Question 1

The author argues that full gender equity in jobs in sport organizations depends on

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A) women developing alliances with powerful men in sports. 
B) changing the cultures of sports and sport organizations. 
C) women working harder to learn about sports and sport organizations. 
D) using new forms of affirmative action programs. 
A) women developing alliances with powerful men in sports. 
B) changing the cultures of sports and sport organizations. 
C) women working harder to learn about sports and sport organizations. 
D) using new forms of affirmative action programs.

Question 2

When sports were first desegregated,the existence of "entry barriers" in top-level competitive sports in the U.S.created a situation in which

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A) white athletes were always the best players on integrated teams. 
B) black athletes sat on the bench more than they played. 
C) black athletes had better performance records than white athletes. 
D) black athletes received higher salaries than white athletes. 
A) white athletes were always the best players on integrated teams. 
B) black athletes sat on the bench more than they played. 
C) black athletes had better performance records than white athletes. 
D) black athletes received higher salaries than white athletes.

Question 3

In terms of overall employment patterns in sport organizations

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A) Latinos are more likely to coach in the NFL than Major League Baseball. 
B) the majority of professional track and field coaches are Native Americans. 
C) Asian Americans have more sport jobs than other ethnic minorities. 
D) white men hold most of the good jobs and nearly all of the top jobs. 
A) Latinos are more likely to coach in the NFL than Major League Baseball. 
B) the majority of professional track and field coaches are Native Americans. 
C) Asian Americans have more sport jobs than other ethnic minorities. 
D) white men hold most of the good jobs and nearly all of the top jobs.

Question 4

As of 2013,for every contract dollar made by NBA players during their season,players in the WNBA made

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A) 30-cents. 
B) 10-cents. 
C) 1-cent. 
D) 5-cents. 
A) 30-cents. 
B) 10-cents. 
C) 1-cent. 
D) 5-cents.

Question 5

When sports in a society are tied to an ideology that stresses the belief that success is based on the ability to compete against and defeat opponents,sports tend to

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A) work against the interests of wealthy and powerful people. 
B) promote worker productivity and satisfaction. 
C) reproduce the power and influence of elite groups in society. 
D) provide unique opportunities for people from low-income groups. 
A) work against the interests of wealthy and powerful people. 
B) promote worker productivity and satisfaction. 
C) reproduce the power and influence of elite groups in society. 
D) provide unique opportunities for people from low-income groups.

Question 6

Being married with children is most likely to interfere with sport participation among

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A) women in upper-income families. 
B) women who have wealthy friends. 
C) women who have husbands working at home. 
D) women in lower-income families. 
A) women in upper-income families. 
B) women who have wealthy friends. 
C) women who have husbands working at home. 
D) women in lower-income families.

Question 7

When gender relations and class relations come together in people's lives which category of women is likely to have the highest sport participation rate?

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A) Women from low-income households. 
B) Women from upper-income households. 
C) Women who work outside the home. 
D) Women with active children over 8 years old. 
A) Women from low-income households. 
B) Women from upper-income households. 
C) Women who work outside the home. 
D) Women with active children over 8 years old.

Question 8

Which of the following is true about women's job careers in sports?

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A) The salaries of men and women playing pro soccer in the U.S.are equal. 
B) Job opportunities for women sports are mostly at the highest executive levels. 
C) Salary equity now exists for women coaches in all colleges and universities. 
D) Job turnover is relatively high among women. 
A) The salaries of men and women playing pro soccer in the U.S.are equal. 
B) Job opportunities for women sports are mostly at the highest executive levels. 
C) Salary equity now exists for women coaches in all colleges and universities. 
D) Job turnover is relatively high among women.

Question 9

Data suggest that opportunities for African Americans in sports are

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A) more scarce in team sports than in individual sports. 
B) greater than they are in traditional professions such as medicine and law. 
C) generally insignificant for the African American population as a whole. 
D) more plentiful for African American women than for men. 
A) more scarce in team sports than in individual sports. 
B) greater than they are in traditional professions such as medicine and law. 
C) generally insignificant for the African American population as a whole. 
D) more plentiful for African American women than for men.

Question 10

According to political theorist Antonio Gramsci,members of the ruling class in contemporary societies maintain their power to the extent that they

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A) have the ability to undermine their political opponents. 
B) control the police force and how deviance is defined in society. 
C) can convince people that society is organized as best as it can be. 
D) social classes don't exist in society. 
A) have the ability to undermine their political opponents. 
B) control the police force and how deviance is defined in society. 
C) can convince people that society is organized as best as it can be. 
D) social classes don't exist in society.

