Economics Mcqs
In preindustrial societies education was intended for_______________?

A. The masses
B. A small elite
C. Productive persons
D. The obviously intelligent

Latent functions of schools include_________?

A. Maintaining the class system
B. Encouraging social mobility
C. Promoting nationalism
D. Allowing the formation of a subculture and keeping children in school for a period of time

Credentialism opens jobs _______________?

A. To all people
B. To members of skilled professions
C. To members of academia
D. But has no bearing on the job market

Which of the following is an unintended function of education ?

A. Reinforcement of society’s stratification system
B. Understanding mathematical concepts
C. Reinforcement of grammatical forms in language
D. Formation of youth leadership groups

The most important determinant of scholastic success is________________?

A. How well the students’ parents did in school
B. The peer group influence
C. The opinion of the neighbors
D. A family’s values regarding education

A nineteenth-century model of rote education which imitated the assembly line was called the______________?

A. Schumpeterian system
B. Birmingham system
C. Topeka system
D. Lancaster system

Since state and nation are not the same thing the preferred term for individual political entities is_______________?

A. Nation-sates or national states
B. Dominions
C. Principalities
D. Territories

A 44-nation survey regrading religions found that_________________?

A. Americans are the least religious of these nations
B. 59 percent of americans said that religions played an important role in their lives
C. The english and the french are much more religious than americans
D. Canadians are as religious as americans

For neo-realists the international order is one of________________?

A. Total anarchy
B. Centralized power
C. Full cooperation
D. Quasi-anarchy

The widest sphere of human interaction on an international scale is_______________?

A. International law
B. International economics
C. International security affairs
D. International relations