MCQ Bank
Which type of interviews are involve a minimum of control.
- A) Unstructured
- B)
- C)
- D)
If two cultures are very different in values and norms, diffusion between them is most likely to be:
- A) Equal and unaffected
- B) Strong in non-material
- C) Fast and intense
- D) Selective and limited
Which of the following process led men to move away to the cities in order to earn more cash, often leaving women behind to undertake agricultural work?
- A) Urbanization
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which type of culture tends to change more slowly?
- A) Globalized cultures
- B) Industrialized cultures
- C) Small-scale cultures
- D) Urban cultures
Which one of the following detailed anthropological study of a culture undertaken by a researcher?
- A) Ethnography
- B)
- C)
- D)
Societies control the behavior of people by which of the following?
- A) Informal mechanisms
- B) Formal mechanisms
- C) Social mechanisms
- D) Cultural values
Fahad is a senior researcher; he developed a hypothesis that there is a link between migration and increasing poverty. On the basis of his findings the hypothesis was accepted. He is on _________ stage of fieldwork.
- A) Interpretation
- B)
- C)
- D)
The phrase “necessity is the mother of invention” implies that:
- A) Inventions are usually created on purpose
- B) New ideas are always produced by scientists
- C) Social circumstances often drive innovations
- D) Inventions generally arise in poor societies
As a researcher Ahmad resides in different societies in order to study the human behavior in cultural context, he is a(n):
- A) Ethnographer
- B)
- C)
- D)
If an anthropologist studies how innovators’ psychological background influences their creativity, they are applying:
- A) Psychological anthropology
- B) Sociological imagination
- C) Diffusion theory
- D) Anthropological analysis
The study of rules and practices for constructing meaningful bits of language alone or bound to other words is called:
- A) Morphemes
- B)
- C)
- D)
The theorist whose writings influence conflict theory is:
- A) Emile Durkheim
- B) Max Weber
- C) Karl Marx
- D) Talcott Parsons
All of the following are the explanations of French Structuralism theory EXCEPT:
- A) This theory tires to minimize bias and make ethnographic descriptions more accurate
- B)
- C)
- D)
What is a negative effect of globalization on traditional economies?
- A) They struggle to survive
- B) They become more competitive
- C) They grow at a faster rate
- D) They remain unchanged
Who had distinguished between two types of societies based on mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity?
- A) Emile Durkheim
- B)
- C)
- D)
Societies which maintain social control through laws and law enforcement agencies fall under:
- A) Positive mechanism
- B) Informal mechanism
- C) Local mechanism
- D) Formal mechanism
Which one of the following theories focuses on examining how local people themselves interpret their own values and behaviors?
- A) Interpretive Anthropology
- B)
- C)
- D)
The existing conditions or circumstances in a society are referred to as:
- A) Acculturation
- B) Change
- C) Coercion
- D) Status quo
Barter and exchange of goods are distinguish characteristic of which of the following?
- A) Market exchange
- B)
- C)
- D)
If a society relies on tribute payments to maintain leadership authority, it is an example of:
- A) Feudal system
- B) Chiefdom
- C) Democracy
- D) Market economy