31 Jan Court of International

Week 1 Quiz

Question

(TCO 1) Which best explains the differences between historians and political scientists?

Historians look for generalizations, and political scientists are reluctant to generalize.

Historians are reluctant to generalize, and political scientists look for generalizations.

Historians are more likely to look for comparisons than political scientists.

Historians tend to focus on nature-based explanations, and political scientists focus on nurture-based explanations.

Question 2

(TCO 1) The statement “Man is by nature a political animal” is attributed to _____.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Seymour Martin Lipset

Mao Zedong

Aristotle

Question 3

(TCO 1) Which of the following explanations of power might examine the tolerance of individuals?

Rational

Control

Authority

Culture

Question 4

(TCO 1) A political leaders’ ability to command respect and exercise power is known as _____.

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) The term for measuring with numbers is _____.

quantify

hypothesis

qualify

empirical

Question 7

(TCO 1) When scholars consider various approaches to studying a given topic, they are most concerned with _____.

reason

balance

theory

rationality

Question 8

(TCO 1) Which of the following is the best example of theory?

People join groups because of an innate desire to be with others who have similar views.

Democratic governments last longer than nondemocratic governments.

Republicans are older than Democrats.

Corruption is rampant in government.

Question 9

(TCO 1) _____ is a subfield of political science.

Public administration

Anthropology

Biology

Sociology

Question 10

(TCO 1) Which are both true for most politicians?

They think practically and are skeptical of power.

They seek popularity and hold firm views.

They offer single causes and think abstractly.

They seek accuracy and offer long-term consequences.

Week 2 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 6) Which of the following best characterizes Aristotle?

He only explained what is.

He only explained what ought to be.

He explained both what is and what ought to be.

He neither explained what is nor what ought to be.

Question 2

(TCO 6) Which of the following was of greatest concern to John Locke?

Freedom of speech for all

Power residing with the proletariat

The right to property

Voting rights

Question 3

(TCO 6) If _____ were alive, he might suggest that poor academic performance in schools could be attributed to a society that does not promote education and provides few resources devoted to schools.

John Locke

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Thomas Hobbes

Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 4

(TCO 6) Karl Marx used the term _____ to refer to everything built on top of the economy.

the social contract

institutions

behavioralism

superstructure

Question 5

(TCO 6) Which statement best supports Marxist theories?

The United States provides ample opportunities for all who work hard.

Similarities exist between economies in both Europe and the United States.

Tax breaks will often create jobs, benefiting the working class.

Uneven benefits to corporations with few benefits for workers led to the economic crises in the early 2000s.

Question 6

(TCO 6) Adam Smith is most associated with which concept?

Socialism

Modern liberalism

Classic liberalism

Communism

Question 7

(TCO 6) Which of the following propositions would likely be favored by modern liberals?

Tax cuts for top income earners

Regulation of the banking sector

Little government involvement in economic matters

Free markets

Question 8

(TCO 6) Modern American conservatism would favor government involvement in what activity?

Religious promotion

Regulating markets

Protecting organized labor

A progressive tax system

Question 9

(TCO 6) _____ prefer virtually no government involvement in anything.

Liberals

Conservatives

Marxists

Libertarians

Question 10

(TCO 6) Which of the following assisted Germany and Italy in their war efforts?

Disenchantment with socialism

Appeals to the citizens based on extreme nationalistic views

Unequal distribution of resources domestically and abroad

A revolt against the dominant world powers

Week 3 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 2) A(n) _____ is a political system without a monarch.

institution

monarchy

state

republic

Question 2

(TCO 2) To Aristotle, the corrupt form of monarchy is _____.

democracy

tyranny

polity

oligarchy

Question 3

(TCO 2) Which of the following might lead you to believe Great Britain has a quasiunitary system of government?

Scotland has gained autonomy over some policy areas.

Scotland remains under British control on all matters.

Great Britain has a federal system of government.

Great Britain has a confederal system of government.

Question 4

(TCO 2) In _____, representatives are elected based on their party’s percentage of the vote.

proportional representative systems

majoritarian systems

single-member districts

multimember districts

Question 5

(TCO 2) If the Green Party receives 15% of the vote in a proportional system, which of the following is likely to happen?

The Green Party would receive no seats.

The Green Party would try to form a coalition with other parties.

The Green Party would attempt to gerrymander districts to its advantage.

The Green Party would demand a recount of the votes.

Question 6

(TCO 2) Welfare states tend to have which of the following combinations of state ownership and welfare benefits?

High levels of state ownership and high levels of welfare benefits

High levels of state ownership but low levels of welfare benefits

Low levels of state ownership and high levels of welfare benefits

Low levels of state ownership and low levels of welfare benefits

Question 7

(TCO 2) Judicial activism refers to _____.

liberal judges

conservative judges

judicial restraint by judges

willingness to override legislatures

Question 8

(TCO 2) Which type of regime has a free media, competitive elections, and protected civil liberties?

