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1The study of sociology originated from:
- A• Australia
- B• Europe
- C• America
- D• Asia
2Which of these events probably preceded the study of sociology?
- A• The French revolution
- B• The Russian revolution
- C• The American Independence
- D• American civil war
3Which of the following is not a sociological paradigm?
- A• symbolic interactionism theory
- B• conflict/feminism theory
- C• structural functionalism theory
- D• probability theory
44.Which Sociologist suggests that human beings are able to interact with the help of languages and symbols?
- A• E. Durkheim
- B• T. Parsons
- C• A. Comte
- D• G. H. Mead
5Which of the following is not part of Karl Marx’s theory of capitalism?
- A• capitalist production exploits the working class
- B• class conflict is inevitable in capitalist societies
- C• class struggle only occurs under capitalism
- D• industrial workers are the revolutionary class
66.The feeling of despair often leading to suicide is called:
- A• deviance
- B• anxiety
- C• anomie
- D• depression
7Which of the following people is the founder of Sociology?
- A• Talcott Parsons
- B• Emile Durkheim
- C• Robert Merton
- D• A.Comte
8Human culture has two forms what are they?
- A• ancient and modern culture
- B• elite and popular culture
- C• material and non-material
- D• mainstream and subculture
99.Which of these are not examples of research methods?
- A• Talk shows and advertising
- B• participant observation and survey
- C• document study and case study
- D• interview and questionnaires
10What is a social role?
- A• an achieved occupational status
- B• socially defined expectations of people in a given social position
- C• a social position that becomes a master status for the person occupying it
- D• a person's overall social status within their family
11All of these are examples of social institutions EXCEPT:
- A• night clubs, hip-hop music
- B• family, social groups, traditional cultures
- C• Finance, government, legal system
- D• Media, education, religion
12Which of the following is not an agent of socialization?
- A• school and peers, work
- B• social group and family
- C• social clubs, team games
- D• education and media
13A family which consists of only parents and children living together is:
- A• Single-parent family
- B• Nuclear family
- C• Extended family
- D• Blended family
14A family type which consists of relatives, parents and children living together is:
- A• Single-parent family
- B• Blended family
- C• Extended family
- D• Nuclear family
15Society brings about acceptance of basic norms through techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior. This process is termed
- A• stigmatization
- B• law
- C• labeling
- D• social control
16A person's overall position in society is called:
- A• achieved status
- B• master status
- C• status set
- D• ascribed status
17The socially defined expectations that a person in a given status follows are called:
- A• a position
- B• a performance
- C• an impression
- D• a role
18If Aina and Amir both remarry and each enters the marriage with children from their previous marriages; this is an example of what type family?
- A• Extended family
- B• Single-parent family
- C• C. Blended family
- D• Nuclear family
19For most women divorce could result in:
- A• Lack of money
- B• Loneliness
- C• alcoholism
- D• Poverty
20According to Edward T. Hall, which of the following zones of personal space is the one normally used in interaction with friends and close acquaintances?
- A• intimate distance
- B• social distance
- C• public distance
- D• personal distance
21Which of the listed below is not a non-profit or a non-commercial organization?
- A• The United Nations Organization (UNO)
- B• The World Bank
- C• UNICEF
- D• The International Red Cross Organization
22The bureaucratic administrative system stipulates clear division of labour, hierarchy and effective communication in large organizations: who is the author of this work?
- A• C.W. Wright
- B• M. Weber
- C• A. Comte
- D• G.H. Meads
23Which of the listed below is an example of NGO (Non-Government Organization)?
- A• UNESCO
- B• Greenpeace
- C• Microsoft
- D• FIFA
24Which of the listed below is an example of a multinational company?
- A• The United Nations Organization (UNO)
- B• Credit Suisse Bank
- C• Kaztelekom
- D• International Olympic Committee
25All of the listed below are International Organizations EXCEPT which one?
- A• UNESCO
- B• Gazprom
- C• United Nations Organizations
- D• FIFA
26The Internet rearranges our experience of space-time by making it possible to:
- A• communicate instantly with people far away
- B• interact in an unreal and alienated way
- C• communicate without non-verbal cues
- D• experience what it's like to be a different gender
27Writing took thousands of years to go round the world, worldwide digital communications has taken only:
- A• 2 minutes
- B• 20 years
- C• 200 years
- D• 2 years
28A group of people living on a territory, with a common culture, language, values and other symbols is known as?
- A• community
- B• family
- C• society
- D• social group
29.‘A social class is a group of people who stand in a common relationship to the means of production’. Whose perspective does this definition describe?
