Eitzen, In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society, 14th Edition, Test Bank
Chapter Eight: Class
Multiple Choice Questions
TB_Q8.1.1
Jillian earned $10 per hour as gallery assistant. This money represents her
a. income.
b. wealth.
c. earning potential.
d. net worth.
Learning Objective: LO 8.l: Understand the four dimensions of class inequality in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Dimensions of Inequality
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q8.1.2
_____ is defined as a person’s net worth (assets minus liabilities).
a. Income
b. Wealth
c. Earning potential
d. Value
Learning Objective: LO 8.l: Understand the four dimensions of class inequality in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Dimensions of Inequality
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q8.1.3
The top 20% of Americans takes in half of all personal income in the United States, while the lowest 20% of the
population makes just _____ of all personal income.
a. 49.0%
b. 10.2%
c. 3.4%
d. 1.2%
Learning Objective: LO 8.l: Understand the four dimensions of class inequality in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Dimensions of Inequality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q8.1.4
Chapter Eight: Class
The Gini-coefficient (also known as the Gini-index) is a commonly used measure of economic
a. forces.
b. GDP.
c. history.
d. inequality.
Learning Objective: LO 8.l: Understand the four dimensions of class inequality in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Dimensions of Inequality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q8.1.5
When it comes to wealth, the top 1% of Americans own _____ of the country’s net worth.
a. 99%
b. 75%
c. 40%
d. 20%
Learning Objective: LO 8.l: Understand the four dimensions of class inequality in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Dimensions of Inequality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q8.1.6
The Giving Pledge is a campaign founded by _____ to encourage billionaires to give back to society through
charitable donations.
a. the Koch Brothers
b. Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet
c. Donald Trump and Oprah Winfrey
d. Sam, Christy, and Alice Walton
Learning Objective: LO 8.l: Understand the four dimensions of class inequality in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Dimensions of Inequality
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q8.1.7
An example of inequality in education is the fact that, regardless of the type of school district, children are given
standardized tests that have a(n) _____-class bias.
a. upper
b. lower
c. middle
d. employer
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Learning Objective: LO 8.l: Understand the four dimensions of class inequality in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Dimensions of Inequality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q8.1.8
What percentage of students from the lowest income group in the United States enrolls in college?
a. 64%
b. 35%
c. 29%
d. 14%
Learning Objective: LO 8.l: Understand the four dimensions of class inequality in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Dimensions of Inequality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q8.1.9
Which of the following is NOT one of the factors in U.S. society’s ready-made, well-understood, relatively
uniform ranking system of occupational prestige?
a. How well the job serves the people of the community
b. Dignity of the job
c. Financial rewards of the job
d. Degree of inherent authority and responsibility of the job
Learning Objective: LO 8.l: Understand the four dimensions of class inequality in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Dimensions of Inequality
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q8.1.10
The media frequently portrays _____ as White, male, cultured, and physically attractive.
a. foreign villains
b. professionals and business leaders
c. manual workers
d. the bigoted and ignorant
Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Compare/contrast the order and conflict perspectives of social class.
Topic/Concept: Conceptions of Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q8.2.11
Chapter Eight: Class
When a number of individuals occupy the same relative economic rank in the stratification system, they form a(n)
a. oligarchy.
b. hierarchy.
c. social class.
d. social caste.
Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Compare/contrast the order and conflict perspectives of social class.
Topic/Concept: Conceptions of Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q8.2.12
According to order theorists, _____ is central among the fundamental indicators of social class.
a. interaction
b. education
c. income
d. occupation
Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Compare/contrast the order and conflict perspectives of social class.
Topic/Concept: Conceptions of Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q8.2.13
Franklin is a member of the same exclusive country club to which his father and grandfather belonged.
Franklin most likely belongs to the _____ or old money class.
a. upper–upper
b. lower–upper
c. upper–middle
d. lower–middle
Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Compare/contrast the order and conflict perspectives of social class.
Topic/Concept: Conceptions of Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q8.2.14
Like her mother and grandmother, Carole has worked at a local factory since graduating from high school.
Carole most likely belongs to the _____ class.
a. lower-upper
b. lower–middle
c. upper–lower
d. lower–lower
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Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Compare/contrast the order and conflict perspectives of social class.
Topic/Concept: Conceptions of Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q8.2.15
Social scientists Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen identified a group of Americans who are consistently
overlooked by government policies. They call this group the near poor because these families
a. earn a middle-class income but can only afford homes in or adjacent to poor neighborhoods.
b. lost almost all of their inherited wealth during the 2007–2009 recession.
c. earn middle-class incomes but spend more than they make.
d. have earnings that put them above the poverty line but below the middle class.
Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Compare/contrast the order and conflict perspectives of social class.
Topic/Concept: Conceptions of Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q8.2.16
In the conflict model of social class, the component of _____ is included, which order theorists tend to
overlook.
a. power
b. occupation
c. income
d. education
Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Compare/contrast the order and conflict perspectives of social class.
Topic/Concept: Conceptions of Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q8.2.17
According to the _____ view, a social class is not a cluster of similar occupations but, rather, a number of individuals
who occupy a similar position within the social relations of economic production.
a. order
b. conflict
c. hierarchical
d. caste
Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Compare/contrast the order and conflict perspectives of social class.
Topic/Concept: Conceptions of Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q8.2.18
Chapter Eight: Class
According to conflict theorists, the _____ class includes both white- and blue-collar workers in such places as
factories, restaurants, offices, and stores.
a. working
b. upper–middle
c. professional-managerial
d. lower–middle
Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Compare/contrast the order and conflict perspectives of social class.
Topic/Concept: Conceptions of Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q8.2.19
Conflict theory identifies social workers, educators, and psychologists as members of the _____ class.
a. ruling
b. professional-managerial
c. working
d. educated cultural
Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Compare/contrast the order and conflict perspectives of social class.
Topic/Concept: Conceptions of Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q8.2.20
According to conflict theory, the _____ class does society’s dirty work for low wages.
a. lower-lower
b. untouchables
c. poor
d. working
Learning Objective: LO 8.2: Compare/contrast the order and conflict perspectives of social class.
Topic/Concept: Conceptions of Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q8.3.21
_____ refers to an individual’s movement within the class structure of society.
a. Social mobility
b. Social class
c. Class mobility
d. Class motility
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Critique the ideology of upward social mobility in the United States.
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Topic/Concept: Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q8.3.22
Francine left her position as an attorney to become a college professor. This change in position to another of
approximately equal prestige is known as _____ mobility.
a. vertical
b. horizontal
c. intergenerational
d. intragenerational
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Critique the ideology of upward social mobility in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q8.3.23
In college, Jack had a part-time job at an engineering company. When he graduated, he was promoted to a higher
ranking full-time job. This is called _____ mobility.
a. vertical
b. horizontal
c. intergenerational
d. intragenerational
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Critique the ideology of upward social mobility in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q8.3.24
When a family member moves up or down the social ladder compared to his or her parents, this is an example
of _____ mobility.
a. vertical
b. horizontal
c. intergenerational
d. intragenerational
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Critique the ideology of upward social mobility in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q8.3.25
Chapter Eight: Class
Martha came from a poor family, but as a entrepreneur she earned a great deal of money over the course of her life.
In the United States, this kind of _____ mobility can change a person’s social class considerably.
a. vertical
b. horizontal
c. intergenerational
d. intragenerational
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Critique the ideology of upward social mobility in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q8.3.26
While the American class system allows for great mobility, other societies try to keep people in specific social classes
for their entire lives. For instance, the _____ system of India determines social status by birth.
a. caste
b. social mobility
c. class
d. intergenerational
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Critique the ideology of upward social mobility in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q8.3.27
The term endogamy refers to
a. marriage outside of one’s status group as required by custom or law.
b. marriage within one’s status group as required by custom or law.
c. movement by an individual from one social class or status group to another.
d. restriction of movement by an individual from one social class or status group to another.
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Critique the ideology of upward social mobility in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Social Mobility
Difficulty Level:
Skill Level:
TB_Q8.3.28
In Conflict and Order, 14th edition
Which of the following was NOT a finding by the Pew Charitable Trust regarding social mobility in the United
States?
a. Americans born at the bottom and top of the income ladder are likely to remain there as adults.
b. Most Americans have higher family incomes than their parents did at the same age.
c. The classic rags-to-riches success story is more fact than fiction.
d. A four-year college degree promotes upward mobility from the bottom and prevents downward mobility from
the middle.
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Critique the ideology of upward social mobility in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q8.3.29
In terms of income, African Americans are more likely to be stuck in the bottom _____ than White Americans.
a. 75%
b. 50%
c. 25%
d. 20%
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Critique the ideology of upward social mobility in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q8.3.30
In the classic rags-to-riches success story, the hero goes from poverty to wealth. In real life, _____ of
Americans born into the bottom income quintile move to the top as adults.
a. 4%
b. 12%
c. 36%
d. 48%
Learning Objective: LO 8.3: Critique the ideology of upward social mobility in the United States.
Topic/Concept: Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q8.4.31