SOCI 111 Week 7 M07 CH 15 REVIEW QUIZ

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M07 CH 15 REVIEW QUIZ

Question 1

 (Q001) In Carlos' family, his oldest brother always gets his way and bosses his younger siblings around. He invariably gets to choose the restaurants they eat out at, which chores he has to do, and what channel the TV is on. When Carlos asks his parents why this is, they tell him that in their culture the eldest son is special and that's how it was in their families growing up. What kind of authority is displayed in this example?    

·         traditional authority  

·         charismatic authority  

·         legal-rational authority  

·         bureaucratic authority

Question 2

 (Q002) In 1969, Charles Manson and his followers murdered Hollywood actress Sharon Tate and six other people. Manson's "family" was comprised primarily of women whom he had befriended during his travels. That his followers were so easily persuaded to commit violence is an example of    

·         absolute authority.  

·         charismatic authority.  

·         legal-rational authority.  

·         traditional authority.

Question 3

 (Q003) Suppose you are stopped for speeding and it turns out that the police officer is a friend from high school. He recognizes you but still gives you a ticket. In the realm of legal-rational authority, rules and procedures are central. The police officer's actions reflect what important facet of legal-rational authority?    

·         Authority depends on the willingness of the individual to comply.  

·         Authority is attached to roles, not individuals.  

·         Authority is a matter of individual discretion.  

·         Authority is based on a group agreement.

Question 4

 (Q004) How does Taylorism (scientific management used to streamline mass production) resemble a bureaucracy?

·         Routinization is found in assembly line work as well as bureaucracy.  

·         Both assembly lines and bureaucracies depend on hierarchies.  

·         Specialization is a characteristic of both an assembly line and a bureaucracy.  

·         Assembly lines and bureaucracies require workers to assume a fixed role.

Question 5

 (Q005) The Milgram experiment shed light on people's    

·         ability to resist an authority figure when asked to do something unconscionable.  

·         inclination to obey an authority figure even when asked to do something unconscionable.  

·         cynicism toward authority figures in the field of science.  

·         reverence for charismatic authority figures.

Question 6

 (Q006) Suppose you have been invited to a big party by a good friend. When you text your friend to cancel, she issues a few veiled threats about how she might be getting too busy to hang out in the future. What is the difference between your friend's attempts to persuade you and what the text calls "domination by authority"?    

·         the absence of a threat of physical force from your friend  

·         the absence of any willingness to obey on your part  

·         her overt use of coercion  

·         her threat of physical harm

Question 7

 (Q007) Jim Crow laws were racially based efforts to limit the participation of blacks in American society through segregation. Beginning in 1890, a "separate but equal" status took effect in all public facilities in the southern states. Why might we view this as a form of domination of authority?    

·         Legislation was enacted by all-white legislators.  

·         The laws pertained as much to economics as they did social status.  

·         An implicit threat of violence against blacks who defied the system undergirded it.  

·         The long legacy of slavery led blacks to accept the authority of whites without question.

Question 8

 (Q008) As defined by __________, the state is "a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory."   

·         John Locke  

·         Adam Smith  

·         Thomas Hobbes  

·         Max Weber

Question 9

 (Q009) In 2011, an Occupy Movement demonstration took place at the University of California at Berkeley. Demonstrators set up tents in a campus plaza, and police used riot batons to force the protesters to disperse. The campus community passed a resolution condemning the police actions. Is this an example of the paradox of authority, and if so, in what way?    

·         Yes, because the police department used physical force to enforce its will and lost its legitimate authority.  

·         Yes, because the demonstrators used physical violence and lost their authority.  

·         No, because the police used force only to apply the laws to the demonstrators.  

·         No, because the demonstrators failed to usurp the police authority when they used resistance tactics.

Question 10

 (Q010) Why has the nation of Somalia offered a glaring exception to Weber's definition of a state?

·         Ruling factions in Somalia were not established through a revolution of the masses.  

·         No part of Somalia has democratically elected governments.  

·         Somalia is ruled by a collection of self-declared governments.  

·         Somalia does not have a monopoly on the use of force within its territory.

Question 11

 (Q011) In the United States, the social security system is designed to assist people over the age of 65. In conjunction with the thesis of the logic of industrialism, why does this identify the United States as a welfare state?    

·         Industry does not depend on the elderly for work, so the state takes care of them.  

·         Industry may opt to recruit older workers into the workplace.  

·         Industry cannot provide food and shelter for the elderly.  

·         Industry cannot provide a guarantee of citizenship rights.

