30 Jan The big state strategy is

FINAL EXAM

Question 1

There are ___ members in the Senate, and ___ members in the House of Representatives.

Question 1 options:

a) 100, 435

b) 60, 395

c) 150, 850

d) 120, 635

Question 2

The Constitutional age requirement to be eligible to run for the House of Representatives is ___ years of age, and for the Senate it is ___ years of age.

Question 2 options:

a) 30, 35

b) 45, 50

c) 25, 30

d) 35, 40

Question 3

__________ powers are those that are specifically mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, while _____ are those that are not specifically mentioned.

Question 3 options:

a) Inferred, understood

b) Enumerated, implied

c) Declared, undeclared

d) Implied, enumerated

Question 4

In the Senate, the ________ is the official chair of the chamber, and occupies a mostly honorary position awarded to the most senior Senator of the majority party.

Question 4 options:

a) President designate

b) President elect

c) President pro signore

d) President pro tempore

Question 5

The necessary and proper clause has also been referred to as the ______ clause, since it has been broadly interpreted to permit Congress the means to accomplish its enumerated powers.

Question 5 options:

a) Variable

b) Elastic

c) Flexibility

d) Pliable

Question 6

A member of the House of Representatives serves a term of ___ years, while a member of the Senate serves for ___ years.

Question 6 options:

a) 5, 8

b) 3, 6

c) 4, 8

d) 2, 6

Question 7

_________ of the U.S. Constitution outlines the powers, functions, and organizations of Congress.

Question 7 options:

a) Article III

b) Article I

c) Article II

d) Article IV

Question 8

In the House of Representatives, the most powerful position is the __________, who is a member of the majority party and is elected by their party to oversee House business.

Question 8 options:

a) Organizer of the House

b) Speaker of the House

c) Leader of the House

d) Director of the House

Question 9

____________ involves a Congress person bringing back benefits such as jobs, projects, and funds to their home district to help local constituents.

Question 9 options:

a) Modeling

b) Devolution

c) Pork barreling

d) Channeling

Question 10

The committee system in Congress is comprised of:

Question 10 options:

a) Standing committees

b) Joint committees

c) Select committees

d) All of the above

Question 11

The House of Representatives controls the __________ process, or the budget which provides funding to the other branches of government, including the executive branch.

Question 11 options:

a) Distributions

b) Appropriations

c) Annexations

d) Requisitions

Question 12

Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution provides for the __________ clause, which allows Congress to make those laws needed to achieve its enumerated powers.

Question 12 options:

a) Obligatory and required

b) Necessary and proper

c) Essential and need

d) Mandatory and visible

Question 13

In terms of Congressional representation, the _____ theory holds that members of Congress are not free agents and should act according to their constituents” interests, while the _______ theory indicates that members of Congress should act according to what they think is in the best interest of their constituents as free agents.

Question 13 options:

a) Politico, delegate

b) Trustee, politico

c) Politico, trustee

d) Delegate, trustee

Question 14

____________ refers to the drawing of Congressional district boundaries to produce a political advantage for the majority party.

Question 14 options:

a) Redistributing

b) Revising

c) Gerrymandering

d) Adjusting

Question 15

Congress is a _________ legislature, meaning that it has two houses.

Question 15 options:

a) Multicameral

b) Unicameral

c) Bicameral

d) Duocameral

Question 16

The term ______ presidency is used to refer to presidents who are too strong or controlling in their use of power.

Question 16 options:

a) Imposing

b) Commanding

c) Vigorous

d) Imperial

Question 17

_____________ powers are not actually mentioned in the Constitution, but are available to the president as tools for him to execute specific powers that are granted to the office.

Question 17 options:

a) Inherent

b) Inferred

c) Implied

d) Suggested

Question 18

The _____________ created a merit system based upon competence and neutrality rather than partisanship, overseen by the Civil Service Commission.

Question 18 options:

a) Pendleton Act of 1883

b) Smithton Act of 1887

c) Pickerton Act of 1890

d) Levy Act of 1895

Question 19

Presidents who are weak or do not use their powers to govern effectively fall under the category of _______ presidency.

