Social Stratification MCQs

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: both a and b

Correct Answer: both a and b ✔

Option A: function perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: labeling theory

Correct Answer: interactionist perspective ✔

Option A: upward intergenerational mobility

Option B: upward intergenerational mobility

Option C: downward intergenerational mobility

Option D: downward intergenerational mobility

Correct Answer: upward intergenerational mobility ✔

Option A: colonialism has largely disappeared

Option B: colonialism was for the most part beneficial for poor uncivilized countries

Option C: colonialism was inevitable and necessary for human civilization

Option D: colonialism is perpetuated to this day by practices known as neo-colonialism

Correct Answer: colonialism is perpetuated to this day by practices known as neo-colonialism ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: labelling perspective

Correct Answer: functionalist perspective ✔

Option A: conformity deviance and social control

Option B: class status and power

Option C: class caste and age

Option D: class prestige and esteem

Correct Answer: class status and power ✔

Option A: Hinduism

Option B: Islam

Option C: Judaism

Option D: Buddhism

Correct Answer: Hinduism ✔

Option A: an urban set involved in civic bodies and voluntary associations

Option B: too diverse to have a strong sense of class consciousness

Option C: often involved in white collar work

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: shared working conditions in the manufacturing industry

Option B: the class consciousness of members of the proletariat

Option C: local communities extended kinship networks and shared leisure pursuits

Option D: collective aspirations to move into the middle class

Correct Answer: local communities extended kinship networks and shared leisure pursuits ✔

Option A: first decreases then increases before remaining high

Option B: first increases then decreases before remaining low

Option C: first increases then flattens out, before rising again

Option D: first increases then decreases then increases then decreases

Correct Answer: first decreases then increases before remaining high ✔

Option A: operational research

Option B: modus operandum

Option C: operationalization

Option D: operant conditioning

Correct Answer: modus operandum ✔

Option A: endogamy

Option B: endogeny

Option C: exegesis

Option D: exclusion

Correct Answer: endogeny ✔

Option A: slavery

Option B: caste

Option C: class

Option D: status

Correct Answer: class ✔

Option A: class inequalities govern gender stratification

Option B: women’s pay is often essential to the family’s economic position

Option C: women’s paid work is not as significant as that of men

Option D: women should be seen as being the same class as their husbands/partners

Correct Answer: women’s pay is often essential to the family’s economic position ✔

Option A: political

Option B: economic capital

Option C: social capital

Option D: cultural capital

Correct Answer: political ✔

Option A: students

Option B: manual working class

Option C: the unemployed

Option D: retired people

Correct Answer: manual working class ✔

Option A: class systems are relatively fluid

Option B: class position is entirely subjective

Option C: class is economically based

Option D: class positions are in part achieved

Correct Answer: class position is entirely subjective ✔

Option A: Conflict theory is better at explaining inequality

Option B: Only functionalist theory has merit when discussing social structure

Option C: Some sociologists have tried to synthesize the conflict and functionalist perspectives to argue that stratification systems are institutions that have evolved in order to reduce conflict

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: Some sociologists have tried to synthesize the conflict and functionalist perspectives to argue that stratification systems are institutions that have evolved in order to reduce conflict ✔

Option A: its benefits individuals and groups who have the power to dominate and exploit others

Option B: privilege prestige and power are equally distributed in society

Option C: the capitalist drive to distribute wealth equitably is the foundation of modern society

Option D: capitalists and workers are class conscious

Correct Answer: its benefits individuals and groups who have the power to dominate and exploit others ✔

Option A: intergenerational mobility

Option B: socioeconomic life cycle

Option C: vertical mobility

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: socioeconomic life cycle ✔

Option A: Social mobility occurs only when shifts occur in the availability of different types of talent in the work force

Option B: Social mobility can occur when societies change altering the division of labor

Option C: Social mobility is controlled by those in the higher strata through control of opportunities for training and education

Option D: none of above

Correct Answer: Social mobility can occur when societies change altering the division of labor ✔

Option A: the poor who are concentrated in isolated rural areas

Option B: individuals who experience occasional poverty but who move back into the “mainstream” of economic life within 12 months

