Social Stratification - Practice Quiz
- 1.Which of these systems allows for the most social mobility?
- A.
Caste
- B.
Monarchy
- C.
Endogamy
- D.
Class
- 2.Structural mobility occurs when:
- A.
An individual moves up the class ladder
- B.
An individual moves down the class ladder
- C.
A large group moves up or down the class ladder due to societal changes
- D.
A member of a family belongs to a different class than his or her siblings
- 3.The GNI PPP figure represents:
- A.
A country’s total accumulated wealth
- B.
Annual government spending
- C.
The average annual income of a country’s citizens
- D.
A country’s debt
- 4.Conflict theorists view capitalists as those who:
- A.
Are ambitious
- B.
Fund social services
- C.
Spend money wisely
- D.
Get rich while workers stay poor
- 5.The behaviors, customs, and norms associated with a class are known as:
- A.
Class traits
- B.
Power
- C.
Prestige
- D.
Underclass
- 6.What factor makes class systems open?
- A.
They allow for movement between the classes.
- B.
People are more open-minded.
- C.
People are encouraged to socialize within their class.
- D.
They do not have clearly defined layers.
- 7.Social stratification is a system that:
- A.
Ranks society members into categories
- B.
Destroys competition between society members
- C.
Allows society members to choose their social standing
- D.
Reflects personal choices of society members
- 8.Which statement represents stratification from the perspective of symbolic interactionism?
- A.
Men often earn more than women, even working the same job.
- B.
After work, Pat, a janitor, feels more comfortable eating in a truck stop than a French restaurant.
- C.
Doctors earn more money because their job is more highly valued.
- D.
Teachers continue to struggle to keep benefits such as health insurance.
- 9.Which statement illustrates low status consistency?
- A.
A suburban family lives in a modest ranch home and enjoys nice vacation each summer.
- B.
A single mother receives food stamps and struggles to find adequate employment.
- C.
A college dropout launches an online company that earns millions in its first year.
- D.
A celebrity actress owns homes in three countries.
- 10.Based on meritocracy, a physician’s assistant would:
- A.
Receive the same pay as all the other physician’s assistants
- B.
Be encouraged to earn a higher degree to seek a better position
- C.
Most likely marry a professional at the same level
- D.
Earn a pay raise for doing excellent work
- 11.Occupational prestige means that jobs are:
- A.
All equal in status
- B.
Not equally valued
- C.
Assigned to a person for life
- D.
Not part of a person’s self-identity
- 12.Unlike Davis and Moore, Melvin Tumin believed that, because of social stratification, some qualified people were _______ higher-level job positions.
- A.
Denied the opportunity to obtain
- B.
Encouraged to train for
- C.
Often fired from
- D.
Forced into
- 13.When Karl Marx said workers experience alienation, he meant that workers:
- A.
Must labor alone, without companionship
- B.
Do not feel connected to their work
- C.
Move from one geographical location to another
- D.
Have to put forth self-effort to get ahead
- 14.Which of the following scenarios is an example of intergenerational mobility?
- A.
A janitor belongs to the same social class as his grandmother did.
- B.
An executive belongs to a different class than her parents.
- C.
An editor shares the same social class as his cousin.
- D.
A lawyer belongs to a different class than her sister.
- 15.The basic premise of the Davis-Moore thesis is that the unequal distribution of rewards in social stratification:
- A.
Is an outdated mode of societal organization
- B.
Is an artificial reflection of society
- C.
Serves a purpose in society
- D.
Cannot be justified
- 16.In the United States, most people define themselves as:
- A.
Middle class
- B.
Upper class
- C.
Lower class
- D.
No specific class
- 17.Which person best illustrates opportunities for upward social mobility in the United States?
- A.
First-shift factory worker
- B.
First-generation college student
- C.
Firstborn son who inherits the family business
- D.
First-time interviewee who is hired for a job
- 18.What factor makes caste systems closed?
- A.
They are run by secretive governments.
- B.
People cannot change their social standings.
- C.
Most have been outlawed.
- D.
They exist only in rural areas.
- 19.Which graphic concept best illustrates the concept of social stratification?
- A.
Pie chart
- B.
Flag poles
- C.
Planetary movement
- D.
Pyramid
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