1 Norco College Soc.1 Study Guide For Test#3 ____ 1. A social class is composed of a. a category of people with similar attitudes and behaviors b. people with similar lifestyles. c. people with similar vocational positions. d. a, b, & c above. ____ 2. Members of the upper class: a. are unemployed or under employed. b. have little in the way of education or occupational skills. c. stress obedience and respect for elders. d. have great wealth, often going back for many generations. e. none of the above. ____ 3. The working class is made up of: a. skilled laborers b. semi-skilled laborers c. factory employees d. blue-collar workers e. all of these are included in the working class ____ 4. A successful professional who has a college education, lives in an exclusive suburb, and has a savings reserve would be placed into which of the following class categories? a. lower-upper d. upper b. middle e. lower-lower c. upper-middle ____ 5. This class dominates the professional and technical fields and often consists of two income families. a. upper-middle d. upper b. lower-middle e. lower-upper c. working ____ 6. In a class system, each member of a given class shares similar: a. opportunities. d. all of the above. b. lifestyles. e. none of the above. c. attitudes. ____ 7. Working class people: a. live adequately but have little left over for luxuries. b. are less likely to vote than the higher classes. c. feel politically powerless. d. are very much involved with their extended families. e. all of the above ____ 8. According to Weber, which of the following is not a criteria for stratification in a modern society? a. political power d. all of the above b. social status e. none of the above c. tradition2 ____ 9. Which of the following is characteristic of the lower class? a. little knowledge of world events b. not involved in their communities c. do not identify with other poor people d. low voting rates e. all of these are characteristics of the lower class ____ 10. People who hold down jobs involving unskilled labor, service, or household work and have little education would belong to the which of the following class? a. lower-middle d. lower b. working e. poverty c. welfare ____ 11. Maurice and Shirley are both attorneys who, with their children, live in a comfortable suburban home. The children attend private schools and expect to go to college and on to graduate school. This family is best described as a. upper class. d. lower-middle class. b. lower-upper class. e. working class. c. upper-middle class. ____ 12. Hector is a master electrician. He holds a high school diploma, and owns a modest home but can't afford many luxuries. He considers himself conservative politically and fairly religious. Hector is most typical of which of the classes listed? a. lower-middle class d. lower class b. upper-middle class e. lower-lower class c. upper class ____ 13. The poverty index is based solely on: a. food stamp allocations. d. family wealth b. money income. e. social service contributions c. the stock market ____ 14. What was the Poverty Level for a family of four in 2007? a. About $ 8,000 d. About $38,000 b. About $21,000 e. About $46,000 c. About $26,000 ____ 15. Rural residents _____ than urban residents. a. have higher unemployment rates d. have lower education levels b. earn lower wages e. all of the above c. have more limited job skills ____ 16. Poverty is more frequent a. among blacks and Hispanics than it is for whites. b. among whites than among blacks or Hispanics. c. in urban than in rural areas. d. in the Northeast than in the South. e. among urban whites. ____ 17. The feminization of poverty refers to a. a trend in which females represent an increasing proportion of the poor. b. the fact that more feminists are poor these days. c. a phenomenon in which nearly all of the social workers who work with the poor are female. d. the fact that females seem to cope with poverty better than males. e. the fact that as more women have entered the labor force they have lower women's wages.3 ____ 18. Comparisons of poverty levels among male-headed and female-headed households show that a. they are equally likely to fall below the poverty level. b. male-headed households are more apt to be below the poverty level. c. female-headed households are more apt to fall below the poverty level. d. families with divorced spouses face the greatest likelihood of poverty no matter who heads the household. e. there is virtually no difference between the two in terms of poverty level. ____ 19. Which of the following is a criticism of poverty figures? a. poverty status should be determined by comparing a persons financial situation with the rest of society. b. there is no geographic cost of living adjustment c. the money used to pay taxes should be excluded since it cannot buy necessities d. the poverty threshold is merely a guess e. all of the above ____ 20. One myth about the poor that many Americans hold is that the poor are poor because they do not have enough _____. a. work. d. children. b. ambition. e. intelligence. c. education. ____ 21. Statistics on poverty in the United States show that a. most poor people do not work even though they could. b. most able-bodied poor of working age hold jobs. c. unwed mothers are the smallest single group of poor people. d. most poor people are senior citizens. e. a, b, and c above. ____ 22. Which of the following is a myth about the poor? a. Most poor people are black and most black people are poor. b. Most poor people live in inner-city ghettos. c. Most people are poor because they are too lazy to work. d. Most poor people live in female-headed households. e. These are all myths about the poor. ____ 23. The United States has been most successful in holding down poverty among a. children. d. women. b. working-age adults. e. single parents. c. the elderly. ____ 24. Of the following nations, the highest rate of poverty among children is found in a. the United States. d. Germany. b. Canada. e. Sweden. c. the United Kingdom. ____ 25. Who expanded Marx’s views about class into a multi-dimensional view of stratification? a. Max Weber d. Davis & Moore b. Emile Durkheim e. Harriet Martineau c. Cooley & Mead4 ____ 26. People who are born into a caste: a. spend their entire lives within the caste. b. are restricted in their choice of occupation. c. are restricted in their
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