Social Justice Exam Bank
Course Introduction
This course explores the foundational concepts, theories, and practices of social justice in contemporary society. Students will examine issues such as inequality, discrimination, privilege, and human rights across various social contexts, including race, gender, class, sexuality, and ability. Through critical analysis of historical and current movements for justice, learners will engage with debates around policy, advocacy, and activism. The course aims to equip students with the tools to understand and address structural injustices while fostering ethical responsibility and active citizenship.
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Social Problems 13th Edition by D. Stanley Eitzen
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Chapter 1: The Sociological Approach to Social Problems
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Q1) Emergency food requests and people seeking emergency shelter are __________.
A) increasing
B) decreasing
C) staying the same
D) not currently studied
Answer: A
Q2) The __________ assumes a child fails in school because the school setting was inappropriate for the child.
Answer: system-blame approach
Q3) Asserting that "the poor are poor because they are not bright enough to succeed" might be said by a __________.
A) social Darwinist
B) sociologist
C) person who focuses on institutionalized deviance
D) system blamer
Answer: A
Q4) A __________ is a representative part of a population that sociologists use to answer sociological questions.
Answer: sample
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Chapter 2 Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System
AMultiple-Choice
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Q1) Recent tax policies in the United States have __________.
A) exacerbated the unequal distribution of wealth
B) decreased the national debt
C) decreased the political influence of the wealthy
D) decreased the costs of running for public office
Answer: A
Q2) The authors argue that many of the problems of U.S.society largely result from the
A) maldistribution of power
B) conspiracy of the power elites
C) system being undermined by those who criticize it
D) system being undermined by the poor and disadvantaged.
Answer: A
Q3) According to the authors of the text,capitalism will,if unhindered by government regulation,result in individual self-fulfillment and general material progress for all of society.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: World Population and Global Inequality
AMultiple-Choice
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Q1) Debt bondage is most common in __________.
Answer: South Asia
Q2) In 2011,__________ was the number one seller of arms abroad for the nineteenth straight year.
A) Afghanistan
B) Iran
C) the United States
D) Syria
Answer: C
Q3) The chances throughout one's life cycle to live and experience the good things in life are called __________.
A) absolute poverty lifestyles
B) demographic transitions
C) lifestyles
D) life chances
Answer: D
Q4) Boys in impoverished nations are excluded from slavery and forced labor.
A)True
B)False
Answer: FALSE
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Chapter 4: Threats to the Environment
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Q1) A realistic/rational plan to conserve energy could include which of the following?
A) Strict enforcement of a relatively low speed limit
B) Strict enforcement of a higher speed limit
C) Using candles instead of outdoor lighting
D) Increasing the use of American oil
Q2) If an owner of a company that produces a lot of waste wants to be able to keep polluting,what,according to the text,is that owner's best strategy?
A) Lobby and otherwise use the political system to ensure regulations are lax
B) Realize the pollution is too damaging, take responsibility for causing the pollution, and pay for the cleanup.
C) Do nothing.
D) Only pollute at night when fewer people will notice
Q3) The United States discards __________ percent of the world's resources.
Q4) The dominant cultural ideologies in U.S.society have tended to __________.
A) legitimize decreasing profit
B) rationalize our wastefulness as part of our way of life
C) accept socialism as part of life
D) decrease our dependence on foreign oil
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Chapter 5 Demographic Changes in the United States: The
Browning and Graying of Society
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Q1) One of the major forces behind the aging of the U.S.population is __________.
A) increased fertility rates
B) increasing numbers of children in the total population
C) the lack of medicine to increase longevity
D) the baby boom generation reaching old age
Q2) In 2009,the average life expectancy at birth was __________ years.
A) 96
B) 78
C) 65
D) 103
Q3) Unlike other developed nations,the U.S.population continues to grow primarily because of a large influx of __________.
Q4) Because racial minorities have lower life expectancy than do Whites,__________.
A) they are given higher salaries because they will not live as long
B) it is easier for them to get quality life insurance policies
C) they form a smaller proportion of the elderly population
D) they tend to live longer
Q5) By definition "immigration" is freely chosen rather than forced.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6 Problems of Place: Urban Suburban and Rural
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Q1) The process of White flight continues to increase class and race __________.
Q2) As people leave the cities for the suburbs,they take their spending and their __________ with them,leaving city businesses less profitable.
Q3) The process of __________ is not a naturally occurring phenomenon,but has been encouraged and subsidized by the federal government.
Q4) Because of poor healthcare in urban areas,chronic conditions such as diabetes
__________.
A) do not exist because of healthy diets
B) often go untreated
C) are covered by insurance without a co-pay
D) are treated faster than other illnesses
Q5) Deindustrialization has __________.
