Interpersonal Communication Relating to Others 6th Canadian Edition By Steven A. Beebe – Test Bank

Chapter 11 Interpersonal Relationships at Home and at Work

11-1) Canadian families have changed since the 1950s. Today,
A) two-thirds of families consist of a working dad, a mom at home, and two kids.
B) only 7 percent of couples who married in 1996 can be expected to divorce.
C) divorce, single-parent families, same-sex couples, mothers with careers outside the family, and older first-time parents have led to diverse family structures.
D) 20 percent of mothers with school-aged children are employed or actively looking for work.
Answer: C
Type: MC Page Ref: 276
Skill: Recall
Difficulty: Level 1

11-2) Over ________ of all marriages ended in divorce before the couple’s 30th anniversary, according to Canada’s 2006 General Social Survey.
A) 1/3
B) 1/2
C) 1/4
D) 1/5
Answer: A
Type: MC Page Ref: 276
Skill: Recall
Difficulty: Level 1

11-3) According to the text, a family is
A) a social group having specified roles and statuses with ties of blood, marriage, or adoption that usually shares a common residence and cooperates economically.
B) a continuing relationship of love and care, and an assumption of responsibility for some other person.
C) husbands, wives, and children who all live under one roof.
D) a unit made up of any number of persons who live or have lived in relationship with one another over time in a common living space and who are usually, but not always, united by marriage and kinship.
Answer: D
Type: MC Page Ref: 277
Skill: Recall
Difficulty: Level 1
11-4) The statements “Couple families consist of a couple living together, whether married or common law, at the same address and any children living at the same address,” and “A lone-parent family is a family with only one parent, male or female, and with at least one child,” are
A) Statistics Canada definition of family types.
B) descriptions of culture.
C) the Vanier Institute of family types.
D) descriptions of extended family.
Answer: A
Type: MC Page Ref: 277
Skill: Recall
Difficulty: Level 1

11-5) Which of the following is NOT one of the responsibilities shared by family members?
A) addition of new members through procreation or adoption
B) social control of members
C) management of finances
D) affective nurturance—love
Answer: C
Type: MC Page Ref: 277
Skill: Recall
Difficult: Level 1

11-6) The natural family is defined as
A) the family in which you were raised.
B) a mother, father, and their biological children.
C) one parent raising one or more children.
D) relatives such as aunts, uncles, and cousins who are part of the family unit.
Answer: B
Type: MC Page Ref: 278
Skill: Recall
Difficulty: Level 1

11-7) Relatives who are part of the family unit as well as individuals who are not related but are treated like family make up a(n)
A) extended family.
B) single-parent family.
C) blended family.
D) natural family.
Answer: A
Type: MC Page Ref: 278
Skill: Recall
Difficulty: Level 1

11-8) The family in which you were raised, no matter what type, is your
A) natural family.
B) extended family.
C) family of origin.
D) single-parent family.
Answer: C
Type: MC Page Ref: 278
Skill: Recall
Difficulty: Level 1

11-9) Sarah and Connor live with their biological parents. This type of family would be called a(n)
A) natural family.
B) blended family.
C) extended family.
D) single-parent family.
Answer: A
Type: MC Page Ref: 278
Skill: Applied
Difficulty: Level 2
11-10) Chang’s divorced father married Sarah’s divorced mother. They all live in the same house. This type of family would be called a(n)
A) natural family.
B) blended family.
C) extended family.
D) family of origin.
Answer: B
Type: MC Page Ref: 278
Skill: Applied
Difficulty: Level 2