Question 1

Your grade level and amount of experience determine your:

Accepted Answer

A)  number of sick days. 
B)  civil service salary. 
C)  health insurance rates. 
D)  high-level military officer pay. 
A)  number of sick days. 
B)  civil service salary. 
C)  health insurance rates. 
D)  high-level military officer pay.

Question 2

The global distribution of wealth is referred to as a "champagne glass distribution" because:

Accepted Answer

A)  in the global economy, the best workers, products, and innovations bubble to the top. 
B)  only a few people are able to afford the expensive luxury items that are popular in the global economy. 
C)  the top 5 percent of global adults own more than one-third of the world's wealth. 
D)  the economy is fragile and could shatter at any time. 
A)  in the global economy, the best workers, products, and innovations bubble to the top. 
B)  only a few people are able to afford the expensive luxury items that are popular in the global economy. 
C)  the top 5 percent of global adults own more than one-third of the world's wealth. 
D)  the economy is fragile and could shatter at any time.

Question 3

The good thing about a salary,according to Simmel,is that:

Accepted Answer

A)  you are always paid higher than a wage earner. 
B)  it is the same as piecework payment: so one can barter to get a higher wage. 
C)  workers still get paid, even if the electricity goes out for the day and no work gets done. 
D)  it lasts long after a person has retired. 
A)  you are always paid higher than a wage earner. 
B)  it is the same as piecework payment: so one can barter to get a higher wage. 
C)  workers still get paid, even if the electricity goes out for the day and no work gets done. 
D)  it lasts long after a person has retired.

Question 4

Jenny lives in a society in which there is a strong norm against mixing business with pleasure.Work and leisure activities are physically separate,occurring at different times,on different days,at different places,and often with different people.Jenny lives in a ____________ society.

Accepted Answer

A)  feudal 
B)  modern capitalist 
C)  premodern agricultural 
D)  communal 
A)  feudal 
B)  modern capitalist 
C)  premodern agricultural 
D)  communal

Question 5

A corporate strategy to reduce production cost is to lower the cost of labor.One publicly unfavorable way is to move all or part of the company's operations overseas and use third world labor to minimize cost.This is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  sweatshop labor. 
B)  offshoring. 
C)  migrant labor. 
D)  developing. 
A)  sweatshop labor. 
B)  offshoring. 
C)  migrant labor. 
D)  developing.

Question 6

A person who has lost an overarching sense of right and wrong in pursuit of higher earnings can be said to have:

Accepted Answer

A)  become a juristic person. 
B)  embraced the spirit of socialism. 
C)  parceled out his soul. 
D)  become a member of the working class. 
A)  become a juristic person. 
B)  embraced the spirit of socialism. 
C)  parceled out his soul. 
D)  become a member of the working class.

Question 7

During the agricultural revolution,the enclosure movement caused many former serfs to move to cities in search of work and led to the rise of:

Accepted Answer

A)  wage labor. 
B)  apartment rentals. 
C)  the police force. 
D)  wars between England and India. 
A)  wage labor. 
B)  apartment rentals. 
C)  the police force. 
D)  wars between England and India.

Your grade level and amount of experience determine your:

The global distribution of wealth is referred to as a "champagne glass distribution" because:

The good thing about a salary,according to Simmel,is that:

Jenny lives in a society in which there is a strong norm against mixing business with pleasure.Work and leisure activities are physically separate,occurring at different times,on different days,at different places,and often with different people.Jenny lives in a ____________ society.

A corporate strategy to reduce production cost is to lower the cost of labor.One publicly unfavorable way is to move all or part of the company's operations overseas and use third world labor to minimize cost.This is referred to as:

A person who has lost an overarching sense of right and wrong in pursuit of higher earnings can be said to have:

During the agricultural revolution,the enclosure movement caused many former serfs to move to cities in search of work and led to the rise of:

The Sociological Imagination: An Introduction

Methods

Culture and Media

Socialization and the Construction of Reality

Groups and Networks

Social Control and Deviance

Stratification

Gender

Race

Poverty

Health and Society

Family (in Core edition)

Education

Authority and the State

Religion

Science, the Environment, and Society

Collective Action, Social Movements, and Social Change

Filters

Exam 14: Capitalism and the Economy

Your grade level and amount of experience determine your:

The global distribution of wealth is referred to as a "champagne glass distribution" because:

The good thing about a salary,according to Simmel,is that:

Jenny lives in a society in which there is a strong norm against mixing business with pleasure.Work and leisure activities are physically separate,occurring at different times,on different days,at different places,and often with different people.Jenny lives in a ____________ society.

A corporate strategy to reduce production cost is to lower the cost of labor.One publicly unfavorable way is to move all or part of the company's operations overseas and use third world labor to minimize cost.This is referred to as:

A person who has lost an overarching sense of right and wrong in pursuit of higher earnings can be said to have:

During the agricultural revolution,the enclosure movement caused many former serfs to move to cities in search of work and led to the rise of:

The Sociological Imagination: An Introduction

Methods

Culture and Media

Socialization and the Construction of Reality

Groups and Networks

Social Control and Deviance

Stratification

Gender

Race

Poverty

Health and Society

Family (in Core edition)

Education

Authority and the State

Religion

Science, the Environment, and Society

Collective Action, Social Movements, and Social Change

Filters