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norms and rules. This is a characteristic of ...

• 1. the identification function of culture.
• 2. the adaptive function of culture.
• 2. the integrative function of culture.
• 4. the regulative function of culture.

16. Political power, in the state, in society and among people, is understood to mean:

• 1. a typical characteristic of an individual or collective social subject, fixing the level of development of his
• political consciousness, political activity and behaviour;
• 2. the totality of spiritual, emotional and practical phenomena of the political existence of the person and society, characterising their attitude toward politics and participation in it;
• 3. the ability and capacity to exert a determining influence on the activity and behaviour of people and their associations by means of will,
• authority, law, or violence;
• 4. the totality of the types of activity of the subjects of political relations, reflecting the stages of change in the political system.

17. Social resources of power refer to:

• 1. the use of courts and prisons;
• 2. the use and control of material resources;
• 2. the distribution of positions on the social ladder;
• 4. control over educational institutions.

18. What is charismatic domination?

• 1. recognition of the special qualities of political leaders;
• 2. a variety of rational domination;
• 2. orientation toward foreign-policy support;
• 4. governing the state in the interests of a narrow group of persons.

19. The legal grounding of the legality of political power is designated by the term:

• 1. traditional domination;
• 2. legality;
• 2. legitimacy;
• 4. totalitarianism.

20. Political rights and freedoms are proclaimed but are not actually guaranteed - this is a characteristic

• 1. a democratic regime;
• 2. an authoritarian regime;
• 3. a totalitarian regime;
• 4. it can be characteristic of any of them.

21. What types of political processes are distinguished according to their scale

• 1. long-term and short-term,
• 2. everyday, historical, evolutionary,
• 3. open and shadow,
• 4. basic and peripheral.

22. A gathering of people devoted to discussing a particular problem is

• 1. a revolution,
• 2. a rally,
• 3. a strike,
• 4. a demonstration.

23. The oligarchisation of the political process in Ukraine is mainly manifested in:

• 1. excessive concentration of power in the hands of big capital;
• 2. broad privileges for the political elite;
• 2. the outstanding role of financial capital in the party system;
• 4. all the answers are correct.

24. In the post-revolutionary period, Ukraine made a breakthrough in:

• 1. creating an effective mechanism for forming the administrative apparatus;
• 2. a sharp reduction in the regulatory functions of power institutions;
• 2. the successful implementation of the European integration course;
• 4. there is no correct answer.

25. The process of an individual's political socialisation takes place:

• 1. in youth;
• 2. in adulthood;
• 2. in childhood;
• 4. throughout the individual's entire life.

26. What forms of political participation are distinguished according to the system of political means used?

• 1. conventional, unconventional;
• 2. local, national;
• 2. general, limited;
• 4. peaceful, violent.

27. Manifestations of political alienation are:

• 1. membership in a political association;
• 2. political moralising;
• 2. absenteeism;
• 4. political socialisation.

28. What type of leadership is based on belief in the leader's supernatural abilities?

• 1. traditional;
• 2. conservative;
• 2. revolutionary;
• 4. charismatic.

29. Which of the listed qualities of a leader can be classified as professional?

• 1. intuition;
• 2. honesty;
• 2. competence;
• 4. willingness to compromise.

30. Deviant behaviour is ...

• 1. hereditary genetic diseases that manifest in adulthood as «incorrect» behaviour;
• 2. mass and individual forms of behaviour that deviate from the social norm;
• 2. criminal acts that cause significant harm to society;
• 4. manifestations of talent or giftedness that is not understood by citizens.

OPTION 8

1. Socio-political studies are a system of knowledge

• 1. About the development and formation of society.
• 2. About society and politics, the organisation of socio-political relations and processes.
• 3. About the functioning of the political system.
• 4. About methods of collecting sociological information

2. Which of the named methods should be used to determine the rating of leading politicians?

• 1. statistical;
• 2. historical;
• 2. sociological;
• 4. the study of documents

3. A set of interconnected and interacting social groups, communities and institutions is called:

• 1. social mobility;
• 2. social structure;
• 2. social stratification;
• 4. social community.

