Overall, an advantage of McDonaldization lies in the way it does which of the following?

Question 1 options:

	A) Encourages skill diversification through training
	B) Decreases impersonality
	C) Increases variety of products
	D) Increases profits

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Wal-Mart, a retail store with a national presence, dresses its employees in uniforms and monitors them with security cameras. Which component of McDonaldization does this exemplify?

Question 2 options:

A)	calculability

B)	efficiency

C)

control

D)	predictability

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Which of the following exemplifies a disadvantage of bureaucracies?

Question 3 options:

	A) A sales manager tries to get Carlos to check the air in the car's tires before being sold, but this isn't Carlos's job and he does not answer to that manager. Carlos resumes his responsibilities.
	B) Alistair hired Pete over his own son, because Pete was more qualified.
	C) Dan explained to his credit card company that he couldn't pay his bills this month because his car broke down and needed to be repaired. The representative was not interested in his story and only wanted payments.
	D) Jess knows exactly which managers to report to for her current duties. She knows who she answers to and who answers to her.

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When Duane woke up in the morning, he dressed in all black. He planned to attend a heavy metal concert with his friends, so he also used gel to sculpt his hair into a mohawk and used a bicycle chain to attach his wallet to his pants. What is Duane engaged in?

Question 4 options:

	A) predictability
	B) impression management
	C) McDonaldization
	D) meritocratic performance

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a secondary group?

Question 5 options:

	A) They are time-limited.
	B) They are task-oriented.
	C) They are creative.
	D) They are impersonal.

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Sociologists use the term __________ to describe the responsibilities and benefits that people experience according to their ranks and roles in society.

Question 6 options:

A)	socialization

B)

role

C)

culture

D)

status

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Which of the following involves an interaction with a primary group?

Question 7 options:

	A) Jana worked her way through law school by working at a book store.
	B) Magdalena remembered having a good time with Ross, but they haven't seen each other in years.
	C) Angel had a bad day, so he turned to his family for support.
	D) Oliver felt increasingly frustrated at work, so he quit. He likes his new job much better.

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A(n) __________ leader is hands-off and allows group members to self-manage and make their own decisions.

Question 8 options:

A)	authoritarian

B)	democratic

C)	laissez-faire

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When comparing a role and a status, it can be said that an individual ________ a status and ________ a role.

Question 9 options:

	A) experiences; lives
	B) strains; tenses
	C) performs; holds
	D) holds; performs

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How do functionalists view society stresses?

Question 10 options:

A)	interconnectivity

B)	insecurity

C)	competition

D)	instability

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Societies with rudimentary technology rely on the fluctuations of their environment, while _________ societies have more control over their surroundings and thus develop different cultural features.

Question 11 options:

A)	horticultural

B)	hunter-gatherer

C)	industrial

D)

pastoral

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Which of the following is a TRUE statement regarding the advantage of bureaucracies?

Question 12 options:

	A) Those in positions of power are very diverse.
	B) Sometimes rigid hierarchies are needed to accomplish a task.
	C) Bureaucracies are always more efficient.
	D) Oligarchies are better than democracies.

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Raina started her morning with breakfast at her new favorite caf. She went to work and completed her tasks without chatting much with her co-workers, who she only interacted with when completing tasks. She met her best friends, who she has known for years, for lunch. At the end of the day, she shared a taxi with a stranger headed to the same club. Which of these is a primary group?

Question 13 options:

	A) Raina and her lifelong best friends
	B) Raina and her co-workers
	C) the servers who waited on Raina at the caf
	D) Raina and the stranger she shared the taxi with

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a pre-industrial society?

Question 14 options:

	A) This society is small.
	B) The earliest versions of this society are based around kinship.
	C) This society experiences a rise in urban centers.
	D) There are few specialized occupations in this society.

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How might a functionalist and a conflict perspective theorist interpret high unemployment rates in society differently?

Question 15 options:

	A) The conflict perspective theorist might blame the government, while a functionalist would probably blame the military.
	B) The conflict perspective theorist might suggest that workers are unemployed because they are powerless in a capitalist system, while a functionalist might suggest high unemployment will encourage the less capable members of society to accept jobs no one else wants.
	C) The conflict perspective theorist might focus on the positives of the situation, while the functionalist would take a more objective viewpoint.
	D) The functionalist would focus on the symbols of high unemployment, while the conflict perspective theorist would focus on the day-to-day interaction associated with high unemployment.

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Which of the following is an alternate way of defining McDonaldization?

Question 16 options:

	A) Fast-food restaurants are highly profitable.
	B) Organizations we commonly interact with increasingly resemble fast-food restaurants.
	C) As the number of fast-food restaurants increases, so do the number of obese people.
	D) It is easier to find fast food today than it was fifty years ago.

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Which of the following is defined as a person's expected behaviors according to his or her rank in society?

Question 17 options:

	A) achieved status
	B) role strain
	C) status
	D) role

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Ramon is a bank teller. He must answer to the chief teller, who in turn answers to the bank manager, who answers to the branch manager. What component of the ideal type bureaucracy does this exemplify?

Question 18 options:

	A) hierarchy of authority
	B) explicit rules
	C) meritocracy
	D) impersonality

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Indigenous Australian tribes, sometimes referred to as "aborigines," exemplify a(n) __________ society, because they rely on their surroundings for food and survival.

Question 19 options:

A)	hunter-gatherer

B)	industrial

C)	post-industrial

D)	agricultural

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In the military, commanders issue orders because they do not provide enlisted soldiers with enough information to contribute ideas. What style of leadership is this?

Question 20 options:

	A) authoritarian
	B) democratic
	C) laissez-faire

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