Stacy has been divorced once and has recently married a man with a child from a
previous relationship. This new family can be considered a __________.
A) modern family
B) postmodern family
C) premodern family
D) nonfamily household
The population of the United States was predominantly white and then predominantly
African American; by 2050 it will be predominantly Latino/a.
Mark has a reduced ability to perform normal tasks. This is exacerbated by the
individual and institutional discrimination he encounters because he cannot engage in
normal activities. Mark has a __________.
A) impairment
B) disability
C) stigma
D) master status
“Warehousing” refers to __________.
A) the redevelopment of older, often run-down residential buildings
B) investors buying property in poor neighborhoods to rent to the poor
C) keeping emergency room patients waiting for days
D) purchasing property with the intent to move the poor out and sell to investors
An analysis of “White flight” would reveal __________.
A) the current trend of young White professionals moving into luxury condominiums
and apartments that have been built for them in formerly blighted urban areas
B) the process of gentrification in formerly rundown cities
C) the mass exodus from the city to the suburbs by upper-middle-class, middle-class,
and working-class Whites
D) the trend by White professionals to commute to work by airplane
One of the reasons that the government tends to be pro-business is because government
officials are more likely to __________.
A) support socialism as an economic ideology
B) hear arguments and receive contributions from the poor
C) hear arguments and receive contributions from the powerful
D) support a liberal political ideology
Angela was robbed three months ago and nobody was ever prosecuted for the crime.
Angela was contacted to participate in the NCVS. Will Angela’s robbery show up on her
NCVS report?
A) No. The NCVS does not ask about property theft.
B) No. The NCVS only takes into account crimes that resulted in someone being put in
jail.
C) Yes, if it was reported to the police.
D) Yes, even if it was not reported to the police.
According to the text, under the private enterprise system based on profits, corporations
seek the profitable alternative rather than __________.
A) one based on producing more oil and gas
B) one that burns more coal
C) one that builds more nuclear plants
D) one based on conservation
If a person was born between 1946 and 1964, they would be a part of the __________
generation.
A) World War II
B) Cold War
C) baby boom
D) hip-hop
The majority of U.S. foreign aid to Egypt in 2008 was spent on __________.
A) weapons
B) education
C) healthcare
D) housing
According to Marx, capitalism will produce a class of oppressed people called the
__________, bent on destroying it.
A) plutocracy
B) proletariats
C) oligopoly
D) capitalists
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, an urban area is any town, city, or village
__________.
A) with 2,500 or more inhabitants
B) with 25,000 or more inhabitants
C) with 250,000 or more inhabitants
D) that has grown by at least 25 percent in the last ten years.
Suburbanization has resulted in __________.
A) less traffic and shorter commutes to work
B) more diverse schools
C) urban sprawl and more air pollution
D) a decrease in residential segregation
When schools determine learning groups based on the results of an assessment of some
kind it is known as __________ and is highly controversial.
A) tracking
B) channeling
C) differential placement
D) reference grouping
Which of the following is partly responsible for national security in the United States?
A) The Department of Homeland Security
B) The Central Intelligence Agency
C) NASA
D) The Immigration and Naturalization Service
The Uniform Crime Reports focus on __________.
A) crimes reported to the police
B) organized crime
C) political crime
D) corporate crime
The assassination of Osama bin Laden and the continued U.S. support of Israel and
torture in places like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay are all examples of things that
have __________.
A) led to the loss of U.S. credibility in the Arab world
B) won the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
C) fueled the success of the Bush Doctrine
D) heightened the image of Obama throughout the world
Throughout history people have always exercised their own __________ to turn
feelings of frustration into action to change a social structure and belief system. This is
especially true for people with disabilities.
A) morals
B) agency
C) theories
D) civil rights
Most microloans are given to __________.
A) men
B) women
C) children
D) boys between 12 and 18
The fact that __________ is evidence that the drug war is racist.
A) a relatively small percentage of drug users are black or Latino but a large percentage
of drug offenders sent to prison were black or Latino
B) 10 percent of White drug felons are given probation or non-incarceration compared
to 25 percent of Blacks
C) until the law was recently changed, a defendant would have to possess 100 times as
much marijuana to receive a comparable sentence for crack cocaine
D) some drugs that are associated with the upper classes such as opium are legal
After the Great Recession hit in late 2007, federal and state governments cut
____________.
A) tax breaks for homeowners
B) subsidies to big business
C) social programs for the poor
D) international defense spending
What is a strategy employers use to reduce their costs for employee medical benefits?