- A• Max Weber
- B• John Goldthorpe
- C• Karl Marx
- D• Erik Olin-Wright
30What term is used to describe the movement of individuals up or down the social scale during the course of their working lives?
- A• open mobility
- B• intergenerational mobility
- C• lateral mobility
31A system of stratification where positions are partly achieved and mobility is common is one based on:
- A• caste
- B• class
- C• slavery
- D• status
32Which of the following does John Scott identify as belonging to the middle class?
- A• senior executives
- B• finance capitalists
- C• none of the above
- D• industrial entrepreneurs
33The idea that classes vary according to their possession of cultural capital is associated with:
- A• Max Weber
- B• Karl Marx
- C• Pierre Bourdieu
- D• John Goldthorpe
34The Kuznets hypothesis states that as economic development proceeds, inequality:
- A• first decreases, then increases then it remains high
- B• first increases, then decreases, before remaining low
- C• first increases, then decreases, then increases, then decreases
- D• first increases, then flattens out, before rising again
35Kazakhstan can be said to be in the earlier stage of:
- A• Industrialization
- B• Agricultural
- C• Pastoral society
- D• Post-industrialization
36The most crucial agents of socialization in teaching gender roles in Kazakhstan are
- A• parents
- B• teachers
- C• media personalities
- D• peers
37Changes in a person’s personality and values due to changes in their environment (job, retirement, marriage, prison, military) is known as:
- A• Resocialization
- B• Segregation
- C• New identity
- D• Total institutions
38Walt Disney, Sony and Time Warner are examples of:
- A• transnational corporations
- B• ownership concentrated within one medium
- C• government-owned companies
- D• multi-media empires
39The effect of the Internet upon the public sphere has been to:
- A• repress it, by promoting only the interests of elite groups
- B• reproduce it, by emphasizing face-to-face contact with peer groups
- Crevive it, by reaffirming a commitment to freedom of speech
- D• replace it with a superior form of communication
40The 'nuclear family' means:
- A• the new family created when an adult leaves home and gets married
- B• a group of people sharing living accommodation and meals
- C• a network of relatives extended within or between generations
- D• two generations of parents and their children living together
41Parsons argued that the two main functions of the modern family were:
- A• secondary socialization and strict discipline
- B• emotional support and sexual gratification
- C• primary socialization and personality stabilization
42Stone's research suggests that prior to industrialization, the nuclear family:
- A• did not exist in any form
- B• had begun to emerge through the separation of work and home life
- C• was simply another institution of patriarchal control
- D• had begun to disappear, as extended networks of kin became more important
43Which sociological perspective argues that people must respect social norms if any group or society is to survive?
- Athe conflict perspective
- B• the functionalist perspective
- C• the feminist perspective
- D• the interactionist perspective
44Which of the following describes a condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power?
- A• social inequality
- B• social stratification
- C• slavery
- D• status inconsistency
45Marriage appears to be in decline because:
- A• the proportion of people living alone has fallen to 29%
- B• the upward curve of remarriages compensates for the drop in first marriages
- C• all of the above
- D• many people are cohabiting in long term relationships
46The term 'wealth' refers to:
- A• a stock of economic resources, including estates or invested capital that brings income
- B• the flow of money a person receives from their salary or wage
- C• the culturally valued commodities and standards of living that make the poor feel relatively deprived
- D• the 'slices' of the population who own differing amounts of wealth
47The term 'assets' refers to:
- A• the culturally valued commodities and standards of living that make the poor feel relatively deprived
- B• a stock of economic resources, including land, shares and bank deposits
- C• the 'slices' of the population who own differing amounts of wealth
- D• the flow of money a person receives from their salary or wage
48The respect or admiration that an occupation holds in a society is referred to as:
- A• ranking
- B• status
- C• prestige
- D• esteem
49In modern societies, social status is typically measured by a person's:
- A• Age
- B• verbal fluency
- C• occupation
- D• Income
50The business idea which can be started easily by anyone with great enthusiasm and hope to become rich or move to an upper class is called:
- A• a start-up business
- B• corporate business
- C• a sole proprietorship or one-man business
- D• an industry
51What is the name of the process by which we acquire a sense of identity and become members of society?
- A• Organization
- B• Rationalization
- C• Colonization
- D• Socialization
52In contemporary societies, social institutions are:
- A• virtual communities in cyberspace
- B• highly specialized, interrelated sets of social practices
- C• disorganized social relations in a postmodern world
- D• no longer relevant to sociology
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