Question 1

People who live in areas with the greatest gap between the rich and the poor are much more likely to rate their own health as poor or fair than people who live in areas where income is more equitably distributed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is a major criticism of the market basket measure of poverty?

Accepted Answer

A)  it overestimates the number of people living in poverty 
B)  it includes the costs of owning and insuring a motor vehicle 
C)  it is useful as a measure only in rural areas 
D)  it may not include items that are necessaries

Question 3

Most welfare parents are teenagers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What is corporate welfare?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

In Canada, which of the following groups is most likely to live as lone parents?

Accepted Answer

A)  women without a disability 
B)  women with a disability 
C)  men without a disability 
D)  men with a disability

Question 6

Homelessness is a growing problem in Canada. It is estimated that as many as one million Canadians are homeless.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following terms refers to the lack of basic necessities of life, such as food, clean water, and housing?

Accepted Answer

A)  total poverty 
B)  absolute poverty 
C)  basic poverty 
D)  relative poverty

Question 8

In Canada, poverty is much more prevalent among female-headed single-parent households than among other types of family structures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The structural-functionalist view of poverty suggests that a certain amount of poverty has positive functions for society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

If you are living on social assistance, you are probably doing which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  living below the poverty line 
B)  living just at the poverty line 
C)  living approximately 10 percent over the poverty line 
D)  working at a job that pays you cash under the table

Question 11

What does the "feminization of poverty" mean?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

What does "wealthfare" refer to? What policies and laws would illustrate this concept?

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

Which of the following is the World Health Organization (WHO) measurement of poverty primarily based on?

Accepted Answer

A)  access to health care 
B)  deprivation of knowledge 
C)  caloric intake 
D)  household income

Question 14

In general, the higher a person's level of educational attainment, the less likely that person is to be poor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What is the Human Poverty Index and what does it measure?

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

Identify at least four myths and realities about welfare assistance and welfare recipients in Canada.

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Question 17

Bob has a minimum wage job. He is likely to belong to which of the following groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  the proletariat 
B)  the working poor 
C)  the underclass 
D)  the lower middle class

Question 18

A Canadian living below the standard of other Canadians is, by definition, living in absolute poverty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Canada's richest person is Kenneth R. Thomson.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Global Poverty Report (2000) found that globally, the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day increased between 1987 and 1998.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 10: Poverty: National and International Issues

People who live in areas with the greatest gap between the rich and the poor are much more likely to rate their own health as poor or fair than people who live in areas where income is more equitably distributed.

Which of the following is a major criticism of the market basket measure of poverty?

Most welfare parents are teenagers.

What is corporate welfare?

In Canada, which of the following groups is most likely to live as lone parents?

Homelessness is a growing problem in Canada. It is estimated that as many as one million Canadians are homeless.

Which of the following terms refers to the lack of basic necessities of life, such as food, clean water, and housing?

In Canada, poverty is much more prevalent among female-headed single-parent households than among other types of family structures.

The structural-functionalist view of poverty suggests that a certain amount of poverty has positive functions for society.

If you are living on social assistance, you are probably doing which of the following?

What does the "feminization of poverty" mean?

What does "wealthfare" refer to? What policies and laws would illustrate this concept?

Which of the following is the World Health Organization (WHO) measurement of poverty primarily based on?

In general, the higher a person's level of educational attainment, the less likely that person is to be poor.

What is the Human Poverty Index and what does it measure?

Identify at least four myths and realities about welfare assistance and welfare recipients in Canada.

Bob has a minimum wage job. He is likely to belong to which of the following groups?

A Canadian living below the standard of other Canadians is, by definition, living in absolute poverty.

Canada's richest person is Kenneth R. Thomson.

The Global Poverty Report (2000) found that globally, the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day increased between 1987 and 1998.