Miscellaneous Economics Mcqs - Set 9

1)   Malthus suggested the following as means of birth control________________?

a. late marriage
b. abstinence
c. celibacy
d. all of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: all of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   The crude birthrate is________________?

a. an important demographic concept
b. the number of male births per 1000 people per country per year
c. the rate at which infants survive past their first year
d. the rate at which the elderly die in any given year
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: an important demographic concept

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Population density may be defined as_________________?

a. the number of people to a land area
b. the density of a compound group
c. the number of births and deaths per year
d. the ability of a square foot of land to feed a number of people
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: the number of people to a land area

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   The strongest urge that all living creatures feel is to__________________?

a. avoid stress
b. be important
c. feel respectable
d. reproduce themselves
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: reproduce themselves

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   In Africa many children are_________________?

a. symbols of disgrace
b. social security for the future of the parents
c. detested by non-Catholics
d. sings of a good harvest
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: social security for the future of the parents

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Which nation state has reached zero population growth ?

a. Iran
b. Zimbabwe
c. the United States
d. Turkey
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: the United States

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Chemical pesticides________________?

a. continue to control pests for many years
b. leach out of the ground quickly
c. are harmless to humans
d. can be toxic to other forms of life
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: can be toxic to other forms of life

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Overpopulation can result in________________?

a. higher literacy
b. environmental damage
c. price stability
d. increased public services
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: environmental damage

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   The relationship of organisms to their environments is called________________?

a. physical
b. chemical
c. ecological
d. astral
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: ecological

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Gentrification is the trend of__________________?

a. city dwellers learning proper manners
b. middle class professionals renovating old city housing and using them as
c. continued movement to suburbs
d. city residents returning to manor houses in country
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: middle class professionals renovating old city housing and using them as

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   The model in urban ecology that stresses distance of residence from central business based on social class is the_________________?

a. sector model
b. concentric zone model
c. multiple nuclei model
d. wedge-shaped model
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: concentric zone model

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   The SMSA is based on____________________?

a. a town smaller than 2500 residents
b. one or more counties containing at least one city of 50,000 residents or two cities totaling 50,000
c. a town of 10,000 and surrounding counties
d. a city of at least 100,000 residents and its suburbs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: one or more counties containing at least one city of 50,000 residents or two cities totaling 50,000

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Most American cities have_________________?

a. large shopping malls
b. many high income taxpayers
c. continual building of new industries
d. a reduced tax base
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: a reduced tax base

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Suburban growth was based on___________________?

a. the development of automobile travel
b. expensive suburban property
c. wartime industrial expansions
d. movement of factories out of the cities
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: the development of automobile travel

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Urbanism is associated with_____________________?

a. extended families
b. Gemeinschaft society
c. increase in anomie and alienation
d. public transportation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: increase in anomie and alienation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   According to the U.S Census Bureau a CMSA is defined as__________________?

a. a relatively large dense permanent settlement of heterogeneous individuals
b. any locality with a population of one million people or more
c. an ecological system
d. any locality with a downtown and suburbs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: any locality with a population of one million people or more

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   The urban trends resulting from the industrial Revolution include_________________?

a. strengthening primary ties
b. a return to Biblical religions
c. homogeneous population
d. reduced family size
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: a return to Biblical religions

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   A countertrend observable since the 1950s is___________________?

a. a great increase in population in the cities
b. rural areas became very depopulated
c. urban decentralization
d. urban residents providing their own food supply by planting gardens
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: urban decentralization

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Agriculture in industrial nations is now based on_________________?

a. many small farmers
b. greater productivity of farms because of mechanization
c. increase in rural population
d. artificial food production
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: greater productivity of farms because of mechanization

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   When farms are destroyed in favor of factories and suburbs it is an example of_____________?

a. urbanization
b. secularization
c. popularization
d. none of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: urbanization

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   The transition from rural living to city living occurred because_______________?

a. there was less need for farm workers as agriculture became mechanized
b. factories were concentrated in cities
c. social change dictated a new fad urban living
d. of BOTH a decrease in the need for farm workers and the fact that factories were located in cities
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: of BOTH a decrease in the need for farm workers and the fact that factories were located in cities

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Urbanism is defined as________________?

a. the migration of people from rural to urban centers
b. a set of attitudes and a way of life distinct from the rural
c. the growth of cities and suburbs at the expense of rural areas
d. the study of the growth and decline of populations
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: a set of attitudes and a way of life distinct from the rural

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   One of the perceived advantages of suburban living is_______________________?

a. concentration of apartments
b. larger variety of cultural resources
c. older more gracious housing
d. greater safety from crime
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: greater safety from crime

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   The relationship between population and income is___________________?

a. an increase in income produces a decline in fertility
b. the birth rate rises because of an increase in education
c. the rise in income and population results in a decrease of urbanization
d. working women have more children
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: an increase in income produces a decline in fertility

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   A population pyramid shows__________________?

a. sex and age distribution within a population
b. the relation between population and land area
c. the ratio between a nation,s standard of living and its population density
d. the relation between population growth and food supply
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: sex and age distribution within a population