4. Socio-demographic groups are distinguished by the criteria of:

• 1. professional affiliation
• 2. place of residence;
• 2. sex, age, marital status;
• 4. national affiliation.

5. Which criteria of class stratification were proposed by Max Weber:

• 1. wealth, power, prestige;
• 2. ownership of the means of production, private property;
• 2. social statuses, which are determined by the type of profession and the level of education;
• 4. "class consciousness", the psychological state of a person and their attitude toward society and various social groups.

6. A social class is:

• 1. a small social group;
• 2. a large social group;
• 2. a formal social group;
• 4. a professional social group.

7. A social institution is:

• 1. a professional group of people;
• 2. stable patterns of people's behaviour in a particular sphere of activity;
• 2. a social organisation that has its own status;
• 4. a group of people that performs particular functions in society.

8. The process of institutionalisation includes the following stage:

• 1. the collection of sociological information;
• 2. the emergence of a need whose satisfaction requires joint, organised action;
• 2. the emergence of the middle class;
• 4. the mechanisation and automation of production and management.

9. The "nanny" function is:

• 1. a manifest function of the institution of education;
• 2. a latent function of the institution of education;
• 2. a dysfunction of the institution of education;
• 4. the institution of education has no such function.

10. The traditional family model is characteristic of:

• 1. agrarian society;
• 2. industrial society;
• 2. post-industrial society;
• 4. the characteristics of the family are not connected with the level of development of industry and production.

11. An increase in the number of divorces is characteristic of:

• 1. the modern family model;
• 2. the traditional family model;
• 2. a large family with many children;
• 4. a patriarchal family.

12. Stable and the most generalised norms and principles of people's social relations, which arise historically, are passed down from generation to generation, and are safeguarded by the force of public opinion, are ...

• 1. Group interests.
• 2. Traditions.
• 3. Ideology.
• 4. Language.
• 5. Knowledge.

13. The transmission of culture is carried out in the process of:

• 1. Stratification.
• 2. Reproduction.
• 3. Social mobility.
• 4. socialisation.
• 5. Transformation.

14. Which of the elements of culture is its "core"?

• 1. Ideology.
• 2. Language.
• 3. Knowledge.
• 4. Values.
• 5. Rules.

15. Norms that are clearly formulated and fixed in documents are called ...

• 1. Formal.
• 2. Informal.
• 3. Economic.
• 4. Moral.
• 5. Traditional

16. Which of the following is not among the important motives for seeking political power:

• 1. attempts to improve one's material situation;
• 2. the desire to earn the respect of many people;
• 2. the striving to transform social relations;
• 4. carrying out the orders of the church

17. Which signs indicate a high level of legitimacy of power:

• 1. an election victory with a high level of voter turnout;
• 2. an election victory with a low level of voter turnout;
• 2. the presence of powerful allied states;
• 4. growth in the population's level of consumption.

18. The social resources of power refer to:

• 1. the use of courts and prisons;
• 2. the use and control of material resources;
• 2. the distribution of positions on the social ladder;
• 4. control over educational institutions.

19. Which of the following is characteristic of the cultural-informational resources of power:

• 1. the use of courts and prisons;
• 2. the use and control of material resources;
• 2. the distribution of positions on the social ladder;
• 4. control over educational institutions.

20. Which of the listed features is inherent to totalitarianism?

• 1. the separation of powers into legislative, executive and judicial;
• 2. comprehensive police control and surveillance;
• 2. the presence of individual rights and freedoms;
• 4. free elections.

21. Which political processes are determined by the interests and goals of the state, and by the balance of forces in the world and in specific regions

• 1. open,
• 2. peripheral,
• 2. foreign-policy,
• 4. everyday

22. The modernisation of the political system belongs to which type of political process

• 1. basic,
• 2. shadow,
• 2. evolutionary,
• 4. open.