Democratic

Transitional

Authoritarian

Totalitarian

Question 9

(TCO 2) The mass media in totalitarian states _____.

show the system is functioning well under wise leaders, but practice a mildly critical attitude toward the official ideology

question the system, but still push the official ideology

show the system is functioning well under wise leaders, and sell the official ideology

question the system only in times of crisis, otherwise selling the official ideology

Question 10

(TCO 2) How do totalitarian regimes eliminate armed resistance?

They hold a monopoly on all weapons.

They attempt to pacify the people by encouraging peaceful protest.

They attempt to distract the people with entertainment and sports.

They ensure that the only weapon the people have access to is manual action.

Week 4 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 3) What group or groups do interest groups overrepresent?

The wealthy and specialized interest groups

Businesses and nonprofit organizations

The wealthy and businesses

The larger interest groups and specialized interest groups

Question 2

(TCO 3) Why did the 2010 healthcare reform bill contain no provision for public insurance options?

The insurance industry blocked the Democrats’ efforts for a public option.

The people had no desire for a public option.

Democrats were not interested in a public option.

Farmers, heavily invested in the insurance industry, blocked them

Question 3

(TCO 3) Many interest groups are brought about by government, insofar as they are _____.

associated with government programs

funded largely by the government

almost exclusively based in the nation’s capital

usually formed by former politicians

Question 4

(TCO 3) Some interest groups maintain a low profile by promoting their objectives without _____ them.

lobbying for

fully funding

advertising

openly debating

Question 5

(TCO 3) Large parties in particular can be analyzed as _____.

generations of like-minded voters

coalitions of interest groups

team-led organizations based around a theme

trustworthy representatives of national interest

Question 6

(TCO 3) _____ allow and even encourage parties to split.

Single-member districts

“First past the post” systems

Proportional representation systems

Plurality systems

Question 7

(TCO 3) Which of the following has recently done much to encourage state and local party organizations to cooperate with national party platforms?

Door-to-door canvassing

Cohesive national platforms

Computerized mailing lists

Local political pandering

Question 8

(TCO 3) What do you think might be a side effect of or a cause of nations with very high voter turnout having that level of turnout?

They may have a kind of political fever in which partisan politics has become too intense.

They likely play host to elections in which indistinct personalities and a relatively unified electorate bring out more voters.

They probably don’t offer automatic voter registration.

They usually have mandatory voting.

Question 9

(TCO 3) Describe the impact of education on those who vote.

Education drops the sense of participation and makes people feel more cynical, which makes people more likely to take action but not to actually follow political news.

Education lifts the sense of participation and abstract intellectual curiosity, which makes people more likely to follow individual politicians.

Education lifts the sense of political knowledge, which makes people more likely to follow political news and feel involved.

Education lifts the sense of participation and abstract intellectual curiosity, which makes people more likely to follow political news and feel involved.

Question 10

(TCO 3) Why might factory workers in small towns feel a different sense of the stakes elections hold than executives and professionals?

Factory workers in small towns may perceive a great deal of difference between candidates, noticing considerable change from one administration to another, and executives and professionals feel generally less involved but still perceive a direct correlation between who wins and their personal fortunes.

Factory workers in small towns may perceive little difference between candidates, noticing little change from one administration to another, and although executives and professionals share this sense of noticing little change from one administration to another, they still perceive a direct correlation between who wins and their personal fortunes.

Factory workers in small towns may perceive little difference between candidates, noticing little change from one administration to another, and executives and professionals feel involved and perceive a direct correlation between who wins and their personal fortunes.

Executives and professionals may perceive little difference between candidates, noticing little change from one administration to another, and factory workers in small towns feel involved and perceive a direct correlation between who wins and their personal incomes.

Week 5 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 5) Which of the following terms is defined as the post-feudal concentration of power in a monarch?

Absolutism

Totalitarianism

Teetotalism

Monarchy

Question 2

(TCO 5) Why do the responsibilities of legislative and executive powers often overlap?

Separation of powers is rarely clear-cut.

Separation of powers is rare among industrialized nations.

Separation of powers is absolute.

Separation of powers grants obtuse levels of power to the executive branch.

Question 3

(TCO 5) In a parliamentary system, voters directly elect _____.

members of parliament and the prime minister

members of parliament and the ministerial cabinet

members of parliament only

the prime minister only

Question 4

(TCO 5) Because of the separation of powers inherent in a presidential system, some scholars think that executive-legislative _____ is common in systems like that used in the United States.

cooperation

stagnation

deadlock

insolvency

Question 5

(TCO 5) The head of ministry is equivalent to the _____ in the United States.

chief of government

head of state

departmental secretary

premier

Question 6

(TCO 5) Distinguish the process that a parliamentary system uses to oust a chief executive from the one available in the U.S. presidential system.

Parliamentary systems rely on impeachment and presidential ones rely on constructive no confidence.

Parliamentary systems use constructive no confidence and presidential systems have the option of impeachment.

The prime minister can dissolve parliament and the president can resign from office.

