Urban Sociology Test Bank
Course Introduction
Urban Sociology explores the social structures, processes, and issues inherent in urban environments. The course examines the development and transformation of cities, the dynamics of urban communities, patterns of migration, segregation, and gentrification, and the impact of globalization on urban life. Through theoretical frameworks and empirical case studies, students will analyze the relationships between urbanization, social inequality, race, class, space, and culture, gaining insights into how cities shape the daily experiences, identities, and opportunities of their diverse inhabitants.
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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 text,the key to understanding social problems is understanding the
A) opinions of the public
B) personal experiences of those who violate society's norms
C) needs of victims of deviant behavior
D) distribution of power in society
Answer: D
Q2) According to the sociological perspective,norm violators are __________.
A) solely responsible for their actions
B) universally criticized
C) the symptoms of social problems, not the cause
D) guiltless for their actions
Answer: C
Q3) 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
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Chapter 2 Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System
AMultiple-Choice
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Q1) The transfer of publicly funded technologies to private corporations is an important example of a government __________ to big business.
Answer: subsidy
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a shared monopoly?
A) Company A, Company B, and Company C together supply 20 percent of all mufflers in the United States.
B) Company X, Company Y, and Company Z together supply 60 percent of all beds in the United States.
C) Company B, Company U, and Company Y together supply 30 percent of all snow tires in the United States.
D) Company T, Company O, and Company Y together supply 45 percent of all doll dresses in the United States.
Answer: B
Q3) According to your text,Adam Smith would __________.
A) be against competition
B) not recognize capitalism in America today
C) not believe in the free market
D) approve of socialism
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: World Population and Global Inequality
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Q1) The majority of the 34 million people living with HIV/AIDS live in _________.
A) Africa
B) Europe
C) India
D) the United States
Answer: A
Q2) The average American's carbon __________ is twenty-three times bigger than that of the average Indian.
Answer: footprint
Q3) Most of the current population growth occurs in the __________ developed nations.
Answer: less
Q4) There are currently 27 million slaves in the world today.
A)True
B)False
Answer: TRUE
Q5) Children are disproportionately the victims of chronic malnutrition.
A)True
B)False
Answer: TRUE
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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) The greenhouse effect,while leading to increased temperatures in the temperate zones of the world,creates high-pressure conditions in polar regions that prevent the polar ice caps from melting.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The sharing of knowledge by members of a society exists in a(n)__________.
A) environmental justice league
B) biosphere
C) culture
D) ecosystem
Q4) On record,the hottest year on earth took place during the year __________.
Q5) In the Cambodian rainforest,__________ has occurred due to the demand for high-quality oil extracted from the roots of trees.
Q6) The U.S.economic system of __________ depends on the maximization of profits and the minimization of costs.
Q7) Over __________ pounds of toxic chemicals are released by industry into the nation's environment each year.
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Q8) A movement known as __________ works to improve environments for communities.
Chapter 5 Demographic Changes in the United States: The
Browning and Graying of Society
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Q1) Identify the group that makes up the "baby boom generation" and discuss the future demographic changes that will likely take place as this generation ages.
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Q2) How are immigration and agency related?
Q3) The states with the fewest immigrants have the highest levels of anti-immigrant feeling.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are some of the reasons that will cause the senior citizen population to increase by the year 2030?
Q5) 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
Q6) Previous immigrants settled primarily in the industrial states of the Northeast and __________ regions or the farming areas of the Midwest.
Q7) 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) An analysis of "White flight" would reveal __________.
A) the current trend of young White professionals moving into luxury condominiums and apartments that have been built for them in formerly blighted urban areas
B) the process of gentrification in formerly rundown cities
C) the mass exodus from the city to the suburbs by upper-middle-class, middle-class, and working-class Whites
D) the trend by White professionals to commute to work by airplane
Q2) The most dramatic population shift in the United States in the past fifty years has been of people moving from __________.
A) cities to suburbs
B) farms to metropolitan areas
C) suburbs to rural areas
D) large cities to small cities
Q3) Suburbanization has resulted in __________.
A) less traffic and shorter commutes to work
B) more diverse schools
C) urban sprawl and more air pollution
D) a decrease in residential segregation
Q4) The process of White flight continues to increase class and race __________.
