Sociology MCQs with Answers – Practice Online – Page 49

Question 961 Political and Economic Power

Which statement about political parties is true?

Correct answer C. Must appeal to a broad base of the electorate in order to win

Question 962 Political and Economic Power

What is the key difference between market and command economies?

Correct answer B. Market economies rely on privately held property whereas command economies rely on publicly-held property

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Question 963 Political and Economic Power

After the collapse of Soviet communism, what did some observers suggest when reviewing capitalism worldwide?

Correct answer D. In dynamic Asian nations (e.g. Japan Singapore Hong Kong South Korea and Taiwan) government intervention in economic life has resulted in a "government-business symbiosis " different from that in Europe and the United States

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Question 964 Political and Economic Power

Which theorist defines power as the chance of getting your own way even against opposition?

Correct answer B. Max Weber

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Question 965 Political and Economic Power

Which of these is not an institution or organisation of global governance?

Correct answer C. United States of America

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Question 966 Political and Economic Power

Democracy has spread globally, but what has become a major concern in established Western democracies?

Correct answer D. The decline in voter turnout

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Question 967 Political and Economic Power

One theory sees social movements as operating in a competitive field, a ‘social movement industry’, where they compete for members and activists. Which theory is this?

Correct answer D. Resource mobilisation theory

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Question 968 Political and Economic Power

What is Steven Lukes’s third dimension of power?

Correct answer C. The ability to manipulate others desires

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Question 969 Political and Economic Power

What phrase did Francis Fukuyama (1992) use for the triumph of Western liberal democracy over other forms of government?

Correct answer C. The end of history

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Question 970 Population and the Environment

What is the science dealing with the size, distribution, composition and changes of population called?

Correct answer A. Demography

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Question 971 Population and the Environment

What is the number of deaths per 1,000 people in a specific age group called?

Correct answer A. Age-specific death rate

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Question 972 Population and the Environment

The growth rate is the difference between which of the following?

Correct answer D. None of the above

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Question 973 Population and the Environment

What did Malthus argue?

Correct answer C. People could use "moral restraint" to reduce the birth rate

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Question 974 Population and the Environment

According to demographic transition theory, in which stage are both birth and death rates high?

Correct answer A. The first stage

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Question 975 Population and the Environment

Coercive and punitive measures to reduce fertility have caused considerable anger among many people in Western nations. Which of the following was one such measure?

Correct answer D. China's practice of fining a woman who is pregnant with a second child 20 per cent of her pay if she refuses to have an abortion

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Question 976 Population and the Environment