Sociology of Gender Practice Exam
Course Introduction
Sociology of Gender explores the social construction and significance of gender in various cultural, institutional, and historical contexts. The course examines how gender shapes identities, interactions, and societal structures, as well as the ways in which power, privilege, and inequality are linked to gender. Students analyze theories of gender, intersectionality, and sexuality, and engage with current debates on topics such as gender roles, media representation, workplace inequality, and social movements. Through critical inquiry, the course encourages reflection on personal experiences and broader social patterns to better understand the complex dynamics of gender in contemporary society.
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Social Problems 13th Edition by D. Stanley Eitzen
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Chapter 1: The Sociological Approach to Social Problems
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Q1) According to the sociological perspective,which of the following best explains social problems?
A) Norm violators
B) People who seek self-actualization
C) Problems caused by societal conditions
D) Biology
Answer: C
Q2) By referring to the subjective nature of social problems,sociologists have more recently come to acknowledge that what is defined as a social problem is basically the same across audiences and time.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Sociologists' study of social problems is a value-free pursuit.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Sociologists ask three types of questions: empirical,comparative,and __________. Answer: historical
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Chapter 2 Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System
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Q1) In 2009,the richest 5 percent of U.S.households owned over __________ percent of the nation's private wealth.
A) 10
B) 33
C) 50
D) 63
Answer: D
Q2) The relationship between U.S.foreign policy and corporate interests is demonstrated by which of the following actions?
A) The embargo of the sales of military arms overseas
B) The government support of tyrannical governments if they support U.S. multinational corporations
C) The government policy of nonintervention in the domestic affairs of foreign governments to protect U.S. corporate interests
D) The government providing foreign aid that primarily goes to benefit the poor in other countries
Answer: B
Q3) __________ is the nation with the most millionaires.
Answer: United States
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Chapter 3: World Population and Global Inequality
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Q1) Global companies do not have a great impact on easing unemployment in poor nations because they __________.
A) primarily use child laborers
B) use advanced technology whenever feasible
C) bring an American workforce with them
D) have very high turnover rates
Answer: B
Q2) Describe the reasons for the historic and systemic poverty in Haiti.
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5. Outline the political reasons for Haitis persistent poverty. Students should include a discussion of violence, government corruption, and colonization.
6. Describe the state of the education system in Haiti.
7. Describe how the poor are exploited in Haiti.
8. Conclude with a discussion of how environmental factors in Haiti contribute to poverty. Students should describe the availability of natural resources, population growth, and the effects of recent natural disasters.
Q3) Debt bondage is most common in __________.
Answer: South Asia
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Chapter 4: Threats to the Environment
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Q1) Describe the biosphere and why it is important for us to protect it.
Q2) Which of the following cultural values contributes to environmental problems?
A) Freedom of speech
B) Faith in religion
C) Socialism
D) Faith in Technology
Q3) Solutions for environmental problems in the United States call for __________.
A) changes in our personal mentality and lifestyle
B) decreased government intervention in environmental issues
C) increased production of goods at a decreased cost
D) exporting more goods to other countries
Q4) Environmental problems are not confined within political borders so it is important to understand that __________.
A) innovation in energy production will not make a difference
B) if one country wastes finite resources, it impacts us all
C) altering the structural conditions that promote waste is useless
D) there is nothing the United States can do to help solve environmental issues
Q5) Two major environmental consequences of deforestation are __________ and the vanishing of species.
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Q6) Analyze the relationship between capitalism and planned obsolescence.
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Chapter 5 Demographic Changes in the United States: The
Browning and Graying of Society
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Q1) Nursing homes can be dangerous because __________.
A) they are not sufficiently regulated
B) they have too much staff
C) they do not offer the tastiest foods
D) some people are sick
Q2) The method of financing Social Security is not equitable because __________.
A) it mainly recognizes unpaid work
B) married women who work will not receive benefits
C) a divorced woman is never entitled to her ex-husband's Social Security income
D) it disproportionately disadvantages lower-income wage earners
Q3) Since African Americans have been replaced as the U.S.'s largest minority group by Latinos,this demographic transition will __________.
A) force African Americans to learn Spanish as a second language
B) make the idea that race is just a "Black and White" issue obsolete
C) make all White people leave the United States and return to Europe
D) cause African Americans to join forces with Latinos
Q4) The __________ generation,roughly 76 million Americans were born between 1946 and 1964.
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Q5) How are immigration and agency related?
Q6) Why are elderly women more likely than men to live alone as widows?
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Chapter 6 Problems of Place: Urban Suburban and Rural
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Q1) "Redlining" refers to the practice of __________.
A) systematically refusing loans for housing in undesirable areas
B) providing loans in poor areas for the purpose of creating tax shelters
C) steering minorities away from some, mostly White communities
D) lining the lawns of new homes with only red flowers
Q2) Which of the following is true of conditions in urban areas?
A) The child poverty rate is the lowest.
