Urban Sociology Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Urban Sociology explores the social structures, processes, and issues that shape life in urban environments. The course examines the historical development of cities, urbanization trends, and their impact on social relations, identities, and communities. Key themes include migration, class, race, housing, gentrification, urban poverty, and the role of public spaces. Drawing on sociological theories and empirical studies, students will analyze how urban environments both reflect and produce social inequalities, and how urban policies and planning shape daily life in metropolitan areas.
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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) Researchers who use __________ collect information about the same persons over many years.
A) longitudinal surveys
B) experiments
C) participant observation
D) public opinion polls
Answer: A
Q2) An extremely dogmatic system-blame approach to social problems views individuals almost as robots controlled totally by their social environment.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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
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Chapter 2 Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System
AMultiple-Choice
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Q1) Requiring a __________ in order to register to vote is an example of a recent tactic states use that disenfranchises certain groups of potential voters.
A) government-issued ID
B) party donation
C) background check
D) language test
Answer: A
Q2) According to Piven and Cloward,the government institutes massive aid to the poor only when the __________.
A) poor constitute a threat
B) power elite pressures them
C) economy is booming
D) economy is in a recession
Answer: A
Q3) Four or fewer companies control at least 60 percent of the light bulb market in the United States,which demonstrates a __________.
Answer: shared monopoly
Q4) The __________ are the people who occupy the most influential roles in society.
Answer: power elite
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Chapter 3: World Population and Global Inequality
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Q1) Of the pesticides exported by the United States,__________ percent are restricted or banned by the Environmental Protection Agency for domestic use.
A) 10
B) 25
C) 50
D) 75
Answer: B
Q2) __________ is the worst epidemic in human history.
A) Influenza
B) HIV/AIDS
C) Malaria
D) Tuberculosis
Answer: B
Q3) The number of people on this planet constitutes a potential future calamity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: TRUE
Q4) Most of the current population growth occurs in the __________ developed nations.
Answer: less
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Chapter 4: Threats to the Environment
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Q1) One of the main social forces that profoundly disturbs the earth's ecosystem is
A) the increase in human population
B) the astronomical anomalies in the last decade
C) the growing of food in greenhouses
D) the decrease in economic growth
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) Automobile emissions are one of the leading causes of air pollution in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How is deforestation related to climate change?
Q5) Describe the biosphere and why it is important for us to protect it.
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Chapter 5 Demographic Changes in the United States: The
Browning and Graying of Society
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Q1) Whereas immigrants historically have been 90 percent European,Europeans now constitute about __________ percent.
A) 10
B) 40
C) 50
D) 90
Q2) The population of the United States was predominantly white and then predominantly African American; by 2050 it will be predominantly Latino/a.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Identify the group that makes up the "baby boom generation" and discuss the future demographic changes that will likely take place as this generation ages.
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Q4) At the beginning of 2012,the population of the United States was approximately 313,000,000,which is the __________ highest population in the world.
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 healthcare problems associated with the disinvestment in urban centers include which of the following?
A) More people are able to afford quality treatment.
B) More city residents are unable to find quality healthcare.
C) The proportion of hospitals there that are owned by for-profits has increased.
D) Urban areas are some of the healthiest places in the United States.
Q2) "Warehousing" refers to __________.
A) the redevelopment of older, often run-down residential buildings
B) investors buying property in poor neighborhoods to rent to the poor
C) keeping emergency room patients waiting for days
D) purchasing property with the intent to move the poor out and sell to investors
Q3) The poverty rate is __________ in central cities.
Q4) Which of the following is true about current mortgage lending practices?
A) Black/White lending differences have been eradicated.
B) Blacks with greater incomes are rejected more often than Whites with lower incomes.
C) Latinos with zero income are able to get better mortgage rates.
D) White people have harder times getting a mortgage when compared with Blacks.
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Chapter 7: Poverty
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Q1) Those who believe in the __________ believe that the poor are qualitatively different in values and lifestyles from the rest of society.
A) blaming the victim approach
B) self-fulfilling prophecy
C) culture-of-poverty
D) feminization of poverty
Q2) Jeff is a part of a hidden system of tax breaks and advantages given to his corporation directly in the form of subsidies and indirectly in the form of tax loopholes.Jeff benefits from __________.
A) welfare
B) wealthfare
C) institutional discrimination
D) the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
Q3) __________ is a reason for the high poverty rate among women.