Question 12

 (Q012) What are the three types of citizenship rights as defined by sociologist T. H. Marshall?   

·         civil rights, economic rights, and political rights  

·         political rights, social rights, and civil rights  

·         social rights, political rights, and gender rights  

·         civil rights, social rights, and family rights

Question 13

 (Q013) Suppose you believe your supervisor at work is jeopardizing a current project through incompetence, but you don't say anything because it won't improve anything and could result in you being removed from the project. This scenario is an example of which dimension of power, according to Steven Lukes's definition of the concept?    

·         first dimension  

·         second dimension  

·         third dimension  

·         fourth dimension

Question 14

 (Q014) What is an example of hard power?    

·         The New York Philharmonic Orchestra traveled to North Korea in February 2008 to perform a series of concerts and participate in workshops with North Korean musicians.  

·         The United States sent aid to victims of the 2005 tsunami in Southeast Asia.  

·         A group of American filmmakers organized a film festival in Venezuela and offered winners the chance to study for one year in the United States.  

·         The United States enforced trade sanctions with North Korea.

Question 15

 (Q015) The text discusses two approaches to understanding why some states are more democratic than others. Moore suggests that the fate of each nation is determined by a struggle between different social classes. Acemoglu and Robinson, using game theory, suggest that citizens can induce change through the credible threat of revolution. The primary difference between these two approaches is Moore's emphasis on the    

·         poor.  

·         bourgeoisie.  

·         educated middle class.  

·         ruling elite.

Question 16

 (Q016) Which group is most likely to have a collective action problem?    

·         students in a statistics course trying to convince their professor to give them extra credit  

·         the employees of a local bookstore who want health insurance from their employer  

·         the residents of a county trying to block natural gas drilling in their area  

·         the members of a small rural church trying to raise money for a mission trip to Africa

Question 17

 (Q017) In her interview with Dalton Conley, Zephyr Teachout draws attention to the fact that elected officials spend a considerable amount of their time in office    

·         engaging with their constituents to better understand problems they face.  

·         meeting with lobbyists and other special interest groups.  

·         enjoying leisure activities that don't benefit the public.  

·         raising money for their campaigns.

Question 18

 (Q018) In which scenario is coercion used?    

·         Your roommate tells you that he's going to break down your door if you don't stop playing music so loudly.  

·         Your parents threaten to stop paying your college tuition if you get one more failing grade.  

·         An arrested drug dealer is offered a deal if she provides information on her supplier.  

·         Fed up with bad drivers in your neighborhood, you post a sign in your yard that says, "Drive like your kids live here."

Question 19

 (Q019) Jordi founded an organization to advocate for improvements in community mental health services in his state. His group files lawsuits to hold the government accountable for its legal responsibilities and also lobbies state representatives directly to convince them of the importance of mental health care. Jordi's organization is an example of a(n)    

·         political party.  

·         bureaucracy.  

·         interest group.  

·         democracy.

Question 20

 (Q020) In the past year, Yolanda has voted in the midterm elections, volunteered for a congressional candidate's campaign, called her senator's office to share her position on certain issues, and attended several protests in her city. All of these activities are examples of    

·         political participation.  

·         the collective action problem.  

·         coercion.  

·         routinization.

Question 21

 (Q021) Jackson has a master's degree in computer science and earns a six-figure income. Talia has a high-school diploma and her income is barely above the poverty line. When it comes to political participation, which statement is most likely true?    

·         Talia is more likely than Jackson to vote.  

·         Jackson is more likely than more Talia to volunteer for a political campaign.  

·         Talia is more likely than Jackson to donate money to a political campaign.  

·         Jackson and Talia are about equally likely to vote.

Question 22

 (Q022) Rosie unsuccessfully ran for mayor of her city last year. Her campaign focused mainly on trying to convince poor, marginalized, politically apathetic residents to get out and vote for her so she can work to improve their situation. Which theory or model would explain her failure by pointing out that mobilization efforts can increase political participation only among the willing and able?    

·         game theory  

·         the civic voluntarism model  

·         the logic of industrialism thesis  

·         the theory of collective action

Question 23

 (Q023) An important distinction between dictatorships and democracies is how    

·         restricted the right to political participation is.  

·         monopolized the legitimate use of physical force is.

·         bureaucratic the state is.  

·         soft power is wielded by the state in international politics.

Question 24

 (Q024) In neo-Marxist theory, the development of the welfare state is explained as    

·         the result of industrialization.  

·         a result of governmental bureaucrats trying to increase their power.  

·         a way to mediate class conflict and avoid revolution.  

·         the product of a collective action problem.