Question 1

Genetic engineering could easily result in greater social:

Accepted Answer

A) equality 
B) inequality 
C) stratification 
D) diversity 
E) advancement 
A) equality 
B) inequality 
C) stratification 
D) diversity 
E) advancement

Question 2

Networks,groups,and bureaucracies are embedded in:

Accepted Answer

A) culture 
B) civilization 
C) ethnicities 
D) identities 
E) societies 
A) culture 
B) civilization 
C) ethnicities 
D) identities 
E) societies

Question 3

Most people find it difficult to disobey authority because they fear

Accepted Answer

A) ridicule 
B) ostracism 
C) punishment 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices 
A) ridicule 
B) ostracism 
C) punishment 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices

Question 4

In the 1970's Rosabeth Moss Kanter studied informal social relations in bureaucracies.She did NOT find:

Accepted Answer

A) Women were locked out of managerial positions. 
B) The corporation discriminated against women as a matter of policy. 
C) There was a male-only social network. 
D) Women were excluded from the network. 
E) To get promoted,one had to be sponsored by a male executive. 
A) Women were locked out of managerial positions. 
B) The corporation discriminated against women as a matter of policy. 
C) There was a male-only social network. 
D) Women were excluded from the network. 
E) To get promoted,one had to be sponsored by a male executive.

Question 5

An example of the usefulness of focusing on concrete social ties rather than abstract attributes comes from the study of how communicable diseases spread.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Explain how ordinary German citizens could stand by and not prevent the Holocaust.Based on your sociological understanding of authority,could something like the Holocaust happen again? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The Holocaust was a complex and horrific

Question 7

Identify the main factor (s)that underlie (s)bureaucratic inefficiency.

Accepted Answer

A) size 
B) social structure 
C) rivalries 
D) size and social structure 
E) size and rivalries 
A) size 
B) social structure 
C) rivalries 
D) size and social structure 
E) size and rivalries

Question 8

Which is a quality of great managers?

Accepted Answer

A) They encourage open discussion. 
B) They rationalize their plan of action. 
C) They squelch dissent. 
D) They impose consensus on the group. 
E) None of these choices. 
A) They encourage open discussion. 
B) They rationalize their plan of action. 
C) They squelch dissent. 
D) They impose consensus on the group. 
E) None of these choices.

Question 9

Groups that are larger and more impersonal than primary groups are known as:

Accepted Answer

A) social categories 
B) status collections 
C) secondary groups 
D) collective groups 
E) coteries 
A) social categories 
B) status collections 
C) secondary groups 
D) collective groups 
E) coteries

Question 10

An example of ____ is the tendency of bureaucracies to become so rigid they lose touch with reality and continue their policies even when their clients' needs change.

Accepted Answer

A) bureaucratic inertia 
B) bureaucratic efficiency 
C) bureaucratic ritualism 
D) oligarchy 
E) dehumanization 
A) bureaucratic inertia 
B) bureaucratic efficiency 
C) bureaucratic ritualism 
D) oligarchy 
E) dehumanization

Question 11

The organizational environment of a bureaucracy - the economic,political and cultural factors that lie outside the organization - rarely prevents it from becoming flatter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A group of people against whom an individual evaluates his or her situation or conduct is called a:

Accepted Answer

A) social group 
B) evaluative group 
C) reference group 
D) out-group 
E) in-group 
A) social group 
B) evaluative group 
C) reference group 
D) out-group 
E) in-group

Question 13

Even if a structure of authority is new,questionable and artificial,people will:

Accepted Answer

A) try to change it for the overall good 
B) try to change it for their own personal benefit 
C) be unwilling to follow it 
D) seek ways to make the authority more personal and direct 
E) be inclined to obey those in power 
A) try to change it for the overall good 
B) try to change it for their own personal benefit 
C) be unwilling to follow it 
D) seek ways to make the authority more personal and direct 
E) be inclined to obey those in power

Question 14

Society molds patterns of inequality for which of the following:

Accepted Answer

A) class 
B) gender 
C) race 
D) ethnicity 
E) all of the above 
A) class 
B) gender 
C) race 
D) ethnicity 
E) all of the above

Question 15

Which of the following act(s)as boundaries separating groups?

