Sociology Mcqs Practice Test

Question 1

Urbanism is the study of________________?

Accepted Answer

A.	Cities

Question 2

The traditional urbanization exhibits a concentration of human activities and settlements around the downtown areas when the residential area shifts outward this is called_____________?

Accepted Answer

D.	All of the above

Question 3

In western world urbanization has accompanied________________?

Accepted Answer

C.	Industrialization

Question 4

Homogeneity farming and subsistent economy are salient features of_____________?

Accepted Answer

B.	Rural community

Question 5

communities can be categorized terms of______________?

Accepted Answer

D.	All of above

Question 6

Individual learns socialization______________?

Accepted Answer

C.	throughout the life

Question 7

A social group of organisms sharing an environment normally with shared interests is a______________?

Accepted Answer

C.	Community

Question 8

White-collar crime is low in visibility because_____________?

Accepted Answer

D.	it goes undected in the context of everybody business transactions

Question 9

If a deviant act is ‘normalized’ it is______________?

Accepted Answer

B.	seen a temporary aberration from an otherwise normal character

Question 10

Which one of the following is a strategy for restorative justice ?

Accepted Answer

A.	community service

Question 11

_______________ Of what is the failure of companies to adhere to legal regulations that apply to them an example ?

Accepted Answer

B.	corporate crime

Question 12

Which policy is supported by the theory of broken windows ?

Accepted Answer

B.	zero tolerance

Question 13

Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual but a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ?

Accepted Answer

A.	labelling theory

Question 14

Who first introduced the notion of anomie into sociology ?

Accepted Answer

D.	Durkheim

Question 15

Which one of the following is an example of a ‘third generation’ or true cybercrime ?

Accepted Answer

C.	the vandalizing of virtual environments

Question 16

The approach to crime prevention based on increased surveillance (such as CCTV and Neighborhood Watch schemes) and target hardening (such as a car immobilizers and better home security) is known as what ?

Accepted Answer

C.	situational crime prevention

Question 17

What is Howard Becker’s famous definition of deviance ?

Accepted Answer

B.	deviant behavior is behavior that people so label

Question 18

Which of the following statements about crime and deviance is false ?

Accepted Answer

D.	deviance is normally sanctioned by law

Question 19

Labelling theory encourages ________ as a way to completely avoid the stigmatization process?

Accepted Answer

C.	radical non-intervention

Question 20

Labelling theory came into prominence during which decade of the twentieth century ?

Accepted Answer

D.	1960s