Ashford POL201 Week 5 Quiz Latest 2019 May

POL201: American National Government

Week 5 Quiz

A Question 1 Policy in the United States is guided by which of the following basic goals?

  Equity

  Efficiency

  Liberty

  All of the above

Question 2 For which of these groups does the media serve as a vehicle for conveying messages during election campaigns?

  Candidates

  Interest groups

  Ordinary citizens

  All of the above

Question 3 What power does a news media personality not have when he/she moderates a televised debate?

  They determine which candidates are present.

  They ensure that candidates can make rebuttals to which they are entitled.

  They ensure that participants do not go over their allotted time.

  They write the debate questions.

Question 4 What metaphor is used to describe the role played by the media between the government and the public?

  Opaque window

  Black box

  Schrodinger’s cat

  Rainy day

Question 5 What policy declared that all nations trading with China should have equal privileges?

  Open Door Policy

  Economic policy

  Most favored nation status

  Social policy

Question 6 Which of the following would be a presentation of unbiased information?

  When the media favors one perspective

  When the media chooses what to report on

  When the media gives equal coverage to all sides

  When the media chooses how much information to share about a news item

Question 7 The ________________ regulates radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable communications throughout the United States include the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.

  Federal Cable Commission

  Federal Communications Commission

  Federal Computer Commission

  Federal Cyber-Network Commission

Question 8 This principle of U.S. policy presumed that neither superpower would be the first to launch a nuclear attack because such an attack would lead to certain destruction.

  Mutually Agreed Decision

  Modern Agreed Diplomacy

  Mutually Assured Destruction

  Mass Attack and Defense

Question 9 This attack in 1941 led to the end of isolationism and the entry of the United States into World War II.

  Iwo Jima

  Versailles

  Pearl Harbor

  Hindenburg

Question 10 During what time period was the highest percentage of Americans eligible to vote?

  Colonial times (mid-1700s)

  Pre-Civil War (mid-1800s)

  Gilded Age (early 1900s)

  Today (early 2000s)