Practice Test Three
Directions: This exercise is designed to help you prepare for the third test. Make sure you have read all your assigned materials and reviewed your lecture notes before attempting this. Below are 25 multiple choice questions based upon information from your text readings and lectures. Print off the questions and circle the answers you think are correct. Scroll down to the "answers" link and "click" on it. This will bold and color the correct answers; check your answers. Review those areas in your readings and notes where you missed a question. Keep in mind, this is not meant to be taken as a question bank for your test - but as an interactive example of the format and perspective those questions will take.
1. __________ is defined as behavior that is prohibited and identified as
criminal by a government authority and that can be punished through the
application of formal sanctions.
a. crime
b. deviance
c. conformity
2. ____________ places most authority within the family unit in the hands of
the oldest male.
a. patriarchal
b. matrifocal
c. egalitarian
3. ________ is negative label that when applied to a person will effect their
life opportunities.
a. Negative label
b. Stigma
c. Nickname
4. The ____________ is unique in that one of its basic social functions is
produce goods and services that drive the economic systems of some societies,
but it also is a key source of consumption of goods as well
a. religion
b. education
c. family
5. By traditionally charging ______________ with the task of sexual
regulation, society ensured that both the young and the old would be afforded
food, shelter, and medical care.
a. education
b. religion
c. families
6. __________ is the family that people create when they marry and have
children.
a. family of procreation
b. family of orientation
c. matrifocal family
7. ____________ occurs when the woman is the most important member of the
family.
a. patriarchal
b. matrifocal
c. egalitarian
8. Deviance can help to clarify and define___________.
a. prison terms
b. the law
c. social norms
9. Matriarchal family is believed by some sociologists to be the predominate
family structure during:
a. war time
b. the early stages of human history
c. information based economies
10. __________ is any social behavior that departs from what is regarded as
normal or social acceptable within a society or social context.
a. crime
b. deviance
c. conformity
11. _________ entails dividing people into groups on the basis of academic
ability.
a. assimilation
b. tracking
c. controlled placement
12. __________ involves the applicant possessing advanced degrees in order to
be considered for particular jobs.
a. educationalism
b. credentialism
c. specialization
13. _________ marriage between one man and one woman.
a. monogamy
b. polygamy
c. Polyandry
14. ______________ is the absorption of newcomers into the dominate society
by the adoption of basic values and norms of the majority group. This is a basic
function of education.
a. segregation
b. assimilation
c. partitioning
15. __________ marriage within one's own social group.
a. homogamy
b. endogamy
c. exogamy
16. _______________ is a basic function education in which the transmission
of knowledge and skills necessary to survive in a society are taught.
a. socialization
b. stimulation
c. regurgitation
17. ___________ consists of dividing students into different groups based
upon their perceived aptitudes. This is a basic function of education.
a. partitioning
b. sorting
c. categorizing
18. According to __________ theorists, education is used to protect the
dominate class and oppress the minority class.
a. conflict
b. rap groups with accordions for musical instruments
c. education
19. ___________ is the family into which a person is born.
a. family of procreation
b. family of orientation
c. family of origin
20. A patriarchal family usually occurs in a ____________ economy.
a. service based
b. Production based
c. Information based
21. ___________ is the process by which education "opens and closes the
doors of opportunity" for students in their occupational and social
futures.
a. gatekeeping
b. hidden curriculum
c. tracking
22. Students who are paying their way through college by selling drugs to
other students are members of the _____________.
a. academic subculture
b. fun subculture
c. delinquent subculture
23. A _______ is a small domestic group of kin or a small group of people in
a kinship like relationship, who function as a cooperative unit.
a. bowling team
b. kinship network
c. family
24. ___________ refers to a social network of people who are related by
common ancestry, marriage, or adoption.
a. family
b. kinship
c. croquette
25. A ___________ family is usually associated with an agriculturally based
economy.
a. nuclear
b. traditional extended
c. single