Question 19 options:

a) Imperiled

b) Fragile

c) Endangered

d) Frail

Question 20

_____ powers are actually mentioned or specified in Article II of the Constitution, such as the president being able to veto legislation or make treaties.

Question 20 options:

a) Enumerated

b) Justified

c) Functional

d) Detailed

Question 21

_______ powers are not mentioned in the Constitution or even implied, but are granted to the president simply because he is the chief executive.

Question 21 options:

a) Instinctive

b) Integral

c) Intrinsic

d) Inherent

Question 22

The ___________ of 1978 was passed by President Jimmy Carter to replace the Civil Service Commission with the Office of Personnel Management and Merit Systems Protection Board.

Question 22 options:

a) Civil Service Reform Act

b) Merit Reform Act

c) Administrative Proceedings Act

d) Governance Process Act

Question 23

The ____ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limited the president to serving two full years in office, or ten years total.

Question 23 options:

a) 18th

b) 22nd

c) 15th

d) 29th

Question 24

The U.S. Post Office is an example of a __________, which is designed to fulfill specific commercial activities much like a private sector business.

Question 24 options:

a) Government Firm

b) Government Corporation

c) Government Establishment

d) Government Entity

Question 25

Over time, Congress has delegated _____ powers to the president to act in domestic and foreign policy matters that are separate than those in the Constitution.

Question 25 options:

a) Indirect

b) Symbolic

c) Statutory

d) Functional

Question 26

While voters register their choice for president, our nation’s chief executive is actually chosen indirectly by the _____.

Question 26 options:

a) Electoral Department

b) Electoral Bureau

c) Electoral Agency

d) Electoral College

Question 27

Each year, about 80,000 pages of new rules are published by the federal bureaucracy in what is known as the:

Question 27 options:

a) Federal Index

b) Federal Guide

c) Federal Catalog

d) Federal Register

Question 28

The ______ consists of numerous policy advisors and assistants that provide valuable information to the president as part of the decision making process.

Question 28 options:

a) Executive Office of the President

b) Executive Agency of the Commander

c) Executive Command of the President

d) Executive Bureau of the Chief

Question 29

To be eligible to become president, one must satisfy certain Constitutional requirements. This includes:

Question 29 options:

a) Being at least thirty-five years old

b) Being a natural-born citizen of the U.S.

c) Being a resident of the U.S. for at least fourteen years

d) All of the above

Question 30

Please match the following terms to their definitions:

Question 30 options:

A president’s power to refuse to disclose communications with others in government

The president’s power to remove an official from office

A presidential directive issued to provide specific guidelines for how a policy should be implemented

International agreements the president signs with leaders of other countries

1. Executive Agreement

2. Firing

3. Executive Order

4. Executive Privilege

Question 31

The power of judicial review, or ability of a court to review the actions of government officials, came in the case:

Question 31 options:

a) McClellan v. Jones (1799)

b) Marbury v. Madison (1803)

c) Taney v. Adams (1805)

d) Smith v. Baines (1795)

Question 32

_______ is a judicial philosophy that supports having the courts play a broad and sometimes vibrant role in government.

Question 32 options:

a) Judicial egalitarianism

b) Judicial activism

c) Judicial involvement

d) Judicial engagement

Question 33

Since 1869, the number of justices sitting on the Supreme Court has been set at:

Question 33 options:

a) 6

b) 9

c) 8

d) 7

Question 34

In Supreme Court history, the ______ Era (1865-1937) occurred during the time of the Progressive Era and New Deal Era in response to problems that came from the Industrial Revolution.

Question 34 options:

a) Dualistic

b) Founding

c) Liberal Nationalism

d) Development

Question 35

President Franklin Roosevelt attempted to exert political control over the Court by increasing its size with new Justices who would support his New Deal policies. This was referred to as the:

Question 35 options:

a) Court stacking scheme

b) Court increase strategy

c) Court packing plan

d) Court bundling idea

Question 36

Civil rights are generally provided for in:

Question 36 options:

a) Civil law

b) Functional law

c) Constitutional law

d) Statutory law

Question 37

Today, there consists of ___ Courts of Appeals, and ___ District Courts.

