, Diversity and Society, Fifth Edition
Joseph F. Healey
Test Bank
Chapter 1: Diversity in the United States: Questions and Concepts
Multiple Choice
1. The fastest growing group in the United States is ________.
*a. Asian and Pacific Islanders
b. Non-Hispanic white Americans
c. Irish Americans
d. African Americans
e. Africans
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Figure 1.1 The U.S. Population by Race and Ethnicity; p. 6
Question Type: MC
2. The population of the United States is currently . . .
a. NOT affected by long-standing, unresolved minority issues
b. Affected by low immigration rates
c. Very much the same
d. NOT increasingly multilingual
*e. Affected by long-standing, unresolved minority issues
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Minority Groups: Trends and Questions; p. 5
Question Type: MC
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the defining characteristics of a minority group?
a. Inequality
b. A pattern of disadvantage or inequality
c. Visible identifying traits or characteristics
*d. Small group size
e. Usually determined by birth
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is a Minority Group?; p. 11
Question Type: MC
4. By definition, a minority group is always . . .
a. Smaller in number than the dominant group
b. Residentially segregated from the dominant group
*c. Singled out for differential and unequal treatment
d. Distinguishable from the dominant group by its racial characteristics
e. Distinguished from the dominant group by its ethnic origins
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is a Minority Group?; pp. 10–11
Question Type: MC
, Diversity and Society, Fifth Edition
Joseph F. Healey
Test Bank
5. Which of the following would be classified primarily as an ethnic minority group?
a. African Americans
b. Native Americans
*c. Jewish Americans
d. Asian Americans
e. None of the above
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Visibility; p. 12
Question Type: MC
6. The social or physical characteristics that mark the boundaries between groups are usually . . .
*a. Selected for their visibility and convenience
b. Selected by the minority groups themselves
c. Scientifically significant
d. Selected for their biological importance
e. Inherently significant
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Visibility; p. 12
Question Type: MC
7. Which of the following is NOT an example of a cultural trait that may be associated with minority
status?
a. Language
*b. Facial features
c. Religion
d. Types of foods eaten
e. Speech patterns
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Awareness; p. 12
Question Type: MC
8. Which of the following characteristics is NOT typical of minority group membership’s ascribed status?
a. It is usually acquired at birth.
b. It typically cannot be easily changed.
c. It is usually involuntary.
*d. It can be altered through hard work and motivation.
e. It is usually for life.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ascription; p. 13
Question Type: MC
9. Laws on miscegenation refer to laws that . . .
a. Prevented people from passing as members of another race
b. Prevented people of different races from eating together in public restaurants
*c. Prevented members of different races from intermarrying
d. Prevented members of different races from going to the same schools
, Diversity and Society, Fifth Edition
Joseph F. Healey
Test Bank
e. Prevented members of the same sex from marrying
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Intimate Relationships. p. 13
Question Type: MC
10. Stratification is another term for ________.
a. prejudice
b. discrimination
*c. the unequal distribution of valued goods and services
d. status symbol
e. injustice
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Stratification; p. 14
Question Type: MC
11. Marxism is a complex theory of history and social change in which ________ is a central concept of
concern.
*a. inequality
b. prejudice
c. fame or respect
d. international war
e. consensus
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Karl Marx; pp. 15–16
Question Type: MC
12. “The most important source of inequality arises from a person's relationship to the means of
production.” This statement is most likely to be heard from a ________.
a. capitalist
b. Weberian
c. libertarian
*d. Marxist
e. Republican
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Karl Marx; p. 16
Question Type: MC
13. According to Marx, the means of production in an agricultural society would include ________.
a. factories
b. social class
c. wealth
*d. land
e. banks
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Karl Marx; p. 16
Question Type: MC
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