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1Social norms are:
- A• religious beliefs about how the world ought to be
- B• creative activities such as gardening, cookery and craftwork
- C• the symbolic representation of social groups in the mass media
- D• rules and expectations about interaction that regulate social life
2Sociology differs from common sense in that:
- A• it focuses on the researchers' own experiences
- B• it is subjective and biased
- C• it makes little distinction between the way the world is and the way it ought to be
- D• its knowledge is accumulated from many different research contexts
3Police officers, judges, administrators, employers, sport trainers and managers of movie theaters are all instruments of:
- A• Informal social control
- B• Formal social control
- C• Socialization process
- D• Social institutions
4The Mafia is an example of:
- A• white collar crime
- B• global terrorism
- C• organized crime
5Bureaucratic authority refers to a system of:
- A• Group administration with strict rules
- B• A government by a charismatic leader
- C• A system featuring a Royal Monarch
- D• One man government
6A social policy that refers to positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities –the policy of equal opportunities for all citizens is referred to as?
- A• Affirmative action
- B• Democratic process
- C• Independent action
- D• Electoral process
7All of these are the opportunities with “Digital transformations” except which?
- A• A new set of professions would be created
- B• Computer would attack people
- C• People would not do dangerous jobs
- D• Comfort and prosperity
8Culture, translated from Latin means:
- A• Our language
- B• civilization
- C• administration
- D• Music and dance
9Which of the listed below is not a material culture?
- A• Tools/instruments
- B• political institution
- C• mineral resource
- D• yurta
10According to Augustus Comte, __________ means sociology is a positive science of the society
- A• Symbolic inter action
- B• Positivism theory
- C• Scientific theory
- D• Feminism theory
11The outbreak of an epidemic or war is an example of:
- A• Personal problem
- B• Social problem
- C• Group problem
- D• Mass problem
12Exam mal-practice by students is an example of what?
- A• Social problem
- B• University problem
- C• Personal problem
- D• Group problem
13The most popular Sociological research instrument is:
- A• The questionnaire
- B• Laboratory experiments
- C• Political ratings
- D• The population census
14Survey and sampling are both used in which research method?
- A• quantitative method
- B• Secondary data collection
- C• interview
- D• qualitative method
15A researcher wants to find out the rates of divorce in Almaty for a period of five years, the most appropriate method to use is?
- A• Survey method
- B• Quantitative method
- C• qualitative method
- D• case study method
16Hypotheses can be tested using what methods?
- A• All of the listed methods
- B• Qualitative and quantitative methods
- C• Survey and sampling methods
- D• Null-hypothesis and alternative hypothesis
17The relationship that is based on roles and mutual responsibilities is called?
- A• Nuclear family
- B• Marriage
- C• Survey and sampling methods
18According to C. Wright Mills the group who controls the wealth and power in the society are referred to as
- A• Middle Class
- B• The politicians
- C• Ruling Elite
- D• Aristocratic Families
19Sociologists has defined two categories of poverty as:
- A• Underclass and working poor
- B• Absolute and Relative
- C• Abject and absolute
- D• Poor and homeless
20The behavior that is against the norms and invites serious disapproval in society is known as?
- A• deviance
- B• taboo
- C• stigma
- D• crime
21In survey research the group of respondents targeted for the research process is called?
- A• population
- B• Respondents
- C• focus group
- D• Samples
22Research materials from previous research works are known as?
- A• Secondary data
- B• Statistical analysis
- C• Questionnaires
- D• Interviews
23Describe the three (3) steps that precede a sociological research
- A• Report/analysis of materials/research method
- B• The topic/the problem/literature review
- C• Research topic/research problem/literature review
- D• Research method/data analysis/literature review
24Proper references must be given for all material sources to avoid what?
- A• Data loss
- B• Paradigm Shift
- C• Hypothesis
- D• Plagiarism
25Which research method is most suitable for studying problems facing a company?
- A• Document study
- B• Observation method
- C• Experiment method
- D• Interview method
26According to K. Marx the capitalist (bourgeoisie) exploits:
- A• The workers.
