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Thursday, December 9, 2010

SOC101 Quiz for Mid-term paper practice

Question # 1 of 10 ( Start time: 10:53:30 PM )          Total Marks: 1

Bureaucratic environment gives rise to which of the following?

 Select correct option:

 

Cohesiveness

 

Friendship

 

Nepotism

 

Alienation

   

Question # 2 of 10 ( Start time: 10:54:23 PM )          Total Marks: 1

Environmental protection, Charity and Development are all examples of ___________.

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Values

 

Norms

 

Beliefs

 

Folkways

 

Question # 3 of 10 ( Start time: 10:55:48 PM )          Total Marks: 1

___________ is a group's formal and informal means of enforcing its norms.

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Social order

 

Social control

 

Law

 

Deviance

 

Question # 4 of 10 ( Start time: 10:56:31 PM )          Total Marks: 1

From 1987 to 1996, arrests of juveniles for violent crimes shot up to:

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65 percent

 

60 percent

 

62 percent

68 percent    

Question # 5 of 10 ( Start time: 10:57:22 PM )          Total Marks: 1

US official crime index excludes white-collar crimes, which are more committed by:

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Blacks

 

Asians

 

Australians

 

Whites

 

           

Question # 6 of 10 ( Start time: 10:58:11 PM )          Total Marks: 1

Which one of the following is NOT a part of the provision of learning situations?

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The provision of learning situations

 

The provision of guidance

 

Biological determinism

 

Controlling the behavior

 

 

Question # 7 of 10 ( Start time: 10:59:04 PM )          Total Marks: 1

Who gave the idea of biological explanation of crime In 1949?

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Sheldon

 

Ceasare Lombroso

 

Sutherland

 

W. Reckless

   

Question # 8 of 10 ( Start time: 11:00:17 PM )          Total Marks: 1

Which of the following covers the period from 20 to 40 years, and during this period personalities are formed?

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Childhood

 

Early adulthood

 

Late adulthood

 

Middle age

 

Question # 9 of 10 ( Start time: 11:01:23 PM )          Total Marks: 1

The violation of norms is usually known as ___________.

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Crime

 

Juvenile delinquency

 

Stigma

 

Deviance

 

  

Question # 10 of 10 ( Start time: 11:02:36 PM )        Total Marks: 1

Which one of the following is a product of patterned behaviors of society?

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Science

 

Culture

 

Ideas

 

Environment

 

  

Question # 1 of 10 ( Start time: 11:15:50 PM )          Total Marks: 1

Which of the following focus on genetic predisposition of individuals toward deviance and crime?

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Psychologists and socio-biologists

 

Psychologists

 

Socio-biologists

 Sociologists

Question # 2 of 10 ( Start time: 11:16:38 PM )          Total Marks: 1

Small social group whose members share personal and enduring relationships are known as:

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A primary group

 

A secondary group

 

An instrumental group

 

An expressive group

 

  

Question # 3 of 10 ( Start time: 11:17:19 PM )          Total Marks: 1

A temporary cluster of individuals who may or may not interact at all is known as_____________.

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Category

 

Dyad

 

Group

 

Crowd

 

Question # 4 of 10 ( Start time: 11:17:56 PM )          Total Marks: 1

Most people join ________________ organizations for making a living.

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Coercive

 

Utilitarian

 

Normative

 

None of the given options

   

Question # 5 of 10 ( Start time: 11:19:33 PM )          Total Marks: 1

According to Weber which of the following controls the means of production although they do not own them?

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Managers of corporations

 

Feudal

 

Political leaders

 

Proliterate

 

Question # 6 of 10 ( Start time: 11:20:35 PM )          Total Marks: 1

Members are physically and socially separated from 'outsiders' or 'civil society', it is the distinguish feature of which one of the following?

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Utilitarian

 

Coercive

 

Normative

 

Corporations

 

 

Question # 7 of 10 ( Start time: 11:21:08 PM )          Total Marks: 1

The machinery of social control usually represents the interests of people with social ________.

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Status

 

Prestige

 

Power

 

Authority

 

Question # 8 of 10 ( Start time: 11:21:53 PM )          Total Marks: 1

Which of the following are functions of deviance noted by Emile Durkheim?

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Responding to deviance promotes social unity.

 

Responding to deviance clarifies moral boundaries.

 

Deviance affirms cultural values and norms.

 

All of the given options

 

   

Question # 9 of 10 ( Start time: 11:23:11 PM )          Total Marks: 1

Which of the following is the source of profit, in which capitalists are able to put for their own use?

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Surplus value

 

Natural resources

 

Consumption

 

Means of production

 

Question # 10 of 10 ( Start time: 11:24:07 PM )        Total Marks: 1

Which one of the following is a biological process?

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Life course

 

Socialization

 

Life history

 

Life span

 

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