A) The lower intelligence of women
B) The high frequency of divorce
C) A small number of never-married women with children
D) Good job and earnings opportunities for women
Q4) Why is it difficult to determine the exact number of people in poverty?
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Chapter 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
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Q1) The funding of schools primarily based on property values systematically discriminates against the poor and is an example of __________ racism.
A) individual
B) institutional
C) formation
D) segregated
Q2) Rising poverty rates among Latinos have led many policymakers to conclude that they have joined inner-city African Americans to form a(n)__________.
Q3) The terms "majority" and "minority" refer to the actual numbers of people in certain groups.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following groups has the lowest poverty rate?
A) Whites
B) Blacks
C) Native Americans
D) Hispanics
Q5) Explain the differences in White and minority income.
Q6) At least __________ hate crime(s)occur(s)on a college campus every day.
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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) Jeff laments modern society characterized by increasing gender equality.He would rather live in a(n)__________ where men are the dominant sex.
A) matriarchy
B) patriarchy
C) androgyny
D) socialist society
Q3) In high school,girls tend to __________.
A) receive higher grades than boys
B) get higher standardized test scores than boys
C) take more math and science courses than boys
D) play on integrated sports teams
Q4) How does sexism negatively affect men? In what ways would the world change positively for men if sexism did not exist anymore?
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Chapter 10: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) Because the beliefs and practices of the majority enforce certain behavior as normal,__________ is the accepted social norm.
A) bisexuality
B) compulsory heterosexuality
C) pathology of deviance
D) behavior that is clearly against the law
Q2) Which of the following treatments has been utilized by psychiatry as a cure for homosexuality?
A) Social change
B) Behavioral conditioning
C) Pet therapy
D) Solitary confinement
Q3) Because homosexuality is behavior that does not conform to social expectations,it is common for homosexuals to be __________ and treated as second-class citizens.
A) stigmatized
B) normalized
C) celebrated
D) miscegenated
Q4) What major events have impacted the gay rights movement?
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Chapter 11: Disability and Ableism
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Q1) "Special education" has had the effect of __________.
A) giving the disabled a boost
B) separating children with disabilities from their "able" classmates
C) treating disabilities as being fixable
D) making those with disabilities more socially acceptable to their nondisabled peers
Q2) People with disabilities often have difficulty finding partners because __________.
A) they can't access places where nondisabled people make social contacts
B) many have paid employment and very little free time
C) they are often isolated because they cannot leave their home
D) disabilities are so rare that nobody understands them
Q3) When disabled men experience stereotyping they __________.
A) may cope with their failure to live up to the hegemonic norms by being less competitive
B) tend to be treated as weak, pitiful, and dependent rather than being treated as strong, independent, and self-reliant
C) may reject society's standards by denying their disability
D) take on a feminine identity
Q4) Explain what is meant by the matrix of domination.
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Chapter 12: Crime and Justice
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Q1) Acts that violate laws that enforce the morality of the majority are known as
A) white-collar crimes
B) moral order crimes
C) political crimes
D) organized crime
Q2) Because crime is political in nature,including who gets to decide what counts as a crime and what does not,there is a class bias inherent in the law.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Plea bargaining especially benefits the poor and those of moderate means because it saves them the expense of a lengthy trial while at the same time ensuring their rights and more lenient treatment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the cradle to prison pipeline and note what can be done to stop it.Use specific examples and theories.
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Q5) In what ways are defendants encouraged to plea bargain?
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Chapter 13: Drugs
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Q1) Discuss the relationship between social class and drug use in the United States.How does this impact drug laws and drug policy?
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Q2) Crimes committed to produce money for drugs are typically __________.
Q3) In what ways do our current drug laws actually encourage crime?
Q4) __________ is referred to as the date-rape drug because of its effect on inhibition and short-term memory.
A) GHB
B) ABC
C) BAB
D) THC
Q5) The drugs used to treat __________ are the most often stolen prescriptions and the most abused drugs in the United States today.
A) ADHD
B) cancer
C) heart disease
D) glaucoma
Q6) The passage of the __________ marked the beginning of a shift to thinking about drug abusers as criminals.
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Chapter 14: The Economy and Work
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Q1) An employment arrangement where employees work as temporaries or independent contractors and get few benefits from employers is __________.
