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UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
FOREIGN STUDENTS’ ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 11.6.2002™ Instructions:
1. Write every answer on a separate piece of paper. Answers to the subsections of
questions (1a, 1b, 1c etc.) may be written on the same piece of paper.
2. Write your name and date of birth on the upper right-hand corner of every sheet, and
write the subject (sociology, for instance) of the question in the upper left-hand
corner of the paper.
3. Try to write neatly so that your answers are easily readable.
4. The advisable length of answers to essay questions is from one to four pages (one
sheet), but there is no set limit to the number of pages. Be as precise and
complete as possible.
5. Please note that cheating in the examination results in immediate expulsion. Looking
at other people's papers, talking and/or consulting a book or notes and using a
cellular phone are strictly forbidden. 6. Snacks and soft drinks are allowed only when their consumption does not disturb
others.
7. No dictionaries, electronic pocket translators or cellular telephones are allowed.
8. Non-programmable calculators are allowed.
9. If, during the examination, you have any questions or you need to go to the toilet,
please raise your hand to attract the supervisor’s attention.
10. When you are leaving, return your papers and show your identification papers
(passport or ID card) to the supervisors. 11. All papers are to be left in the examination hall after the examination. Even the
papers that you used for notes or for scribbling are to be handed to the
supervisors when you return your answers and the question-papers.
12. Fill out the attached form and indicate your choice of major subject in order of
preference. Please note that you may only choose subjects from the group from
which you answered the questions in the entrance examination. Return the form
together with your answers. SOCIOLOGY
1. Please describe the relations between the concepts of gift and exchange. (6 pts.)
2. Nationalism according to Baumann (6 pts.)
3. Give a brief definition of
a) eroticism (2 pts.)
b) socialization (2 pts)
c) civil inattention (2 pts.) SOCIAL POLICY
1. Describe the ‘cuts’ in the welfare state and popular reactions to them in Western
Europe since the late 1970s. (6 pts.)
2. Describe and discuss the feminist critiques of the welfare state (6 pts.)
1. Describe briefly (3 pts. each):
a) Wage earner’s funds
b) Disorganized capitalism ECONOMICS
1. Analyze the meaning of the following concepts in no more than 2-3 sentences.
(6 points = 12 x 0,5 points )
a) Law of one price
b) Firm’s long-run supply curve
c) Law of diminishing returns
d) Opportunity cost
e) Natural rate of unemployment
f) The Phillips curve
g) The current account
h) Perfect capital mobility
i) The real exchange rate
j) The production possibilities frontier
k) Inferior good
l) Time series 2. a) Discuss the costs of inflation (4 pts.)
b) Illustrate graphically, and verbally, the effect of demand elasticity on equilibrium
price and quantity fluctuations. Draw two figures with demand and supply curves in both
of them such that in one figure demand is elastic and in the other figure demand is
inelastic. Assume that the supply curve fluctuates in each case. How does the elasticity
of demand matter for the resulting price and quantity fluctuations? (2 pts.)
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3. The table below shows the demand curve facing a monopolist who produces at a
constant marginal cost of 5 euros.
Price
(euros)
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Quantity 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a) Calculate the monopolist’s marginal revenue curve. (2 pts.)
b) What is the equilibrium output? What is the equilibrium price? (1 pts.)c) What would be the equilibrium price and output for a competitive industry? (1 pts.)
d) Explain in words why the monopolist produces lower output and charges a higher
price. (2 pts.) MATHEMATICS
1. (a) Find (3 pts.)
b) Find the point(s) on the graph at which the tangent line is
horizontal . (3 pts.)
2. (a) Find the absolute maximum and minimum values of the function
in the closed interval . (3 pts.)
b) Driving at the speed >0 (km/h) the mileage of the car is
(liter/h). What is the most economical speed of the car? (3 pts).
3. (a) Compute the integral . (3 pts.)
(b) Find the area of the region bounded by the curves and . SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY
1. Comparison as a method in history (6 pts.)
2. Why is function a problem in history? (6 pts.)
3. Explain briefly the following concepts (2 pts. each):
a) social movement
b) centre and periphery
c) reciprocity POLITICAL SCIENCE
1. Describe the elements of conservatism as a political ideology and explain the
relationship between conservative thought and the new right ideologies. (6 pts.)
2. What are the sources of bureaucratic power and how can bureaucrats be
controlled? (6 pts.)
3. Define the following concepts (2 pts. each)
a) Polyarchy
b) Pluralism
c) Accountability
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