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Test Name	Lecturer Sociology
Subject	Sociology Test 20
Test Type	MCQs
Total Questions	25
Total Time	20 Minutes
Total Marks	100

You have 20 minutes to pass to the quiz.

PPSC Lecturer of Sociology Test 20

1 / 25

Early sociologists tended to:

think in middle-level terms

think in macro-level terms

think in micro-level terms

combine approaches at all levels

2 / 25

All of the following could be considered the founders of modern sociology EXCEPT:

Karl Marx

Max Weber

Emile Durkheim

Isaac Newton

3 / 25

Which set of theories takes into account issues of social and political unrest, war, and changing public policy to explain issues such as famine and malnutrition?

functionalist theories

ecological theories

exchange theories

conflict theories

4 / 25

Which of the following had a tremendous impact on early sociology in the U.S.?

Civil Right movement

World War II

Reform movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Reformation

5 / 25

Which of the following statements best characterizes the way sociologists think about the relationship between environment and individual choice?

Individual choice is never entirely free but is always determined to some extent by a person’s environment.

Individuals are completely unconstrained from their environments

There is no relationship between the social environment and individual decisions

Individuals have little to no power to make choices. Their actions are determined by their environment

6 / 25

Whose understanding of conflict as a place where a “web of group affiliations” is constructed was used to help sociologists understand the protest movements of the mid-1900s?

Harriet Martineau

Georg Simmel

Erving Goffman

W.E.B. Dubois

7 / 25

What is the trouble with rational-choice models of human behavior?

they do not focus on patterns of interaction

they do not always identify underlying values that cause action

they are not objective

they are not based on empirical methods

8 / 25

Most sociologists would agree with which of the following statements about the social environment?

The social environment is less important now than ever before

The social environment is of little consequence in determine human actions

Human actions are limited or determined by the social environment

The social environment is more important now than ever before

9 / 25

Which of the following steps is NOT one used by sociologists to study certain social phenomenon?

Formulate questions

Review the literature

Decide the outcome of the study before it has been analyzed with data

Defining the problem

10 / 25

Somalia suffers from persistent famine due to:

lack of food supplies

high cost of irrigation

social instability caused by war

changing climate patterns

11 / 25

Which region has the lowest percentage of malnutrition in underweight children?

None of the above

Africa

Asia

Latin America

12 / 25

Which of the following statement about social change is most accurate?

Sociologists can reliably predict all major social changes

Sociologists are unconcerned with predicting future social change

Sociologists have, up to this point, been unsuccessful in predicting social change

Sociologists have many tools at their disposal to help them predict social change

13 / 25

In an effort to determine if similar research has been done on a particular topic, which step in the research process would a researcher follow?

analyzing the data

deciding on the problem

reviewing the literature

formulating research questions

14 / 25

Which of the following would be suitable as a sociological research question?

Does God exist?

What is the best religious code of values?

Is Buddhism true?

What relationship, if any, exists between religious practice and beliefs about abortion?

15 / 25

The roots of modern sociology can be found in:

The ancient Greek philosophers

Early American politics

Most major world religions

philosophers and scientists from the Great Enlightenment

16 / 25

The revolutions of the eighteenth century:

replaced sacred traditions with secular knowledge

ultimately produced very little social change

denounced the idea of individual human rights

established the divine right of kings

17 / 25

Which theorist argued that conflict is necessary as a basis for the formation of alliances?

W.I. Thomas

Emile Durkheim

Isaac Newton

Georg Simmel

18 / 25

What is one result of the scientific revolution?

a de-emphasis of religion

a prolonged period of world peace

a return to the classic philosophers of Greece and Rome

the establishment of utopian societies

19 / 25

In measuring and comparing any social phenomena such as suicide across different countries, the researcher needs to consider:

the socioeconomic status of the victims

the means of suicide

the ages of the individuals

the sizes of the populations being studied

20 / 25

In sociology,....................refers to all the expectations and incentives established by other people in a person’s social world:

community

power

human ecology

environment

21 / 25

Which scientists are often credited with the founding of modern science?

Francis Bacon

Karl Marx

George Simmel

Isaac Newton

22 / 25

A statement that expresses a guess about a possible relationship between two or more phenomena is termed:

theory

a functional explanation

a hypothesis

a scientific hunch

23 / 25

.......................prompts us to look at patterns of behavior to see how they conform to and depart from normal expectations of profit and loss:

functionalist theory

Interactionist theory

rational-choice models

conflict theory

24 / 25

The invasion of Iraq by the United States and its allies demonstrates:

God’s will for the U.S.

the power of the U.S.

the conflict perspective

a host of sociological failures

25 / 25

What would a functionalist say about military parades?

They are a form of public theater meant to symbolically reinforce social values

They demonstrate who has the power in a society

They are a display of force demonstrating that the nation has the capacity to defend itself

They affirm society’s values

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