Question 37 options:

a) 50, 150

b) 30, 120

c) 13, 94

d) 18, 100

Question 38

The landmark Supreme Court case which ruled against segregation in public schools was:

Question 38 options:

a) Ally v. Stevenson (1959)

b) Stevens v. Board of Investigation (1965)

c) Plessy v. Parington (1913)

d) Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Question 39

_________ refers to government actions that impede the publication or airing of a media piece on the grounds that it presents legal violations

Question 39 options:

a) Prior restriction

b) Coverage limitation

c) Significant restraint

d) Prior restraint

Question 40

_______ is a function of the courts to settle disputes according to the law.

Question 40 options:

a) Dispute challenge

b) Dispute resolution

c) Disagreement resolution

d) Controversy resolution

Question 41

Under the First Amendment, the ________ builds a wall of separation between the church and the state, preventing the creation of an official religion.

Question 41 options:

a) Separation Clause

b) Establishment Clause

c) Lemon Clause

d) Doctrine Clause

Question 42

The _________ was designed by the Supreme Court to help guide decisions about whether a law violates the First Amendment.

Question 42 options:

a) Doctrine Test

b) Orange Test

c) Signal Test

d) Lemon Test

Question 43

The creation of the hierarchical organization of the federal judiciary by Congress came with the:

Question 43 options:

a) Judicial Precedent of 1785

b) Judiciary Act of 1789

c) Judicial Statute Act of 1787

d) Judiciary Statute of 1788

Question 44

The __________ Doctrine allowed states to have racial segregation in public facilities.

Question 44 options:

a) Separate but Uniform

b) Split but Equal

c) Separate but Equal

d) Separate but Equivalent

Question 45

_______ policies provide goods and services to groups of people or an entire population, while ________ policies are designed to change behavior at the individual or organizational levels.

Question 45 options:

a) Individual, sectional

b) Regulatory, redistributive

c) Allocative, allotment

d) Distributive, regulatory

Question 46

During the ______ from 1890 to around 1920, social reformers tried to address problems caused by the Industrial Revolution.

Question 46 options:

a) Liberal Era

b) Radical Era

c) Reactionary Era

d) Progressive Era

Question 47

In response to the Great Recession which began in 2007, Congress and the president passed the ____________ to avert the worsening of the nation’s economic problems by funneling money into the economy.

Question 47 options:

a) Emergency Commerce Act

b) Emergency Fund Act

c) Emergency Business Act

d) Emergency Economic Stabilization Act

Question 48

Toward the end of the policy cycle, policies tend to proceed through an _________ process to determine whether they have worked as intended.

Question 48 options:

a) Estimation

b) Evaluation

c) Articulation

d) Opinion

Question 49

Policy analysis and evaluation is designed to:

Question 49 options:

a) Explain a policy and how it was implemented

b) Develop testable propositions that researchers use to generalize the findings to other agencies

c) Study cause and effect relationships generated by policies

d) All of the above

Question 50

Public policies are contained in:

Question 50 options:

a) Statutes

b) Regulations

c) Judicial rulings

d) All of the above

Question 51

With __________, a law or set of laws are created to give a policy legal force.

Question 51 options:

a) Policy adoption

b) Policy acceptance

c) Policy sanction

d) Policy endorsement

Question 52

__________ was an economic theorist who advocated laissez faire economic theory, where government should not intervene in the marketplace.

Question 52 options:

a) Walter Jones

b) Adam Jones

c) John Smith

d) Adam Smith

Question 53

The series of programs that President Franklin D. Roosevelt created to respond to the Great Depression of the 1930s were known as the:

Question 53 options:

a) New Deal Program

b) Economic Policy Initiative

c) Societal Reform Program

d) Corporate Benefit Initiative

Question 54

______ policy involves the government’s taxing and spending powers, while ______ policy uses the money supply to pursue economic goals.

