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Henslin, Essentials of Sociology, 12th Edition, Test Bank
Chapter 8: Social Class in the United States
Multiple-Choice Questions
TB_Q8.1.1
_____, according to Weber, is (are) a large group of people who rank close to one
another in property, power, and prestige.
a. Status consistency
b. Social class
c. The proletariat
d. Capitalists
TB_Q8.1.2
_____ is material possessions.
a. Wealth
b. Property
c. Income
d. Power
TB_Q8.1.3
The total value of everything that someone owns, minus debts, is
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a. income.
b. property.
c. wealth.
d. power.
TB_Q8.1.4
The money that someone receives, usually from a job, business, or assets, is
referred to as
a. capital.
b. property.
c. wealth.
d. income.
TB_Q8.1.5
Income and wealth are
a. different terms for the same thing.
b. often confused.
c. related in the same way that output is related to input.
d. related in that if a person has a lot of one, they are certain to have a lot of the
other.
TB_Q8.1.6
What percentage of the nation’s wealth is owned by the wealthiest 1% of
Americans?
a. 1%
b. 10%
c. 35%
d. 93%
TB_Q8.1.7
What percentage of the nation’s wealth is owned by the wealthiest 10% of
Americans?
a. 10%
b. 22%
c. 58%
d. 77%
TB_Q8.1.8
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If we use the analogy that some U.S. families have an income that could be
represented by the height of Mount Everest, then the average American family
has an income that is about _____ feet off the ground.
a. 3
b. 15
c. 700
d. 4,000
TB_Q8.1.9
In 2013, the highest-paid U.S. CEO received
a. $950,000.
b. $3 million.
c. $21 million.
d. $77 million.
TB_Q8.1.10
In tracking income in the United States from 1935 to 2013,
a. income inequality has decreased since 1970.
b. income inequality has increased since 1970.
c. nothing has changed.
d. income equality has steadily increased since 1935.
TB_Q8.1.11
_____ is the ability to carry out your will, even over the resistance of others.
a. Social class
b. Status
c. Power
d. Prestige
TB_Q8.1.12
C. Wright Mills called the top people in U.S. corporations, the military, and
politics who make the nation’s major decisions the
a. power elite.
b. intelligentsia.
c. nation’s finest.
d. bourgeoisie.
TB_Q8.1.13
Which occupation has the most prestige in the United States—physician, banker,
actress, or plumber?
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a. Physician
b. Banker
c. Actress
d. Plumber
TB_Q8.1.14
_____ is respect or regard.
a. Status consistency
b. Power
c. Prestige
d. Status inconsistency
TB_Q8.1.15
June was the president of her neighborhood association, which in that group
afforded her a high
a. status inconsistency.
b. status.
c. degree of wealth.
d. status consistency.
TB_Q8.1.16
Status consistency refers to
a. day-to-day stability.
b. ranking high or low on at least two dimensions of social class.
c. ranking high or low on all three dimensions of social class.
d. lateral mobility.
TB_Q8.1.17
Ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others is called
a. status inconsistency.
b. prestige.
c. status consistency.
d. limited power.
TB_Q8.2.18
Durkheim called it _____ when people become detached from the usual norms
that guide their behavior.
a. frustration
b. the underclass
c. politics
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d. anomie
TB_Q8.2.19
_____ is Wright’s term for a position in the class structure that generates
contradictory interests.
a. Contradictory class locations
b. The proletariat
c. Inconsequential others
d. Capitalist
TB_Q8.2.20
Marx’s model of the social classes included
a. managers.
b. workers.
c. petty bourgeoisie
d. royalty
TB_Q8.2.21
In his modification of Marx’s model of social classes, Wright added
a. workers.
b. capitalists.
c. managers.
d. clergy.
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TB_Q8.2.22
Based on the histories of lottery winners, sudden wealth brings
a. only pleasant consequences.
b. a threat.
c. many genuine offers of friendship.
d. guaranteed happiness.
TB_Q8.2.23
Who is at the top of Wright’s modification of Marx’s model of social classes?
a. Workers
b. Petty bourgeoisie
c. Managers
d. Capitalists
TB_Q8.2.24
The upper end of the capitalist class is occupied by those
a. with old money.
b. who are philanthropists exclusively.
c. with new money.
d. with the highest level of happiness.
TB_Q8.2.25
Philanthropist Bill Gates has given away
a. $30 million.
b. $100 million.
c. $3 billion.
d. $30 billion.
TB_Q8.2.26
The class most shaped by education is the _____ class.
a. upper middle
b. lower middle
c. working
d. upper
TB_Q8.2.27
Compared to the working class, the lower middle class generally has
a. less prestige.
b. a higher income.
c. the same attributes.
d. a lower income.
TB_Q8.2.28
Members of the _____ tend to think of themselves as having “real jobs” and
regard the “suits” above them as paper pushers.
a. underclass
b. working poor
c. working class
d. upper middle class
TB_Q8.2.29
Most members of the working poor class
a. are high school dropouts.
b. are really lower middle class people who are unemployed.
c. have spent some time in college.
d. have earned a bachelor’s degree.
TB_Q8.2.30
Seth did menial work—mostly house cleaning—when he could find it. He had
been homeless for a year, and since then simply did not have a good enough
employment record to find a regular job. He relied on welfare, a subsidized rental,
food stamps, and even the occasional visit to a food pantry to supplement his
work income. In terms of class, Seth would belong to the
a. working poor.
b. underclass.
c. working class.
d. lower middle class.