Question 1

According to social scientific evidence,what has been the impact of affirmative action policies on white men?

Accepted Answer

A) Employers regularly pass over equally or better qualified whites to hire people of color. 
B) It can help white men in cases where qualified white men are given more of a chance against candidates who would have landed a job through old-boy networks and cronyism. 
C) Companies often hire unqualified people of color or women over qualified white men. 
D) White men regularly file formal complaints citing "reverse discrimination." 
A) Employers regularly pass over equally or better qualified whites to hire people of color. 
B) It can help white men in cases where qualified white men are given more of a chance against candidates who would have landed a job through old-boy networks and cronyism. 
C) Companies often hire unqualified people of color or women over qualified white men. 
D) White men regularly file formal complaints citing "reverse discrimination."

Question 2

In a June 2015 news clip,media commentator Bill O'Reilly said Americans needed to "get ready for the underclass." According to sociologists,what is wrong with using the term "underclass" to refer to people in poverty?

Accepted Answer

A) Liberal politicians use the term to criticize poor conservative whites. 
B) It overemphasizes the role of education in economic outcomes. 
C) The term is almost always used to refer to poor,uneducated rural whites. 
D) It implies that a group should be kept low and ostracized from the rest of society. 
A) Liberal politicians use the term to criticize poor conservative whites. 
B) It overemphasizes the role of education in economic outcomes. 
C) The term is almost always used to refer to poor,uneducated rural whites. 
D) It implies that a group should be kept low and ostracized from the rest of society.

Question 3

In 2013,the unemployment rate for whites was 6.4 percent.What was the unemployment rate for blacks?

Accepted Answer

A) 3.4 percent 
B) 6.7 percent 
C) 13.2 percent 
D) 20.5 percent 
A) 3.4 percent 
B) 6.7 percent 
C) 13.2 percent 
D) 20.5 percent

Question 4

When it comes to poverty in America:

Accepted Answer

A) Though many Americans live in poverty,the rates are lower than in other industrialized nations. 
B) Poverty levels in white communities and in communities of color are about the same in the United States. 
C) Poverty levels are higher among senior citizens than among children. 
D) Nearly one third of American "breadwinners" are among the nation's working poor. 
A) Though many Americans live in poverty,the rates are lower than in other industrialized nations. 
B) Poverty levels in white communities and in communities of color are about the same in the United States. 
C) Poverty levels are higher among senior citizens than among children. 
D) Nearly one third of American "breadwinners" are among the nation's working poor.

Question 5

What was the result of Reaganomics on the poorest fifth of Americans?

Accepted Answer

A) Their income dropped an average of 10 percent. 
B) Their income increased an average of 15 percent. 
C) Their employment rate increased an average of 20 percent. 
D) Their employment rate decreased an average of 2 percent. 
A) Their income dropped an average of 10 percent. 
B) Their income increased an average of 15 percent. 
C) Their employment rate increased an average of 20 percent. 
D) Their employment rate decreased an average of 2 percent.

Question 6

Banks that are more likely to lend money to whites than to nonwhites and banks that charge higher mortgage rates to nonwhites are examples of:

Accepted Answer

A) present-day institutional racism 
B) why there is persistent income inequality between whites and nonwhites 
C) institutional racism that,while no longer practiced,has created wealth inequalities 
D) the effects of past and present-day wage inequalities 
A) present-day institutional racism 
B) why there is persistent income inequality between whites and nonwhites 
C) institutional racism that,while no longer practiced,has created wealth inequalities 
D) the effects of past and present-day wage inequalities

Question 7

According to the textbook,in 2013 the poverty threshold for a single person under the age of 65 was $11,490;it was $23,550 for a family made up of a couple and their two children.What proportion of Hispanics,African Americans,and Native Americans are living below the poverty line?

Accepted Answer

A) 10 percent 
B) 35 percent 
C) 50 percent 
D) 75 percent 
A) 10 percent 
B) 35 percent 
C) 50 percent 
D) 75 percent

Question 8

According to the textbook,in 2013,if black women were paid as much as white men with similar credentials they would earn an average of how much more per year?

Accepted Answer

A) $500 
B) $2,000 
C) $5,000 
D) $7,000 
A) $500 
B) $2,000 
C) $5,000 
D) $7,000

Question 9

A national homebuilder developing a new home community needs to hire framers,plumbers,painters,electricians,and other construction workers.There are plenty of qualified,unionized,nonimmigrant job applicants,but the builder chooses to hire mostly Mexican immigrants.According to sociologist Edna Bonacich,this choice reflects the existence of:

Accepted Answer

A) community college training programs 
B) a tight labor market 
C) equal opportunity employment laws 
D) a split labor market 
A) community college training programs 
B) a tight labor market 
C) equal opportunity employment laws 
D) a split labor market

Question 10

What is the umbrella term referring to a collection of policies and practices designed to address past wrongs,institutional racism,and sexism by offering people of color and women both employment and educational opportunities?

Accepted Answer

A) equal employment opportunity 
B) affirmative action 
C) reverse discrimination 
D) SNAP 
A) equal employment opportunity 
B) affirmative action 
C) reverse discrimination 
D) SNAP

According to social scientific evidence,what has been the impact of affirmative action policies on white men?

In a June 2015 news clip,media commentator Bill O'Reilly said Americans needed to "get ready for the underclass." According to sociologists,what is wrong with using the term "underclass" to refer to people in poverty?

In 2013,the unemployment rate for whites was 6.4 percent.What was the unemployment rate for blacks?

When it comes to poverty in America:

What was the result of Reaganomics on the poorest fifth of Americans?

Banks that are more likely to lend money to whites than to nonwhites and banks that charge higher mortgage rates to nonwhites are examples of:

According to the textbook,in 2013 the poverty threshold for a single person under the age of 65 was $11,490;it was $23,550 for a family made up of a couple and their two children.What proportion of Hispanics,African Americans,and Native Americans are living below the poverty line?

According to the textbook,in 2013,if black women were paid as much as white men with similar credentials they would earn an average of how much more per year?

What is the umbrella term referring to a collection of policies and practices designed to address past wrongs,institutional racism,and sexism by offering people of color and women both employment and educational opportunities?

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Exam 4: Economics

According to social scientific evidence,what has been the impact of affirmative action policies on white men?

In a June 2015 news clip,media commentator Bill O'Reilly said Americans needed to "get ready for the underclass." According to sociologists,what is wrong with using the term "underclass" to refer to people in poverty?

In 2013,the unemployment rate for whites was 6.4 percent.What was the unemployment rate for blacks?

When it comes to poverty in America:

What was the result of Reaganomics on the poorest fifth of Americans?

Banks that are more likely to lend money to whites than to nonwhites and banks that charge higher mortgage rates to nonwhites are examples of:

According to the textbook,in 2013 the poverty threshold for a single person under the age of 65 was $11,490;it was $23,550 for a family made up of a couple and their two children.What proportion of Hispanics,African Americans,and Native Americans are living below the poverty line?

According to the textbook,in 2013,if black women were paid as much as white men with similar credentials they would earn an average of how much more per year?

What is the umbrella term referring to a collection of policies and practices designed to address past wrongs,institutional racism,and sexism by offering people of color and women both employment and educational opportunities?

Race in the Twenty-First Century

The Invention of Race

Politics

Housing

Crime and Punishment

Education

Aesthetics

Associations

Intimate Life

Toward Racial Democracy

Filters