Related Mcqs:

1. The rationalization for having capital punishment is that_______________?

   A. it prevents capital crime
   B. it acts as a deterrent
   C. societies need to threaten prospective criminals
   D. it protects the Biblical commandment against killing

2. Consumer sovereignty means that________________?

   A. production depends on supply and demand
   B. consumers create demand
   C. producers supply what is demanded
   D. all of the above

3. Organization differ from institutions in that________________?

   A. one cannot join an institution
   B. only a few organizations last long enough to become institutions
   C. institutions are organizations in which people no longer discuss the basis of the rules
   D. all of the above

4. Deviance contributes to social change in that________________?

   A. today’s deviant is tomorrow’s leader
   B. deviant acts invariably point to outdated rules
   C. deviance is a fad
   D. some actions initially defined as deviant eventually become generally accepted

5. The global social system differs from a societal social system in that________________?

   A. nations contain a variety of ethnic and racial groups
   B. no global government exists
   C. nations do not have common goals
   D. all of the above

6. The difference between government and state is that________________?

   A. government is symbol state is the process
   B. government is a process that includes the people who exercise political power
   C. the state is an abstract symbol of the political institution
   D. government is a process and the state is an abstract symbol

7. Scientists agree that________________?

   A. there are three races
   B. there are fifty two races
   C. there are no races
   D. all of humankind is descended from the same common stock

8. The basic assertion of ageism is that________________?

   A. the young are superior to the old
   B. the old are superior to the young
   C. there is a smooth transfer of roles between the old and the young
   D. work is best left to those who can do it

9. Thomas Malthus sated that________________?

   A. fodd increases in a geometric progression
   B. population grow in arithmetic progression
   C. populations increase in geometric progression
   D. population growth is a matter of algebra not geometry or arithmetic

10. One conclusion that may be drawn regarding American foreign policy is that________________?

    A. morality will be the foundation of foreign policy
    B. Americans do not always act according to their ideology
    C. the world operates on generous feelings toward others
    D. none of the above