According to standard operating procedures, every customer at McDonald's is greeted with the words, "Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order?" The practice corresponds with which characteristic of a bureaucracy?

a. a clean-cut division of labor
b. positions filled on the basis of qualification
c. personnel treat clients as cases
d. authority belongs to the position, not the person


C

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To say that a marriage is annulled is to indicate that

A) the couple in the marriage was incompatible. B) a court found causes existed prior to the marriage that made the marriage contract void. C) the Catholic church disapproved of it and failed to recognize it as legitimate. D) the marriage never existed except if the birth of child is involved, which legitimizes the union.

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_____ believe strict gender roles, with the husband as provider and wife as nurturer, help stabilize and maintain society

A. Symbolic interactionists B. Exchange theorists C. Functionalists D. Conflict theorists

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All of the following are examples of achieved statuses EXCEPT:

a. bank teller b. college graduate c. husband d. woman

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In the long term, the underlying reason for a drop in fertility is:

a. population pressure created by low mortality b. increase empowerment of women c. improved levels of education d. spread of westernization

Sociology