Sociology Mcqs Practice Test

Question 1

The adage that it’s not what you know it,s who you know emphasizes the importance of connections This is most relevant to the concept of____________?

Accepted Answer

D.	Social capital

Question 2

Which of the following is not identified by Fulcher & Scott as a criterion of community ?

Accepted Answer

C.	a fixed geographical location

Question 3

Which of the following is predicted to be a major influence on cities during the next 50 years ?

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B.	The internet

Question 4

According to Riley Dunlap which one of the following is not a basic function that the natural environment serves for humans ?

Accepted Answer

C.	the environment provides a natural setting for social inequalities

Question 5

According to Gerald Suttles a gated community would be an example of a(n)_____________?

Accepted Answer

B.	defended neighborhood

Question 6

According to Herbert Gans residents who remain in the city to take advantage of the unique cultural and intellectual benefits of the city are called_____________?

Accepted Answer

A.	cosmopolites

Question 7

The world urbanization rate is rising highly It was 49% in 2005 and is likely to be 60% till_____________?

Accepted Answer

C.	2030

Question 8

New urbanism was a movement started in 1980s decreasing dependency on_____________?

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B.	Vehicular transportation

Question 9

Agriculture cannot absorb the population concentration of human activities and settlements around the downtown areas when the residential area shifts outward this is called____________?

Accepted Answer

B.	Urbanization

Question 10

A group of people with the same or related occupations is usually termed as___________?

Accepted Answer

A.	Professional community

Question 11

Division of labor social class formal government institutions and system of trade and commerce all are peculiar to any_____________?

Accepted Answer

A.	Urban Community

Question 12

The collective value of all social networks (who people know) and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other (the norms of reciprocity) is called ____________ ??

Accepted Answer

B.	Social Capital

Question 13

Tonnies divided the social structure into Gemeinschaft and Gesellschafts The tighter and cohesive social entity was the salient feature of___________?

Accepted Answer

A.	Gemeinschaft

Question 14

Human and animal societies share all but one of the following characteristics ?

Accepted Answer

B.	shared beliefs and collective destiny

Question 15

What is defined as the cultural practices and outlooks of a given community of people that set them apart from others ?

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B.	ethnicity

Question 16

Wirth (1938) said that social relationships in the urban way of life were segmental because______________?

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B.	people knew each other only through specific situational roles and not as whole rounded individuals

Question 17

What proportion of employment in nonurban counties in the United States is accounted for by agriculture ?

Accepted Answer

A.	9 per cent

Question 18

The most dramatic population trend in the United States throughout the twentieth century has been_______________?

Accepted Answer

B.	suburbanization

Question 19

Herbert Gans called urban residents who prefer to live in their own tight-knit communities___________?

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B.	ethnic villagers

Question 20

Louis Wirth argued that a relatively large and permanent settlement leads to distinctive patterns of behavior which he called_______________?

Accepted Answer

C.	urbanism