Question 11

Data on global income and living conditions show that

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A) nearly 40 percent of the people in the world lack the resources to play organized sports. 
B) in ten years most people in developing nations will escape poverty. 
C) most elite athletes today are from the poorest nations in the world. 
D) the poorest children in the world have the most leisure time to play sports. 
A) nearly 40 percent of the people in the world lack the resources to play organized sports. 
B) in ten years most people in developing nations will escape poverty. 
C) most elite athletes today are from the poorest nations in the world. 
D) the poorest children in the world have the most leisure time to play sports.

Question 12

The author points out that sports and other forms of exciting entertainment are culturally important because they can be used to

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A) establish ideological outposts in the minds of people. 
B) train soldiers for combat in hand-to-hand warfare. 
C) discover how people think about world events. 
D) help parents provide moral lessons to their children. 
A) establish ideological outposts in the minds of people. 
B) train soldiers for combat in hand-to-hand warfare. 
C) discover how people think about world events. 
D) help parents provide moral lessons to their children.

Question 13

Information on the number of blacks in coaching and management positions in North American professional team sports shows that

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A) at least 30% of these positions are held by blacks. 
B) blacks hold the majority of coaching positions in baseball only. 
C) blacks are underrepresented in most power positions in all sports. 
D) the majority of all assistant coaches in most sports are black. 
A) at least 30% of these positions are held by blacks. 
B) blacks hold the majority of coaching positions in baseball only. 
C) blacks are underrepresented in most power positions in all sports. 
D) the majority of all assistant coaches in most sports are black.

Question 14

When tax money is used to build sport stadiums and arenas for professional teams,one of the main results is that

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A) public money is transferred to wealthy individuals and corporations. 
B) revenue streams at the stadium help to build public schools and parks. 
C) women and minorities receive many new,high paying job opportunities. 
D) everyone has more opportunities to attend games at reasonable prices. 
A) public money is transferred to wealthy individuals and corporations. 
B) revenue streams at the stadium help to build public schools and parks. 
C) women and minorities receive many new,high paying job opportunities. 
D) everyone has more opportunities to attend games at reasonable prices.

Question 15

At the same time that public money in cities and states has been used to fund the construction of sport venues

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A) the price of tickets has declined except in luxury boxes. 
B) fewer average people can afford to buy tickets to see local teams. 
C) the taxes generated by those facilities has increased dramatically. 
D) lasting social unity has been created by sports in those cities and states. 
A) the price of tickets has declined except in luxury boxes. 
B) fewer average people can afford to buy tickets to see local teams. 
C) the taxes generated by those facilities has increased dramatically. 
D) lasting social unity has been created by sports in those cities and states.

Question 16

The sport participation of young people today depends on family resources more than ever before in recent history.This is important to know because U.S.data for 2013 show that

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A) household wealth does not influence family decisions about spending money. 
B) median annual household income is less than $50,000 for all ethnic groups. 
C) the wealth of white households is now as low as the wealth held by black households. 
D) black and Latino households have less than 10 percent of the wealth of white households. 
A) household wealth does not influence family decisions about spending money. 
B) median annual household income is less than $50,000 for all ethnic groups. 
C) the wealth of white households is now as low as the wealth held by black households. 
D) black and Latino households have less than 10 percent of the wealth of white households.

Question 17

In his discussion of retirement from competitive sports,the author notes that there is a growing belief that sport organizations should

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A) never force an athlete to retire before he or she is mentally ready to retire. 
B) assist athletes during their transition into other parts of their lives. 
C) set up special teams to enable "senior" athletes to continue competing. 
D) hire all former athletes back in some coaching or administrative capacity. 
A) never force an athlete to retire before he or she is mentally ready to retire. 
B) assist athletes during their transition into other parts of their lives. 
C) set up special teams to enable "senior" athletes to continue competing. 
D) hire all former athletes back in some coaching or administrative capacity.

Question 18

Data from NCAA schools indicate that

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A) most scholarships are awarded to students from low income families. 
B) the sport offering the best scholarship odds to HS seniors is football. 
C) less than 10 percent of nearly all scholarships are divided between two or more athletes. 
D) revenues generated by black athletes often pay for scholarships for others. 
A) most scholarships are awarded to students from low income families. 
B) the sport offering the best scholarship odds to HS seniors is football. 
C) less than 10 percent of nearly all scholarships are divided between two or more athletes. 
D) revenues generated by black athletes often pay for scholarships for others.

Question 19

Quotes from the men interviewed by sociologist Loic Wacquant suggest that participation in professional boxing is best understood in terms of

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A) the personalities of those who choose to box. 
B) the social context in which people make choices about their lives. 
C) the large salaries made by nearly all professional boxers. 
D) broken families and absent fathers. 
A) the personalities of those who choose to box. 
B) the social context in which people make choices about their lives. 
C) the large salaries made by nearly all professional boxers. 
D) broken families and absent fathers.

