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30 Questions
1. According to Paul Spicker, what are the 3 Major Clusters of
de nition of Poverty?
a) Social Position, Material Conditions and b) Standard of Living, Inequality and
Economic Circumstances Economic Position
c) Unemployment, Low-paid work and d) Limited Resources, Need, and Pattern of
Receiving Bene ts That Stil Leave People Deprivation
Below the Poverty Line
2. Which does NOT belong to the necessities of life?
a) Information b) Sanitation
c) Vacation d) Health
3. TRUE or FALSE, A family’s ability to buy goods and services
depends largely on its permanent income, which is its
normal, or average, income.
a) b)
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4. Choose 3 among the answers below, what are the facts
about Poverty as dealing Problems in Measuring Inequality?
(CHOOSE 3 CORRECT SOLUTIONS)
a) Poverty is correlated with religion b) Poverty is correlated with race
c) Poverty is correlated with family d) Poverty is correlated with age
composition.
5. In the slides, there are policies mentioned to reduce
poverty, what are those?
a) Maximum-Wage Laws, In-kind Transfers, b) Minimum-Wage Laws, In-kind Transfers,
Welfare and Negative Income Tax Welfare and Negative Income Tax
c) Minimum-Wage Laws, In-kind Transfers, d) Minimum-Wage Laws, In-kind Transfers,
Welfare and Positive Income Tax Warfare and Negative Income Tax
6. It refers to the regular pattern of income variation over a
person’s life is called what?
a) In-kinds Transfer b) Transitory Income
c) Economic Life Cycle d) Economic Mobility
7. It is an antipoverty program and work incentive that refer
to a system that would require any person collecting
bene ts to accept a government-provided job, what is this?
a) Welfare b) Warfare
c) Workfare d) Walter
8. This is a case when poor people tends to be inherited, so
the new generation cannot escape the poverty of their
parents, what is this?
a) Cycle of Poverty b) Poverty Trap
c) Culture of Poverty d) Culture of Dependency
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9. It is a type of poverty where being without some or all of
the basic necessities of life, what is this?
a) Poverty Rate b) Poverty line
c) Absolute Poverty d) Relative Poverty
10. TRUE or FALSE, living standards are higher in modern
industrial countries than developing countries, yet there
are none experiencing impoverishment in both types of
society.
a) b)
11. It is a policy to reduce poverty that collects tax revenue
from high-income households and gives transfers to low-
income households, what is this?
a) Welfare b) Negative Income Tax
c) Minimum-Wage Laws d) In-kind Transfers
12. It is the political philosophy according to which the
government should punish crimes and enforce voluntary
agreements, but should not redistribute income is called
what?
a) Liberalism b) Libertarianism
c) Utilitarianism d) Unilateralism
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13. What does this picture tells us?
a) The Twelve Factors of Poverty Trap b) The Twelve Cycles of Poverty
c) The Twelve Clusters of Poverty's Meaning d) The Twelve Reasons of Culture of Poverty
14. What is this situation when poor people have a set of
values that keep them in poverty?
a) Culture of Poverty b) Poverty Trap
c) Poverty Cycle d) Culture of Dependency
15. Among the choices below, where do Lack of Security,
Dependency, and Exclusion belong to talking about the
Major Clusters of Poverty's meaning?
a) Poverty as Social Circumstances b) Poverty as Economic Circumstances
c) Poverty as Spiritual Dimension d) Poverty as Material Concept
16. It is a type of poverty where being poor in relation to others
in the same society, what is this?
a) Absolute Poverty b) Poverty line
c) Relative Poverty d) Poverty Rate
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17. Choose 2 among the statements that most likely reasons of
increase in income inequalities in the recent years as
according to US reports? (CHOOSE 2 CORRECT ANSWERS)
a) Families tend to rely on the foreign aids, b) Alleviation of poor families to their
and welfare bene ts. destitute situations
c) Increases in international trade with low- d) Technological change
wage countries
18. What is the term of people who are unable to take part in
the society in the same way as most people are removed
from social goods--rights, opportunities and resources--that
are available to others?
a) Culture of Dependency b) Social Exclusion
c) Culture of Poverty d) Poverty Trap
19. It is the level of income below which people are judged to
be in poverty, what is this?
a) Absolute Poverty b) Poverty Rate
c) Poverty Line d) Relative Poverty
20. According to our textbook, there are 3 Main Reasons
(causes of poverty) why people being in poverty, what are
those 3? (CHOOSE 3 CORRECT ANSWERS)
a) Not having paid work b) Being in low-paid work
c) Lack or low self-esteem d) Receiving bene ts that still leave people
below the poverty line
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21. It is the political philosophy according to which the
government should choose policies to maximize the total
utility of everyone in society is called what?
a) Libertarianism b) Liberalism
c) Unilateralism d) Utilitarianism
22. It is the political philosophy according to which the
government should choose policies deemed to be just, as
evaluated by an impartial observer behind a “veil of
ignorance” is called what?
a) Utilitarianism b) Liberalism
c) Libertarianism d) Unilateralism
23. Among the choices below, where do Need, Limited
Resources and Pattern of Deprivation belong to in the
Major Clusters of Poverty's meaning?
a) Poverty as Social Circumstances b) Poverty as Economic Circumstances
c) Poverty as Spiritual Dimension d) Poverty as Material Concept
24. Choose 3 among the answers below, what are the Political
Philosophies of Redistributing Income? (CHOOSE 3
CORRECT SOLUTIONS)
a) Utilitarianism b) Liberalism
c) Unilateralism d) Libertarianism
25. Among the choices below, where do Standard of Living,
Inequality and Economic Position belong to in the Major
Clusters of Poverty's meaning?
a) Poverty as Social Circumstances b) Poverty as Economic Circumstances
c) Poverty as Spiritual Dimension d) Poverty as Material Concept
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26. It refers to the movement of people among income
classesis called what?
a) Economic Mobility b) Economic Life Cycle
c) In-kinds Transfer d) Transitory Income
27. What does this diagram tells us that describes as when
people are unable to escape from being poor?
a) Social Exclusion b) Poverty Trap
c) Culture of Dependency d) Culture of Poverty
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28. According to Paul Spicker, how many clusters of meaning
he has come up with in de ning poverty?
a) b)
c) d)
29. It is the percentage of the population whose family income
falls below an absolute level, what is this?
a) Poverty Rate b) Poverty Line
c) Absolute Poverty d) Relative Poverty
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30. TRUE or FALSE, A person’s earnings depend on the supply
and demand for that person’s labor, which in turn depend
on natural ability, human capital, compensating
di erentials, discrimination, and so on.
a) b)
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Answer Key
1. a 9. c 17. 25. b
2. c 10. b 18. b 26. a
3. a 11. b 19. c 27. b
4. 12. b 20. 28. a
5. b 13. c 21. d 29. a
6. c 14. a 22. b 30. b
7. c 15. a 23. d
8. a 16. c 24.
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