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Cultural Diversity quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Police agencies should

a)

Have supervisors who are trained in implicit bias

b)

Address biased behavior in police officers or squads

c)

Hire a diverse workforce and people who can police without bias

d)

All of the above

2.

Which is not one of the words commonly used inter changeably?

a)

Race

b)

Culture

c)

Stereotype

d)

Ethnicity

3.

Sharon is interested in learning about the people of Kenya. She begins are search paper and sends off for information from the Kenyan government. Sharon is exhibiting which of the following terms?

a)

Multiculturalism

b)

Ethnocentrism

c)

Counterculture

d)

Cultural Sensitivity

4.

All except which one of the following is included in the definition for culture?

a)

Genetic characteristics

b)

Communications

c)

Values

d)

Beliefs

5.

Which dimension of culture cannot be changed?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

6.

Which dimensions of culture can be altered?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

7.

Racism is defined as _____________________.

a)

The ability to be open to learning about and to be accepting of different cultural 
groups

b)

A generalization of characteristics that is applied to all members of a cultural group 


c)

A belief that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race 


d)

Biological concept that defines groups of human beings based on a set of genetic 
characteristics 


8.

A belief in the inherent superiority of one pattern of loving over all other patterns, and thereby the right to dominance, is the definition of which key term?


a)

Heterosexism

b)

Race

c)

Stereotype

d)

Racism

9.

An unfavorable action toward people because they are members of a particular racial or ethnic group defines which key term?


a)

Ethnocentrism

b)

Racism

c)

Multiculturalism

d)

Discrimination

10.

An unfavorable attitude toward people because they are members of a particular group defines which key term?


a)

Prejudice

b)

Racism

c)

Sexism

d)

Discrimination

11.

Which key term fits the following definition? The recognition and the acknowledgement that society is pluralistic:

a)

Ethnocentrism

b)

Ethnicity

c)

Multiculturalism

d)

Cultural Sensitivity

12.

Which key term fits the following definition and is commonly practiced in law enforcement? The belief in the inherent superiority of one sex (gender) over the other, and thereby the right to dominance:


a)

Sexism

b)

Racism

c)

Prejudice

d)

Heterosexism

13.

To judge other cultures by the standards of one’s own and beyond that, to see one’s own standards as the true, universal and the other culture in a negative way, defines which key term?


a)

Ethnocentrism

b)

Culture

c)

Ethnicity

d)

Racism

14.

Which Theory of Prejudice includes cognitive dissonance?

a)

Cultural Transmission Theory

b)

Personality Theory

c)

Group Gains Theory

d)

Group Identification Theory

15.

Which Theory of Prejudice focuses on ethnocentrism?

a)

Cultural Transmission Theory

b)

Personality Theory

c)

Situational Pressures Theory

d)

Group Identification Theory

16.

Which Theory of Discrimination is based on the principle that people’s actions do not always match their professed beliefs and attitudes?

a)

Situational Pressure Theory

b)

Group Identification Theory

c)

Group Gains Theory

d)

Institutional Structure Theory

17.

Small groups of people within a society whose values differ from those of the majority defines which culture term?

a)

Counterculture

b)

Subculture

c)

Contra Culture

d)

Culture relativity

18.

A belief that no culture can be judged by the standards of another, and every culture must be approached on its own terms defines which term?

a)

Cultural Relativity

b)

Counterculture

c)

Subculture

d)

Contra Culture

19.

Which culture term is made of subcultures that sharply challenge and reject some of the norms and expectations of the dominant culture?

a)

Cultural Relativity

b)

Subculture

c)

Contra Culture

d)

Counterculture

20.

Cultural Diversity includes differences in all but which of the following?

a)

Religious Affiliation

b)

Sexual Orientation

c)

Age

d)

Gender