Option C: the persistently poor who exist mainly because of a sharp climb in joblessness due to a redistribution of jobs in the inner city

Option D: both b and c

Correct Answer: the persistently poor who exist mainly because of a sharp climb in joblessness due to a redistribution of jobs in the inner city ✔

Option A: large densely populated areas

Option B: small groups

Option C: highly transient communities

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: small groups ✔

Option A: inequality occurs in a random fashion

Option B: inequalities are passed from generation to generation

Option C: inequality is regulated by the government

Option D: none of the above is true

Correct Answer: inequalities are passed from generation to generation ✔

Option A: Marx

Option B: Weber

Option C: Parsons

Option D: Lincoln

Correct Answer: Marx ✔

Option A: Cultural groups

Option B: Social and economic classes

Option C: Ethnic groups

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social and economic classes ✔

Option A: family capitalism

Option B: managerial capitalism

Option C: welfare capitalism

Option D: institutional

Correct Answer: institutional ✔

Option A: Prejudice

Option B: discrimination

Option C: racism

Option D: projection

Correct Answer: discrimination ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: John Goldthorpe

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: Pierre Bourdieu

Correct Answer: Pierre Bourdieu ✔

Option A: senior executives

Option B: industrial entrepreneurs

Option C: finance capitalists

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: senior executives ✔

Option A: endogamy

Option B: endogeny

Option C: exegesis

Option D: exclusion

Correct Answer: endogeny ✔

Option A: social research should highlight the positive aspects of social life

Option B: knowledge should be produced based on evidence from observations

Option C: sociologists should make more use of official statistics

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: knowledge should be produced based on evidence from observations ✔

Option A: the best possible outcome available

Option B: a perspective emphasizing the primacy of ideas

Option C: a model based on certain features of a phenomenon

Option D: the social agenda of political idealists

Correct Answer: a model based on certain features of a phenomenon ✔

Option A: the tendency for the working class not to realize their own interests

Option B: a dominant ideology that legitimates economic political

Option C: a form of dual consciousness based on ideology and everyday experiences

Option D: a mode of payment given for outstanding topiary

Correct Answer: a dominant ideology that legitimates economic political ✔

Option A: capitalists are being replaced by salaried managers with bureaucratic authority

Option B: the affluent working class is adopting middle class values and ways of life

Option C: white collar occupations are being deskilled by the introduction of new technologies into the workplace

Option D: the class structure has fragmented and there are no longer any distinct social classes

Correct Answer: the affluent working class is adopting middle class values and ways of life ✔

Option A: the division of each social class into the more or less privileged.

Option B: a growing gap between rich and poor resulting in class consciousness

Option C: the growth of intermediate strata in the middle classes

Option D: the tendency for the working class to live in very could places

Correct Answer: a growing gap between rich and poor resulting in class consciousness ✔

Option A: a level in the social hierarchy comprising people with shared life chances

Option B: a methodological tool used to identify a person’s social class

Option C: the boundary between two levels of the social hierarchy

Option D: a symbol of status used to differentiate between social classes

Correct Answer: a level in the social hierarchy comprising people with shared life chances ✔

Option A: a level in the social hierarchy comprising people with shared life chances

Option B: a methodological tool used to identify a person’s social class

Option C: the boundary between two levels of the social hierarchy

Option D: a symbol of status used to differentiate between social classes

Correct Answer: a level in the social hierarchy comprising people with shared life chances ✔

Option A: the globalization of culture through new technologies

Option B: they way in which cultural products were bought and sold for profit

Option C: the development of subcultures and counter-cultures in society

Option D: they way in which industrialization had created new means of communication

Correct Answer: they way in which cultural products were bought and sold for profit ✔

Option A: this pattern of speech made them the target of bullying

Option B: they referred to explicit context independent meanings

Option C: they prevented children from communicating outside of their peer groups