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Which Catholic nation displays high birthrates ?

a. Ireland
b. France
c. Italy
d. Mexico
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mexico

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   An area which is today in the first stage of the demographic transition is the following________________?

a. U.S.A
b. china
c. Tropical Africa
d. Japan
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tropical Africa

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   World overpopulation could be prevented by_________________?

a. zero population growth worldwide
b. the elimination of the demographic transition
c. natural change
d. a return to preindustrial medicine
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: zero population growth worldwide

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Death rates are highest in_______________?

a. tropical African
b. Britain
c. Turkey
d. Thailand
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: tropical African

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   The crude birthrate is the_________________?

a. number of births per thousand people per year
b. number of births a year in the world
c. the same as the fertility rate
d. the same as the fecundity rate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: number of births per thousand people per year

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   The highest percentage of humans live in________________________?

a. India
b. Russia
c. China
d. the U.S
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: China

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   Environmental pollution is the result of_________________?

a. dysfunctions in the earth,s atmosphere
b. ignorance on the part of the underdeveloped nations
c. human actions that have harmful consequences
d. unknown bacteria and viruses
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: human actions that have harmful consequences

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Most population experts_______________?

a. expect the growth rate to remain constant
b. expect population to level off at between 8 and 15 billion people
c. have written off the Malthusian prophecy altogether
d. believe that a high fertility rate continues to be necessary in the developing nations
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: expect population to level off at between 8 and 15 billion people

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   It is true of the population of the United States that_________________?

a. it is getting older
b. there are more women than men
c. rural and sunbelt areas attract only the young
d. it is BOTH older and more female
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: it is BOTH older and more female

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Zero population growth_________________?

a. means that no more children are born
b. indicates that the fertility rate has dropped below the replacement level
c. must be achieved by all nations by the year 2005
d. is actively pursued by many of the underdeveloped nations
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: is actively pursued by many of the underdeveloped nations

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   Which is typical of the first stage of the demographic transition ?

a. high birthrates and high death rates
b. high birthrates and declining death rates
c. declining birthrates and high death rates
d. cycles of growth and decline
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: cycles of growth and decline

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Population began to increase steadily________________?

a. by around the middle of the 18th century
b. with improvements in agriculture technology and medicine
c. in the Bronze Age
d. in the 17th century when agriculture technology and medicine
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: by around the middle of the 18th century

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   The difficulty with fighting terrorism is that_________________?

a. terrorists have no single ideology
b. terrorism is a transnational problem
c. terrorists have differing goals
d. all of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: terrorists have differing goals

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   Premeditated politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents is the definition of_________________?

a. social movements
b. revolution
c. coups d,etat
d. terrorism
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: terrorism

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   Which of the following brings about cultural change_________________?

a. scientific discoveries
b. technological invention
c. new art forms
d. all of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: all of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   The rate of change for most of human history has been________________?

a. slow until the Industrial Revolution then rapid
b. rapid since the beginning of history
c. unchanged
d. slow because people are creatures of habit
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: slow until the Industrial Revolution then rapid

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   Futurist Alvin Toffler called his concept_______________?

a. future shock
b. culture shock
c. myocardial shock
d. static shock
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: future shock

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   The first technological revolution________________?

a. took place in 1750
b. began with the invention of the steam engine
c. turned people from food gatherers to food producers
d. occurred in England
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: turned people from food gatherers to food producers

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   The factory system_________________?

a. was introduced when it became convenient to house both workers and machinery under one roof
b. gave more power to the employers called entrepreneurs
c. was an American invention popularized through cultural diffusion
d. resulted from BOTH the convenience of housing workers and equipment together and gave more power to the entrepreneurs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: resulted from BOTH the convenience of housing workers and equipment together and gave more power to the entrepreneurs

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   The privileged position of the modern industrial nations was attained because of_______________?

a. a change in the economy from agrarian to industrial
b. a change in the population distribution from rural to urban
c. the discovery of natural resources
d. both urbanization and industrialization
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: both urbanization and industrialization

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   Today physicians the clergy and lawyers have difficulty dealing with test tube babies and surrogate motherhood We could say that they are grappling with_________________?

a. cultural advancement
b. cultural change
c. cultural lag
d. cultural conflict
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: cultural change

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   The Industrial Revolution began with_________________?

a. the invention of a few basic machines
b. the overthrow of the British
c. the founding of Sony in Japan
d. the proletariat in Russia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: the invention of a few basic machines

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   The Industrial Revolution was based on_______________?

a. the invention of basic machines
b. the discovery of new material
c. new sources power
d. all of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: all of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   When one culture borrows traits from another culture the borrowing culture tends to be________________?

a. grateful
b. selective in borrowing
c. nonselective in borrowing
d. gullible and impressionable
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: selective in borrowing

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   How are decisions about production made in a market economy ?

a. By a command system
b. According to tradition
c. Through a price system
d. By executive fiat
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Through a price system

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!