Question 1

How is globalization related to social mobility in the United States?

Accepted Answer

The issues of a global economy are great

Question 2

What is the experience for those immigrating to the U.S. to work in the unskilled labor market?

Accepted Answer

A)  They find there are no unskilled jobs available for immigrant laborers. 
B)  They rapidly move into the American middle class because their wages are so high. 
C)  They usually return to their native countries because they can't survive here on such low wages. 
D)  They make good money because our "low-wage" jobs are "high-wage" jobs for them. 
A)  They find there are no unskilled jobs available for immigrant laborers. 
B)  They rapidly move into the American middle class because their wages are so high. 
C)  They usually return to their native countries because they can't survive here on such low wages. 
D)  They make good money because our "low-wage" jobs are "high-wage" jobs for them.

Question 3

The U.S. economic class system is strongly developed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The apartheid system is not like a caste system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

One of the best ways to advance from one class to another is through:

Accepted Answer

A)  thrift. 
B)  winning the lotto. 
C)  education. 
D)  an increase of income. 
A)  thrift. 
B)  winning the lotto. 
C)  education. 
D)  an increase of income.

Question 6

The combination of hierarchies-education, occupation, and income-forms an individual's:

Accepted Answer

A)  mental IQ. 
B)  personality hierarchy. 
C)  socioeconomic status. 
D)  level of intelligence. 
A)  mental IQ. 
B)  personality hierarchy. 
C)  socioeconomic status. 
D)  level of intelligence.

Question 7

Karl Marx divided the populations of industrial societies into:

Accepted Answer

A)  four classes. 
B)  one equal class. 
C)  capitalists and the proletariat social classes. 
D)  technical and nontechnical groups. 
A)  four classes. 
B)  one equal class. 
C)  capitalists and the proletariat social classes. 
D)  technical and nontechnical groups.

Question 8

The lessening of stratification often is accompanied by social unrest, because that reduction focuses attention on the unfairness of the system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is social mobility? Why is social mobility important in studies of social stratification?

Accepted Answer

Social mobility is the comparative ease

Question 10

Defining poverty is easy for social scientists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

When firmly established, social stratification contributes to social:

Accepted Answer

A)  confusion. 
B)  instability. 
C)  ambiguity. 
D)  stability. 
A)  confusion. 
B)  instability. 
C)  ambiguity. 
D)  stability.

Question 12

One of the best ways to advance from one social class to another is through education.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

People in a community who are somewhat similar in their economic status, their attitudes and beliefs, their educational attainments, their ways of living, the regard in which others hold them, and their power are called a:

Accepted Answer

A)  neighborhood. 
B)  social class. 
C)  hierarchy. 
D)  peer group. 
A)  neighborhood. 
B)  social class. 
C)  hierarchy. 
D)  peer group.

Question 14

What are the causes of income inequality? How is poverty measured by social scientists?

Accepted Answer

There are three sources that help explai

Question 15

Some claim that blacks in the U.S. are stratified as a caste system, like in India.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Social classes are:

Accepted Answer

A)  organized like families. 
B)  organized like communities. 
C)  not social realities. 
D)  best compared in all situations with a layer cake. 
A)  organized like families. 
B)  organized like communities. 
C)  not social realities. 
D)  best compared in all situations with a layer cake.

Question 17

Most sociologists today tend to use a form of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Marx's concept of class. 
B)  Weber's concept of class. 
C)  Orwell's concept of class. 
D)  Ancient Greek class categories. 
A)  Marx's concept of class. 
B)  Weber's concept of class. 
C)  Orwell's concept of class. 
D)  Ancient Greek class categories.

Question 18

An open-class system is one in which:

Accepted Answer

A)  class lines are not definite. 
B)  Europeans and Americans have equal upward mobility. 
C)  people have no chance of moving up socially. 
D)  class lines are definite. 
A)  class lines are not definite. 
B)  Europeans and Americans have equal upward mobility. 
C)  people have no chance of moving up socially. 
D)  class lines are definite.

Question 19

Mobility in a class system is much less possible than in a caste system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Max Weber argued that property is the sole basis of class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 12: Social and Economic Stratification

How is globalization related to social mobility in the United States?

What is the experience for those immigrating to the U.S. to work in the unskilled labor market?

The U.S. economic class system is strongly developed.

The apartheid system is not like a caste system.

One of the best ways to advance from one class to another is through:

The combination of hierarchies-education, occupation, and income-forms an individual's:

Karl Marx divided the populations of industrial societies into:

The lessening of stratification often is accompanied by social unrest, because that reduction focuses attention on the unfairness of the system.

What is social mobility? Why is social mobility important in studies of social stratification?

Defining poverty is easy for social scientists.

When firmly established, social stratification contributes to social:

One of the best ways to advance from one social class to another is through education.

People in a community who are somewhat similar in their economic status, their attitudes and beliefs, their educational attainments, their ways of living, the regard in which others hold them, and their power are called a:

What are the causes of income inequality? How is poverty measured by social scientists?

Some claim that blacks in the U.S. are stratified as a caste system, like in India.

Social classes are:

Most sociologists today tend to use a form of:

An open-class system is one in which:

Mobility in a class system is much less possible than in a caste system.

Max Weber argued that property is the sole basis of class.

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