B) The overall poverty rate is higher.
C) White residents are more likely to be concentrated in poverty areas here.
D) Most wealthy people have summer homes in these areas.
Q3) The perception of many corporations and their employees is that the __________ is unsafe and has a large minority workforce.
Q4) Neighborhoods where at least two in five households live below the poverty line are considered __________.
A) suburban sprawl areas
B) high poverty areas
C) persistently poor counties
D) boomburgs
Q5) What problems are caused by urban poverty in central cities?
Q6) The process of White flight continues to increase class and race __________.
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Chapter 7: Poverty
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Q1) Jeff is a part of a hidden system of tax breaks and advantages given to his corporation directly in the form of subsidies and indirectly in the form of tax loopholes.Jeff benefits from __________.
A) welfare
B) wealthfare
C) institutional discrimination
D) the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
Q2) A standard of living below the minimum needed for the maintenance of adequate diet,health,and shelter,known as __________,is a significant social problem even in wealthy countries.
A) old poor
B) new poor
C) working poor
D) poverty
Q3) The poor pay __________ than the non-poor for many goods and services.
Q4) The new poor __________.
A) have it easier than the old poor
B) have it harder than the old poor
C) have the same chance as the old poor of breaking out of poverty
D) have a greater likelihood of breaking out of poverty
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Chapter 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
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Q1) Which groups in society are most disadvantaged with regard to education? Discuss why this phenomenon exists.What are the long-term implications of this gap?
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Q2) Malik is from Syria and has lived in the United States for over three decades.During that time,in a process known as __________,he has seen his racial category change from "Middle Easterner" to "Arab."
A) discrimination
B) racial formation
C) racial stratification
D) prejudice
Q3) The terms "majority" and "minority" refer to the actual numbers of people in certain groups.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Rising poverty rates among Latinos have led many policymakers to conclude that they have joined inner-city African Americans to form a(n)__________.
Q5) Minorities are __________ likely to be without medical insurance coverage than members of the dominant group.
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Chapter 9: Gender Inequality
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Q1) Which of the following is a factor that has contributed to the gender earnings gap?
A) Women are concentrated in very few occupations.
B) Women enter the labor force at similar pay levels as men.
C) Because women have less education and experience, they are paid less than men.
D) Women are more nurturing and less competitive by nature.
Q2) Discuss the ways in which gender and power are related.
Q3) Max thinks of himself as a tough risk taker who is also highly empathetic and nurturing.Max displays __________ characteristics.
A) masculine
B) feminine
C) androgynous
D) bisexual
Q4) __________ perpetuates male dominance by ignoring (using "he" as the generic pronoun for all people),trivializing (treating domestic responsibilities as "women's work"),and sexualizing (using terms like bimbos,broads,etc.)women.
Q5) The __________ social movements have been aimed at overcoming gender inequality.
Q6) __________ are still oppressed by religious institutions.
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Chapter 10: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) Marriages of homosexuals are upheld in over half the states in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The term "sexual preference" implies __________.
A) socially created sexuality
B) a sense of choice regarding the sex of the persons one is attracted to
C) a deterministic view of sexual attraction
D) a religious stance
Q3) Jeremy consistently exceeds the speed limit by two or three miles per hour when he drives.His actions are breaking the law and they are __________ considered deviant. A) never
B) always
C) sometimes
D) most of the time
Q4) The "Don't Ask,Don't Tell" rule led to a large number of homosexuals in the military coming "out of the closet."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Disability and Ableism
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Q1) The __________ approach to disability does not define disability in medical terms,instead opting to focus on structural conditions present in the world.
A) social B) medical
C) detrimental
D) parasocial
Q2) In what ways has the Americans with Disabilities Act been weakened since its passage?
Q3) The Union of Physically Impaired against Segregation advocates viewing disability through the lens of the __________ model.
A) medicentric
B) legal
C) social D) medical
Q4) The Americans with Disabilities Act is a form of __________ rights legislation.
Q5) Why do the authors of the text consider abortion a "thorny" issue in the context of disability?
Q6) Only __________ percent of Americans with a disability were born with it.
Q7) Explain what is meant by the matrix of domination.
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Chapter 12: Crime and Justice
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Q1) Discuss the problems with the statistics provided by the Uniform Crime Reports.
Q2) Central to the __________ system is a public battle between the accused and the accuser in front of an authority who can make a ruling.
A) plea bargaining
B) bail
C) adversary
D) jail
Q3) Discuss the demographic characteristics of people arrested for crimes.In what way does social class impact these trends?
Q4) Use examples to describe the phenomenon called "white-collar crime" and discuss why that form of crime is treated more leniently that street crime.
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Q5) __________ is a major characteristic of organized crime.
