Seçmeli Ara Sınav - Introduction to Sociology

Soru 1:

Which of the following is NOT one of the important differences between commonsense and sociology?

A) Sociology uses a responsible speech. B) The size of the field from which the material is drawn different. C) Sociology grasp events different than common sense. D) Sociology asks radical, critical, provoking questions about the social facts. E) Sociology is always in conflict with common sense.

Soru 2:

".........refers to major changes in technology, economy and social life." Which of the following best completes the sentence?

A) The Industrial Revolution B) Feudalism C) Positivism D) The Enlightment E) Anthroplogy

Soru 3:

Which of the following is among the main reasons determining the price of a good, wage level, and amount of production?

A) The supply and demand relations. B) Cultural and political variations. C) Performing of some jobs. D) Consumption relations. E) The social principles of production.

Soru 4:

Who is the leading figure of the idea that all societies in the history depend on economic base?

A) Adam Smith B) Karl Marx C) Max Weber D) David Ricardo E) Saint-Simon

Soru 5:

Which of the following concepts of sociology refers to the phenomena created collectively by society?

A) Group. B) Social institution. C) Social action. D) Role. E) Social fact.

Soru 6:

Which of the following variables can be the independent variables of the the theoretical economy?

A) Relations in the market B) Cultural factors C) Price of goods D) Production quantity E) Wage level

Soru 7:

Which of the following is usually seen as the dominant ideology of the Western democracies rooted in Enlightenment thought?

A) Laicism B) Socialism C) Conservatism D) Paternalism E) Liberalism

Soru 8:

Which of the following is Adam Smith's criticism of the mercantilist doctrine?

A) The social stratification system consists of class, status and parties. B) Commercial relations are more important than production. C) A nation’s prosperity depends on the nation’s production power. D) Monopolisation on economy must be ensured by the government. E) The government must be the center of economic power

Soru 9:

Which of the following can be examplified via "taking revenge out on someone or buying a burglary insurance"?

A) Social sructure B) Social institution C) Social fact D) Social action E) Socialization

Soru 10:

Which of the following best defines Sociology?

A) Analyzes the past and present human relations and the forms and structures occurred that are created by these human relations. B) Explicates human actions in societies that are far away and different from ours. C) Focuses on understanding the human behaviours, actions and relations about power, potency and governance in society. D) Focuses on the study of the mind, how it works, and how it might affect behavior. E) Concentrates on the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

Soru 11:

Which of the following phase of research comes last?

A) Interpreting the results and reporting the findings B) Choosing a research topic and formulating the research problem. C) The selection of the appropriate method, techniques and type of research. D) Sampling E) Preparing measurement instruments.

Soru 12:

Which of the following terms is said to be the most significant contribution of Saint-Simon to the development of sociology?

A) industrial society B) Enlightenment C) merchantalism D) genealogy E) social transformation

Soru 13:

What does the following example refer to? "Born as a child of a farmer family, a person may appreciate educational potentials and opportunities effectively, by becoming a teacher, and after that a school manager, and then an inspector."

A) Downward mobility B) Status group C) Achieved status D) Ascribed status E) Power relation

Soru 14:

Which is true for Feudal System? I. It is also named as the layer system. II. Social stratification depends on the social status of the family that a person is a member of. III. Feudal system of Europe was created with the union of aristocrats as the upper class and the nobles.

A) Only II B) I and II C) I and III D) II and III E) I, II and III

Soru 15:

I- State’s most important function in a given society is maintaining order. II- Society is a complex social, economic and political system. One of the function of the state is to resolve possible problems that occur in this complex system III- Since society is a enough complex itself to deal with interrelations are of secondary importance. Which of the functions of society given above is/are right from functionalist point of view?

A) I-II B) II-III C) I-III D) Only I E) Only III

Soru 16:

According to the functionalist approach, which of the followings is correct?

A) Political systems of countries such as the USA, Britain and France are the most advanced systems of government. B) Small and elite groups govern the society. C) Power are more equally distributed among the whole of the population. D) State’s most important function is maintaining order. E) Means of production are owned and controlled by the ruling class.

Soru 17:

In which of the followings does inequality depend on the social status of a person’s family in the system of property ownership?

A) Public stratum. B) Caste system. C) Feudal system. D) Slavery System. E) Social Mobility.

Soru 18:

I- Power is a social relation indeed. II- Power may use force and violence arbitrarily. III- Power should be thought limited to a political domain. Which of the assertions above is/are correct?

A) I-II B) II-III C) I-III D) Only I E) Only III

Soru 19:

Which of the following sociologists argues that social transformation in Darwin’s terms operates on the hypothesis that the strong ones survive and weak ones die, that is the natural selection law?

A) Spencer B) Weber C) Merton D) Parsons E) Mead

Soru 20:

In representative democracy there are political systems where “decisions affecting a community are taken, not by its members as a whole, but by people they have elected for this purpose”. According to the statement above, which of the followings may not be considered a representative democracy?

A) South Korea. B) United Kingdom. C) The Netherlands. D) People's Republic of China. E) Saudi Arabia.