Sociology MCQs with Answers – Practice Online – Page 17

Question 321 Social Stratification

A film star whose parents were both factory workers illustrates which kind of mobility?

Correct answer C. Upward intergenerational mobility

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Question 322 Social Mobility

What do we call a change of occupation or role that does not alter a person’s position in the social hierarchy?

Correct answer A. Horizontal mobility

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Question 323 Social Stratification

Which sociological perspective distinguishes between instrumental and expressive roles?

Correct answer B. Functionalist perspective

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Question 324 Social Mobility

What is mobility within one person’s own lifetime called?

Correct answer A. Intra-generational mobility

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Question 325 Social Stratification

Which sociological perspective accepts that gender roles cannot be changed drastically without major revisions to a culture’s social structure?

Correct answer D. Both A and B

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Question 326 Social Mobility

In which system of mobility are ideas about equality of opportunity irrelevant to how individuals are placed in different statuses?

Correct answer C. Closed

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Question 327 Social Mobility

In the past, how was the social mobility of women usually determined?

Correct answer B. Status of their husbands

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Question 328 Social Mobility

What does the term inter-generational mobility refer to?

Correct answer C. Movement into different occupational categories between generations

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Question 329 Social Mobility

Which of these is NOT a feature shared by all socially stratified systems?

Correct answer D. Stratification occurs because of inequalities in assets or property

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Question 330 Social Mobility

Which sociologist recognised that the ‘definition of the situation’ can shape a person’s thinking and personality?

Correct answer C. William I. Thomas

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Question 331 Social Mobility

Which of these is an ascribed status?

Correct answer C. Daughter

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Question 332 Social Mobility

Which of these is an achieved status?

Correct answer B. Bank robber

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Question 333 Social Mobility

During the Second World War, Christians in Nazi Germany had to choose between protecting Jewish friends and associates and handing them to the authorities. What concept does this illustrate?

Correct answer A. Role conflict

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Question 334 Social Mobility

Who among the following would go through role exit?

Correct answer B. Each of the above

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Question 335 Social Mobility

Which sociological perspective stresses that, compared with women, men can draw on larger social networks that help them find jobs?

Correct answer A. Conflict perspective

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Question 336 Social Mobility

Which sociological perspective holds that major social institutions generally perform efficiently and desirably?

Correct answer C. Functionalist perspective

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Question 337 Social Mobility

In Gerhard Lenski’s theory of sociocultural evolution, which feature of a society is critical to the way it is organised?

Correct answer B. Technology

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Question 338 Social Mobility

How much mobility is found in an open class society?

Correct answer C. High

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Question 339 Social Mobility

In which direction can social mobility occur?

Correct answer A. In both directions

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Question 340 Social Mobility

The dual economy, mobility aids and barriers, and the occupational structure are all examples of which type of factor affecting mobility?

Correct answer B. Structural factor

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