A) Supplying legal goods and services that are in great demand
B) Dependency on the corruption of the police and government officials for survival
C) Encouragement of entrepreneurial activities by its members
D) A chaotic and inefficient organizational structure
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Chapter 13: Drugs
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Q1) Opiates were declared illegal in a limited context in the nineteenth century due to
A) concern for the large number of Civil War veterans who had become addicts
B) the Progressive Movement's focus on health
C) anti-Chinese sentiment
D) the women's suffrage efforts
Q2) __________ have responded to declining sales in part by contributing to federal politicians to the extent of $1.5 million during the 2009-2010 election cycle..
Q3) The drug ecstasy __________.
A) is legal
B) is a "club drug"
C) impedes the body's temperature-regulating function
D) makes users less motivated
Q4) Discuss the evidence supplied that the drug war is racist.How do you think this came about? How could it be changed? Be specific. Ideal
Q5) Crimes committed to produce money for drugs are typically __________.
Q6) Compare the effects on society of marijuana and alcohol.
Q7) Explain what would have to be done to change this situation.
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Chapter 14: The Economy and Work
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Q1) Gerald is a freelance artist who works from home.He is referred to as a(n)__________ employee.
A) independent
B) self-sufficient
C) contingent
D) primary sector
Q2) Bill works in a dimly lit factory where he is exposed to toxic chemicals and gets paid very little for working low hours.Bill works in __________.
A) a sweatshop
B) the primary labor market
C) the IT industry
D) a managerial job
Q3) How and why have unions lost power? What may happen as a result?
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Q4) Homesourcing is __________.
A) illegal
B) working from home
C) good for people who needs employer sponsored insurance plans
D) the most common type of employment
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Chapter 15: Families
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Q1) In West County,African Americans had a high rate of intimate partner violence and a high rate of unemployment.After the recession ended and unemployment dropped,so did rates of intimate partner violence because __________.
A) the government institutes partner violence awareness campaigns at unemployment offices
B) African Americans have a culture which bonds them together during hard times and they dealt with the issue collectively
C) the relationship between race and intimate partner violence is completely determined by social class
D) women started working to support their husbands
Q2) Mary and her family owned a house in the suburbs with two cars and sent their kids to private school.After she and her husband both lost their jobs they experienced __________ and now live in a two-bedroom apartment and rely on public transportation to get to and from their part-time work.
A) homelessness
B) a windfall
C) life chances
D) downward mobility
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Chapter 16: Education
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Q1) In the past,the school year was developed around the __________ calendar.
Q2) "Sifting" and "sorting" are techniques used to ensure that the most able students are identified and provided resources with which to attain the highest of educational goals.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Josie agrees with the results from the Project Star initiative and other research about the importance of school and class size.She would be in favor of efforts to
A) increase class size
B) decrease class size
C) desegregate schools
D) segregate schools
Q4) Though our larger society is very competitive,our schools are noted for their noncompetitive nature.
A)True B)False
Q5) Charter and private schools often result in increased racial __________.
Q6) Americans' faith in education is based on the assumption that a democratic society requires a(n)__________.
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Chapter 17: The Healthcare System
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Q1) The elderly take an average of __________ prescription drugs per person.
Q2) Ordering extra tests even though the doctor thinks they are probably unnecessary is an example of __________.
A) medlining
B) patient dumping
C) defensive medicine
D) triage
Q3) As a result of managed care,doctors __________.
A) are not rewarded for seeing more patients
B) do not control how long a patient stays in the hospital
C) have a better relationship with their patients
D) have more autonomy
Q4) Race is a significant determinant of __________.
A) life expectancy
B) weight loss motivation
C) a desire to be healthy
D) physical disability
Q5) Explain the disparities found between the United States and Canada with regard to healthcare systems.
Q6) Discuss the downside of managed care.
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18: National Security in the Twenty-First Century
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Q1) Operation Iraqi Freedom was based on the notion of a __________ which is illegal under the U.N.Charter.
A) Cold War
B) preemptive war
C) preventive war
D) regime change
Q2) In 2009,there were __________ members of the guard and reserve in the United States.
A) 2,848,000
B) 1,454,515
C) 848,000
D) 500,000
Q3) When assessing the success or failure of a war effort,it is important to look down the line.Ten years after the war in Iraq began the Sunnis and the Shiites are __________,which is having a major __________ effect on the rest of the world.
A) at civil war; negative
B) at civil war; positive
C) at peace; negative
D) at peace; positive
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Chapter 19: Progressive Plan to Solve Social Problems
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Q1) Discuss the meaning and implications of the "paradox of sociology."
Q2) Because of how societies are organized,even if some of the arrangements result in social problems,they can't be changed to reduce or eliminate those problems.
A)True B)False
Q3) The emergence of a __________ party is needed for progressive social policies to work.
A) race-based B) class-based C) gender-based D) youth-based
Q4) The sociological perspective is inherently __________ the individualistic emphasis in the United States. A) challenging to B) supportive of C) combined with D) intertwined with
Q5) Discuss the relationship of social policy and social problems.
Q6) __________ constrains what we do,but it does not determine what we do.
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