Related Mcqs:

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

   A. the casual economy
   B. the parallel economy
   C. the black economy
   D. the informal economy

2. In studying inequalities in education which skills did Bernstein concentrate upon ?

   A. reading
   B. numeracy
   C. emotion
   D. speech

3. What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generation called______________?

   A. cultural reproduction
   B. passive consumption
   C. conceptual abstraction
   D. formal communication

4. What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generations called ?

   A. cultural reproduction
   B. passive consumption
   C. conceptual abstraction
   D. formal communication

5. Sociologist Alvin Goldner sees Erving Goffman’s work on social behavior as implicitly reaffirming the status quo especially social class inequalities Gouldner,s critique is associated with the_____________?

   A. functionalist perspective
   B. conflict perspective
   C. interactionist perspective
   D. psychoanalytic perspective

6. Functionalists argue that even though ethnic conflict is dysfunctional it my still serve some important functions in society Which of the following is NOT one of those important functions ?

   A. Conflict promotes group formation and cohesion
   B. Conflict may function as a safety valve for society by enabling hostilities to be channelled toward permissible targets known as permissible targets known as scapegoats
   C. A multiplicity of conflicts between large numbers of differing groups within a society may be conducive to a democratic as opposed to a totalitarian society
   D. Conflict attributable to ethnic stratification problems may reach an unacceptable frequency and intensity

7. According to Bourdieu cultural capital exists in three forms Which one of the following is not one of the three ?

   A. an objectified state
   B. an institutionalized form
   C. a symbolic form
   D. an embodied state

8. New style terrorism differs from old style terrorism in three main ways Which of the following is not one of the three ?

   A. it is global in the scope of its aims
   B. it has a nationalist ideology
   C. it adopts a loose international type of organization
   D. it is more ruthless in the recourse to violent means

9. Which sociological perspective emphasizes that in comparison with women men can drw on larger social networks that are useful in locating employment opportunities ?

   A. functionalist perspective
   B. conflict perspective
   C. interactionist perspective
   D. clinical perspective

10. What proportion of employment in nonurban counties in the United States is accounted for by agriculture ?

    A. 9 per cent
    B. 22 per cent
    C. 41 per cent
    D. 63 per cent