23. The transition from a totalitarian to a democratic regime is an example of which type of political process

• 1. peripheral,
• 2. shadow,
• 2. prolonged,
• 4. short-term.

24. The cessation of work for the purpose of exerting economic or political pressure on the authorities is

• 1. a revolution,
• 2. a rally,
• 2. a strike,
• 4. a demonstration
• 5. voting

25. What forms of political participation are distinguished according to the system of political means used?

• 1. conventional, unconventional;
• 2. local, state;
• 2. general, limited;
• 4. peaceful, violent.

26. Absenteeism is:

• 1. the idea of statelessness, of a society without state structures;
• 2. the exceptional political qualities of a leader;
• 2. a form of government in which supreme state power is passed on by inheritance;
• 4. a form of voters avoiding participation in voting

27. The image of a leader is:

• 1. a set of the leader's personal qualities;
• 2. an image that is purposefully formed;
• 2. blind adulation of the masses;
• 4. authoritative influence on the masses.

28. Leaders who seek a radical transformation of the social order, but without fundamental changes to the social system, are called:

• 1. democrats;
• 2. reformers;
• 2. revolutionaries;
• 4. conservatives.

29. Which of the listed qualities of a leader can be classified as professional?

• 1. intuition;
• 2. honesty;
• 2. competence;
• 4. willingness to compromise.

30. Deviant behaviour is ...

• 1. criminal behaviour;
• 2. conformist behaviour;
• 3. behaviour that deviates from the norms accepted in society;
• 4. mass behaviour.

VARIANT 9

1. The object of study of socio-political research is ...

• 1. society as a system;
• 2. the political system of society;
• 3. normative order;
• 4. society as a social system.

2. What is a function of socio-political research?

• 1. The fight against crime.
• 2. Forecasting social processes.
• 3. Prevention of social deviations.
• 4. Social control of the masses.

3. The set of methods and techniques for obtaining socio-political knowledge is:

• 1. methods of socio-political research;
• 2. functions of socio-political research;
• 3. categories of socio-political research;
• 4. regularities of socio-political research.

4. The set of interconnected and interacting social groups, communities, and institutions is called:

• 1. social mobility;
• 2. social structure;
• 2. social stratification;
• 4. social community.

5. Which social group is primary?

• 1. the Ivanchenko family;
• 2. Kharkiv residents as a socio-territorial group;
• 2. entrepreneurs of Ukraine;
• 4. youth as a socio-demographic community.

6. Among the open forms of stratification can be classified:

• 1. the estate-feudal system;
• 2. the caste system;
• 2. slavery;
• 4. the class system.

7. A typical example of a marginal person is:

• 1. an emigrant;
• 2. an economist;
• 2. a student;
• 4. a child.

8. Educational institutions, first and foremost, perform the function of:

• 1. production, exchange, and distribution of material goods and services;
• 2. distribution of political power; upholding laws, rules, and standards;
• 2. satisfaction of spiritual needs;
• 4. transmission of knowledge, experience, and skills from generation to generation, preparation for work activity.

9. Among the trends in the development of the family in modern society can be included:

• 1. a decrease in the number of divorces;
• 2. an increase in the average duration of marriages;
• 2. a decrease in the number of people living in a free union;
• 4. a decline in the birth rate.

10. The reproductive function of the family consists in:

• 1. the biological reproduction of the population;
• 2. providing family members with a certain social status;
• 2. obtaining psychological protection and emotional support;
• 4. jointly running the household and providing everyday services.
• 5 engaging in sexual intercourse

11. The process of disorganisation, destruction and disappearance of a social institution is called:

• 1. deinstitutionalisation;
• 2. institutionalisation;
• 2. stratification;
• 4. socialisation.

12. Rules that are introduced into life by a special political organisation of people, which has the right to apply force, and which are usually the result of deliberation, purposeful planning and official declaration, are called ...