Parliamentary systems can hold a vote of no confidence and presidential ones have the option of impeachment.

Question 7

(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 8

(TCO 4) International law consists of _____ and established customs recognized by most nations.

treaties

ratification

amendments

cease-fires

Question 9

(TCO 4) What legal agency in the United States generates reputation-based ratings of prospective federal judges?

Judicial Ratings Bureau

Federal Bureau of Judicial Review

American Bar Association

Office of Legal Assessment

Question 10

(TCO 4) Describe the significance of Marbury v. Madison.

The ruling laid precedent for judicial review.

The ruling stated that the president is subject to the court’s decisions.

The ruling decreed that current administrations must honor the appointments of previous administrations.

The ruling claimed that federal taxes could not be levied on the states.

Week 6 Quiz

Question 1

(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 2

(TCO 7) Early 20th-century European governments subscribed to _____ doctrines, generally keeping their hands away from the economy.

classic liberal

inflationary

neoclassical

Smithian

Question 3

(TCO 7) President Jimmy Carter attempted to stimulate the economy, but this made inflation worse. This led him to _____.

lose the 1980 election

slash prices of corn and soybeans

subsidize major oil companies

increase the national deficit

Question 4

(TCO 7) What event is largely considered responsible for deterring Johnson’s War on Poverty?

Great Society

Vietnam War

Middle-class entitlements

Tax expenditures

Question 5

(TCO 7) Analyze recent changes to the Food Stamp program.

The distribution of cash grants allows the program to be easily misused.

The updated debit card system makes the program more difficult to misuse.

Many recipients sell Food Stamps for 50 cents on the dollar in order to purchase drugs and alcohol.

The program allocates surplus government dairy to the poor, ameliorating milk and cheese inflation.

Question 6

(TCO 7) Differentiate between the rising costs of Medicare and Medicaid.

Medicare anticipates rising costs due to changing proportions of people over 65.

Medicaid expects rising costs due to looming financial busts.

Medicare plans to keep spending down by raising the eligibility age to 69.

Medicaid hopes to beat rising costs by adjusting the poverty level.

Question 7

(TCO 7) Why are many politicians wary about limiting Social Security and Medicare expenses?

Many would be left without enough to support them.

Caps to these programs would undermine the welfare state.

It can cost them votes.

Both are primary social safety nets.

Question 8

(TCO 7) How does the American welfare state compare to those of other industrialized nations?

Much less is allocated to welfare in the United States.

Other nations allocate less to welfare than the United States.

The United States allocates about the same to welfare.

Few nations besides the United States maintain funds for welfare.

Question 9

(TCO 7) Most liberals feel that the poverty line is _____.

reasonable

disproportionate

too high

too low

Question 10

(TCO 7) Many conservative economists argue that some banks are _____, because they would topple the rest of the economy with them.

inherently successful

too big to fail

destined for profit

practically invincible

Week 7 Quiz

Question 1

(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.

erosions of legitimacy

acts of genocide

dictatorships

coups d’état

Question 2

(TCO 9) Describe what can often happen in a changing society when, during times of prosperity, some people get rich faster than others.

Jealousy is aroused.

Politicians pay more attention to poverty.

The very poor revolt.

Economists become confused.

Question 3

(TCO 9) What is likely to happen if the people are unhappy and there is no organization to focus their discontent?

They will almost assuredly turn to violence.

Not much will happen.

The people will organize themselves regardless.

They will eventually find other means of achieving contentedness.

Question 4

(TCO 9) Some states engage in _____, despite officially denouncing terrorism.

sharing intelligence with nongovernmental militias

“state-sponsored terrorism”

targeting specific groups for violence

democracy

Question 5

(TCO 9) According to Hannah Arendt, the American struggle was indeed a revolution, perhaps history’s only complete revolution, _____.

because it alone ended with a democratic institutions.

because it became an example for other nations.

because it managed to rout what was then the great world power.

because it alone ended with a new foundation of liberty instead of the tyranny that came after other revolutions.

Question 6

(TCO 8) Countries generally sign treaties over which of the following concerns?

Economic sanctions, cease-fires, and fiscal cliffs

Tariffs, infrastructure, and drug trafficking

Global warming, land mines, and germ warfare

Trade, energy, and education

Question 7

(TCO 8) The recent global contraction brought a new wave of _____, as one country after another started to worry about keeping jobs at home.

isolationism

outsourcing

offshoring

protectionism

Question 8

(TCO 8) According to macro theorists, _____ are the key factors leading to war.

cultures

leaders

states

citizens

Question 9

(TCO 8) The United Nations’ predecessor, the _____, tried collective security to ensure peace.

Geneva Convention

Fourteen Points of Peace

Court of International Justice

League of Nations

Question 10

(TCO 8) Evaluate the changing role of sovereignty in today’s international relations.

International relations have reinforced the notion of sovereignty.

Sovereignty is dwindling in the face of international law.

Weaker nations are losing sovereignty to larger, more powerful ones.

United States sovereignty has weakened due to the threat of terrorism.