Question 1
(TCO 1) Politics could be referred to the “master science”
because politics _____.
predates
the other social sciences
is more
rigorous compared to other social sciences
is more
difficult to study than other social sciences
relates
to other social sciences
Question 2
(TCO 1) The notion that politicians think practically and
political scientists think abstractly is indicative of which of the following?
Political
scientists often train politicians.
Politicians
often train political scientists.
Political
scientists and politicians are different in that the former studies the latter.
Political
scientists and politicians are often indistinguishable.
Question 3
(TCO 1) When people base their views on beliefs that may not
be based in reality, they are behaving _____.
irrationally
rationally
politically
legitimately
Question 4
(TCO 1) _____ is the use of public office for private gain.
Sovereignty
Corruption
Authority
Legitimacy
Question 5
(TCO 1) Despite a disputed 2000 presidential election, once
President George W. Bush took office, few people doubted his _____.
charisma
control
legitimacy
sovereignty
Question 6
(TCO 1) Relating concepts in a way that connects them in an
empirical manner is the basis of _____ building.
scholarship
theory
power
culture
Question 7
(TCO 1) _____ refers to something based on observable
evidence.
Quantification
Hypothesis
Qualification
Empirical
Question 8
(TCO 4) Unlike natural law, positive law uses _____.
the
spirit of the law to make determinations
books
to reach conclusions
judicial
sentencing to determine case outcomes
jury
selection to manipulate judgment
Question 9
(TCO 4) Under which of the following circumstances might a
case be pursued as both a criminal and a civil case?
The
federal government accuses investment houses of wrongdoing and investors who
lost money sue them.
Drug
traffickers violate property and federal law by moving drugs across state
borders.
Burglars
violate federal property and the state sues them for damages.
A state
accuses banks of mortgage fraud in mortgages sold to investors elsewhere in the
nation.
Question 10
(TCO 4) Which of the following is an important role of U.S.
courts and their greatest contribution to governance?
Ensure
that statutory laws do not violate the constitution
Protect
individual rights and liberties
Guarantee
administrative usages do not get out of hand
Judicial
review
Question 11
Compare the election cycles of federal and state judges.
State
judges are elected directly, and federal judges go through an electoral
college.
State
judges are elected based on population, and federal judges are elected per
state.
State
judges are elected, and federal judges are appointed.
The
election process is nearly identical.
Question 12
(TCO 4) Which of the following was an argument against
granting the U.S. Supreme Court the power of judicial review?
Many
feared that such a power would give the court a double check and compromise its
neutrality.
Some
thought that such power would create untrustworthy judges.
The
founders argued that judicial review would lead to undue indictments by the
court.
Drafters
of the Constitution feared that few laws would ever be set in stone.
Question 13
(TCO 4) Examine the ideal role of American judges.
Judges
should intervene frequently, interpreting the law according to their expertise
and ensuring a fair trial.
Judges
should act as umpires, passively watching the legal drama and ruling only on
disputed points of procedure.
Judges
should not intervene unless attorneys object, at which point they may either
overrule or sustain the objection.
Judges
should take an active role, questioning witnesses, eliciting evidence, and
commenting on procedure.
Question 14
(TCO 4) In Lombard v. Louisiana (1963), the Warren Court
supported _____, ruling that blacks who had refused to leave a segregated lunch
counter could not be prosecuted.
boycotts
sit-ins
picket
lines
protests
Question 15
(TCO 5) Countries with limits on government have usually had
feudal pasts, which suggests what about the dispersion of power?
Equal
distribution of power is the only effective political structure.
Power
must be distributed by the working class.
Power
should be concentrated among the lower classes.
Dispersion
of power is good and concentration of power is bad.
Question 16
(TCO 5) How often does the cabinet change in a parliamentary
system?
Every 4
years
Every 6
years
Every 8
years
When
the cabinet is voted out or resigns
Question 17
(TCO 5) What is the effect of divided government, such as
that used in the United States, on spending and policy formation?
It
encourages unhealthy spending and foolish policies.
It
holds down spending and foolish policies.
It
encourages irresponsible spending because representatives are held accountable
for only a short amount of time.
It
encourages responsible spending, but is slow to implement policy.
Question 18
(TCO 5) The head of ministry is equivalent to the _____ in
the United States.
chief
of government
head of
state
departmental
secretary
premier
Question 19
(TCO 5) When it comes to electing officials, which factor
matters the most to voters in both presidential and parliamentary elections?
Party
affiliation
Political
ideologies
Money
invested in campaign
Personality
Question 20
(TCO 5) Describe how the election process in a parliamentary
system slightly resembles presidential elections in the United States.
Party
chiefs run as candidates for prime minister.
Citizens
vote directly for the each new prime minister.
Citizens
vote for a party member with the knowledge that the next prime minister will be
the head of the largest party.
The
prime minister is appointed for a 4-year term and can be reappointed one time.
Question 21
(TCO 5) Describe how the United States expands its cabinet.
The
president can create a new department at his or her will.
Congress
must agree on the new department and provisions for its funds must be made.
In
order for a new department to be developed, a former one must be deleted.
New
departments are no longer developed.
Question 22
(TCO 7) Radicals use the term political economy instead of
_____ to describe their critique of capitalism and the inequitable distribution
of wealth among nations.
