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.