• 1. customs.
• 2. laws.
• 2. conceptions.
• 4. moral norms.

13. Modifications of culture in accordance with the age, professional, class, territorial and other characteristics of various groups of people - is ...

• 1. counterculture.
• 2. anticulture.
• 2. folk culture.
• 4. subculture.

14. The primary reaction of individual or group consciousness to the collision of an individual or group with a different cultural reality is called ...

• 1. culture.
• 2. innovation.
• 2. retransmission.
• 4. culture shock.

15. These are the conceptions, inherent to a given culture, of what one should strive for; they are spiritual guideposts that set the general strategy of an individual's behaviour in society. What is being referred to?

• 1. knowledge.
• 2. skills.
• 2. symbols.
• 4. values.

16. Under political power g. v s v m i recommend:

• 1. a typical characteristic of an individual or collective social subject, fixing the level of development of its political consciousness, political activity and behaviour;
• 2. the totality of spiritual, emotional and practical phenomena of the political existence of the individual and society, characterising their attitude toward politics and their participation in it;
• 2. the ability and possibility of exercising a decisive influence on the activity and behaviour of people and their associations by means of will, authority, law, or force;
• 4. the totality of the types of activity of the subjects of political relations, reflecting the stages of change of the political system.

17. The social resources of power presuppose, above all, the possibility of:

• 1. the application of sanctions and the use of armed formations:
• 2. the use and control of material resources and goods;
• 2. the distribution of statuses, positions, and benefits;
• 4. control over scientific knowledge, information and the means of their dissemination.

18. The legitimacy of power r e p r e s e n t v are:

• 1. the voluntary recognition of the existing power by citizens;
• 2. the obligatory fulfilment of the decisions of the authorities;
• 2. legality, the legal lawfulness of power;
• 4. the capacity of a political subject to exert influence in a certain direction on the behaviour of individuals, groups, organisations, and associations;

19. The priority of human rights and freedoms over the rights of the state is a characteristic feature of:

• 1. a totalitarian regime;
• 2. an authoritarian regime;
• 2. a democratic regime;
• 4. all of the above-named regimes.

20. A mass movement of supporters of a particular idea or demand, expressing support for or protest against an action of the authorities

• 1. a revolution,
• 2. a reform,
• 2. a political campaign,
• 4. a demonstration.
• 5. a march

21. Conventional participation in politics is:

• 1. a phenomenon characteristic of industrial society;
• 2. one of the forms of authoritarianism;
• 2. participation in politics under certain conditions;
• 4. legal, law-regulated participation in politics.

22. To which form of political participation should the blocking of transport routes by demonstrators be attributed?

• 1. conventional;
• 2. unconventional;
• 2. traditional;
• 4. passive.

23. Which trait is most characteristic of the rational-legal type of leadership?

• 1. orientation toward a radical change of the existing socio-political system;
• 2. activity within the framework of established norms and institutions;
• 2. striving for "great goals."
• 4. orientation toward established rules and customs;

24. The performance of which of the listed leadership functions involves introducing new constructive ideas for the social organisation of society?

• 1. the integrative;
• 2. the organisational;
• 2. the communicative;
• 4. the innovative.

25. Leaders whose aim is a transition to a fundamentally different social system are called:

• 1. democrats;
• 2. reformers;
• 2. revolutionaries;
• 4. conservatives.

26. Which of the listed traits characterises a populist leader?

• 1. professionalism and high intelligence;
• 2. strength of will;
• 2. the ability to generate ideas and accept those of others;
• 4. unfounded promises, demagogic slogans.

27. Which of the functions of a political leader is focused on uniting and reconciling various social interests on the basis of common goals, values and ideals?

• 1. the analytical,
• 2. the organisational,
• 2. the integrative,
• 4. the communicative.

