TEST BANK FOR THE FAMILY
DYNAMIC: CANADIAN
PERSPECTIVES, 7TH EDITION, MARC
BELANGER, MARGARET WARD
1. According to the text, what is one difficulty
... [Show More] with defining “family”?
a. The word always refers to people in a household.
b. The word always refers to the “traditional” family.
c. We use the word for many different things.
d. Not everyone has a family.
ANSWER: c
2. Which term is used by Statistics Canada to refer to a group of people who occupy the same dwelling?
a. cohabitation
b. household
c. family
d. census family
ANSWER: b
3. Which term would Statistics Canada use to describe three students who share an apartment?
a. intentional family
b. household
c. unmarried cohabitation
d. family of convenience
ANSWER: b
4. According to the text, which group in Canada has practised communal living?
a. Sikhs
b. Hutterites
c. Mormons
d. Chinese
ANSWER: b
5. The Orthodox Mennonites of Waterloo Region in Ontario live very simply, with no electricity, cars,
computers, or telephones on their farms. The basic unit of institutional life in this community is the
congregation. What is this an example of?
a. household
b. cohabitation
c. communal living
d. intentional family
ANSWER: c
6. Which of the following best describes the legal definition of family in Canada?
a. embodied in federal family law
b. consistent in all human service fields
c. dependent on who is defining it
d. consistent across the country
ANSWER: c
7. Which statement does NOT accurately summarize the legal definition of the family in Canada?
a. The legal definition of the family is the same across provinces.
b. “Family members” are defined in a host of laws and regulations.
c. Official policies depend on definitions of “family.”
d. Legal definitions have changed through court cases.
ANSWER: a
8. Which of the following is NOT included in the Statistics Canada definition of “family”?
a. a widowed father living with his never-married daughter
b. a brother and sister sharing an apartment
c. a 12-year-old boy living with his mother
d. a common-law couple
ANSWER: b
9. In 2005, a federal law was passed that allowed couples to enter into which of the following types of
relationships?
a. family of procreation
b. same-sex marriage
c. polygamous partnership
d. legal cohabitation
ANSWER: b
10. Same-sex marriages are permitted in Canada, but the Catholic Church will not perform same-sex wedding
ceremonies. According to the text, what do we call the Catholic Church’s definition of family?
a. legal definition
b. social definition
c. personal definition
d. formal definition
ANSWER: b
11. Which term best describes a family consisting of married parents and their children?
a. extended family
b. nuclear family
c. real family
d. perfect family
ANSWER: b
12. Cody’s parents are divorced and share custody. Which statement best describes Cody’s situation?
a. Cody has more than one family of procreation.
b. Cody is still part of a nuclear family.
c. Cody has more than one family of orientation.
d. Cody has only a personal definition of “family.”
ANSWER: c
13. Which of the following are included in the extended family?
a. the nuclear family and other relatives
b. relatives other than members of the nuclear family
c. the legal family as defined by Statistics Canada
d. close friends who act like family members
ANSWER: a
14. According to the text, membership in both nuclear and extended families is determined by which of the
following?
a. personal beliefs about who belongs in the family
b. household membership
c. genetic or “blood” relationship, marriage, and adoption
d. the federal government, so that definitions are consistent across provinces
ANSWER: c
15. Marie lives with her mother and father and two brothers. Which term best describes Marie’s family?
a. traditional extended family
b. typical family of procreation
c. standard North American family
d. intentional family
ANSWER: c
16. Like many lesbians, Janet considers her close friends in the homosexual community to be family members.
What type of definition of the family is she using?
a. legal
b. social
c. personal
d. illegal
ANSWER: c
17. Samir and Janet got married and had a daughter named Leila. For Samir and Janet, which term best
describes this family?
a. extended family
b. intentional family
c. family of procreation
d. family of orientation
ANSWER: c
18. Samir and Janet got married and had a daughter named Leila. For Leila, which term best describes this
family?
a. extended family
b. intentional family
c. family of procreation
d. family of orientation [Show Less]