Week 5 Discussion 1 "Life Cycle Costing" Please respond to the following: Discuss two to three (2-3) actions an administrator should review consistently to alleviate over budgeting for operating and maintenance costs of a capital project. Week 5 Discussion 2 "Cost-Benefit Analysis" Please respond to the following: Discuss at least one (1) advantage and one (1) disadvantage of ex ante analysis and ex post analysis. Justify your answer with examples. Introduction to Sociology Exam 3 19 Questions, 1.06 points each, 20 points total. 1. From the class material on Deviance: What three types of deviance are most common? 2. How do sociologists know what deviant behaviors are most common? Isn’t that just opinion? 3. Apply a theoretical approach to your answer for number one and explain. 4. On concepts, variables, and measurement- (page 15), l do you think everyone who was deviant fit the concepts used and operationalized them the same way as to insure accuracy in the data? Take for example data send by the police to the FBI on robbery, assault, and murder. 5. On question 7, if your answer is scientific and factual why do we have such problems with prejudice? 6. Explain how the film “Journey of Mantis related to prejudice and discrimination. 7. According to the data of scientist Spencer Wells, why are skin colors different? Use the data from the research and explain these phenomena. 8. How does Spencer Wells conclude that all humans alive today have descended from a single man? And what conclusions can you draw from his data? 9. What is difference between prejudice and discrimination? Explain and give an example. 10. What is the difference between the caste system and the class system? 11. In our class system, we go to college, and strive for the “American Dream,” what are the odds you will drastically change your social class in the future? Explain the reasons behind your conclusion. 12. Is “race” a scientific term? Explain. 13. Explain how functional theory views stratification. 14. Explain how conflict theory views stratification. 15. According to the film “Journey of Man” and the scientific data of scientist Spencer Wells, what specifically causes skin to be different shades? 16. How many human generations span 50,000 years? In other words, how many sets of great-grandparents occur in 50,000 years? 17. How did Wells trace the evidence of modern humans traveling from Africa to populate the earth? Hint- the name of the famous marker M168. 18. Each Group of humans has an “origin myth” that they strongly believe in, and have been taught from childhood; describe two of those “origin myths.” 19. How will the data from the chapters on stratification and race/ethnicity impact your decision making as a future manager of people in the work place? Isn’t everyone .

1. Week 5 Discussion 1
"Life Cycle Costing" Please respond to the following:
Discuss two to three (2-3) actions an administrator should
review consistently to alleviate over budgeting for operating
and maintenance costs of a capital project.
Week 5 Discussion 2
"Cost-Benefit Analysis" Please respond to the following:
Discuss at least one (1) advantage and one (1) disadvantage of
ex ante analysis and ex post analysis. Justify your answer with
examples.
Introduction to Sociology
Exam 3
19 Questions, 1.06 points each, 20 points total.
1. From the class material on Deviance: What three types of
deviance are most common?

2. 2. How do sociologists know what deviant behaviors are most
common? Isn’t that just opinion?
3. Apply a theoretical approach to your answer for number one
and explain.
4. On concepts, variables, and measurement- (page 15), l do you
think everyone who was deviant fit the concepts used and
operationalized them the same way as to insure accuracy in the
data? Take for example data send by the police to the FBI on
robbery, assault, and murder.

3. 5. On question 7, if your answer is scientific and factual why do
we have such problems with prejudice?
6. Explain how the film “Journey of Mantis related to prejudice
and discrimination.
7. According to the data of scientist Spencer Wells, why are

4. skin colors different? Use the data from the research and
explain these phenomena.
8. How does Spencer Wells conclude that all humans alive
today have descended from a single man? And what conclusions
can you draw from his data?
9. What is difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Explain and give an example.

5. 10. What is the difference between the caste system and the
class system?
11. In our class system, we go to college, and strive for the
“American Dream,” what are the odds you will drastically
change your social class in the future? Explain the reasons
behind your conclusion.

6. 12. Is “race” a scientific term? Explain.
13. Explain how functional theory views stratification.
14. Explain how conflict theory views stratification.

7. 15. According to the film “Journey of Man” and the scientific
data of scientist Spencer Wells, what specifically causes skin to
be different shades?
16. How many human generations span 50,000 years? In other
words, how many sets of great-grandparents occur in 50,000
years?
17. How did Wells trace the evidence of modern humans
traveling from Africa to populate the earth? Hint- the name of
the famous marker M168.
18. Each Group of humans has an “origin myth” that they
strongly believe in, and have been taught from childhood;

8. describe two of those “origin myths.”
19. How will the data from the chapters on stratification and
race/ethnicity impact your decision making as a future manager
of people in the work place? Isn’t everyone equal?