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Question 1:

The term "meritocratic" refers to which of the following?
a) The notion that a student's school performance reflects natural ability and the school system provides mobility for lower-class and minority students who work hard to succeed
b) Relationship differences between teachers and students, among students, and between students and the institution
c) Both A and B
d) None of the above

Question 2:

According to Jean Anyon, which of the following summarizes the daily activities of a student from the working class?
a) Analyzing social systems and looking for strengths and weaknesses
b) Reading the textbook and finding the right answer
c) Copying down and memorizing the instructor's notes from the board
d) Finding information on an assigned topic and writing it up in one's own words

Question 3:

Legitimatization of inequality refers to which of the following?
a) School officials denying that their schools are unequal in any way
b) Students' beliefs that their placement into various tracking positions is fair
c) Not censoring words and phrases that exhibit and promote racism, sexism, ableism, ageism, and other forms of discrimination
d) Parents' beliefs that students are unfairly penalized through excessive homework

Question 4:

Underemployment is the result of which of the following?
a) The rate of unemployment
b) Regional disparity
c) Discrimination based on ethnicity, gender, disability, or lack of appropriate credentials
d) All of the above

Question 5:

A docile body, as formulated by Foucault, is produced through which of the following?
a) Hierarchal observation
b) Normalizing judgment
c) Examination
d) All of the above

Question 6:

According to the authors, which of the following contributes to the increase in plagiarism?
a) The corporate nature of post-secondary institutions
b) The acceptance of plagiarism by influential leaders in society
c) The Internet
d) Both A and B

Question 7:

Which of the following terms did Michel Foucault use for knowledge that has been deemed unsuitable for the required task?
a) Disqualified knowledges
b) Inappropriate knowledges
c) Covert knowledges
d) Discrepant knowledges

Question 8:

Which of the following does NOT reflect a rising trend in the Canadian education system?
a) Aboriginal and other marginalized voices in curricular material
b) Academic research tied to corporate agendas
c) Contracting out full-time faculty jobs to part-timers
d) Grade inflation

Question 9:

As Jane waits for an employer to begin her interview, she notices that there are several paintings on the wall by Emily Carr. When the employer comes in to begin the interview, Jane mentions the paintings and the two women launch into a 45-minute discussion of their shared love of the artist. After the conversation, Jane is hired. Which of the following concepts is likely to have assisted Jane in obtaining this job?
a) Credentialism
b) Cultural capital
c) Hierarchical observation
d) Cultures of education

Question 10:

According to the text, which of the following is the magic word in postsecondary education that opens the doors for increased online education?
a) Credentials
b) Non-traditional
c) Access
d) Revenue

Question 11:

Human capital thesis argues that marginalized groups earn less money than dominant groups as they possess less human capital in the form of education, skill, and experience.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 12:

The assimilationist approach still plays an influential role in contemporary Canadian education.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 13:

Homework has been found to be beneficial in increasing family time together as parents and children often work together on a student's project.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 14:

Jeannie Oakes' study demonstrated that tracking or sorting is based on perceived ability and not on class, race, and ethnicity.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 15:

The overt aim of the multicultural model of education has been to change the institutional practices and policies and individual attitudes and behaviours that reproduce inequality.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 16:

During the 1990s, universities produced 1.2 million graduates but only 600,000 jobs requiring university-level credentials were created during that same period.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 17:

Post-secondary education attainment has increased for various occupational classes. So, too, has the underemployment rate for those same occupational classes.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 18:

The Canadian school system is dominated by a Eurocentric curriculum.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 19:

According to Foucault, under hierarchal observation, individuals are judged on how their actions rank when compared to the performance of others.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 20:

Student evaluations are less important to adjunct or contract faculty than they are to full-time permanent faculty.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Higher Education

Foundations of Sociology: Chapter 16