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Chapter 7: Poverty
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Q1) The __________ are people living at or below half the poverty line.
Q2) Which of the following are critiques of the government poverty measure?
A) It varies from region to region
B) It does not keep up with inflation.
C) Housing costs take up less of the family budget than food.
D) It has never changed.
Q3) __________ occurs when the customary ways of doing things,the prevailing attitudes and expectations,and the accepted structural arrangements in society disadvantage the poor.
Q4) When a prophecy is fulfilled because people's behavior conforms to the prediction,this is known as __________.
A) a self-fulfilling prophecy
B) blaming the victim
C) institutional discrimination
D) social Darwinism
Q5) The poor __________.
A) use a small amount of their income for housing
B) pay less for day-to-day products like milk and bread
C) are exploited by payday loans
D) receive the greatest amount of government aid
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Chapter 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
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Q1) What is the significance of the census allowing citizens to choose more than one racial category?
Q2) Which present-day group is descended from involuntary migrants to the United States?
A) Japanese Americans
B) African Americans
C) Latino Americans
D) Native American Indians
Q3) Hurricane Katrina left thousands of racial minorities stranded in central city New Orleans without an adequate evacuation plan or emergency response.This social disaster highlights __________.
A) the problematic dilemma of racial formation
B) multiculturalism in central cities
C) the social isolation of minorities in U.S. inner cities
D) overt racism by those in the suburbs
Q4) The U.S.census has always allowed people to identify themselves as belonging to more than one racial class.
A)True
B)False
Q5) At least __________ hate crime(s)occur(s)on a college campus every day.
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Chapter 9: Gender Inequality
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Q1) The glass __________ is an invisible barrier that limits women's upward occupational mobility.
A) ceiling
B) floor
C) wall
D) door
Q2) Discuss the social and economic consequences of being female in American society.
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Q3) There are numerous ways in which children's books still perpetuate stereotypical images.
A)True
B)False
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) Gender inequality is financially __________ for men.
Q6) Describe the history of feminism in the United States.
Q7) Clerical work is a part of the __________ segment of the labor market.
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Chapter 10: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) Public opinion __________ homosexuality and homosexual behavior.
A) is split about
B) is uniformly accepting of C) condemns
D) is impossible to measure about
Q2) Homophobia shares the same ideological roots with other forms of prejudice including __________.
A) racism
B) ableism
C) dysfunctionalism
D) sexism
Q3) Discuss the Judeo-Christian view of homosexuality and how that ideology has affected church policy toward gays and lesbians.Use examples.
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Q4) The term "sexual orientation" implies __________.
A) socially created sexuality
B) a sense of choice regarding whom one is attracted to
C) a deterministic view of sexual attraction
D) a religious stance
Q5) What major events have impacted the gay rights movement?
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Chapter 11: Disability and Ableism
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Q1) A disability often distinguishes individuals from the majority and is both internalized and outwardly stigmatizing.When experienced this way,disability is a __________.
A) matrix
B) master status
C) mischaracterization
D) trait
Q2) Why do the authors of the text consider abortion a "thorny" issue in the context of disability?
Q3) Alexi is tired of getting rejected or going unnoticed at bars,clubs and other "normal" places where people meet and date.He has taken to reading the personal advertisements in disability publications in order to get around the culture of __________ that stigmatizes him and keeps him from being seen as an attractive partner for "normal" people.
A) ableism
B) hegemony
C) abortion
D) domination
Q4) What are the origins of the disability rights movement?
Q5) Explain what is meant by the matrix of domination.
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Chapter 12: Crime and Justice
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Q1) The Uniform Crime Reports focus on __________.
A) crimes reported to the police
B) organized crime
C) political crime
D) corporate crime
Q2) Corporate or __________ crime is not punished by society in direct proportion to the costs of the crimes.
Q3) __________ believe that a swift and severe punishment acts as a deterrent for criminals.
A) Progressives
B) Conservatives
C) Men
D) Women
Q4) 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
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Chapter 13: Drugs
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Q1) Drug laws are related to the fact that drugs are a lucrative source of income for
Q2) If a child is inattentive,not listening,and easily distracted,s/he might be prescribed
A) GHB
B) Adderall
C) Methadone
D) Crank
Q3) __________ is referred to as the date-rape drug because of its effect on inhibition and short-term memory.
A) GHB
B) ABC
C) BAB
D) THC
Q4) Marijuana __________.
A) is physically addictive
B) has been shown definitively to lead people to use heroin
C) has been shown definitively to lead people to use harder drugs
D) has a negative effect on the lungs
Q5) 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) 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
Q2) Displaced workers are those who __________.
A) have lost their jobs and are forced to move out of the country
B) face never being re-employed at jobs that pay the level of wages to which they have been accustomed
C) move to the United States due to civil war
D) work for a company which requires them to move every year or more
Q3) Industries declining in output and employment are __________ industries.
A) scientific
B) sunrise
C) sunset
D) sunburn
Q4) Chris has been out of work for a while and has not actively sought work in over a month.He is a __________ worker.
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Chapter 15: Families
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Q1) __________ is/are an example of child abuse.
A) Punishment for bad grades
B) Inadequate feeding
C) Not having a television in the house
D) Time-outs
Q2) How is the social organization of the family affected by violence? In what ways is this linked to a patriarchal society? How do these effects intersect with class and race?
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Q3) Single parents have difficulty coping because of __________.
A) boredom
B) task overload
C) financial strain
D) a lack of love
Q4) As of the writing of the textbook,about __________ of all children in the United States lived in a one-parent home.
A) 10 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 75 percent
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Chapter 16: Education
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Q1) In what ways are college opportunities affected by stratification? What would be the advantage of offering a free higher education to all who qualify?
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Q2) Members of the disadvantaged who band together in a group with values and behaviors antagonistic toward school are in a __________.
A) Parent-Teacher Association
B) student subculture
C) charter school
D) magnet school
Q3) Education is the great equalizer in U.S.society.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What would be the costs and benefits of making a commitment to a free education for all students?
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Q5) There are approximately __________ schools in the United States.
Q6) In the past,the school year was developed around the __________ calendar.
Q7) The longer children live in poverty,the __________ they perform on working-memory tests.
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Chapter 17: The Healthcare System
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Q1) Poor pregnant women going without prenatal care is an example of the way that __________ impacts health care.
Q2) The Bismarck Model of healthcare is found in __________.
A) Belgium
B) Italy
C) Spain
D) Cuba
Q3) Allison is a 24-year-old recent college graduate who has not yet managed to find employment.She is likely to __________ the new Affordable Health Care Act.
A) not have heard of
B) support
C) oppose
D) be indifferent about
Q4) The fact that two-thirds of new HIV infections occur among Black women illustrates
A) that Black women do not care about their long-term health
B) the intersection of race, class, and gender with HIV
C) the lack of public awareness about HIV
D) that White people are less genetically susceptible to HIV infection
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Q1) The ways nations organize to protect themselves and guard against threats both internal and external is commonly referred to as __________.
A) national security
B) the defense budget
C) official development assistance
D) international law
Q2) The United States began a preventive war against Iraq in 2003.The United States justified this action by claiming Saddam Hussein,the leader of Iraq,__________.
A) had committed to helping the United States and then backed out
B) had connections with Russia
C) had weapons of mass destruction
D) was mentally unstable
Q3) Discuss the consequences of the new terrorism for the United States and its residents.
Q4) Why did the United States continue to spend so much on defense even after the end of the Cold War? In what ways was this strategy effective,and in what ways was it ineffective?
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Chapter 19: Progressive Plan to Solve Social Problems
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Q1) Though some civil rights battles have been won,the war for racial equality has not been won.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Give an example of a way in which you,a friend,or a family member has demonstrated human agency.
Q3) Anthony believes that people take control of their own lives and the conditions in which they live and shape the society around them.Anthony would support an understanding of society that gives strong emphasis to __________.
A) social structure
B) human agency
C) a liberal ideology
D) social policy
Q4) People who find the sociological approach to social problems compelling can only conclude that America's level of inequality is __________.
A) by design
B) not important
C) due to personal choices
D) impossible to change
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