28. Deviant behaviour includes ...

• 1. participation in elections;
• 2. genius;
• 2. studying at a university;
• 4. respect for elders.
• 5. skiing

29. Deviant behaviour is customarily regarded as ...

• 1. an act, an activity of a person, that does not satisfy the officially established or actually prevailing norms of a given society;
• 2. a subject's mode of action in situations characterised by an alternative possibility of action;
• 2. actions of individuals, deeds that are externally observable;
• 4. actions that violate the least important norms.

30. How do legal norms differ from moral norms?

• 1. by the presence of sanctions.
• 2. by the type of social relations that the norms regulate.
• 2. by the spheres of life to which they extend.
• 4. by the nature of the subject that is the source of the corresponding norms.

VARIANT 10
1. Which of the groups of concepts listed below represents the main categories of socio-political studies?

• 1. institutionalisation, marginality, social stratification;
• 2. political socialisation, legitimacy, parties, regimes;
• 2. socio-political activity, socio-political technologies, socio-political dichotomy, socio-political trends;
• 4. legislative acts, legal principles, code norms.

2. Which method focuses attention on socio-political wholeness?

• 1. institutional;
• 2. psychological;
• 2. comparative;
• 4. systemic.

3. Which of the listed problems do socio-political studies examine?

• 1. the laws governing the functioning and development of the social and political spheres of society as an integral system;
• 2. the study of the general and the particular in various social groups;
• 2. the problems of the functioning and development of political power;
• 4. the legal foundations of social development.

4. The term "social stratification" means

• 1. the inequality of individuals and families in social space, whereby persons are placed, for objective reasons, into different strata occupying "higher" or "lower" social positions;
• 2. the possibility of an individual's sequential mobility from one position in social space to another, provided that the person's behaviour and social achievements correspond to societal expectations;
• 2. the division of sociology into separate branches depending on the presence of structural elements in modern societies;
• 4. the division of broad social concepts into specific scientific terms.

5. The socio-professional structure is derived from:

• 1. the division of labour;
• 2. forms of ownership of the means of production;
• 2. the popularity of professions in mass consciousness;
• 4. the class structure of society.

6. Which of the following is NOT among the criteria (or resources) that give rise to social stratification:

• 1. power;
• 2. nationality;
• 2. prestige;
• 4. income.

7. Social mobility means:

• 1. the movement of people in physical space;
• 2. the movement of an individual or a group within social space, accompanied by a change in social position and the acquisition of a new status;
• 2. the acquisition of new information, skills and knowledge;
• 4. the destruction of a social organisation.

8. Social institutions are:

• 1. historically established, stable forms of organising people's joint activity;
• 2. social organisations and institutions operating in society;
• 2. groups of people performing certain functions in society;
• 4. layers of groups in society that have different access to social goods.

9. Educational institutions, above all, perform the function of:

• 1. the production, exchange and distribution of material goods and services;
• 2. the distribution of political power; the maintenance of laws, rules and standards;
• 2. satisfying spiritual needs;
• 4. transmitting knowledge, experience and skills from generation to generation, and preparing for working life.

10. A union of people based on blood kinship, marriage or adoption, connected by a common way of life and mutual responsibility for raising children, is called:

• 1. family;
• 2. marriage;
• 2. friends;
• 4. a collective.

11. The emotional (psychotherapeutic) function of the family consists in:

• 1. the biological reproduction of the population;
• 2. providing family members with a certain social status;
• 2. obtaining psychological protection and emotional support;
• 4. jointly running the household and providing everyday services.

12. Which definition of culture is the most general and universal?

• 1. it is everything that has an artificial origin, is created by people, is inherited by new generations, and accumulates in the historical process.
• 2. culture is the ability to deal with other people in various situations, including in crisis periods.
• 2. these are the rules of "good manners", which serve as a model for the ordinary person and can be a subject of upbringing in the family and school.
• 4. it is the material, technical achievements of humanity.

13. The means by which people convey ideas, information, views and emotions to one another, create culture and pass it on from generation to generation, - is:

• 1. norms.
• 2. values.
• 2. ideology.
• 4. language.