Option D: they involved short simple sentences with a small vocabulary

Correct Answer: they involved short simple sentences with a small vocabulary ✔

Option A: class consciousness

Option B: false consciousness

Option C: socialist consciousness

Option D: surplus value

Correct Answer: false consciousness ✔

Option A: Richard Quincy

Option B: Edwin Sutherland

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: William Chambliss

Correct Answer: William Chambliss ✔

Option A: Emile Durkheim

Option B: Max Weber

Option C: Auguste Comte

Option D: Harriet Martineau

Correct Answer: Harriet Martineau ✔

Option A: culture of poverty

Option B: Culture of lower class

Option C: Mere poverty

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: culture of poverty ✔

Option A: Behavior

Option B: Set of values

Option C: Way of life

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: All of above ✔

Option A: Same income level

Option B: Way of life values

Option C: Both of the values

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Both of the values ✔

Option A: a system in which people can change their status with relative ease.

Option B: the ranking or grading of individuals and groups into hierarchical layers

Option C: based entirely on self-classification

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: the ranking or grading of individuals and groups into hierarchical layers ✔

Option A: geriatrics

Option B: gerontology

Option C: gerontocracy

Option D: silicide

Correct Answer: gerontology ✔

Option A: it is estimated that women grow half the world’s food but they rarely own land.

Option B: Women constitute one-third of the world’s paid labor force but are generally found in the lowest paying jobs

Option C: Single-parent households headed by women which appear to be on the increase in many nations -are typically found in the poorest section of the population

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: dramaturgical perspective

Correct Answer: functionalist perspective ✔

Option A: downward intergenerational mobility

Option B: upward intergenerational mobility

Option C: downward intergenerational mobility

Option D: upward intergenerational mobility

Correct Answer: downward intergenerational mobility ✔

Option A: prestige

Option B: esteem

Option C: status

Option D: power

Correct Answer: esteem ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: Emile Durkheim

Option C: Erving Goffman

Option D: Karl Marx

Correct Answer: Karl Marx ✔

Option A: bourgeois consciousness

Option B: false consciousness

Option C: class consciousness

Option D: caste consciousness

Correct Answer: class consciousness ✔

Option A: slavery

Option B: open class system

Option C: closed caste systems

Option D: caste systems

Correct Answer: slavery ✔

Option A: those in non-manual occupations exercising authority on behalf of the state

Option B: people working in consultancy firms who were recruited by big businesses

Option C: the young men and women employed in domestic service in the nineteenth century

Option D: those who had worked in the armed services

Correct Answer: those in non-manual occupations exercising authority on behalf of the state ✔

Option A: age

Option B: income

Option C: verbal fluency

Option D: occupation

Correct Answer: occupation ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: John Goldthorpe

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: Pierre Bourdieu

Correct Answer: Pierre Bourdieu ✔

Option A: their holders do not believe in the notion of class

Option B: they share features of the positions above and below them

Option C: there is disagreement about how to interpret them

Option D: they are impossible for sociologists to measure and classify

Correct Answer: they are impossible for sociologists to measure and classify ✔

Option A: people share characteristics without necessarily identifying with each other

Option B: people’s life-chances and experiences depend heavily on their social ranking

Option C: the ranks of different social categories tend to change very slowly over time

Option D: stratification occurs because of inequalities in assets or property

Correct Answer: people’s life-chances and experiences depend heavily on their social ranking ✔

Option A: social class and gender

Option B: gender and ethnicity

Option C: ethnicity and sexuality

Option D: all of them

Correct Answer: all of them ✔

Option A: open mobility

Option B: lateral mobility

Option C: intragenerational mobility

Option D: intergenerational mobility

Correct Answer: intragenerational mobility ✔

Option A: intersectionality

Option B: ascription

Option C: mobility

Option D: meritocracy

Correct Answer: intersectionality ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: Erik Olin-Wright

Option C: John Goldthorpe

Option D: Karl Marx

Correct Answer: Karl Marx ✔

Option A: slavery

Option B: Social class

Option C: caste

Option D: estates

Correct Answer: slavery ✔

Option A: the dedication necessary to get ahead in life

Option B: class consciousness

Option C: capitalist enthusiasm

Option D: false consciousness

Correct Answer: false consciousness ✔

Option A: are not equally pleasant

Option B: are equally important

Option C: offer individuals varying degrees of personal growth

Option D: are usually not defined

Correct Answer: are not equally pleasant ✔

Option A: horizontal mobility

Option B: transgenerational mobility

Option C: vertical mobility

Option D: geographic mobility

Correct Answer: vertical mobility ✔

Option A: the poor simply do not want the same things that other members of society want

Option B: the poor have had their access to achievement blocked by the social order

Option C: the theory is too cultural and fails to take into account psychological implications

Option D: not enough research has been done to come to any meaningful conclusion

Correct Answer: the poor have had their access to achievement blocked by the social order ✔

Option A: the magnitude and manner of consumption of goods and services.

