A particular school district hires a staff member who only works with students who have specific reading difficulties. This illustrates which characteristic of a bureaucracy?

A. written rules and regulations
B. division of labor
C. hierarchy of authority
D. impersonality


Answer: B

Sociology

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Sarah has become an Internet user. She is:

a. more likely to use the Internet than her brother Albert b. about as likely to use the Internet as her bother Albert. c. less likely to use the Internet than her brother Albert. d. uncertain how to use this technology because of her gender

Sociology

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley found that cooking over a fire in an unventilated space is the equivalent of:

a. being a firefighter in San Francisco b. smoking two packs of cigarettes c. inhaling a liter of carbon monoxide d. eating a pound of barbequed meat

Sociology

We can get some idea of the size and influence of the world's largest global corporations by comparing their __________ to the GDP of each of the world's countries

a. profits b. annual revenues c. investments d. stock value

Sociology

characterized by number of conditions: -population is denser and contains diverse population subgroups -economic conditions involve a range of industries, businesses, rent levels, and transportation availability and costs -environment is often a bustling tangle of concrete, traffic, noise, and questions about air quality -lifestyle entails more condensed interaction and contact with many people -the political situation may be intense with many layers of bureaucracy and numerous people in the system urban areas

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology