Blog: SOC101 1st Quiz Spring 2013 Lecture 1 to 9 date 29-April-2013

Question # 1
Which of the following is every society's most important primary group?

• Peer group
• Family
• Work group
• Play group

Question # 2

Which term is used to describe relatively stable patterns of social behavior?

• Social structure
• Social functions
• Social dysfunctions
• Eufunctions

Question # 3

The information that we can verify with our senses is known as:

• Empirical evidence
• Science
• Reliability

Question # 4

Which of the following is recognized as, a clear, precise and concise statement of the question or issue that is to be investigated with the goal of finding an answer or solution?

• Positivism
• Problem definition
• Exploration
• review

Question # 5

How many factors lead to the development of sociology as a discipline?

Data collection

• four
• five
• three
• two

Question # 6

Sociology is :

• An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society
• The systematic study of social behavior and human groups
• Concerned with what one individual does or does not do
• Very narrow in scope

Question # 7

Who among the following is recognized as founder of sociology?

• Auguste Comte
• Herbert Spencer
• Emile Durkhiem

Question # 8

According to the functionalist perspective, which one of the following is the most notable feature of society.

• Diversity
• Stability
•  Inequality
• Human agency

Question # 9

Which theoretical approach points to the ways in which working women is linked to social inequality?

• The structural-functional approach
• The social-conflict approach
• The symbolic-interaction approach
• All of the given option