15 Jan Disabled American Veterans

POLI330 Political Science

Week 4 Quiz

Question 1 (TCO 3) What is the most important tool for interest groups seeking to change or influence public policy?

An educated public

A large membership

A strong sense of how the political process works

Money

An elected official as an advocate

Question 2 (TCO 3) What is a major criticism of the winner-take-all electoral system?

It emphasizes political parties at the expense of individual candidates.

It limits voter choice and makes it impossible for minor parties to compete in elections.

It causes a pronounced tendency toward party decentralization.

It makes forming a national consensus more difficult.

It encourages the emergence of single-issue splinter parties.

Question 3 (TCO 3) Which theory says that the necessities involved in managing an organization inevitably become concentrated in the hands of a few bureaucrats, who then wield true power in the organization?

Political apathy

Low-information rationality

Elitist theory of democracy

Iron law of oligarchy

Political efficacy

Question 4 (TCO 4) When can government outlaw religious practices?

If the religion is not approved beforehand

If the religion is too small

If the religion moves overseas

If the religion poses a threat to society

If the religion obscures or misinterprets the words of God

Question 5 (TCO 3) What did Thomas Hobbes believe was the main responsibility for government to provide?

Prosperity in moderation

Justice for all

Safety from harm

Racial equality

Limited privacy

Question 6 (TCO 3) What term is used to describe a question on the ballot asking citizens to give the state permission to repeal an existing law?

Recall

Primary

Legislative referendum

Run-off

Republic

Question 7 (TCO 4) What do conservatives argue about the middle class in America?

That it is disappearing

That it remains large and essential to the U.S. economy

That government needs to enact new legislation to protect and assist the middle class

That the tax burden falls disproportionately on the middle class

That the middle class’s share of the nation’s prosperity has fallen since the 1970s

Question 8 (TCO 4) Which of the following have American courts allowed under the First Amendment?

Speech that constitutes a direct personal provocation

Clergy to offer nondenominational prayers at public high school graduations

Polygamy, as long as it is part of traditional religious practice

Schools to require children who are Jehovah’s Witnesses to salute the flag

Schools to exempt Amish children from public education requirements

Question 9 (TCO 3) Which of the following would be considered a public interest group?

Italian-American Foundation

American Association of Retired Persons

Disabled American Veterans

National Association of Manufacturers

Sierra Club

Question 10 (TCO 3) Which of the following is true with regard to health care in the United States?

The U.S. population is aging and thus requires increasing public expenditures for Medicare and Medicaid.

The cost of health care is increasing at a lower rate than inflation.

Most Americans receive adequate health insurance through their employers.

All Americans are adequately covered by private health insurance policies.

The U.S. population is growing so prosperous that it will not require Medicare or Medicaid.