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1)Which of the following statements about Canadian families is correct? A)Family life is not very important to Canadians. B)Families are valued because they provide economic and emotional benefits. C)Family relations are decreasing in importance. D)Young people value family life less than older people. E)Older people are rejecting traditional family life. 2) Which of the following is cited as evidence that the family is in trouble? A)An increasing divorce rate B)Same sex marriage C)Women delaying marriage and childbearing D)Low fertility rate E)More women in the paid workforce 3)Which of the following are Murdock’s three basic relationships of family? A)Blood relatives, socialization, and economic dependency B)Co-residence, economic cooperation, reproduction C)Communal living, social roles, power D)Cohabitation, economic independence, trust E)Equality, defined roles, financial independence 4)The benchmark definition of the family used by sociologists for many years was formulated by A)Durkheim B)Marx and Engels C)Murdock D)Malinowski E)Census Canada 5)Which of the following is a criterion of Murdock’s (1949) definition of the family? A)Dependency B)Co—residence C)Reciprocity D)Communication E)Love 6)Based on Murdock’s (1949) definition, which of the following is considered a family? A)Siblings sharing an apartment B)A single parent with two children C)A same—sex couple D)A married couple with no children E)None of the above are considered families 7)Murdock’s (1949) definition of the family is insufficient primarily because A)it fails to allow for the variability found among families today B)it ignores the importance of economic co-operation C)it places too much emphasis on co—residence D)it has never been recognized by sociologists E)it does not acknowledge the importance of love in relationships 8)The census family definition is A)the definition preferred by all family sociologists B)a process-based approach to defining the family C)more inclusive than the Murdock (1949) approach D)less inclusive than the Murdock (1949) approach E)more inclusive than the “household” definition of families 9)Which of the following groups would be excluded from Statistics Canada’s (2006) definition of family? A)A same—sex common—law couple raising children B)A same—sex common—law couple without children C)A divorcee with shared custody of children D)A 26 year old daughter visiting her mother E)A lone parent with one child 10)Which of the following is an example of a non-family household? A)Two sisters sharing an apartment B)Grandmother and granddaughter living together C)Divorced parents living in separate homes sharing custody of children D)Three university students sharing a tiny two-bedroom apartment E)A common-law couple living in the suburbs 1