Quiz On Social Stratification! Trivia
Social stratification is the term used for the system in which a society’s people are ranked into categories in a hierarchy. The people higher up the social ladder generally have more status, power, and wealth.
- 1.Which of the following best describes how social class is related to social stratification?
- A.
Each layer has many layers of social stratification
- B.
Each layer of social stratification constitutes a social class
- C.
The terms social stratification and social class mean the same thing
- D.
Social stratification exists in caste systems, whereas social classes only exist in noncaste systems
- 2.Which of the following would NOT be considered PART OF a person's wealth?
- A.
Money in a savings account
- B.
His clothes and other personal possessions
- C.
A paycheck he will receive next Friday
- D.
A house that he owns
- 3.Karl Marx believed that the only thing of value that the proletariat (working class) had was _____
- A.
The means of production
- B.
The prestige of the work it performed
- C.
Its labor
- D.
Its property
- 4.Which of the following people is LEAST likely to live in poverty in the US today?
- A.
The child of a single mother
- B.
A 45 year old immigrant who moved here two years ago
- C.
A single female with a high school diploma
- D.
A 35 year old white male with a college education
- 5.The most distinguishing characteristic of a caste system (where class is based on birth) is that _______
- A.
People can move vertically, but not horizontally
- B.
People can only move intergenerationally
- C.
Social status is inherited and cannot be changed
- D.
Social status can be changed by education and hard work
- 6.A factory worker's son earns his way through college and eventually becomes a physics engineer. This is an example of _______
- A.
Intergenerational mobility
- B.
Horizontal mobility
- C.
The caste system
- D.
A fairy tale
- 7.Irena moves from a job as a computer programmer to a job as a Web page designer. This is an example of _________
- A.
Vertical mobility
- B.
Intergenerational mobility
- C.
Horizontal mobility
- D.
Social stratification
- 8.After attending night school for five years, Sondra moves from a job as a warehouse worker to a job as a bank loan officer. This is an example of ___________
- A.
Vertical downward mobility
- B.
Horizontal mobility
- C.
Vertical upward mobility
- D.
Intergenerational mobility
- 9.Countries like Somalia, Ethiopia, and Chad are underdeveloped countries, meaning that they have little infrastructure and very little money. In countries like this you will find that they __________________
- A.
Have a very small upper class and an extremely large lower class
- B.
Have very large upper classes
- C.
Have very large middle classes
- D.
Have poor people only
- 10.Which of the following is NOT true of prestige?
- A.
Prestige must be bestowed upon a person, it is not claimed
- B.
What might be considered prestigious by one social class may not be considered prestigious by another
- C.
Prestige refers to the respect and honor attached to certain social positions
- D.
Only the working class is interested in obtaining prestige
- 11.Which of the following best describes the functionalist theory of social stratification?
- A.
Inequality exists because some people are willing to exploit others
- B.
Social stratification will eventually be eliminated when the workers revolt
- C.
Children in the US are taught that a person's social class is the result of their talent and effort
- D.
The inequality of social classes helps assurre that the most qualified people fill the most important positions
- 12.Which of the three perspectives of sociology states that "inequality exists because some people are willing to exploit others"?
- A.
Symbolic interactionist perspective
- B.
Conflict perspective
- C.
Functionalist perspective
- 13.Which of the following best describes the symbolic interactionist perspective of social stratification?
- A.
Inequality exists because some people are willing to exploit others.
- B.
Social stratification will eventually be eliminated when the workers revolt.
- C.
Children in the US are taught that a person's social class is the result of their talent and effort
- D.
The inequality of social classes helps assure that the most qualified people fill the most important positions
- 14.________ refers to the different layers of people who possess varying amounts of scarce resources.
- A.
The proletariat
- B.
Class consciousness
- C.
Social stratification
- D.
Horizontal mobility
- 15.Which of the following best describes what Karl Marx meant by false consciousness?
- A.
The working class acceptance of capitalist ideas
- B.
The social class into which you are born is the one that you should remain in your entire life
- C.
Most of the people in industrial societies belong to the middle class
- D.
Social stratification increases the stability of a society
- 16.________ consists of the amount of money a person receives within a specific time period.
- A.
Wealth
- B.
Stratification
- C.
Income
- D.
Prestige
- 17.People who _________ do not even earn enough money to pay for their food and a safe place to live.
- A.
Live in relative poverty
- B.
Live in absolute poverty
- C.
Are members of the working class in the United States
- D.
Belong to the monarchy
- 18.________ is the respect, honor, and recognition that one receives from members of society.
- A.
Wealth
- B.
Power
- C.
Income
- D.
Prestige
- 19.When you add up all the economic resources a person has, such as their savings, home, personal property, etc, you have determined that person's ____________
- A.
Caste
- B.
Power
- C.
Wealth
- D.
Prestige
- 20.A position such as being a high school teacher is likely to have more ___________ than ___________.
- A.
Wealth ; power
- B.
Power ; prestige
- C.
Prestige ; wealth
- D.
Wealth ; prestige
- 21.A mugger who holds up another person at gunpoint and takes all that person's money has ___________
- A.
Wealth
- B.
Legitimate power
- C.
Illegitimate power
- D.
Prestige
- 22.A police officer who pulls you over can do so on the authority of __________
- A.
Prestige
- B.
Legitimate power
- C.
Illegitimate power
- D.
The President of the United States
- 23.A society in which people frequently can, by acquiring skills and working hard, move from one level of social stratification to a higher level of social stratification.
- A.
Caste system
- B.
Open class system
- C.
Vertical mobility
- D.
Feminization of poverty
- 24.The child of an office clerk becomes a physician.
- A.
Horizontal mobility
- B.
Open class society
- C.
Feminization of poverty
- D.
Intergenerational mobility
- 25.A young woman is stuck in her low paying job because she has no skills and no time to continue her education because she has a baby to support.
- A.
Caste system
- B.
Open class system
- C.
Feminization of poverty
- D.
Vertical mobility
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