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GS Department
The King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
GS 221
Work and Society
Term 111
Major I Exam
Exam duration: 60 minutes
Dr. Haydar Badawi Sadig
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1. Which of the following sociologists created the term “sociology” ?
a. Plato
b. Aristotle
c. John Lock
d. August Comte
2. Which of the following description about merchant capitalism is not correct?
a. Workers buy raw materials and make products.
b. Merchants work as labor contractor.
c. Merchants control the manufacturing process.
d. Merchants decides prices of products
3. What is the normal relationship between the influence which society has on
individuals and the influence which individuals have on society?
a. The influence which individuals have on society is larger than the influence
society has on individuals.
b. The influence which society has on individuals is larger than the influence which
individuals have on society.
c. The influences from both sides to each other are equal.
d. There is no influence between each other.
4. Thomas Malthus’ solution for hunger and poverty is…
a. Equal distribution of wealth
b. Birth control policy
c. Natural disasters (floods, earthquakes etc)
d. More farming
5. Which of the following can not be regarded as macro social factors?
a. Social norms
b. Structure
c. Culture
d. Individual feeling
6. Which of the following thinkers is not regarded as sociologist?
a. Durkheim
b. Karl Marx
c. Ebin kheldon
d. David Richard
7. What is the focus of industrial sociology?
a. Study of people’s learning behaviors
b. Study of interrelationships among people in the workplace
c. Study of people’s consumption behaviors
d. Study of people’s wedding ceremony
8. Materialism always focuses on ______.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
Psychological satisfaction of work
Monetary reward from work
Spiritual reward from work
Heavy load of work
9. At what stage does the specialization of work occur?
a. Feudal society
b. Early agricultural society
c. Hunting and gathering society
d. Slavery society
10. At what stage did women and child start to work as labor force in the western society?
a. Monopoly capitalism
a. Feudal Society
b. Industrial capitalism
c. Merchant capitalism
11. Durkheim thinks that modern society is integrated as organic solidarity,
because______
a. People come from similar background
b. People like each other
c. People work on different jobs (DOL)
d. People share the same culture
12. Karl Marx is a founder of ___________ in sociology.
a. Social learning school
b. Structural school
c. Symbolic interactionism school
d. Middle range school
13. What is the feature of matrilineal society?
a. Females control social issues
b. Males are dominant in society
c. Meats are people’s major food
d. People do agricultural work mainly
14. What is Weber’s main idea on work?
a. There should be no division of labor in the workplace.
b. Work is done bureaucratically in modern society.
c. Work is for social duties.
d. Work in modern society is what makes humans mature.
15. Which of the following is a characteristic of bureaucracy according to Weber?
a. Social relationships affect a lot in the workplace.
b. It is a base of mechanical solidarity
c. There will be less conflicts in the workplace
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d. Management by rules
16. What is the major work in feudal society?
a. Service industry
b. Manufacturing
c. Farming
d. Entertainment
17. What is the feature of sociological study?
a. Always study people’s behavior from economic reasons
b. Always study humans individually
c. Always study human behaviors on social background
d. Always try to study what is going on in people’s mind
18. What does structuration mean?
a. Society influences individuals and individuals influence society.
b. Society makes individuals.
c. Individuals make society.
d. There is only an one-way relationship between individuals and society.
19. What is the research focus of Durkheim?
a. Religious society only
b. The transitions between traditional society and modern society.
c. Both eastern society and western society
d. The Middle Eastern society
20. Which of the following belongs to the alienation of work according to Karl Marx?
a. Workers are alienated from their hobby.
b. Workers are alienated from their family.
c. Workers are alienated from their products.
d. Workers are alienated from their workplace.
merchant capitalism
materials
manufacturing
poverty
distribution
disaster
norm
consumption
monetary
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‫تصنيع‬
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‫التوزيع‬
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spiritual
feudal
solidarity
symbolic
division of labor
entertainment
religious
transition
alienated
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