SOCIOLOGY 100
Previous Terms
Representative Exam Questions 1
1. Which of the following questions is the focus of the symbolic-interaction
approach?
a) How is society held together?
b) How is society divided?
c) How do people experience their social world?
d) How do some people protect their privileges?
2. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a) Mores refer to the most cherished principles of a society.
b) The bourgeoisie, or the members of the ruling class, often own the
media; therefore, they have considerable power in society.
c) To safeguard ethical research, participants’ informed consent is sought
prior to the commencement of their involvement in the study.
d) Euphemisms are designed by a group specifically to exclude outsiders
from understanding what is being said.
3. Fatima’s thesis argues that culture comes from individual face-to-face
interactions and from what people communicate to each other through these
interactions. Fatima is taking the ________ approach.
a. conflict theoretical
b. symbolic interactionist
c. structural functionalist
d. feminist theoretical
4. According to Émile Durkheim, countries with higher suicide rates typically
have _______.
a) less social cohesion
b) more clinical depression
c) less money, power, and other resources
d) lower pride
1 As these questions are drawn from previous exams, and lecture/reading material can
change between terms, some questions here may not be directly relevant to the current
term
