Questions and Answers Questions and Answers

 1.  1.
Which is the least used modern When all the elements in a population
contraceptive method among married are included in a study, the result is a
women in developing countries? _____.
Discuss o A.
o A. Poll
Male condom o B.
o B. Census
Female sterilization o C.
o C. Sample
Oral contraceptives o D.
 2. Sampling frame
What is the current estimate of overall o E.
contraceptive use among married Probability sample
women in developing countries?  2.
o A. The list of elements in a population
33% from which the sample is actually drawn
o B. is known as the _____.
55% o A.
o C. Sampling frame
44% o B.
 3. Population extent
Surveys show that average desired o C.
family size in developing countries is: Database
o A. o D.
HIV/AIDS epidemic Sampling base
o B. o E.
Infertility Population directory
o C.  3.
Contraceptive use Hilton Hotels wishes to conduct a study
 4. on the determinants of brand loyalty
Surveys show that average desired among Hilton Hotel customers. The
family size in developing countries is: Hilton organization estimates that 10%
Discuss
of its 2, 600,000 Hilton Honors club
o A.
Increasing: women want to have bigger
members are loyal to the Hilton brand
families wherever they travel. However, the
o B. remaining members may choose other
Remaining constant: there has been no hotel brands at times. The organization
change in desired family size wants to understand how to increase
o C. loyalty among the other 90% of club
Declining: women want to have smaller members.In the Hilton example, the
families. individual club members represent the
 5.
_____.
What is the average total fertility rate o A.
(TFR) in developing countries? Population
o A. o B.
2.3 children per woman Sample
o B. o C.
7.2 children per woman Sampling frame
o C. o D.
4.5 children per woman Population element
o E.
Ans. A b c c c Census
 4.
 Hilton Hotels wishes to conduct a study
on the determinants of brand loyalty
among Hilton Hotel customers. The
Hilton organization estimates that 10%
of its 2, 600,000 Hilton Honors club
members are loyal to the Hilton brand
wherever they travel. However, the
remaining members may choose other
hotel brands at times. The organization
wants to understand how to increase
loyalty among the other 90% of club
members.In the Hilton example, the
Hilton Honors membership list
represents the _____.
o A.
Sample
o B.
Sampling frame
o C.
Population
o D.
Population element
o E.
Target population
 5.
Hilton Hotels wishes to conduct a study
on the determinants of brand loyalty
among Hilton Hotel customers. The
Hilton organization estimates that 10%
of its 2, 600,000 Hilton Honors club
members are loyal to the Hilton brand
wherever they travel. However, the
remaining members may choose other
hotel brands at times. The organization
wants to understand how to increase
loyalty among the other 90% of club
members.In the Hilton example, the
population for the study is _____.
o A.
Travelers requiring overnight lodging
o B.
Guests at Hilton-brand hotels
o C.
Hilton Honors club members
o D.
The top 10% of Hilton Honors club
members
o E.
The 90% of Hilton Honors club
members who are not brand loyal
 6.
Hilton Hotels wishes to conduct a study
on the determinants of brand loyalty
among Hilton Hotel customers. The
Hilton organization estimates that 10%
of its 2, 600,000 Hilton Honors club
members are loyal to the Hilton brand
wherever they travel. However, the
remaining members may choose other
hotel brands at times. The organization
wants to understand how to increase
loyalty among the other 90% of club
members.The Hilton organization is
considering a survey about factors
affecting brand loyalty that will be sent
to all of its Hilton Honors club members.
This is an example of a _____.
o A.
Population
o B.
Sample
o C.
Extent
o D.
Census
o E.
General population survey
 7.
Hilton Hotels wishes to conduct a study
on the determinants of brand loyalty
among Hilton Hotel customers. The
Hilton organization estimates that 10%
of its 2, 600,000 Hilton Honors club
members are loyal to the Hilton brand
wherever they travel. However, the
remaining members may choose other
hotel brands at times. The organization
wants to understand how to increase
loyalty among the other 90% of club
members.In the Hilton example, the
sampling frame is made up of the
_____.
o A.
List of Hilton Honors club members
o B.
List of guests staying at any Hilton
hotel during a designated period of
time
o C.
List of the top 10% of Hilton Honors
club members
o D.
List of the 90% of Hilton Honors
members who are not brand loyal
o E.
List of guests at Hilton's top
competitors
 8.
