SOC 100 Intro to Sociology Roll Number: 24020349 (Tabish)

(Final Exam; Total Time: 90 minutes)

Part-I: Each question is worth 4 marks; For short-answer questions please write no more
than a few sentences. For MCQs, please highlight your answer.

1. Which of the following is NOT true of social networks?

a) They link us both directly and indirectly to other people;

b) They may give us access to resources;

c) They remove constraints on our interactions;

d) They consist of a series of social relationships

2. What is the difference between the validity and the reliability of a study? Why are they
(i.e. validity and reliability) important factors to consider when conducting a study?

3. What are the modifications that Erik Olin Wright makes to Marx and Weber’s theories of
class?

4. Which of the following is true of stratification systems?

 a) All societies have them;

b) Some societies do not have stratification systems;

c) Social class is the main form of stratification;

d) All of the above

5. What is intersectionality? Provide an example along with your definition

6. ________ boundaries are the inequalities in access to resources (e.g., race, class,
gender), while ________ boundaries are the conceptual ways people separate each
other into groups (e.g., traditions, styles, tastes, classifications):

a) Social, symbolic;

b) Cultural, symbolic;

c) Material, symbolic;

d) Material, cultural

7. According to Bourdieu, the habitus is:

a) Our learned dispositions;

b) A set of tendencies organizing how we see the world and act within it;

c) Non-economic resources like skills and knowledge;

d) Both A and B

8. How, if at all, do Marx and Weber’s theory of religion differ from each other?
 9. What is social closure? Provide an example of how it may function in the contemporary
economy

10. The sociology of religion is best described as the scientific study of:

a) the differences in religions;

b) the religions of different social groups;

c) the causes and consequences of religion;

d) the similarities in different religions.

Part-II

Each question is worth 30 marks. Answer both questions and write no more than 550
words per answer. Think out your answer structure clearly before you start writing!

1) Is violent ethnic conflict inevitable in diverse societies? What are some ways through which
societies have attempted to generate ethnic integration?
2) In economic sociology, why is money considered to be a social construct?