: Social Darwinism

Correct Answer: Social Darwinism ✔

Option A: has been to study social interaction for over 500 years.

Option B: Is the scientific study of social interaction and organization?

Option C: has little bearing on public policy

Option D: is most useful when applied to abstract -as opposed to practical matters

Correct Answer: Is the scientific study of social interaction and organization? ✔

Option A: Patterns of human behavior

Option B: the behavior of an individual

Option C: random human actions

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: Patterns of human behavior ✔

Option A: Observation

Option B: Recollection

Option C: Addition to already experimented material

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Observation ✔

Option A: Theological

Option B: Metaphysical

Option C: Scientific

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Metaphysical ✔

Option A: laboratory experiments

Option B: field experiment

Option C: human aspect of the world

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: human aspect of the world ✔

Option A: Separate Disciplines

Option B: Same discipline

Option C: Not studied

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Same discipline ✔

Option A: two stages

Option B: four stages

Option C: three stages

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: three stages ✔

Option A: Neighbor

Option B: Associate

Option C: Friend

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Associate ✔

Option A: Social work

Option B: Sociology

Option C: Society

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Sociology ✔

Option A: Human political life

Option B: Human economic life

Option C: Human social life

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Human social life ✔

Option A: an attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions

Option B: a piece of research conducted in a laboratory

Option C: a piece of research trying out new methods

Option D: an attempt to deceive participants about the research’s true purpose

Correct Answer: an attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions ✔

Option A: being as precise as possible in defining an initial hypothesis

Option B: holding some variables constant to look at the effects of others

Option C: supervising the data collection process as closely as possible

Option D: seeking to manipulate the outcomes of a research process

Correct Answer: holding some variables constant to look at the effects of others ✔

Option A: sample

Option B: respondents

Option C: focus group

Option D: population

Correct Answer: population ✔

Option A: causation

Option B: correlation

Option C: association

Option D: connection

Correct Answer: causation ✔

Option A: it takes place outside the university campus

Option B: it makes use of covert research methods

Option C: it investigates workings of society that are different from official accounts

Option D: the investigator is sympathetic to the activities that he is investigating

Correct Answer: it investigates workings of society that are different from official accounts ✔

Option A: sociologists use both quantitative and qualitative methods

Option B: sociologists no longer use quantitative methods

Option C: sociologists always prefer to use qualitative methods

Option D: sociologists cannot use a mixed methods approach

Correct Answer: sociologists use both quantitative and qualitative methods ✔

Option A: research that tries to contribute to the development of theory

Option B: research that is always multidisciplinary

Option C: research that aims to intervene in and improve social life

Option D: research based on government priorities

Correct Answer: research that aims to intervene in and improve social life ✔

Option A: assessing the potential risks for research subjects

Option B: selecting a relevant theoretical perspective

Option C: protecting the anonymity of participants

Option D: safe storage of the raw data collected in the process

Correct Answer: selecting a relevant theoretical perspective ✔

Option A: the funding of certain projects

Option B: assuming that men and women are the same

Option C: women not being objective

Option D: using males as the accepted norm

Correct Answer: using males as the accepted norm ✔

Option A: with the group for months and sometimes years

Option B: discreet about his/her research

Option C: close to the leadership of the group that he/she is studying

Option D: open and honest about his/her intentions

Correct Answer: discreet about his/her research ✔

Option A: an unobtrusive

Option B: field research

Option C: qualitative analysis

Option D: content analysis

Correct Answer: an unobtrusive ✔

Option A: qualitative research

Option B: ethnography

Option C: secondary research

Option D: field research

Correct Answer: secondary research ✔

Option A: the cost of the stamps

Option B: the response rates

Option C: the inability to follow-up

Option D: some respondents are paranoid

Correct Answer: the response rates ✔

Option A: exhaustive

Option B: tangible

Option C: comprehensive

Option D: relevant

Correct Answer: mutually exclusive ✔

Option A: at least 100 people must be selected

Option B: every sub-sample of the population must be represented

Option C: every member of the population must have an equal chance of being chosen

Option D: a phone book must be used to generate random names.