A) decreased good-paying jobs
B) decreased unemployment in central cities
C) encouraged corporations to relocate to Northeastern cities
D) increased the standard of living for millions of workers
Q6) Nonmetropolitan areas are considered to be __________ and encompass 80 percent of the nation's land area.
Q7) How is redlining practiced in urban areas?
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Q1) Sometime,the poor receive government funds and subsidies,known as __________,in order to help them get by at a minimum level.
A) welfare
B) wealthfare
C) regressive taxes
D) the official poverty line
Q2) What is the difference between the new poor and the old poor? How did the new poor come about?
Q3) The concentration of poverty __________.
A) typically does not affect the rest of society
B) is very rare in the United States
C) is linked to health and education problems
D) is rarely considered a social problem
Q4) People whose incomes are above the poverty threshold but below 125 percent of that threshold are the __________.
A) working poor
B) near poor
C) new poor
D) old poor
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Chapter 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
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Q1) In this post-civil rights era,Chris does not believe that race matters in terms of determining one's life chances.He has a(n)__________ approach to understanding the world.
A) racial
B) racist
C) color-blind
D) ethnic
Q2) The U.S.census has always allowed people to identify themselves as belonging to more than one racial class.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Whereas __________ models blame inequality on the cultural values of the majority group,__________ theories blame inequality on the individuals who are prejudiced against minority groups.
A) cultural deficiency; bias
B) bias; cultural deficiency
C) cultural deficiency; structural deficiency
D) structural deficiency; cultural deficiency
Q4) At least __________ hate crime(s)occur(s)on a college campus every day.
Q5) Explain the differences in White and minority income.
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Chapter 9: Gender Inequality
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Q1) Taking a "feminist" approach refers to __________.
A) participating in women's protests and marches
B) supporting women's equality
C) participating in gender-specific activity
D) support of liberal sexual activity
Q2) Compared to other industrialized nations,the United States ranks highest in terms of granting women access to political leadership roles.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The organization of the labor force is such that there are two separate segments: the __________ sector involving domestic and farm work,and the __________ sector involving industrial work.
Q4) How do toys play a part in gender socialization? Use examples from your own toys as a child to illustrate the role of toys and play in the process of socialization.
Q5) How does race intersect with gender to increase inequity? Give examples.
Q6) Discuss the links between religious belief and practice and gender.
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Chapter 10: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) Homosexuality was classified as a mental disorder until __________.
A) 1969
B) 1973
C) 1994
D) 2000
Q2) __________ are the openly homosexual people who speak out on the issue of gay,lesbian,and bisexual rights.
A) Lesbians and gays in the military
B) Closeted activists
C) Gay activists
D) Secret gays
Q3) Whereas sexual preference refers to a deterministic view of sexual tendencies,sexual orientation implies a sense of choice regarding the sex of the people to whom one is attracted.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Why is it difficult to get an exact count of the gay population? How could a more exact figure be determined?
Q5) In general,homosexual couples have __________ problems than heterosexual couples.
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Chapter 11: Disability and Ableism
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Q1) The social approach to disability defines disability in terms of some physiological impairment due to genetic heritage,accident,or disease.
A)True
B)False
Q2) __________ implicitly allows the nondisabled to minimize the social aspects of disability.
Q3) When the authors acknowledge that there is an ontological truth about disabilities,they are saying that disability is a social construction.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In terms of their sexual relationships,the disabled tend to be treated __________.
A) as asexual, or at best inadequate
B) much like any other group of heterosexuals
C) as though they are all homosexual
D) as a sexual curiosity
Q5) People with disabilities are a heterogeneous category.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Crime and Justice
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Q1) Criminal arrests tend to involve __________.
A) the middle class
B) the undereducated
C) part-time workers
D) immigrants
Q2) Cheating on personal income tax and time theft are examples of __________.
A) organized crime
B) street crime
C) white-collar crime
D) corporate crime
Q3) The Uniform Crime Reports focus on __________.
A) crimes reported to the police
B) organized crime
C) political crime
D) corporate crime
Q4) Discuss the problems with the statistics provided by the Uniform Crime Reports.
Q5) The __________ has the highest proportion of its citizens jailed at any time of any country.
Q6) Bernie Madoff ran a securities fraud known as a(n)__________.
Q7) In what ways are defendants encouraged to plea bargain?
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Chapter 13: Drugs
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Q1) Drug laws are related to the fact that drugs are a lucrative source of income for __________.
Q2) Ecstasy,although referred to on the streets as a drug,is actually not a drug but a form of methadone.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explore and discuss alternative policies suggested by the authors to eliminate some of the social problems associated with drug use.
Q4) Heroin,which is a(n)__________,is very addictive.
A) opiate
B) amphetamine
C) form of marijuana
D) hallucinogen
Q5) Ritalin is a stimulant that affects the brain similarly to __________.