 Hilton Hotels wishes to conduct a study Matching
on the determinants of brand loyalty  11.
among Hilton Hotel customers. The Sampling error refers to _____.
Hilton organization estimates that 10% o A.
of its 2, 600,000 Hilton Honors club Differences between the sample
statistics and the population's
members are loyal to the Hilton brand parameters caused by random
wherever they travel. However, the fluctuations inherent in the sampling
remaining members may choose other process
hotel brands at times. The organization o B.
wants to understand how to increase Bias caused by using a poor sampling
loyalty among the other 90% of club frame
members.Hilton plans to send surveys o C.
to 10,000 Hilton Honors club members. Error created by systematic variance
o D.
This group of people is known as the
Differences between the results of a
_____. census and the population's
o A. parameters
Sampling frame o E.
o B. Error created by differences between
Population those who respond to the survey and
o C. those who do not
Census  12.
o D. With what does one measure the
Sample degree of precision of a sample
o E. estimate?
Population element
o A.
 9.
Feasibility studies
Which of the following terms refers to
o B.
the variation in measures due to some Census comparisons
known or unknown influence that o C.
causes the scores to skew in one Unstandardized coefficients
direction or another? o D.
o A. Standard error of the estimate
Precision o E.
o B. Significance indicators
Standard error  13.
o C. The standard error of the estimate is a
Systematic variance type of measure of _____
o D. o A.
Sampling error Central tendency
o E. o B.
Random error Accuracy
 10. o C.
Assuming that the sampling frame is Significance
appropriate, systematic variance can be o D.
minimized in a study by _____. Confidence
o A. o E.
Decreasing the sample size Standard deviation
o B.  14.
Increasing the sample size Which word below best describes
o C. nonprobability sampling?
Contacting nonrespondents o A.
o D. Subjective
Increasing response rates o B.
o E. Objective
 o C. Sample statistics
Random o B.
o D. Population parameters
Systematic o C.
o E. Systematic estimates
Generalizable o D.
 15. Standard errors
Which term below refers to a controlled o E.
procedure that assures that each Standardized coefficients
population element is given a known  19.
nonzero chance of selection into the Which term below refers to the
sample? descriptors of variables computed from
o A. sample data used to estimate those
Nonprobability sampling same variables in the population?
o B. o A.
Random selection Sample statistics
o C. o B.
Systematic selection Population parameters
o D. o C.
Judgment sampling Systematic estimates
o E. o D.
Statistical selection Standard errors
 16. o E.
Estimates of precision are possible with Standardized coefficients
_____ samples.  20.
o A. When the variables of interest are
Nonprobability measured on nominal or ordinal scales,
o B. what should be used to estimate
Probability population proportion?
o C. o A.
Judgement Standard error
o D. o B.
Quoata Standard deviation
o E. o C.
All of the above Sample proportion of incidence (p)
 17. o D.
Which term below refers to a controlled, Sample proportion of incidence (p) * 1-
randomized procedure that assures that (p)
each population element is given a o E.
known, nonzero chance of selection Sample statistic
 21.
into a study's sample?
o A.
When the variables of interest are
Census measured on nominal or ordinal scales,
o B. what should be used to estimate
Nonprobability sampling population variance?
o C. o A.
Probability sampling Standard error
o D. o B.
Element selection Standard deviation
o E. o C.
Purposive sampling Sample proportion of incidence (p)
 18. o D.
_____ are summary descriptors of Sample proportion of incidence (p) * 1-
variables of interest in the population. (p)
o A. o E.
Sample statistic
  22. 45%
The most frequent proportion measure o D.
is the _____. 35%
o A.  2.
Mean In which of the following markets are
o B. Hispanics a majority (50+%) of the
Standard deviation city’s population of 21 to 34 year olds?
o C. o A.
Mode Phoenix
o D. o B.
Correlation Los Angeles
o E. o C.
Percentage Miami
 23. o D.
Hilton Hotels wishes to conduct a study All the above
on the determinants of brand loyalty  3.
among Hilton Hotel customers. The Which of the following two metropolitan
Hilton organization estimates that 10% areas have the largest population of
of its 2, 600,000 Hilton Honors club Hispanics in the U.S., with a combined
members are loyal to the Hilton brand population of approximately 13 million?
wherever they travel. However, the o A.
remaining members may choose other New York & Los Angeles
hotel brands at times. The organization o B.
