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Between 1881 and 1884, 15,700 Chinese workers were brought to Canada as contract laborers to build what system of infrastructure?
a. The Trans-Canada Highway
b. The Canadian Pacific Railway
c. Canada-US border guard fences
d. Hydroelectric dams in BC |
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| b. The Canadian Pacific Railway |
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The fee levied on Chinese immigrants to Canada between 1885 and 1923 was known as the
a. immigration tax
b. railroad tax
c. exclusion tax
d. head tax |
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Anti-Semitic behavior and attitudes are aimed against which group?
a. Jewish people
b. Japanese Canadians
c. Black people
d. Europeans |
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How were Japanese Canadians treated by the federal government during World War II?
a. their property was confiscated
b. they were viewed as the enemy
c. they were relocated to internment camps
d. all of the above |
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Which of the following is not one of the ways Black people originally arrived in Canada?
a. they were brought to Canada as the slaves of French settlers
b. they fled to Canada on the Underground Railroad to escape slavery in the US
c. they came to Canada to claim the land they had won in the War of 1812
d. they were brought from Jamaica to Canada as laborers |
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| c. they came to Canada to claim the land they had won in the War of 1812 |
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What is sometimes cited as evidence that anti-Black racism still exists in Canada?
a. the fact that the Black population is expected to reach one million by 2017
b. Bill C-41, which strengthens sentencing for any hate-motivated offence
c. the police practice of 'carding'
d. the idea that Canada is color-blind |
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| c. the police practice of 'carding' |
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Which description best explains Canada's immigration point system?
a. the number of family members that an immigrant wishes to sponsor
b. a designation reflecting the duration of a temporary employment opportunity
c. the granting of work permits based on the applicant's country of origin
d. a selection process whereby the education, work experience, language fluency, and age of prospective immigrants are considered |
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| d. a selection process whereby the education, work experience, language fluency, and age of prospective immigrants are considered |
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Which of the following best describes the shift in Canadian immigration from 1960 to 1990?
a. proportionally, the number of visible minority immigrants increased, while the number of white immigrants decreased
b. immigrants changed from being predominately European to predominantly Asian
c. by 1990, the majority of mmigrants were coming from Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda
d. Both (a) and (b) |
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Why do some people criticize the term 'visible minority'?
a. people with white skin now form the minority in Canada
b. it denotes the ethnocentrism of those with white skin
c. because of mixed marriages and inter-racial families, many people do not have skin that is clearly one color or another
d. we have beyond the point where we have to give special privilege to those who are non-white |
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| b. it denotes the ethnocentrism of those with white skin |
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How does Canadian human rights legislation help to combat hate crimes?
a. it requires victims to notify police of such crimes
b. it guarantees freedom of religion, belief and peaceful assembly
c. it highlights the increasing prevalence of Islamophobia
d. none of the above |
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| b. it guarantees freedom of religion, belief and peaceful assembly |
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1 Older citizens are the most rapidly increasing age cohort in Canada. According to
Statistics Canada, how many Canadians aged 65 and older will there be by the year 2041?
a. 2.4 million
b. 3.8 million
c. 7 million
d. 9 million |
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The ageing of the Canadian population can be attributed to which of the following factors?
a. baby boom generation
b. postponing having a family
c. increase life expectancy
d. all of the above |
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Which of the following is true with regard to Canadian seniors?
a. most seniors require social supports for daily living
b. once they retire, seniors no longer contribute to the overall economy
c. apart from being a random age category, seniors cannot be said to comprise a homogenous social group
d. seniors currently comprise the least rapidly increasing age group in the population |
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| c. apart from being a random age category, seniors cannot be said to comprise a homogenous social group |
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According to the life course theory, which of the following is true?
a. people accommodate to ageing by withdrawing from social activities
b. the lives of seniors change and are changed by their physical and social environments
c. seniors follow pretty well the same pathways throughout their later years
d. none of the above |
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| b. the lives of seniors change and are changed by their physical and social environments |
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What is a primary reason why older women are disadvantaged within measures of income security?
a. old-age security pensions are means-tested programs in which women qualify at a lower rate then men
b. women are less able to save money than men
c. women have lower rates of labour force participation leading to reduced pensions
d. public income security programs are not universal |
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| c. women have lower rates of labour force participation leading to reduced pensions |
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According to role theory, which of the following is true?