Question 54 options:

a) Fiscal, monetary

b) Monetary, fiscal

c) Integration, devolution

d) Regulatory, distributive

Question 55

Political scientists generally divide public policy into two broad spheres, which are:

Question 55 options:

a) Domestic, foreign

b) Endogenous, exogenous

c) Current, historical

d) Internal, external

Question 56

The economist _______ challenged the hands off philosophy of economics, and argued that governments should make use of fiscal policy to achieve stability and prosperity.

Question 56 options:

a) Walter David Simon

b) John Maynard Keynes

c) John Peter Marcus

d) Rick Frederick Smith

Question 57

The ________ has primary control over monetary policy, and is relatively independent from the control of Congress and the president.

Question 57 options:

a) Federal Monetary Fund

b) Federal Reserve Board

c) Federal Reserve Body

d) Federal Reservation Agency

Question 58

According to __________, government regulators are created to regulate an industry, but instead come to be controlled by the very interests they were created to regulate.

Question 58 options:

a) Restriction theory

b) Apprehension theory

c) Capture theory

d) Detainment theory

Question 59

Countries around the world will continue to be challenged by issues relating to:

Question 59 options:

a) Global economic competitiveness

b) Economic equality and inequality

c) The preservation and maintenance of moral values

d) All of the above

Question 60

A good that, once provided, cannot be limited to those who have paid for it is a ______________ good.

Question 60 options:

a) Externalities

b) Free Rider

c) Public

d) Private

Question 61

The governing document that sets forth a country’s basic rules of government and politics is a ______________________.

Question 61 options:

a) Fundamental Law

b) Democracy

c) Legitimate Government

d) Constitution

Question 62

Thomas Hobbes believed that people were self-interested actors who would take advantage of those weaker than them. This concept is known as living in the ____________.

Question 62 options:

a) Solitary Being

b) Social Contract

c) Positivist Human Nature

d) State of Nature

Question 63

The struggle between needing to give government sufficient power to govern and limiting power enough to avoid tyranny is known as _____________.

Question 63 options:

a) Red Tape

b) Bureaucracy

c) Politicos

d) The Power Problem

Question 64

The clause of the Constitution that requires states to honor the contracts of other states is known as the _______________.

Question 64 options:

a) Extradition Clause

b) Privileges & Immunities Clause

c) Commerce Clause

d) Full Faith and Credit Clause

Question 65

The only state that has a one house legislature (as opposed to two) is ___________.

Question 65 options:

a) Nebraska

b) Texas

c) Georgia

d) California

Question 66

In the United States, the total number of government units is ________________.

Question 66 options:

a) Between 25,000-70,000

b) Less than 10,000

c) Between 12,500-17,500

d) More than 75,000

Question 67

A political system where the smaller units of government (state or regional) are more powerful than the national government is known as a _______________ system.

Question 67 options:

a) Unitary

b) Confederal

c) Federal

d) Shared Power

Question 68

Understanding how people acquire their attitudes can make it possible to use that information to control what people think.

Question 68 options:

True

False

Question 69

The media is unusual in the sense that they are mostly private companies whose purpose is to make money, but they are also expected to serve a public function.

Question 69 options:

True

False

Question 70

The __________ model says that public opinion is the principal source of government legitimacy.

Question 70 options:

a) Politico

b) Trustee

c) Delegate

d) Principal

Question 71

_________________ is/are the government banning expression of ideas before their publication.

Question 71 options:

a) Ex Post Facto

b) Preemptive positioning

c) Prior restraint

d) Shield Laws

Question 72

The act that made racial discrimination in voting a violation of federal law was the _________________.

Question 72 options:

a) Intolerable Acts

b) Voting Rights Act of 1965

c) Alien & Sedition Acts

d) Civil Rights Act 1964

Question 73

Which of the following is NOT the role of a political party?

Question 73 options:

a) Pay the candidates in exchange for political favors

b) Organize and mobilize voters to participate in politics

c) Recruit and nominate candidates for office

d) Help run campaigns and elections

Question 74

Proportional representation makes it ________________ for smaller or minor parties to survive in government.

Question 74 options:

a) Harder

b) Less Likely

c) Easier

d) None of the Above

Question 75

The big state strategy is one that suggests that a candidate focuses on a small number of states with high amounts of electoral votes.

Question 75 options:

True

False