Accepted Answer

A) race 
B) class 
C) athletic ability 
D) physical attractiveness 
E) all of these choices 
A) race 
B) class 
C) athletic ability 
D) physical attractiveness 
E) all of these choices

Question 16

Robert Brym's father

Accepted Answer

A) escaped from Poland when the Nazis invaded his hometown. 
B) was in a train station when it was bombed by the Nazis. 
C) was perplexed by the question,"How was it possible for many thousand of ordinary Germans - products of what he regarded as the most advanced civilization on Earth - to systematically murder millions of defenseless and innocent Jews,Rom (Gypsies"),homosexuals,and mentally disabled people in the death camps?" 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices 
A) escaped from Poland when the Nazis invaded his hometown. 
B) was in a train station when it was bombed by the Nazis. 
C) was perplexed by the question,"How was it possible for many thousand of ordinary Germans - products of what he regarded as the most advanced civilization on Earth - to systematically murder millions of defenseless and innocent Jews,Rom (Gypsies"),homosexuals,and mentally disabled people in the death camps?" 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices

Question 17

A social organization that is based on following procedures just because they have always been done that way is

Accepted Answer

A) bureaucratic 
B) traditional 
C) charismatic 
D) legal 
E) could be any of the organizational types listed above 
A) bureaucratic 
B) traditional 
C) charismatic 
D) legal 
E) could be any of the organizational types listed above

Question 18

The pressure to conform despite individual misgivings is sometimes called:

Accepted Answer

A) network analysis 
B) social network 
C) groupthink 
D) inclusion 
E) exclusion 
A) network analysis 
B) social network 
C) groupthink 
D) inclusion 
E) exclusion

Question 19

Bureaucrats sometimes get too preoccupied with rules and regulations.This is an example of ____:

Accepted Answer

A) bureaucratic inertia 
B) bureaucratic ritualism 
C) efficiency 
D) oligarchy 
E) social structure 
A) bureaucratic inertia 
B) bureaucratic ritualism 
C) efficiency 
D) oligarchy 
E) social structure

Question 20

Structures of authority tend to render people:

Accepted Answer

A) afraid 
B) angry 
C) willing to protest 
D) obedient 
E) none of these choices 
A) afraid 
B) angry 
C) willing to protest 
D) obedient 
E) none of these choices

Exam 6: Social Collectivities: Groups to Societies

Genetic engineering could easily result in greater social:

Networks,groups,and bureaucracies are embedded in:

Most people find it difficult to disobey authority because they fear

In the 1970's Rosabeth Moss Kanter studied informal social relations in bureaucracies.She did NOT find:

An example of the usefulness of focusing on concrete social ties rather than abstract attributes comes from the study of how communicable diseases spread.

Explain how ordinary German citizens could stand by and not prevent the Holocaust.Based on your sociological understanding of authority,could something like the Holocaust happen again? Why or why not?

Identify the main factor (s)that underlie (s)bureaucratic inefficiency.

Which is a quality of great managers?

Groups that are larger and more impersonal than primary groups are known as:

An example of ____ is the tendency of bureaucracies to become so rigid they lose touch with reality and continue their policies even when their clients' needs change.

The organizational environment of a bureaucracy - the economic,political and cultural factors that lie outside the organization - rarely prevents it from becoming flatter.

A group of people against whom an individual evaluates his or her situation or conduct is called a:

Even if a structure of authority is new,questionable and artificial,people will:

Society molds patterns of inequality for which of the following:

Which of the following act(s)as boundaries separating groups?

Robert Brym's father

A social organization that is based on following procedures just because they have always been done that way is

The pressure to conform despite individual misgivings is sometimes called:

Bureaucrats sometimes get too preoccupied with rules and regulations.This is an example of ____:

Structures of authority tend to render people:

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