A) cocaine
B) cigarettes
C) marijuana
D) heroin
Q6) How do cultural factors and interest groups affect our drug policies?
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Chapter 14: The Economy and Work
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Q1) __________ is a demographic trend that marks the current period in the economy.
A) The overall growth of the working population
B) A disproportionate representation of Whites in tenuous employment
C) A greater increase of men in the workforce
D) The concentration of high-paying jobs in the manufacturing sector
Q2) Compared to other __________ nations,Americans work more hours.
Q3) John works on an assembly line in a big warehouse for a manager where he has little control over the work he does or the products he produces.John is at a high risk for
A) alienation
B) Taylorism
C) gentrification
D) downward social mobility
Q4) Schumpeter's concept of __________ refers to the process of economic transformation that is associated with the ongoing mutation of capitalism.
A) destructive capitalism
B) creative destruction
C) mutative creativity
D) capitalistic creativity
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Chapter 15: Families
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Q1) Identify and explain the five dominant myths about the ideal American family.
Q2) The fact that __________ is evidence of the decision made by the U.S.government to help the elderly.
A) the young have electoral power that the elderly lack
B) the elderly are not well organized
C) children have fewer lobbying advocates
D) there are no laws that protect young people
Q3) Which resources do working-class families share when wages are insufficient or unstable?
A) Babysitting
B) Private tutors
C) Vacations
D) Museum memberships
Q4) Less than __________ percent of all households consist of married couples with children in which only the husband works.
A) 10
B) 20
C) 40
D) 80
Q5) The vast majority of __________ families are dual earners.
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Chapter 16: Education
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Q1) A powerful negative social label that affects a person's social identity and self-concept is a __________.
A) stigma
B) matrix of domination
C) master status
D) student subculture
Q2) Charter and private schools often result in increased racial __________.
Q3) As a result of a lack of curriculum standardization,__________.
A) there is a great deal of variation in what students learn
B) each year many students go to different schools with the same standards
C) American students are acquiring the skills necessary to succeed in the modern world
D) the American education system is the best in the world
Q4) Critics of the current educational philosophy of schools assert that __________.
A) the present system focuses too much on nurturing the natural curiosity of children
B) schools reflect society's competitive and repressive nature
C) schools produce people who need to please only themselves
D) there is not enough ability tracking to truly make a positive difference
Q5) What are the goals and issues involved in No Child Left Behind?
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Chapter 17: The Healthcare System
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Q1) Allison is a 24-year-old recent college graduate who has not yet managed to find employment.She is likely to __________ the new Affordable Health Care Act.
A) not have heard of B) support
C) oppose
D) be indifferent about
Q2) What have been the consequences of the trend toward for-profit hospitals in the United States?
Q3) Discuss the history of efforts to provide universal healthcare in the United States.What political tactics have been deployed to oppose universal healthcare? Why did healthcare reform finally pass now?
Ideal
Q4) Males are more likely than females to __________.
A) receive poor healthcare
B) use prescription drugs
C) take risky jobs
D) be abused
Q5) In 2010,the largest healthcare companies combined for approximately __________ billion dollars in profits.
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Chapter 18: National Security in the Twenty-First Century
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Q1) __________ is a government justification for sustaining high levels of defense spending.
A) The fact that defense spending decreases taxes
B) The idea that we need to be so strong that we can help any persecuted people in the world
C) The concept of the world as an unsafe place even without the Soviet threat
D) The health of our infrastructure and education system
Q2) Although there were no weapons of mass destruction found,Jeremy still supports the war in Iraq based on the notion that the United States is safer when there are more democracies in the world.This is an example of which tenet of the Bush Doctrine?
A) Regime change
B) Unbounded U.S. military superiority
C) The line in the sand
D) The spread of democracy
Q3) How has the nuclear threat changed since World War II? Which country has the most nuclear weapons?
Q4) Only Russia,China,and India outspend the United States on national security.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: Progressive Plan to Solve Social Problems
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Q1) The 1997 UPS strike is emblematic of the way in which __________ can be effective components of progressive social policy giving voice to those without individual power.
Q2) Give an example of a way in which you,a friend,or a family member has demonstrated human agency.
Q3) Jonathan Kozol cites the fact that as a society we seem more ready to spend money to punish a child who grows up to commit a crime than to spend money to educate the child and prevent the crime in the first place as evidence of our collective __________.
Q4) Policies and behaviors that enhance our moral obligations to our neighbors and their children are directly at odds with our society's value on __________.
Q5) The Depression era,which brought such programs as Social Security and unemployment insurance,is evidence that a progressive period is possible in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The authors suggest that a progressive agenda could be financed in part by reducing the __________ budget,which is less needed since the Soviet threat is gone.
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