West Los Angeles College Social Science Questionnaire

Question 15 pts

Approximately how many times more wealth do White households have compared to Black households?

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Flag question: Question 2Question 25 pts

What percentage of Whites are homeowners?

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Flag question: Question 3Question 35 pts

Which group has the highest percentage of households that lack adequate savings?

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Hispanics

Blacks

Whites

None of the above

Flag question: Question 4Question 45 pts

Which group has the lowest rate of unemployment?

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Whites

Blacks

Hispanics

None of the above

Flag question: Question 5Question 55 pts

Which group finds a new job the fastest after being unemployed?

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Hispanics

Whites

Blacks

Flag question: Question 6Question 65 pts

In Devah Pager’s study, employees were more likely to call back Blacks without a criminal record than Whites with a criminal record.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 7Question 75 pts

A research study in 2002 found applicants with white-sounding names are 50% more likely to get called for an initial interview than applicants with African-American-sounding names.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 8Question 85 pts

Research demonstrates that wages do not rise for any occupation characterized by the presence of African American women.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 9Question 95 pts

Which of the following is NOT an example of a soft skill?

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computer software knowledge

enthusiasm

positive attitude

sociability

Flag question: Question 10Question 105 pts

Hispanics account for approximately what percentage of high school dropouts?

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35%

25%

55%

75%

Flag question: Question 11Question 115 pts

Whites are four times more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree than drop out of high school.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 12Question 125 pts

Who makes up the majority of the labor force?

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Whites

Hispanics

Asians

None of the above

Flag question: Question 13Question 135 pts

The top 10% owns what percentage of all assets in the US?

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75%

25%

55%

none of the above

Flag question: Question 14Question 145 pts

For every $1 a White person owns, a Black or Hispanic person owns how much?

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5 cents

95 cents

55 cents

25 cents

Flag question: Question 15Question 155 pts

While historically Blacks in the US have lived in rural Southern areas, by 1970, what percentage of Blacks lived in cities?

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80%

45%

65%

none of the above

Flag question: Question 16Question 165 pts

After Brown v the Board of Education decision, membership in the KKK decreased.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 17Question 175 pts

The FHA (Federal Housing Administration) endorsed redlining in the 1930s.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 18Question 185 pts

What year did the Fair Housing Act pass?

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1968

1954

1964

1988

Flag question: Question 19Question 195 pts

After the Civil War, African Americans had to start their own medical schools because White doctors refused to treat Blacks.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 20Question 205 pts

As of 2014, what percentage of physicians were Black in the United States?

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10%

25%

none of the above

Flag question: Question 21Question 215 pts

The eugenics movement was about:

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controlling fertility to create a master race

people named Eugene

trying to deny housing to non-Whites

none of the above

Flag question: Question 22Question 225 pts

Under the Immigration Law of 1891, people seen as ‘unfit’ were deported.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 23Question 235 pts

Which group has the highest rate of diabetes?

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Native Americans

Hispanics

African Americans

Whites

Flag question: Question 24Question 245 pts

Stress from discrimination can have an effect on your physical health.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 25Question 255 pts

Which of the following is not part of the criminal justice system?

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none of these

police

courts

prisons

Flag question: Question 26Question 265 pts

Which country has the highest incarceration rates in the world?

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United States

Russia

China

none of these

Flag question: Question 27Question 275 pts

The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 changed:

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mandatory minimum sentencing

racial profiling

housing discrimination

none of the above

Flag question: Question 28Question 285 pts

Men make up what percentage of the prison and jail population?

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90%

75%

65%

none of these

Flag question: Question 29Question 295 pts

If African American and Hispanics were incarcerated at the same rates of Whites, today’s prison and jail populations would decline by approximately 50%.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 30Question 305 pts

One in 3 Latino men born today can expect to be incarcerated in their lifetime.

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True

False

Flag question: Question 31Question 315 pts

What percentage of Black men are denied the right to vote because of felony disenfranchisement?

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13%