a. seniors should maintain the same roles they did in earlier adult years
b. people define different life roles for themselves and adopt those roles
c. people play similar roles throughout the entire life process
d. seniors involuntarily let go of scial roles and activities |
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| b. people define different life roles for themselves and adopt those roles |
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Which of the following statements is true concerning home care across Canada?
a. home care falls within provincial jurisdiction
b. the type of services, the amount of service, and the criteria for accessing services vary from province to province
c. the slow pace and piecemeal development of home care has left many older Canadians without programs that properly meet their physical, emotional and social needs
d. all of the above |
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Palliative care is best defined as
a. care whose goal is to cure life-threatening illnesses
b. holistic comfort care
c. the provision of relief through specialized medical treatment
d. a preparation for death |
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Which of the following is true about a 'strengths-based' approach to working with older Canadians?
a. a strengths-based approach builds on an individual's capabilities rather than on his or her pathologies
b. a strengths-based approach focuses on individuals' potential rather than on their limitations
c. a strengths-based approach elicits an active role for clients
d. all of the above |
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Within families where elder abuse takes place, what is believed to be a primary factor in the cause of this abuse and neglect?
a. families are busy and don't have time to care for an ageing family member
b. overly aggressive family members
c. ageism
d. strains placed on caregiers |
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| d. strains placed on caregivers |
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How did 'medical colonization' change the public's perception of non-conforming sexual behaviors and identities?
a. it suggested that no sexual behavior or identity was abnormal
b. it argued that these behaviors and identities were related to biology, not morality
c. it argued that people with these behaviors or identities should be punished, not treated medically
d. it approved that sexology was not a valid approach to the study of sexuality |
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| b. it argued that these behaviors and identities were related to biology, not morality |
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Which of the following was not accomplished by second-generation sexologists such as Alfred Kinsey?
a. the range of human sexual behavior was exposed
b. the social construction of sexual behavior was validated
c. the classification of sexual differences was developed
d. gender roles were attributed to more than purely biological factors |
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| c. the classification of sexual differences was developed |
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Which group of theories fully explains human sexuality: biological determinism or social constructivism?
a. biological determinism, because social constructivism does not explain why people cannot alter their sexual desires
b. social constructivism, because most studies show some relationship between sexuality and socio-political norms and values
c. neither - both have shortcomings
d. both (a) and (b) |
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| c. neither - both have shortcomings |
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Which of the following is the best definition for the term 'transsexuals'?
a. individuals whose gender identity is at odds with their physical sex
b. persons who have only experienced their subconscious and physical selves as being aligned
c. individuals whose external sex or genitalia are indeterminate
d. individuals who identity as bigender, gender benders, gender outlaws, crossdressers, drag queens, drag-kings, and transvestites |
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| a. individuals whose gender identity is at odds with their physical sex |
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'Cisnormativity' refers to the belief that
a. all gender identities are normal
b. to be 'normal' is to have only experienced one's subconscious and physical self as being aligned
c. all human beings are bisexual to some degree
d. none of the above |
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| b. to be 'normal' is to have only experienced one's subconscious and physical self as being aligned |
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The psychiatric profession of the 1950s officially labelled homosexuality as a mental disorder and responded by administering all of the following therapies, except
a. estrogen injections
b. lobotomies
c. electroshock treatments
d. sex-reassignment surgeries |
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| d. sex-reassignment surgeries |
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Which post-World War II event did not act to perpetuate norms of heterosexuality?
a. the inclusion of homosexuality in the DSM-IV
b. Canada's Immigration Act
c. The Kinsey Report
d. RCMP surveillance |
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Why was the 199 Stonewall Rebellion significant?
a. it was the beginning of widespread activist lobbying for gay and lesbian rights
b. it was the first time a gay bar was the target of a police raid
c. it caused the Catholic Church to formally denounce homosexuality
d. it was the largest public march for gay and lesbian rights |
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| a. it was the beginning of widespread activist lobbying for gay and lesbian rights |
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What was the most significant effect of Canada's Bill C-150, passed in 1969?
a. sexually deviant behavior was criminalized
b. a single national law on same-sex survivor benefits was developed
c. homosexual acts performed in private were effectively decriminalized
d. civil rights were accorded to gay and lesbian individuals |
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| c. homosexual acts performed in private were effectively decriminalized |
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Social workers must be aware of and accept which of the following areas of sexual diversity?
a. kink
b. gender fluidity
c. asexuality
d. all of the above |
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