Strayer SOC300 FINAL EXAM PART 2 latest 2018 august

FINAL EXAM PART 2

Question 1

According to the author of Shadow Cities, which of the following statements about Rocinha is true?

Question 2

In contrasting the communities of squatters and legal residents, the author of Shadow Cities finds the squatter community to be which of the following?

Question 3

How does Lagos dump worker Eric Obuh see his scavenging work in the dump?

Question 4

What does the text mean by the statement "the places may have changed, but the story largely remains the same"?

Question 5

What is the main complaint about “asfaltização” by some Rocinha residents?

Question 6

Think back to the charts in Gapminder to answer this question. Keeping in mind changes since 1980 for both men AND women, which of the following statements BEST describes the comparison between gender groups?

Question 7

The various studies on cash transfer programs provide strong evidence for which of the following statements?

Question 8

Which of the following is true about Mexico?

Question 9

Which of the following is true about India?

Question 10

Of the following explanations for low student enrollment in developing countries, which do the authors of Poor Economics find most likely?

Question 11

Which of the following statements summarizes Hans Rosling’s view on what constitutes a “developing” country?

Question 12

Why do the authors of Poor Economics not care whether or not their heath recommendations are seen as paternalistic?

Question 13

How does Hans Rosling describe the health gains of Africa in the last 50 years?

Question 14

According to the text, what impact has investing in preventative health care had on health outcomes?

Question 15

What did the studies of bed net recipients through the TAMTAM program reveal about usage rates and bed net cost?

Question 16

In addition to utilizing new technologies and energy sources, how have wealthy nations been able to lower their emissions in recent years?

Question 17

What distinction does aid critic Dambisa Moyo draw between the Marshall Plan and typical development programs?

Question 18

Which of the following statements BEST expresses development critic Ivan Illich's argument?

Question 19

According to development critic Ivan Illich, which of the following has been a result of the United States' attempt to export "democracy"?

Question 20

What was Senator (and future President) John F. Kennedy's challenge to American university students when he founded the Peace Corps?

Question 21

Which of the following is a reason why it's so difficult for poor Guatemalans like Yonada (and poor people in the developing world in general) to get a loan from a bank?

Question 22

Which of the following is a reason given by Jeffrey Sachs, the author of The End of Poverty, for the reduction in the number of children born to Bangladeshi women?

Question 23

Which of the following BEST describes Rwanda’s postwar development program?

Question 24

According to The End of Poverty author Jeffrey Sachs, which of the following should be a responsibility of wealthy nations?

Question 25

Which of the following statements about India’s recent information technology (IT) boom is true?

Question 26

What does Chinese activist Deng Fei believe will be the result of leveraging “more resources from the government and society”?

Question 27

A recent study on malnourishment found that 12 percent of poor, rural Chinese children were what?

Question 28

According to the video about the company that makes the ReadySet, what is the company's biggest challenge?

Question 29

No one speaker or article can resolve such a complicated issue as development, but Acumen CEO Jacqueline Novogratz reminds us of a few key points. Which of the following statements would she most likely agree with?

Question 30

Which of the following solutions is Acumen CEO Jacqueline Novogratz committed to?