Question 1

The author concludes that being a varsity athlete in high school or college is most likely to give people an occupational advantage when

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A) their parents helped them focus on becoming elite athletes. 
B) they set records so that other people recognized them as athletes. 
C) playing sports enabled them to expand their experiences apart from sports. 
D) they chose occupations that had nothing to do with competitive sports. 
A) their parents helped them focus on becoming elite athletes. 
B) they set records so that other people recognized them as athletes. 
C) playing sports enabled them to expand their experiences apart from sports. 
D) they chose occupations that had nothing to do with competitive sports. C

Question 2

After reading the chapter on social class and sports, it is clear that in recent years

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A) women and ethnic minorities have taken over most sport organizations. 
B) affirmative action has changed who obtains top management jobs in sports. 
C) white men have retained power and control in sport organizations. 
D) government rules have caused white males to lose power in sports. 
A) women and ethnic minorities have taken over most sport organizations. 
B) affirmative action has changed who obtains top management jobs in sports. 
C) white men have retained power and control in sport organizations. 
D) government rules have caused white males to lose power in sports. C

Question 3

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. D

Question 4

In the example of how age relations operate in sports, it was explained that the organization of youth sport programs generally reflects

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A) adults' ideas about what children should be doing and learning. 
B) the needs of children who seek exciting physical challenges. 
C) the needs of elite sport programs in the nation. 
D) managerial approaches used by adults in major corporations. 
A) adults' ideas about what children should be doing and learning. 
B) the needs of children who seek exciting physical challenges. 
C) the needs of elite sport programs in the nation. 
D) managerial approaches used by adults in major corporations.

Question 5

There have not been significant increases in the proportions of blacks working at top management levels in sports because

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A) talented blacks choose non-sport jobs that pay more than sport jobs. 
B) hiring processes for top jobs favor people similar to team owners. 
C) white male owners are threatened by qualified blacks. 
D) team owners fear a drop in ticket sales if blacks are hired for top jobs. 
A) talented blacks choose non-sport jobs that pay more than sport jobs. 
B) hiring processes for top jobs favor people similar to team owners. 
C) white male owners are threatened by qualified blacks. 
D) team owners fear a drop in ticket sales if blacks are hired for top jobs.

Question 6

Women who work in sport organizations often face the burden of

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A) doing jobs for which they have few skills. 
B) working for women supervisors who are threatened by other women. 
C) being promoted into athletic director positions before they are ready. 
D) dealing with organizational cultures they have not had a role in shaping. 
A) doing jobs for which they have few skills. 
B) working for women supervisors who are threatened by other women. 
C) being promoted into athletic director positions before they are ready. 
D) dealing with organizational cultures they have not had a role in shaping.

Question 7

Data on the salaries of players in the major team sports shows that in recent years

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A) white players make less than players from ethnic minorities. 
B) there is no evidence of race-based salary discrimination. 
C) black players make less than white players. 
D) black players are paid more due to the guilt of white team owners. 
A) white players make less than players from ethnic minorities. 
B) there is no evidence of race-based salary discrimination. 
C) black players make less than white players. 
D) black players are paid more due to the guilt of white team owners.

Question 8

Class ideology in the United States is organized around

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A) money and happiness. 
B) the American Dream and a belief in meritocracy. 
C) the importance of fate and luck. 
D) a belief that nice people are never successful. 
A) money and happiness. 
B) the American Dream and a belief in meritocracy. 
C) the importance of fate and luck. 
D) a belief that nice people are never successful.

Question 9

Research indicates that problems are most likely when retirement from sport

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A) is forced on an athlete because of injury. 
B) comes in connection with changes in an athlete's life. 
C) is related to a general loss of skills that comes with age. 
D) forces a person to develop interests outside of sports. 
A) is forced on an athlete because of injury. 
B) comes in connection with changes in an athlete's life. 
C) is related to a general loss of skills that comes with age. 
D) forces a person to develop interests outside of sports.