Question 20

After looking at data on which nations and which athletes win medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games,the author concludes that these events

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A) present a level playing for opportunities to win medals. 
B) a celebration of wealth and economic inequality. 
C) are basically contests between wealthy socialist and poor capitalist nations. 
D) provide people from poor nations a fair chance to succeed. 
A) present a level playing for opportunities to win medals. 
B) a celebration of wealth and economic inequality. 
C) are basically contests between wealthy socialist and poor capitalist nations. 
D) provide people from poor nations a fair chance to succeed.

The author argues that full gender equity in jobs in sport organizations depends on

When sports were first desegregated,the existence of "entry barriers" in top-level competitive sports in the U.S.created a situation in which

In terms of overall employment patterns in sport organizations

As of 2013,for every contract dollar made by NBA players during their season,players in the WNBA made

When sports in a society are tied to an ideology that stresses the belief that success is based on the ability to compete against and defeat opponents,sports tend to

Being married with children is most likely to interfere with sport participation among

When gender relations and class relations come together in people's lives which category of women is likely to have the highest sport participation rate?

Which of the following is true about women's job careers in sports?

Data suggest that opportunities for African Americans in sports are

According to political theorist Antonio Gramsci,members of the ruling class in contemporary societies maintain their power to the extent that they

Data on global income and living conditions show that

The author points out that sports and other forms of exciting entertainment are culturally important because they can be used to

Information on the number of blacks in coaching and management positions in North American professional team sports shows that

When tax money is used to build sport stadiums and arenas for professional teams,one of the main results is that

At the same time that public money in cities and states has been used to fund the construction of sport venues

The sport participation of young people today depends on family resources more than ever before in recent history.This is important to know because U.S.data for 2013 show that

In his discussion of retirement from competitive sports,the author notes that there is a growing belief that sport organizations should

Data from NCAA schools indicate that

Quotes from the men interviewed by sociologist Loic Wacquant suggest that participation in professional boxing is best understood in terms of

After looking at data on which nations and which athletes win medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games,the author concludes that these events

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Exam 9: Social Class: Do Money and Power Matter in Sports

The author argues that full gender equity in jobs in sport organizations depends on

When sports were first desegregated,the existence of "entry barriers" in top-level competitive sports in the U.S.created a situation in which

In terms of overall employment patterns in sport organizations

As of 2013,for every contract dollar made by NBA players during their season,players in the WNBA made

When sports in a society are tied to an ideology that stresses the belief that success is based on the ability to compete against and defeat opponents,sports tend to

Being married with children is most likely to interfere with sport participation among

When gender relations and class relations come together in people's lives which category of women is likely to have the highest sport participation rate?

Which of the following is true about women's job careers in sports?

Data suggest that opportunities for African Americans in sports are

According to political theorist Antonio Gramsci,members of the ruling class in contemporary societies maintain their power to the extent that they

Data on global income and living conditions show that

The author points out that sports and other forms of exciting entertainment are culturally important because they can be used to

Information on the number of blacks in coaching and management positions in North American professional team sports shows that

When tax money is used to build sport stadiums and arenas for professional teams,one of the main results is that

At the same time that public money in cities and states has been used to fund the construction of sport venues

The sport participation of young people today depends on family resources more than ever before in recent history.This is important to know because U.S.data for 2013 show that

In his discussion of retirement from competitive sports,the author notes that there is a growing belief that sport organizations should

Data from NCAA schools indicate that

Quotes from the men interviewed by sociologist Loic Wacquant suggest that participation in professional boxing is best understood in terms of

After looking at data on which nations and which athletes win medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games,the author concludes that these events

The Sociology of Sport: What Is It and Why Study It

Producing Knowledge About Sports in Society: What Is the Role of Research and Theory

Sports and Socialization: Who Plays and What Happens to Them

Sports for Children: Are Organized Programs Worth the Effort

Deviance in Sports: Is It Out of Control

Violence in Sports: Does It Affect Our Lives

Gender and Sports: Is Equity Possible

Race and Ethnicity: Are They Important in Sports

Age and Ability: Barriers to Participation and Inclusion

Sports and the Economy: What Are the Characteristics of Commercial Sports

Sports and the Media: Could They Survive Without Each Other

Sports and Politics: How Do Governments and Global Political Processes Influence Sports

Sports in High School and College: Do Competitive Sports Contribute to Education

Sports and Religions: Is It a Promising Combination

Sports in the Future: What Do We Want Them to Be

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