- B• little children.
- C• the middle class.
- D• The women.
27Which of these is NOT a belief?
- A• the place where individuals fit in the world
- B• ideas rooted in blind faith, experience, tradition, or observation.
- C• ideas that people accept as true about how the world operates.
- D• general and shared conceptions of what is good, right, and important
28What are the two categories of norms?
- A• folkways and mores
- B• traditions and folkways.
- C• The politicians
- D• values and mores
29Which of the listed below is an example total institution?
- A• Maternity home
- B• old people’s house
- C• political party
- D• Prison penitentiary
30The process by which foreign knowledge, inventions or some other cultural aspects are spread in a society is known as?
- A• Technology transfer
- B• cultural process
- C• innovation process
- D• culture diffusion
31Structural-Functionalists describe society as:
- A• a source of conflict, inequality, and alienation
- B• an unstable structure of social relations
- C• a normative framework of roles and institutions
- D• a complex network of interaction at a micro-level
32If Aina and Amir both remarry and each enters the marriage with children from their previous marriages; this is an example of what family?
- A• Nuclear family
- B• Extended family
- C• Single-parent family
- D• Blended family
33Bagira divorced her husband 2 years ago and now lives together with her two children, this family type is called?
- A• Single-parent family
- B• Extended family
- C• Blended family
- D• Nuclear family
34The most important criteria for effective communication are that it must be:
- A• Loud and Concise
- B• Narrative and Detailed
- C• Clear and Concise
- D• Interesting and Informative
- E• Interesting to hear
35The vast majority of people in Kazakhstan fall into which of the class categories below?
- A• Upper middle and low middle class
- B• Middle class and working class
- C• upper class and upper middle class
- D• working class and lower class
3692.People in society are stratified according to:
- A• occupation, leisure and lifestyle
- B• money and power
- C• wealth, power and status
- D• education and prestige
37Sociologists are concerned about what aspects of the Industrial 4.0?
- A• over dependency on technologies
- B• the social impact of AI
- C• deep poverty
- D• displaced workers
38Crimes and inequality are lacking in Hunting and Gathering society because
- A• People often change professions and move about a lot
- B• People do various jobs every day
- C• They live the old ways of life
- D• People live in small communities without properties
39How do societies pass their culture to the next generation?
- A• When they fight wars with other groups
- B• when people emigrate
- C• when people marry and start a family
- D• with language and by watching actions
40What does culture diffusion imply?
- A• Borrowing a culture
- B• learning a foreign language
- C• the process of controlling people
- D• the process of spreading a culture
41The term social Darwinism was coined by who?
- A• R. Dahrendorf
- B• T. Parsons
- C• H. Spencer
- D• P. Piaget
42What does monogamy imply?
- A• a marriage union between one man and one woman only
- B• unmarried people living alone in a single household
- C• a family with only one child in the household
- D• when a married couple live separately probably because they have jobs in different towns or countries
43What is a polygamous family?
- A• A family type where both parents live with their children
- B• Father, mother, children plus some relatives all living together
- C• A family type where the husband has two or more wives
- D• when people are divorced and marry again
44What does wedlock mean?
- A• Marital status
- B• Wedding party
- C• Being married
- D• Divorce
45What does marital status imply?
- A• Marriage according to Islamic rites
- B• when people from different ethnic groups marry each other
- C• when people marry from the minority group
- D• The status of either someone is married or single
46Which of the crimes below is HATE CRIME?
- A• Discrimination against women
- B• Homophobia
- C• A war between two conflicting groups
- D• Ethnic cleansing
47Conformity, ritualism, innovation, rebellion and retreatism ways of adaptation is in the works of?
- A• Conflict theory
- B• K. Marx
- C• Feminism
- D• R. Merton
48What does youth imply?
- A• Young children of school age
- B• The age at which one can marry, vote and get driving licence
- C• People who do active sports
- D• The age at which adult life begins
49A society where most people work in factories and live in big cities is a typically known as?
- A• Post modern society
- B• Agricultural society
- C• Post industrial society
- D• Industrial society
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