MCQ Bank
According to Weber, the power made legitimate by laws, written rules, and regulations is known as:
- A) Charismatic authority
- B) Traditional authority
- C) Rational-legal authority
- D) Autocratic authority
Sexuality includes all of the following EXCEPT:
- A) Taboo
- B) Prostitution
- C) Pornography
- D) Social media
Which one of the following is the scientific study of the interaction between humans and their environment?
- A) Socio-ecology
- B) Socio-structural
- C) Socio-anthropology
- D) Socio-economic
Which of the following is a nomadic group of people whose emphasis is on herding domesticated livestock?
- A) Agrarian society
- B) Industrial society
- C) Hunting & Gathering society
- D) Pastoral society
The term “Media” has derived from which one of the following languages?
- A) German
- B) Spanish
- C) Latin
- D) Greek
Morality has derived from the Latin word:
- A) More
- B) Mores
- C) Morale
- D) Moralitas
At the ________ level of Labor Market, supply and demand are influenced by the hours the employee works, compensation receives in wages, salary, and benefits.
- A) Nano-economic
- B) Micro-economic
- C) Meso-economic
- D) Macro-economic
All of the following are the major environmental problems EXCEPT:
- A) Greenhouse Effect
- B) Ozone Depletion
- C) Gender Violence
- D) Global Warming
The social status that is viewed as the most important status in representing an individual’s identity is called:
- A) Earned
- B) Master
- C) Achieved
- D) Ascribed
All of the following are the consequences of Xenocentrism EXCEPT:
- A) Degraded economic situation in the home country
- B) Loss of businesses in the home country
- C) Degraded economic situation in the foreign country
- D) Loss of jobs in the home country
“Extreme shortage of food” is known as:
- A) Feast
- B) Famine
- C) Purging
- D) Bulimia
All of the following are the characteristics of Hunting & Gathering Society EXCEPT:
- A) High level of interdependence among members
- B) Society tend to be nomadic moving to new areas
- C) People work to turn raw materials into finished products
- D) Family is the primary institution with fewer members
A famine is usually caused by:
- A) Toxic waste
- B) Factory fires
- C) Oil spills
- D) Crop failure
Multiculturalism has been used both as a descriptive and a(n) _________________ term.
- A) Normative
- B) Alternative
- C) Reformative
- D) Redemptive
Which one of the following refers to a state of belonging to a social group that possesses shared cultural heritage?
- A) Race
- B) Ethnicity
- C) Stereotype
- D) Caste
All of the following are the common risk factors against health EXCEPT:
- A) Smoking
- B) Good hygiene
- C) Injuries
- D) Poor diet
Which of the following refers to the phenomenon in which technological advancements or innovation in tools develops faster than society can process those advancements?
- A) Cultural Change
- B) Cultural Lag
- C) Cultural Transmission
- D) Cultural Outcomes
All of the following are the characteristics of Ethnocentrism EXCEPT:
- A) Feels superior about out-group
- B) Rejects out-group ethnicities
- C) Feels proud about in-group
- D) Accepts in-group norms as universal
Rules, standards and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members is known as:
- A) Norms
- B) Values
- C) Language
- D) Symbols
Which one of the following refers to the change in an individual's social status?
- A) Social mobility
- B) Social integration
- C) Social distancing
- D) Social structure