Question 10

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 11

Laberge and Albert studied French Canadian boys and found that middle class boys linked sport participation to masculinity because they saw sports as an arena

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A) for learning to be leaders. 
B) for gaining social acceptance in male groups. 
C) for showing that they were superior to teenage girls. 
D) for displaying tough, hypermasculine behaviors. 
A) for learning to be leaders. 
B) for gaining social acceptance in male groups. 
C) for showing that they were superior to teenage girls. 
D) for displaying tough, hypermasculine behaviors.

Question 12

Opportunities to play professional sports are best described as

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A) lucrative and open to many people. 
B) excellent ways for many ethnic minorities to avoid discrimination. 
C) more open to women than to men during the past 2 decades. 
D) short term and limited to relatively few people. 
A) lucrative and open to many people. 
B) excellent ways for many ethnic minorities to avoid discrimination. 
C) more open to women than to men during the past 2 decades. 
D) short term and limited to relatively few people.

Question 13

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 14

Efforts to organize fans to resist ticket price increases have generally failed because

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A) fans lack the experience and ability needed to create organizations. 
B) fans want to make sure that stadium employees are well paid. 
C) wealthy status-conscious spectators don't object to high ticket prices. 
D) season ticket holders often own shares of stock in the teams they watch. 
A) fans lack the experience and ability needed to create organizations. 
B) fans want to make sure that stadium employees are well paid. 
C) wealthy status-conscious spectators don't object to high ticket prices. 
D) season ticket holders often own shares of stock in the teams they watch.

Question 15

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 16

As entry barriers declined, retention barriers took their place.Retention barriers benefited

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A) black players with good potential. 
B) only the best white players. 
C) black players with seniority in the league. 
D) white players with marginal skills. 
A) black players with good potential. 
B) only the best white players. 
C) black players with seniority in the league. 
D) white players with marginal skills.

Question 17

The ethnic minorities most likely to be hired for top management positions are those who

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A) give priority to their ethnic identities. 
B) can ignore the rules and practices in the organizations. 
C) have orientations similar to other people in top management. 
D) threaten owners with lawsuits. 
A) give priority to their ethnic identities. 
B) can ignore the rules and practices in the organizations. 
C) have orientations similar to other people in top management. 
D) threaten owners with lawsuits.

Question 18

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 19

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 20

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.

The author concludes that being a varsity athlete in high school or college is most likely to give people an occupational advantage when

After reading the chapter on social class and sports, it is clear that in recent years

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

In the example of how age relations operate in sports, it was explained that the organization of youth sport programs generally reflects

There have not been significant increases in the proportions of blacks working at top management levels in sports because

Women who work in sport organizations often face the burden of

Data on the salaries of players in the major team sports shows that in recent years

Class ideology in the United States is organized around

Research indicates that problems are most likely when retirement from sport

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

Laberge and Albert studied French Canadian boys and found that middle class boys linked sport participation to masculinity because they saw sports as an arena

Opportunities to play professional sports are best described as

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

Efforts to organize fans to resist ticket price increases have generally failed because

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

As entry barriers declined, retention barriers took their place.Retention barriers benefited

The ethnic minorities most likely to be hired for top management positions are those who

In terms of overall employment patterns in sport organizations

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

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

The author concludes that being a varsity athlete in high school or college is most likely to give people an occupational advantage when

After reading the chapter on social class and sports, it is clear that in recent years

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

In the example of how age relations operate in sports, it was explained that the organization of youth sport programs generally reflects

There have not been significant increases in the proportions of blacks working at top management levels in sports because

Women who work in sport organizations often face the burden of

Data on the salaries of players in the major team sports shows that in recent years

Class ideology in the United States is organized around

Research indicates that problems are most likely when retirement from sport

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

Laberge and Albert studied French Canadian boys and found that middle class boys linked sport participation to masculinity because they saw sports as an arena

Opportunities to play professional sports are best described as

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

Efforts to organize fans to resist ticket price increases have generally failed because

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

As entry barriers declined, retention barriers took their place.Retention barriers benefited

The ethnic minorities most likely to be hired for top management positions are those who

In terms of overall employment patterns in sport organizations

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

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

Producing Knowledge About Sports in Society: How Is Knowledge Produced in the Sociology of Sport

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: How 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

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