Marxism
laissez-faire
public
choice
Keynesian
Question 23
(TCO 7) Early 20th-century European governments subscribed
to _____ doctrines, generally keeping their hands away from the economy.
classic
liberal
inflationary
neoclassical
Smithian
Question 24
(TCO 7) Between 1965 and 1973, the percentage of Americans
living below the poverty line _____.
doubled
greatly
decreased
slightly
increased
rapidly
increased
Question 25
(TCO 7) Which of the following is an increasing financial
concern of the Medicare program?
The
proportion of older people in American society is increasing steadily.
Every
American citizen on reaching 65 obtains Medicare, regardless of class.
Economic
inequality renders Medicare more necessary for some than for others.
Wealthy
Americans are taking advantage of the Medicare system.
Question 26
(TCO 7) According to political scientist Ira Sharkansky,
“All modern states are welfare states, and all welfare states are _____.”
democratic
compassionate
bureaucratic
incoherent
Question 27
(TCO 7) Compare American and Canadian views on the size of
government.
Americans
believe the government is too small, and Canadians feel that government
intrudes on individual privacy.
As
citizens of similar nations located in North America, both Americans and
Canadians feel that government is too large.
Americans
and Canadians generally agree that government should be larger, funding welfare
programs such as Medicaid and food stamps.
Many
Americans believe government is too large, and Canadians recognize that
government has a pivotal role to play and accept higher taxes.
Question 28
(TCO 7) Theoretically, what are the consequences if the
government assumes the burden of bad loans?
Citizens
will default on their mortgages.
Banks
will learn from their mistakes and pay back the burden with interest.
Ultimately,
the government will profit.
Firms
will be encouraged to continue their risky behavior.
Question 29
(TCO 9) Rarely the work of small bands and conspirators
alone, _____ are usually the result of system collapse, which permits small but
well-organized groups (often military) to take over.
the
erosion of legitimacy
acts of
genocide
dictatorships
coups
d’état
Question 30
(TCO 9) Riots triggered by police beating youths, protests
against globalization, and labor strikes against austerity are all examples of
_____.
purely
traditional violence
issue-oriented
violence
violence
carried out by civilian institutions of government
coups
Question 31
(TCO 9) How is high unemployment relevant to civil conflict?
Unemployed
young men incline naturally to unrest.
The
unemployed tend to be passive, keeping civil conflict at bay.
Unemployed
mothers, desperate for their children, tend to take to the streets.
The
unemployed tend to be uninformed about politics, and therefore rarely take part
in civil conflict.
Question 32
(TCO 9) What are the aims of terrorists via their calculated
acts of terrorism?
To
panic their enemies, to gain publicity and recruits, and to get the foe to
overreact and drive more people to side with the terrorists
To
destroy as much of the economic strength of a nation as possible
To kill
national leaders
To kill
their enemies, to gain recruits, and to get the UN to overreact and cause more
people to side with the terrorists
Question 33
(TCO 9) Which of the following options best describes
countries before and after revolutions?
Before,
revolutionary movements are still idealistic and convinced they will bring a
better society; after seizing power, the revolutionary regime discovers it’s
not difficult to make an economy work.
Before,
revolutionary movements are still idealistic and convinced they will bring a
better society; after seizing power, the revolutionary regime discovers it’s a
lot harder to make an economy work than it thought.
Before,
revolutionary movements believe that a truly committed regime can redo society;
after seizing power, the revolutionary regime discovers its ideological ideals
are impractical.
Before,
revolutionary movements bomb and assassinate in an effort to overthrow corrupt
governments; after seizing power, the revolutionary regime almost always finds
itself being bombed and in the sights of assassins.
Question 34
(TCO 9) Does terrorism work?
Rarely,
and seldom without political and/or economic pressure
Rarely,
but primarily when brought against democratic nations
Often,
and without much need for political pressure to aid it
Often,
but only with the assistance of economic and/or political pressure
Question 35
(TCO 9) Why are intellectuals nearly everywhere discontented
with the existing state of affairs?
They
are highly educated and acquainted with a variety of ideas, some of them
utopian.
They
are elitist and can work with neither the people nor the government.
Negative
people tend to be attracted to intellectual spheres of life.
Intellectuals
are no more discontented with the existing state of affairs than the rest of
the population.
Question 36
(TCO 2) Democracy has changed dramatically since its
original application in ancient Athens. Describe the evolution of democracy by
comparing and contrasting direct democracy with representative democracy. In
completing this comparison, be sure to incorporate Aristotle’s concerns about
democracy and assess the stability offered by these variations within
democracy.
.
Question 37
(TCO 3) Compare and contrast interest groups and political
parties. In your response, be sure to provide examples their similarities and
differences. In addition, please assess what advantages interest groups offer
that political parties don’t and then what advantages d political parties offer
that interest groups don’t.
Question 38
(TCO 6) The United States has utilized multiple forms of
liberalism throughout its history. Please distinguish the specific
characteristics of classical and modern liberalism and outline the evolution of
these forms of liberalism within the United States. Please be sure to include specific
historic examples to support your points.
Question 39
(TCO 8) Today’s world seems to be moving beyond sovereignty
and toward supranational leadership to cooperate on issues of global
importance. What are some of these issues? How might they be solved through
supranational cooperation? Does such cooperation impede the sovereignty of
independent nations? Please sure to include specific examples in supporting
your points.