Question 1

After losing the soccer game, the girls' team ran through the streets vandalizing cars and store windows. According to the text, why would the team captain insist that all of the girls participate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vandalism was a way to maintain a bond between team players 
B)  Vandalism kept everyone distracted from the loss. 
C)  Vandalism was a way to punish the winning team. 
D)  Vandalism was a way to minimize authority.

Question 2

Explain the notion of six degrees of separation.

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

What basic tool of production fuelled agriculture?

Accepted Answer

A)  hatchet 
B)  plow 
C)  hoe 
D)  scythe

Question 4

Explain the phenomenon of bystander apathy, and describe what sociologists have said accounts for it.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Which of the following is NOT true in reference to group conformity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Low-status members of a group are more likely to disagree than the high-status members in the group. 
B)  When group cohesiveness increases, the likelihood of conformity increases. 
C)  One group member who vocally disagrees will increase the possibility of other group members disagreeing. 
D)  People who live in individualistic societies tend to be less conforming than people living in collectivist societies.

Question 6

Leila had to decide whether to marry Jamal or not. She decided that she didn't want to be alone for the rest of her life and since she was approaching 40 (when everyone knows it is more unlikely to find a mate), she agreed to the marriage. In this situation, what was the source of the pressure to marry?

Accepted Answer

A)  her network 
B)  her social group 
C)  the local bureaucracy 
D)  the society

Question 7

The president of the company was frustrated that his directive to hire 100 new employees had not been carried out. He discovered that the hiring practices involved three interviews and a formal vetting process, designed to ensure that the best person was hired for each position. What was inhibiting the growth of the company's workforce?

Accepted Answer

A)  bureaucratic ritualism 
B)  bureaucratic inertia 
C)  hierarchical procedures 
D)  employee scrutiny

Question 8

What term describes a group that establishes boundaries to separate itself from others?

Accepted Answer

A)  primary group 
B)  out-group 
C)  in-group 
D)  network

Question 9

In bureaucracies, information may be lost, blocked, or distorted as it moves up the hierarchy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Juan said to Hector, "You can't quit your job because then Carlos will have to support us both. It doesn't matter if your boss is mean; it wouldn't be fair to Carlos." What kind of relationship is demonstrated in this conversation?

Accepted Answer

A)  a dyad 
B)  a triad 
C)  a guilt circle 
D)  an economic partnership

Question 11

We live in a shrinking world because our social networks tend to be local and isolated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which form of human society has been most prevalent throughout the existence of humankind?

Accepted Answer

A)  horticultural 
B)  foraging 
C)  agricultural 
D)  pastoral

Question 13

If the work you are doing is taking care of the elderly in a nursing home, and your occupation is a Licensed Practical Nurse, what kind of society do you live in?

Accepted Answer

A)  post technological 
B)  post labour 
C)  post modern 
D)  post industrial

Question 14

Daniel needed to see a famous doctor quickly, but no one he knew had any connections to the doctor. At least, that was the case until he realized that he had an acquaintance who had a similar illness and who had seen the same doctor. Daniel contacted the acquaintance, who was able to help him. According to Granovetter, which of the following phenomenon does this demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  the importance of asking for help 
B)  the strength of weak ties 
C)  the benefits of health networks 
D)  the use of strong ties

Question 15

Less than 10 percent of Poland's Jews survived World War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

With pastoral and horticultural production came accompanying social changes. What were these changes?

Accepted Answer

A)  increased isolation between bands 
B)  rapid innovation in technology 
C)  greater social and economic inequality 
D)  unprecedented peacefulness

Question 17

Every year Canada's Auditor General files a report to parliament describing the waste of millions of dollars in government bureaucracies. Each report is almost a photocopy of the previous year's report. This waste by the government captures which aspect of bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A)  bureaucratic inertia 
B)  corporate steadfastness 
C)  organizational waste 
D)  sticking bureaucracy

Question 18

A president of a large corporation sends out an email to initiate some corporate cultural change, but after six months is frustrated with the lack of results. Why might this be the case?

Accepted Answer

A)  The president should know that email is not effective communication. 
B)  Information in the hierarchy gets blocked or changed. 
C)  It takes that long for email memos to circulate in the organization. 
D)  The vice-president may have sent out a similar message.

Question 19

Based on what you've read in the text, if you had the opportunity to run a large bureaucratically structured corporation for a day, what changes would you make in order to overcome bureaucratic inefficiency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Make a flatter hierarchical structure and decentralize decision making. 
B)  Make a taller hierarchical structure and centralize decision making. 
C)  Eliminate all top-down communication in the organization. 
D)  Eliminate all bottom-up communication in the organization.

Question 20

A president of a large corporation sends out a memo to initiate some corporate cultural change, but after six months is frustrated with the lack of results. Why might this be the case?

Accepted Answer

A)  because of a phenomenon known as the ticker-tape parade 
B)  because of a phenomenon known as the fog index 
C)  because of a phenomenon known as the paper shuffle 
D)  because of a phenomenon known as the paperwork blizzard

Exam 21: Networks, Groups, Bureaucracies, and Societies

After losing the soccer game, the girls' team ran through the streets vandalizing cars and store windows. According to the text, why would the team captain insist that all of the girls participate?

Explain the notion of six degrees of separation.

What basic tool of production fuelled agriculture?

Explain the phenomenon of bystander apathy, and describe what sociologists have said accounts for it.

Which of the following is NOT true in reference to group conformity?

What term describes a group that establishes boundaries to separate itself from others?

In bureaucracies, information may be lost, blocked, or distorted as it moves up the hierarchy.

Juan said to Hector, "You can't quit your job because then Carlos will have to support us both. It doesn't matter if your boss is mean; it wouldn't be fair to Carlos." What kind of relationship is demonstrated in this conversation?

We live in a shrinking world because our social networks tend to be local and isolated.

Which form of human society has been most prevalent throughout the existence of humankind?

If the work you are doing is taking care of the elderly in a nursing home, and your occupation is a Licensed Practical Nurse, what kind of society do you live in?

Less than 10 percent of Poland's Jews survived World War II.

With pastoral and horticultural production came accompanying social changes. What were these changes?

Every year Canada's Auditor General files a report to parliament describing the waste of millions of dollars in government bureaucracies. Each report is almost a photocopy of the previous year's report. This waste by the government captures which aspect of bureaucracy?

A president of a large corporation sends out an email to initiate some corporate cultural change, but after six months is frustrated with the lack of results. Why might this be the case?

Based on what you've read in the text, if you had the opportunity to run a large bureaucratically structured corporation for a day, what changes would you make in order to overcome bureaucratic inefficiency?

A president of a large corporation sends out a memo to initiate some corporate cultural change, but after six months is frustrated with the lack of results. Why might this be the case?