ISS 215 SDI Final Exam Verified Questions And Answers
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ISS 215 SDI Final Exam Verified Questions And Answers
Which nations tend to have very high fertility? ANS poor nations
Which of the following countries has the lowest life expectancy? ANS Sierra Leone
In which country do you find very high GNI PPP? ANS Qatar
Which of the following coun...
ISS 215 SDI Final Exam Verified Questions And
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Which nations tend to have very high fertility? ANS poor nations
Which of the following countries has the lowest life expectancy? ANS Sierra Leone
In which country do you find very high GNI PPP? ANS Qatar
Which of the following countries tends to have the highest percentage of married women using
modern methods of contraception? ANS China
Which nations tend to have very high infant mortality rates? ANS Under developed nations
The author suggests that description, explanation, and prescription are three levels of analysis of
inequality. Social scientists believe that there are economic, political, cultural and religious reasons
for this disparity. What level of knowledge is reflected in this statement? ANS Explanation
Which one of the following discussed by the author under Sociological Mode? ANS Going
beyond the obvious, Using the tools of Sociology, and Seeing probabilities, not certainties
What is the relationship between the mode of production and social structure? ANS Change in
mode of productions leads to a change in social structure, change in social structure leads to change
in the mode of production
According to Max Weber, which one of the following statements best describes the relationship
between status and economic class? ANS Sometimes status depends on economic class and
sometimes it is independent of economic class
According to our in-class discussion, which country benefitted the most from World War II? ANS
USA
,According to the author and our in-class discussion, prior to 1980s US economy was predominantly?
ANS Manufacturing economy
According to the author, where do most Americans put themselves in the US class Structure?
ANS Middle Class
According to the author, which one of the following is the major change in the US economy in the
last three decades? ANS Globalization of production and distribution
In our discussion on social mobility, we discussed a number of reasons for individual mobility.
Which of the following is one of them? ANS Education
According to the author, in which of the following countries, caste and its different versions influence
social-mobility? ANS India, South Africa, Japan
In our discussion on social mobility, we used a story of a senior citizen who suddenly became very
rich. How? ANS He won multi-million dollar jack pot in Las Vegas
Women face inequality in most societies around the globe. Which one of the following strategies may
help them gain relative equality? ANS Access to and possession of valuable things
In our class, which one of the following was used as an example of a man-made social difference
ANS religion
In our class, we used a story of two teenagers from two different castes were hung by their own
parents. Why? ANS They fell in love
Which one of the following is one of the social implications of the caste system of India for
untouchables? ANS untouchables have high infant mortality rates
, In your assignment, you found a number of nations in Europe that have a very low fertility leading to
a negative growth of populations. According to the functional perspective, it is not good. Why not?
ANS In the long run, such societies may disappear
A large number of untouchables in India changes their religion and became Christians. How did this
conversation influence their status in India? ANS They were still considered inferior in India
Davis and Moore believed that social inequality was good for society. Which one of the following
reasons was given by them to justify their point of view? ANS Social Inequality encourages
creativity, innovations, and inventions
What is the point of view of functional perspective on population? ANS Increasing population is
good for a society
What would be the point of view of Functional Perspective on terrorists? ANS Even though
terrorists are horrible people, they are still functional
Rise and fall of civilizations were used in our class to illustrate which concept? ANS Society is a
living organism
According to August Comte, in which society does empirical knowledge become more important?
ANS Scientific Stage
According to Herbert Spencer, the difference in the structure of a society leads to a difference in the
functions of individuals. As a result of industrialization, the structure of American Society has
changed dramatically. which of the following has been changed because of these structural changes?
ANS Role of women, Role of Religion, and Occupation of people
Based on our discussion on Durkheim's concept of social integration, a suicide bomber is an example
of: ANS Too much integration in the group
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