14. These are actions or objects that are perceived by society as the equivalent of something else. They denote different things that are understood in the same way by different people. It is a kind of code containing a certain meaning, or a sort of shorthand for designating the world around us. What is being referred to?

• 1. knowledge.
• 2. skills.
• 2. symbols.
• 4. values.

15. The situation of conflict between the values, norms, language and everyday practices habitual for an individual and characteristic of the environment they have left, and the values, norms, language and everyday practices characteristic of the new environment in which they find themselves, is called ...

• 1. innovation.
• 2. revolution.
• 2. culture shock.
• 4. indication.

16. Power, in its most generalised definition, is:

• 1. the coordination by someone (a person, an organisation) of the actions of the participants of certain processes;
• 2. the establishment of a certain order in society;
• 2. such an order in society in which someone has the ability to assert their will regardless of resistance;
• 4. the ability of one person or a particular group to subordinate the will of others and secure the fulfilment of this freedom
• 5. drones of society

17. What is the connection between politics and power?

• 1. politics is the goal and means of power;
• 2. power is the goal and means of politics;
• 2. politics and power have nothing in common;
• 4. politics and power fully coincide.

18. Coercive (force-based) resources of power presuppose:

• 1. the application of sanctions and the use of armed formations:
• 2. the use and control of the material resources of goods;
• 2. the distribution of positions on the social ladder;
• 4. control over scientific knowledge, information and the means of their dissemination.

19. The legitimacy of power is definitely increased by:

• 1. the transition of the armed forces to a contract basis;
• 2. a policy of discrimination against minorities;
• 2. a successful social policy;
• 4. a policy of divide and rule.

20. Which of the given characteristics does NOT APPLY to totalitarian regimes?

• 1. all totalitarian regimes are characterised by centralised control over the economy;
• 2. all totalitarian regimes are characterised by the monopoly of a single mass party;
• 2. all totalitarian regimes restrict human rights and freedoms;
• 4. all totalitarian regimes adhere to a separation of powers into legislative, executive and judicial branches.

21. The political regime of Ukraine:

• 1. democratic;
• 2. authoritarian;
• 2. totalitarian;
• 4. combining elements of several regimes.

22. Which types of political processes are distinguished depending on the object in which political will is manifested

• 1. long-term and short-term,
• 2. domestic-political and foreign-political,
• 2. open and shadow,
• 4. basic and peripheral.

23. Lobbying in parliament for a law on a simplified taxation system for a particular branch of the construction industry is an example of which type of political process

• 1. open,
• 2. shadow,
• 2. peripheral,
• 4. foreign-political.

24. The gradual transformation of the economic and political system while preserving its foundations and the power of the ruling elite - this is

• 1. revolution,
• 2. reform,
• 2. riot,
• 4. demonstration.

25. A political process involving groups seeking to overthrow the new political elite and restore the former order.

• 1. revolution,
• 2. reform,
• 2. counter-revolution,
• 4. demonstration.

26. Which of the named political processes leads to profound transformations

• 1. revolution,
• 2. rally,
• 2. political campaign,
• 4. demonstration.

27. What is political socialisation?

• 1. the influence of the state on the economy;
• 2. the activity of a party in gaining and exercising power;
• 2. the process of engagement with politics and political values.
• 4. the organisation of a political faction.

28. A political leader is considered to be a person who:

• 1. leads a party;
• 2. exercises administrative management;
• 2. enjoys great authority in society;
• 4. influences the creative intelligentsia.
• 5. appears in a comedy show

29. Which trait is most characteristic of the rational-legal type of leadership?

• 1. orientation toward a radical change of the existing socio-political system;
• 2. activity within the framework of established norms and institutions;
• 2. striving for "great goals".
• 4. orientation toward established rules and customs;

30. To which type of sanction does an arrest warrant belong?

• 1. Formally positive.
• 2. Informally positive.
• 3. Formally negative.
• 4. Informally negative.

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