Option B: the likelihood that individuals and groups will enjoy desired goods and services experiences and opportunities for living long and healthy lives

Option C: the respect admiration and recognition associated with a social status

Option D: the view that the poor possess self- perpetuating lifeways

Correct Answer: the likelihood that individuals and groups will enjoy desired goods and services experiences and opportunities for living long and healthy lives ✔

Option A: the combined approach

Option B: the reputational method

Option C: the self-placement method

Option D: the objective method

Correct Answer: the objective method ✔

Option A: wealth that which people own (have)

Option B: job security

Option C: both a and b

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: wealth that which people own (have) ✔

Option A: objectified system

Option B: social differentiation

Option C: open system

Option D: closed system

Correct Answer: closed system ✔

Option A: probability sampling design

Option B: non-probability sampling design

Option C: multi-stage sample design

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: probability sampling design ✔

Option A: new racism

Option B: cultural racism

Option C: ethnocentrism

Option D: institutional racism

Correct Answer: institutional racism ✔

Option A: has some sense of collective or group solidarity?

Option B: numerically small compared to the main social group

Option C: identifiably different from others in a society

Option D: holds views contrary to the social norm

Correct Answer: has some sense of collective or group solidarity? ✔

Option A: operational research

Option B: modus operandum

Option C: operationalization

Option D: operant conditioning

Correct Answer: operational research ✔

Option A: their holders do not believe in the notion of class

Option B: they share features of the positions above and below them

Option C: there is disagreement about how to interpret them

Option D: they are impossible for sociologists to measure and classify

Correct Answer: they are impossible for sociologists to measure and classify ✔

Option A: emotional labor

Option B: symbolic interactionism

Option C: social action

Option D: symbiosis

Correct Answer: symbolic interactionism ✔

Option A: Talcott Parsons

Option B: Ralf Dahrendorf

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: Robert Merton

Correct Answer: Ralf Dahrendorf ✔

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: a class in itself

Option B: a-class by itself

Option C: a class for itself

Option D: a ruling class

Correct Answer: a class for itself ✔

Option A: the content of the media is determined by market forces

Option B: the subordinate classes are dominated by the ideology of the ruling class

Option C: the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers

Option D: audiences make selective interpretations of media messages

Correct Answer: the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers ✔

Option A: the exploitation of the working class by their capitalist employers

Option B: a social groups consciousness of their status and life chances

Option C: a person’s position in the capital product and labor markets based on their economic resources

Option D: the lifestyle of a social class as defined by patterns of consumption

Correct Answer: a person’s position in the capital product and labor markets based on their economic resources ✔

Option A: Participated in the same leisure pursuits and events of the social calendar

Option B: emulated the lifestyle and cultural values of the traditional aristocracy

Option C: owned companies and financial assets that generated wealth through corporations

Option D: had direct personal ownerships of land and businesses as physical assets

Correct Answer: owned companies and financial assets that generated wealth through corporations ✔

Option A: social stratification

Option B: social control

Option C: social conflict

Option D: social solidarity

Correct Answer: social stratification ✔

Option A: social Class

Option B: Social status

Option C: Caste system

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: social Class ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: Margaret Mead

Correct Answer: Karl Marx ✔

Option A: In the same class

Option B: among the children of different classes

Option C: between lower and middle classes

Option D: both a and c

Correct Answer: both a and c ✔

Option A: Birth

Option B: Money

Option C: Education and occupation

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: All of above ✔

Option A: Social class

Option B: clan or tribe

Option C: Community

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social class ✔

Option A: class

Option B: groups

Option C: Rock layers

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Rock layers ✔