Correct Answer: every sub-sample of the population must be represented ✔

Option A: variation

Option B: correlation

Option C: observation

Option D: measure of central tendency

Correct Answer: correlation ✔

Option A: measures of variation

Option B: measures of central tendency

Option C: measures of enumeration

Option D: measures of correlation

Correct Answer: measures of central tendency ✔

Option A: Triangulation

Option B: Ethnography

Option C: Field research

Option D: Variation

Correct Answer: Triangulation ✔

Option A: valid

Option B: reliable

Option C: factual

Option D: internally consistent

Correct Answer: reliable ✔

Option A: variables

Option B: populations

Option C: ideas

Option D: indices

Correct Answer: variables ✔

Option A: theory always precedes research

Option B: theory can be developed independent of research

Option C: research always precedes theory

Option D: the relationship between theory and research is cyclical

Correct Answer: the relationship between theory and research is cyclical ✔

Option A: control group

Option B: representative group

Option C: experimental group

Option D: correlation group

Correct Answer: experimental group ✔

Option A: interviews

Option B: naires

Option C: representative samples

Option D: observation techniques

Correct Answer: interviews ✔

Option A: representative sampling

Option B: experiments

Option C: surveys

Option D: hypotheses

Correct Answer: representative sampling ✔

Option A: sample

Option B: experiment

Option C: research design

Option D: scientific method

Correct Answer: research design ✔

Option A: first

Option B: second

Option C: third

Option D: fourth

Correct Answer: third ✔

Option A: Central tendency

Option B: spread of the sample means/values

Option C: Both A an B

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Central tendency ✔

Option A: two respectable responses/answers

Option B: two answers but incompatible with each other

Option C: Both A and B

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both A and B ✔

Option A: Research process

Option B: Research model

Option C: Research methodology

Option D: Research design

Correct Answer: Research design ✔

Option A: parameter

Option B: range

Option C: median

Option D: mean

Correct Answer: range ✔

Option A: they are often undertaken by specialist agencies

Option B: they offer an appearance of precision

Option C: the data is easy to quantify and analyses

Option D: large numbers of people can be studied

Correct Answer: they offer an appearance of precision ✔

Option A: causation

Option B: correlation

Option C: association

Option D: connection

Correct Answer: causation ✔

Option A: being as precise as possible in defining an initial hypothesis

Option B: holding some variables constant to look at the effects of others

Option C: supervising the data collection process as closely as possible

Option D: seeking to manipulate the outcomes of a research process

Correct Answer: holding some variables constant to look at the effects of others ✔

Option A: it takes place outside the university campus

Option B: it makes use of covert research methods

Option C: it investigates working of society that are different from official accounts

Option D: the investigator is sympathetic to the activities that he is investigating

Correct Answer: it investigates working of society that are different from official accounts ✔

Option A: reading a textual document quickly to understand the gist of it

Option B: gathering a sample from whoever you can see in a public place

Option C: scanning a table to identify general patterns and significant figures

Option D: keeping your eyes on research participants at all times

Correct Answer: scanning a table to identify general patterns and significant figures ✔

Option A: is a sincere and accurate account free from political bias

Option B: is representative of all the similar documents that did not survive

Option C: has both a literal and an interpretable meaning

Option D: is a sound original, or reliable copy of known authorship

Correct Answer: is a sound original, or reliable copy of known authorship ✔

Option A: the findings are amenable to statistical analysis

Option B: it is conducted over a period of several years

Option C: it uncovers rich detailed accounts from an insider’s perspective

Option D: it compares findings from a number of different cases

Correct Answer: it uncovers rich detailed accounts from an insider’s perspective ✔

Option A: fixed-choice questions s

Option B: short questions s

Option C: leading questions

Option D: funneled questions s

Correct Answer: leading questions ✔

Option A: triangulation

Option B: explanation

Option C: description

Option D: exploration

Correct Answer: triangulation ✔

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: acknowledge research collaboration and assistance

Option B: preserve the confidentiality of their subjects

Option C: protect their subjects from personal harm

Option D: make all research notes available for public scrutiny

Correct Answer: make all research notes available for public scrutiny ✔

Option A: control group

Option B: representative group

Option C: experimental group

Option D: correlation group

Correct Answer: experimental group ✔

Option A: participant observation research

Option B: a survey

Option C: content analysis

Option D: an experiment

Correct Answer: participant observation research ✔

Option A: administers a naira to every fifth woman who enters a business office

Option B: examines the attitudes of residents of a city by interviewing every twentieth name in the city,s telephone book

Option C: studies the attitudes of Democratic voters by choosing every tenth name found on a city,s list of registered Democrats

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: None of the above ✔

Option A: observation research

Option B: a survey

Option C: content analysis

Option D: an experiment

Correct Answer: content analysis ✔

Option A: correlation

Option B: independent variable

Option C: dependent variable

Option D: sample

Correct Answer: sample ✔

Option A: collect data

Option B: define the problem

Option C: review previous research

Option D: formulate a hypothesis

Correct Answer: define the problem ✔

Option A: Basic understanding

Option B: Practical use

Option C: Applied use

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Practical use ✔

Option A: Personal studies

Option B: Participant-observer studies

Option C: Observational studies

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Participant-observer studies ✔

Option A: Observational studies

Option B: Sociological analysis

Option C: Statistical Comparative studies

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Statistical Comparative studies ✔

Option A: the things that happen by themselves

Option B: Are arranged knowingly

Option C: both a and b

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: the things that happen by themselves ✔

Option A: brought into laboratory

Option B: Kept in their homes and observed

Option C: are not told about experiment

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: brought into laboratory ✔

Option A: Scientific research

Option B: Scientific method

Option C: Science unity

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Scientific method ✔

Option A: parameter

Option B: range

Option C: median

Option D: mean

Correct Answer: range ✔

Option A: they are often undertaken by specialist agencies

Option B: they offer an appearance of precision

Option C: the data is easy to quantify and analyses

Option D: large numbers of people can be studied

Correct Answer: they offer an appearance of precision ✔

Option A: the influence of specific variables can be controlled by the investigator

Option B: it usually generates richer and more in-depth information than other methods

Option C: it is essential when a study is primarily historical or has a historical dimension

Option D: it can only be used to study relatively small groups or communities

Correct Answer: it usually generates richer and more in-depth information than other methods ✔

Option A: multiple regression

Option B: causal mechanism

Option C: spurious correlation

Option D: multinomial distribution

Correct Answer: spurious correlation ✔

Option A: the investigator being committed to a particular ideology

Option B: the research team prejudging the meaning of the data

Option C: the data being unbalanced by the design or execution of the research

Option D: interpretations being applied to the results

Correct Answer: the data being unbalanced by the design or execution of the research ✔

Option A: philosophical and progressive

Option B: complex and against commonsense

Option C: experimental and statistical

Option D: valid and reliable

Correct Answer: valid and reliable ✔

Option A: research findings feed back into society and as a result may change it

Option B: research findings empower the general public making them more confident

Option C: research funders have control over research findings and who has access

Option D: sociologists learn more about the society they live in

Correct Answer: research findings feed back into society and as a result may change it ✔