QUIZ 2 - UCSP FINALS

Miguel worked as a janitor but later became a successful businessman. This situation best represents:

• Downward mobility

• vertical mobility

• upward mobility

• horizontal mobility

In a traditional Filipino household, decision-making is often led by the father. This is an example of:

• Downward mobility

• social stratification

• caste system

• patriarchal society

Which of the following is an example of social mobility? 

• A child of a factory worker becomes a doctor

• A king passes his throne to his son

• A student sits with new friends at lunch

•  A worker stays in the same job for 40 years

A society where social mobility is impossible and people stay in the class they were born into is called

• open system

• closed system

• free system

• strict system

Despite her intelligence, a young girl from a poor family is unable to afford college. This illustrates:

• social inequality

• meritocracy

• meritrocracy

• social equality

• open system

In India, people are traditionally born into a caste and cannot move to another social class. This is an example of:

• open system

• close system

• social mobility

• caste system

Every society has a different way of categorizing their people in society. The concept being exhibited is:

• persistence in generation

• characteristic of society

• integration of values and tradition

• universal but variable

Social class is often linked to:

• income and occupation

• personal interests

• family problems

• religion

A government official is respected for his honest service. His ranking is based on:

• prestige

• wealth

• social mobility

• family background

The upper class is primarily made up of:

• middle workers

• elite families

• farmers and laborers

• college graduates