A) Not providing healthcare benefits for their employees altogether
B) Extending coverage to more of their part-time workers to spread the cost among
more people
C) Lowering the proportion the employee pays for premiums
D) Passing savings on benefits along to employees
Which was the first state to allow marriage for same-sex couples?
A) Massachusetts
B) Hawaii
C) Colorado
D) New York
Matt has not actively sought work for over a month since losing his job last year. He is
no longer counted as unemployed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, instead being
classified as a __________.
A) displaced worker
B) discouraged worker
C) member of the reserve army of the unemployed
D) sunset worker
The plants, animals, and microorganisms that supply people with the essentials of life
make up Earth’s __________.
A) biospheres
B) ecosystems
C) greenhouses
D) planned obsolescence
Neighborhoods where at least one in five households live below the poverty line are
considered __________.
A) affluent poverty areas
B) central city poverty areas
C) persistently poor counties
D) boomburgs
What is blocking progressive change?
A) The power of money
B) The rush to raise taxes
C) A spirit of political compromise
D) A widespread support of conservative policies and values
Giancarlo does not like paying medical bills. He wants a healthcare system very similar
to the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs based on the __________ model.
A) Bismarck
B) Beveridge
C) National Health Insurance
D) Fee for Service
Which of the following would be a reason for a recently released criminal committing
another crime according to the system-blame approach?
A) The person did not reform in prison.
B) The person is surrounded by ex-criminals.
C) The person is inherently criminal.
D) Many employers do not hire ex-convicts.
“Sifting” and “sorting” __________.
A) do not occur in schools
B) are techniques used to determine which students will occupy high-status positions in
society and which students will occupy low-status positions
C) are techniques used to ensure that the most able students are identified and provided
resources with which to attain the highest of educational goals
D) refer to the process of selecting sports teams in schools
It is estimated that China’s one-child policy prevented __________ births.
A) 3 million
B) 30 million
C) 300 million
D) 3 billion
__________ are/is recommended to increase equality in education.
A) Universal preschool
B) Larger class sizes
C) Market-based higher education
D) State-run boarding schools
Just before the last election cycle the members of a state house of representatives got
together and redrew the boundaries for various voting districts. The group that held
power at the time consistently blocked efforts to draw boundaries favorable to the
minority party and instead divided the state in a way that would ensure them the most
votes in a process known as __________.
A) a plutocracy
B) devolution
C) gerrymandering
D) unionizing
At the highest tier of higher education it is __________ that matters much more than
sheer ability.
Income inequality is __________ in the United States.
The elderly take an average of __________ prescription drugs per person.
A __________ solution stems from the assumption that private profit maximizes public
good.
How does gender affect health? Explain the intersection of the biological and the social
aspects of women’s health.
The United States has the __________ rate of poverty among the industrialized
countries, has a growing racial divide, and is moving toward a two-tiered society.
Debt bondage is most common in __________.
The money paid out by insurance companies for healthcare is referred to as a(n)
__________, reflecting the contradiction of the profit motive in healthcare.
If Smith serves on the board of Company A, Jones serves on the board of Company B,
and Smith and Jones both serve on the board of Company C, then there is a
__________ between Companies A and B.
What pressures people to use drugs? Which set of pressures do you think will be harder
to change?
Discuss the history of efforts to provide universal healthcare in the United States. What
political tactics have been deployed to oppose universal healthcare? Why did healthcare
reform finally pass now?
Compared to other __________ nations, Americans work more hours.
Discuss the principles proposed by the authors that are needed to guide public policy
with the goal of reducing or eliminating social problems in the United States.
How is the U.S. cornucopia view of nature related to environmental problems?
Discuss “the sociological dilemma” and the benefits that would come with policy
makers overcoming their bias against sociologists.
At the beginning of 2012, the population of the United States was approximately
313,000,000, which is the __________ highest population in the world.
Both divorce and __________ can result in poorer physical and mental health for the
child.
Transnational companies prefer to hire young __________ from poor countries to work
in their factories.
Sociologists ask three types of questions: empirical, comparative, and __________.
Studies find consistently that __________ have greater difficulty in receiving mortgage
credit from banks.