Dallas-Fort Worth & Phoenix
wants to understand how to increase
o C.
loyalty among the other 90% of club Miami & El Paso
members. In a follow-up survey to the o D.
Hilton study on brand loyalty, the Washington DC & Austin
organization plans to focus solely on  4.
estimating the attributes of the 10% of The Interethnic Proximity Index (IPI)
Hilton Honors members who are measures an area's ethnic diversity.
thought to be brand loyal. In this The IPI is the percentage of an area’s
example, 10% is the _____. population that is either 1. Hispanic,
o A. African American or Asian or 2. Non-
Sample statistic Hispanic white cohabitating with a
o B. member of one of these groups or 3.
Population parameter
Non-Hispanic white living in a
o C.
Population variance
neighborhood where non-Hispanic
o D. whites are not the majority. According
Population proportion of incidence to the IPI, is the U.S. as a whole:
o E. o A.
Sampling frame Majority multicultural (IPI over 50%)
Ans: b a d c d a d c b a d e a b b c d a d d e o B.
Evenly divided (IPI about 50%)
o C.
Questions and Answers
Minority multicultural (IPI less than
 1.
50%)
Of the 55 million Hispanics in the U.S.,  5.
approximately what percentage are of What is the approximate IPI for the
Mexican descent? state of Texas?
o A. o A.
65% 40%
o B. o B.
55% 50%
o C. o C.
 60% o C.
o D. There are 45 million uninsured and 40-
70% 65 million underinsured individuals in
Ans: a d b b d the United States
o D.
uestions and Answers There are 45 million uninsured
 1. individuals in the United States
All of the follow are social expectations  5.
or right of the “sick role,” except: The social conflict theoretical
o A. perspective would be concerned with
Right not to do certain responsibilities each of the following dynamics in the
o B. heath care system, except:
Seeking out medical treatment o A.
o C. Control of a scarce resource
Compliance with medical treatment o B.
o D. How groups function well together
Blame for their illness o C.
 2. Identification of groups in conflict
Which of the health care systems o D.
would be controlled by the government How groups maintain power
or state?  6.
o A. The number of live births in a year per
Socialized medicine 1000 population is referred to as:
o B. o A.
Socialist medicine Crude live birth rate
o C. o B.
Decentralized national health care Crude birthrate
o D. o C.
Direct pay model Crude non-death rate
 3. o D.
The sociological theoretical perspective Active birthrate
that desires to maintain a healthy  7.
workforce for the economic benefit of The human process whereby
society is: individuals move from one nation state
o A. to another or from one internal
Symbolic Interactions geographical area to another within a
o B. nation state is referred to as:
Structural Dysfunctionalism o A.
o C. Human immigration
Structural Functionalism o B.
o D. Human assimilation
Conflict Functionalism o C.
 4. Migrational assimilation
The United States is the only o D.
industrialized country that fails to Human migration
provide comprehensive health care for  8.
all its citizens. As a matter of record China’s one child policy, as a manifest
the following is true regarding this lack function, resulted in:
o A.
of care:
An adverse effect on divorced
o A.
individuals
There are 25-60 uninsured individuals
o B.
in the United States
Female infanticide
o B.
o C.
There are only 45 million underinsured
Controlling of the population
individuals in the United States
 o D. o A.
More sex selected abortions 20%
 9. o B.
When a demographer refers to mortality 50%
rates, they include the following: o C.
o A. 1%
Birthrates and infant mortality rates  5.
o B. What is the world population?
Birthrates and death rates o A.
o C. 1 billion
Infant mortality rates and death rates o B.
o D. 7 billion
Crude birthrates and total fertility rates o C.
 10. 20 million
According to the text, the country with Ans: c b a c b
the lowest infant mortality rate is:
o A.
United States
o B.
France
o C.
South Africa
o D.
Canada
Ans: d b c c b b a c b b

uestions and Answers

 1.
What is a Population?
o A.
A term use to count animals
o B.
Diffrent races living togethor
o C.
Group of living things of the same
species living in an area.
 2.
What is the total population of
Singapore
o A.
2 million
o B.
4.6 million
o C.
30 thousand
 3.
77 % of Singapore's poulation is ?
o A.
Chinese
o B.
Malay
o C.
Indian
 4.
What is the prcentage of other races in
Singaprore?