Sociology Mcqs Practice Test

Question 1

What is the name of the process by which we acquire a sense of identity and become members of society ?

Accepted Answer

B.	colonization

Question 2

Which of the following research methods uses existing records ?

Accepted Answer

A.	survey research

Question 3

Sociologists________________?

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D.	should obtain informed consent in cases where subjects may be exposed to risks of research that are greater than the risks of everyday life

Question 4

When conducting social research what is the next step in the scientific method after a review of the literature ?

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D.	formulating a hypothesis

Question 5

In the library Louanne observes a woman sitting at a table by herself A man comes up and sits at the other end of the table the woman frowns and shakes her head no The man gets up and moves to another table Lounne concludes that the woman did not want to share a study table The theoretical perspective Louanne is using is_______________?

Accepted Answer

C.	the interactionist perspective

Question 6

Students at Bailey University staged a sit-in to protest the University’s decision to cancel its longstanding policy of exempting graduating seniors from final exams Which strongest framework for analyzing this situation?

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B.	Conflict, because this is an example of a power struggle between two groups with conflicting ideas an interest

Question 7

What major contribution did W.E.B DuBois make to sociology ?

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A.	He developed a theoretical understanding of racial inequality

Question 8

Weber,s view that sociologists must not allow their personal biases to affect the conduct of their research is called______________?

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D.	value-free sociology

Question 9

Those aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure are called______________?

Accepted Answer

A.	social statics

Question 10

Who coined the term sociology and is generally considered to be the founder of sociology ?

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B.	Auguste Comte

Question 11

It is useful to have a diversity of theories in sociology because________________?

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A.	human behavior is so complicated that no single theory would be adequate

Question 12

The first book with the term sociology in its title was written by_________________?

Accepted Answer

C.	Herbert Spencer

Question 13

Sociology is introduced as an academic discipline by______________?

Accepted Answer

B.	Auguste Comte

Question 14

The first stage, according to Comte was_______________?

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A.	Theological

Question 15

Social Sciences are pejoratively known as_______________?

Accepted Answer

A.	Soft sciences

Question 16

Comets final stage was______________?

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A.	Scientific Stage

Question 17

The term sociology was coined by________________?

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B.	August Comte

Question 18

Sociology emerged in________________?

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C.	In early 19th Century

Question 19

The social world is_______________?

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B.	Changing

Question 20

Sociology is concerned with_______________?

Accepted Answer

A.	patterns of human behavior