Sociology MCQs with Answers

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1. 1551 The term informal economy is used to describe ?
   

   1. work where no money changes hands

   2. the activities of small businesses

   3. transactions outside the sphere of regular employment

   4. organizations with less rigid rules and procedures

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   : transactions outside the sphere of regular employment

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2. 1552 There are some important gender inequalities in paid employment and the chapter identifies three of these Which one of the following is not one of the three ?
   

   1. the division of household labor

   2. occupational segregation

   3. the wage gap in favor of men

   4. women?s concentration in part-time jobs

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   : the division of household labor

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3. 1553 How do industrial sociologists characterize Fordism and Taylorism ?
   

   1. high risk systems

   2. high trust systems

   3. low trust systems

   4. low risk systems

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   : low trust systems

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4. 1554 Which of the following is not a term for work that takes place outside the formal paid employment sector ?
   

   1. the casual economy

   2. the parallel economy

   3. the black economy

   4. the informal economy

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   : the casual economy

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5. 1555 The president of the United States need not be a good typist a surgeon need not be able to fill a cavity This is because of the bureaucratic characteristic of___________?
   

   1. division of labor

   2. impersonality

   3. employment based on technical qualifications

   4. written rules and regulations

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   : division of labor

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6. 1556 In larger groups each person has ?
   

   1. less time to speak

   2. more points of view to absorb

   3. a more elaborate structure within which to function

   4. all of the above

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   : all of the above

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7. 1557 The purpose of a reference group is to serve a(n) ?
   

   1. normative function by enforcing standards of conduct and belief

   2. comparison function by serving as a standard against which people can measure themselves and other

   3. elimination function by dissolving groups that no longer have a social purpose

   4. both a and b

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   : both a and b

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8. 1558 __________ groups often emerge in the workplace among those who share special understandings about their occupation ?
   

   1. primary

   2. secondary

   3. out-groups

   4. formal organizations

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   : secondary

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9. 1559 Which of these is not a feature of an ideal type bureaucracy according to Weber ?
   

   1. a clear-cut hierarchy of authority

   2. co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate

   3. fixed salaries associated with each role

   4. written rules governing conduct

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   : co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate

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10. 1560 Which of these is a feature of the Japanese style of management arrangements ?
    

    1. merging of work and private lives

    2. job security

    3. group-oriented production

    4. all of the above

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    : all of the above

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