A) discouraged employment
B) displaced employment
C) reserve employment
D) contingent employment
Q2) Efforts to increase worker efficiency by breaking down work into very specialized tasks and working with an assembly line production mentality is central to the concept of __________.
A) sweatshops
B) the dual labor market
C) scientific management
D) capital flight
Q3) Industries declining in output and employment are __________ industries.
A) scientific
B) sunrise
C) sunset
D) sunburn
Q4) Compared to other __________ nations,Americans work more hours.
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Chapter 15: Families
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Q1) Following someone around,hacking email accounts,and tracking movements are all examples of __________.
A) intimate partner violence
B) child abuse
C) a consequence of divorce
D) postmodern family relations
Q2) The vast majority of __________ families are dual earners.
Q3) Over the last forty years the United States has seen the poverty rate of those over age 65 rise steadily.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most immigrant families who have come to the United States have come from families characterized by the "breadwinner-homemaker" arrangement.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why is it difficult to determine the precise amount of child abuse and neglect? Explain.
Q6) Identify and explain the five dominant myths about the ideal American family.
Q7) Many immigrants who have come to the United States have come in __________.
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Chapter 16: Education
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Q1) What feature of the current education system contributes to its nature of replicating class structures?
A) The lack of a competitive nature in U.S. education
B) The preoccupation with freedom and individuality
C) Sifting and sorting functions
D) A nationalized curriculum
Q2) A Tennessee study found that students in smaller classes tend to __________.
A) achieve lower grades
B) have better college graduation rates
C) be more likely to attend college
D) take more internships
Q3) A system of school vouchers is a __________.
A) program for directly funding home schooling
B) program for specifically funding magnet schools
C) technique for paying tuition to any public or private school
D) technique used for paying out-of-district school costs
Q4) Taxpayer-funded charter schools and school vouchers go against the American value of competition.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: The Healthcare System
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Q1) Women are less likely to have health insurance because __________.
A) they do not suffer from the severe health issues that characterize their male counterparts
B) they are more likely employed in part-time jobs that do not provide health insurance
C) they are more likely to risk unnecessary surgery for cosmetic reasons
D) their husbands and partners prohibit them from having health insurance
Q2) Josh grew up in an upper-class family with regular doctor visits and access to health resources like exercise equipment and nutritionists.He understands the things he needs to do to live a healthy lifestyle.Josh's situation illustrates __________.
A) the greater access to positive health habits the wealthy have
B) how much more Josh cares about his health than other people
C) the priority the wealthy put on healthcare
D) the importance of government intervention in healthcare
Q3) The elderly take an average of __________ prescription drugs per person.
Q4) The Obama healthcare plan is a good example of socialism.
A)True
B)False
Q5) All things considered,women receive __________ quality healthcare than men.
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Chapter 18: National Security in the Twenty-First Century
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Q1) Explain how the USA PATRIOT Act affects civil liberties.
Q2) The Military Commissions Act of 2006 __________.
A) expands who can be considered an "enemy combatant"
B) allows no interrogation tactics
C) strengthens rules of evidence and due process
D) gave the United States a good reputation abroad
Q3) Jesse is concerned about protecting privacy and limiting the authority of the government to spy on citizens.One can surmise that he would like to __________ the USA PATRIOT Act.
A) expand
B) renew
C) dismantle
D) update
Q4) Which of the following is partly responsible for national security in the United States?
A) The Department of Homeland Security
B) The Central Intelligence Agency
C) NASA
D) The Immigration and Naturalization Service
Q5) Iran is considered a(n)__________ state by the United States.
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Chapter 19: Progressive Plan to Solve Social Problems
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Q1) The ideological consensus among Republicans,Blue Dog Democrats,and various pressure groups includes the idea that __________.
A) individuals' failure to succeed is their own fault
B) corporations' failure to succeed is their own fault
C) direct government subsidies to corporations exacerbate social problems
D) the welfare safety net should be expanded
Q2) Which of the following is a time during which significant reforms were undertaken in the United States?
A) The Roaring Twenties era
B) The post-World War II era
C) The Civil War era
D) The Cold War era
Q3) Paul believes that politics is guided by the "golden rule": Those who have the gold make the rules.Thus,Paul believes that the United States is a __________.
A) plutocracy
B) democracy
C) socialist state
D) communist state
Q4) The large federal deficit __________ a progressive agenda.
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