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Which factor is the most likely to result in social inequality?

A
a person’s intelligence
B
a person’s race or gender
C
a person’s relationship with friends
D
a person’s relationship with family
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Sienna and Jamal are in eighth grade and want to do something to help people experiencing homelessness in their community. First, they want to identify a specific problem they will address. Which question should they ask first?

A
“What are the factors that contribute to the homelessness problem in our community?”
B
“Are there any government officials or agencies who can help us with our project?”
C
“How can we raise money for our project to help people experiencing homelessness in our community?”
D
“How much time will we need to work on our community project to help people experiencing homelessness?”
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In many communities in the United States, a stigma is attached to homelessness. What is a stigma?

A
a set of negative beliefs that some people have about something
B
a set of laws that are created to address an important issue
C
a positive feeling about a specific group of people in society
D
a positive desire to help a specific group of people improve their lives
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Read the quotation from President Barack Obama."So the fact is this: The opportunity gap in America is now as much about class as it is about race, and the gap is growing.So if we’re going to take on growing inequality and try to improve upward mobility for all people, we’ve got to move beyond the false notion that this is an issue exclusively of minority concern. And we have to reject a politics that suggests any effort to address it in a meaningful way somehow pits the interests of a deserving middle class against those of an undeserving poor in search of handouts.”—President Barack Obama, December 4, 2013

A
Social inequality is on the decline and most Americans are living better today than ever before.
B
Providing government help to people living in poverty will make it difficult for the middle class to get ahead.
C
Upward mobility is something that cannot be achieved by all of the different groups in the United States.
D
Inequality between Americans from different socioeconomic levels has increased and must be addressed.
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What are the four components of a written public policy proposal?

A
introduction, current programs, proposed program, conclusion
B
introduction, illustrated plan, evidence, aesthetics
C
questions, topic, audio and visual content, adoption
D
questions, research, community input, outline
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Eighth graders Sienna and Jamal are almost done preparing a presentation about a project they are proposing related to homelessness in their community. As they work on their conclusion, they want to make sure it

A
asks viewers to donate money and time to the project.
B
summarizes the reasons the project should be approved.
C
reviews similar projects and how each one succeeded or failed.
D
leaves viewers with something funny to remember afterward.
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Which problem currently facing society is a result of social inequality?

A
acid rain
B
homelessness
C
plastic pollution
D
endangered species
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A resident of a city with a sizable population of people experiencing homelessness wants to create a plan to address the problem. Which would be the best next step?

A
asking, “What kind of organization can I send money to?”
B
asking, “What part of homelessness do I want to address?
C
finding a way to provide shelter right away for people who need it
D
finding places where homeless people can get jobs and earn money
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How does a Continuum of Care program help to address homelessness?

A
It provides affordable housing structures in cities that need them.
B
It provides services for people who are at risk of experiencing homelessness.
C
It gives money to local governments for programs that help people experiencing homelessness.
D
It gives money directly to people experiencing homelessness to find adequate housing and care.
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Which is an example of social inequality related to gender?

A
Genisse earns 80 percent of the salary of a male co-worker who does the same job, and this is also the case for other women at her company.
B
One middle school received a lot of complaints when it was revealed that Black girls were not allowed to wear their hair in braids.
C
At the age of 62, Evelyne was told by a job interviewer that she was not eligible to work at a video game store because she was too old.
D
When partners Alice and Janice visited a church in their new town, they were upset by the minister’s negative remarks about LGBTQ people.
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Valeriya wants to determine the likely voting outcome for the new town council election. Which sample is likely to yield the most biased results?

A
every tenth person working for the largest corporation in town
B
ten people chosen at random from each page of the town’s phone list
C
every tenth person walking down Main Street in town on a variety of days and times of the day
D
ten eligible voters chosen at random from each of the different neighborhoods in town
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The data set represents the total number of tuba players in each of 11 different school bands.0, 1, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 8What is the lower quartile of the data?

A
1
B
3
C
4
D
6
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An Internet and cable-television supplier surveyed a random sample of their customers. The results are shown in the table.Which statement about the two-way frequency table is true?

Question illustration
A
The survey represents quantitative data.
B
There is a greater percentage of Internet customers who are not satisfied than cable television customers who are not satisfied.
C
About half of the customers surveyed are cable-television customers.
D
About one-fourth of the cable-television customers are not satisfied.
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The box plot compares the number of events that Mrs. Cai’s and Mr. Roland’s classes won over the last 10 years on the school’s field day.Based on the data in the box plots, what is the best evidence to show which class has had greater success on field day over the last 10 years?

Question illustration
A
Mrs. Cai’s class was more successful because her interquartile range was less spread out.
B
Mrs. Cai’s class was more successful because she had the greater total spread.
C
Mr. Roland’s class was more successful because his class always won at least one event.
D
Mr. Roland’s class was more successful because his class’s lower quartile was the same as Mrs. Cai’s class’s upper quartile.
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Which statement is true about the box plots?

Question illustration
A
Both the ranges and the interquartile ranges for the data sets are the same.
B
Neither the ranges nor the interquartile ranges for the data sets are the same.
C
The interquartile ranges for the box plots are the same, but their ranges are different.
D
The ranges for the box plots are the same, but their interquartile ranges are different.
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The box plots compare the number of students in Mr. Ishimoto’s classes and in Ms. Castillo’s classes over the last two semesters.Which statement is true about the box plots? Select three options.Both box plots show the same range.Both box plots show the same interquartile range.The data for Mr. Ishimoto has an outlier.Mr. Ishimoto had the class with the greatest number of students.The smallest class size was 24 students.

Question illustration
A
Both box plots show the same range.
B
Both box plots show the same interquartile range.
C
The data for Mr. Ishimoto has an outlier.
D
Mr. Ishimoto had the class with the greatest number of students.
E
The smallest class size was 24 students.
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A survey was taken of a random sampling of residents of New York City and Los Angeles to compare how many of them own a car.Which statement about the two-way frequency table is true?

Question illustration
A
The survey represents quantitative data.
B
There is a greater percentage of LA residents who own a car than NYC residents who do.
C
The total number of people in the poll who own a car is 4,120.
D
More people in the poll own a car than do not own a car.
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Gustavo is in a contest where he will win one of four possible prizes. He creates a four-part spinner to represent the four prizes that he has an equal chance of winning: a video game system, a bicycle, a watch, and a gift card. He spins the spinner several times to demonstrate the likelihood of winning a certain prize.

A
Gustavo used an experiment where the data is qualitative.
B
Gustavo used an experiment where the data is quantitative.
C
Gustavo used a simulation where the data is qualitative.
D
Gustavo used a simulation where the data is quantitative.
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Janie asked all of her classmates about the number of pets they have in their household. Her findings are shown in the table.Which statement about the two-way frequency table is true?

Question illustration
A
The survey represents quantitative data.
B
There is a greater percentage of girls who do not own a pet than boys who do not own a pet.
C
The total number of girls who own 2 or more pets is 2.
D
More girls do not own a pet than do own a pet.
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The amount of rainfall each month over the past four years is shown below.

Question illustration
A
The data is skewed, showing that the majority of the monthly rainfall amounts was between 2.01 and 4 inches.
B
The data is skewed, showing that the majority of the monthly rainfall amounts was less than 2.01 or greater than 4 inches.
C
The data is symmetrical, showing that the majority of the monthly rainfall amounts was between 2.01 and 4 inches.
D
The data is symmetrical, showing that the majority of the monthly rainfall amounts was less than 2.01 or greater than 4 inches.

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