final
Question 1.1. (TCO 1) Politics could be referred to the
“master science” because politics _____. (Points : 2)
predates the
other social sciences
is more
rigorous compared to other social sciences
is more
difficult to study than other social sciences
relates to
other social sciences
Question 2.2. (TCO 1) Which are both true for most political
scientists? (Points : 2)
They think
practically and seek accuracy
They seek
popularity and are skeptical of power
They offer
single causes and think abstractly
They are
skeptical of power and offer long-term consequences
Question 3.3. (TCO 1) Voting for someone who is charismatic
but whose policies might not benefit you would be considered _____ behavior.
(Points : 2)
irrational
rational
legitimate
selfish
Question 4.4. (TCO 1) _____ is the use of public office for
private gain. (Points : 2)
Sovereignty
Corruption
Authority
Legitimacy
Question 5.5. (TCO 1) The notion that we acknowledge the
rightful roles of our leaders or our laws is known as _____. (Points : 2)
sovereignty
authority
legitimacy
monarchy
Question 6.6. (TCO 1) Descriptions of political phenomena
often lack _____. (Points : 2)
rationality
reasoning
theory
balance
Question 7.7. (TCO 1) The term for measuring with numbers is
_____. (Points : 2)
quantifying
hypothesis
qualifying
empirical
Question 8.8. (TCO 4) Unlike natural law, positive law uses
_____. (Points : 2)
the spirit of
the law to make determinations
books to reach
conclusions
judicial
sentencing to determine case outcomes
jury selection
to manipulate judgment
Question 9.9. (TCO 4) Under which of the following circumstances
might a case be pursued as both a criminal and a civil case? (Points : 2)
The federal
government accuses investment houses of wrongdoing and investors who lost money
sue them.
Drug
traffickers violate property and federal law by moving drugs across state
borders.
Burglars
violate federal property and the state sues them for damages.
A state accuses
banks of mortgage fraud in mortgages sold to investors elsewhere in the nation.
Question 10.10. (TCO 4) The concept of judicial review falls
under which article of the U.S. Constitution? (Points : 2)
Article I: The
Legislative Branch
Article III:
The Judicial Branch
Article VI:
Debts, Supremacy, Oaths
Judicial review
is not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution.
Question 11.11. Compare the election cycles of federal and
state judges. (Points : 2)
State judges
are elected directly, and federal judges go through an electoral college.
State judges
are elected based on population, and federal judges are elected per state.
State judges
are elected, and federal judges are appointed.
The election
process is nearly identical.
Question 12.12. (TCO 4) When was judicial review granted to
the Supreme Court within the United States? (Points : 2)
It was granted
during the Constitution Convention of 1787.
It was granted
in the Bill of Rights.
It was the
result of the Marbury v. Madison decision of 1803.
It was never
officially adopted but is an unofficial practice.
Question 13.13. (TCO 4) Which of the following best
articulates the stance of judicial restraint advocates? (Points : 2)
Judicial review
is the best and only true method of checking legislative power.
The court
should practice restraint in cases in which legislative acts are presented for
interpretation.
Only the
executive branch can restrain the court, keeping the power of judicial review
in balance with the other governing branches.
Only Congress
should make public policy and, unless a legislative act clearly violates the
Constitution, the law should stand.
Question 14.14. (TCO 4) In Lombard v. Louisiana (1963), the
Warren Court supported _____, ruling that blacks who had refused to leave a
segregated lunch counter could not be prosecuted. (Points : 2)
boycotts
sit-ins
picket lines
protests
Question 15.15. (TCO 5) Countries with limits on government
have usually had feudal pasts, which suggests what about the dispersion of
power? (Points : 2)
Equal
distribution of power is the only effective political structure.
Power must be
distributed by the working class.
Power should be
concentrated among the lower classes.
Dispersion of
power is good and concentration of power is bad.
Question 16.16. (TCO 5) How often does the cabinet change in
a parliamentary system? (Points : 2)
Every 4 years
Every 6 years
Every 8 years
When the
cabinet is voted out or resigns
Question 17.17. (TCO 5) Voters receive the most direct
representation in which system? (Points : 2)
Parliamentary
Presidential
Electoral
Coalition
Question 18.18. (TCO 5) Each division of government in a
parliamentary system is headed by a _____. (Points : 2)
secretary
president
prime minister
minister
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Question 1.1. (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. (Points : 2)
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 2.2. (TCO 5) In the case of both parliamentary and
presidential systems, examine the reason democracies will not vanish, even
though the executive seems to be receiving more and more power. (Points : 2)
Checks and
balances keep the chief executive from gaining too much power.
Chief
executives will eventually have to face reelection, which depends greatly on
the approval of voting citizens.
Both systems
have methods by which to oust chief executives.
Subordinates
carry out some of the workload of the chief executive.
Question 3.3. (TCO 5) What is the role of cabinet members?
(Points : 2)
Cabinet members
assist chief executives by designing and heading their own divisions of
government.
Cabinet members
work independently from chief executives by heading a major executive division
of government.
Cabinets
members assist chief executives by heading a major executive division of
government.
Cabinet members
work independently from chief executives by designing and heading their own
divisions of government.
Question 4.4. (TCO 7) Radicals use the term political
economy instead of _____,”which is a hard sell these days. (Points : 2)
late capitalism
Marxism
pure market
system
utilitarianism
Question 5.5. (TCO 7) How do Keynesian economic policies
differ from the traditional laissez-faire policies developed by Adam Smith?
(Points : 2)
Laissez-faire
advocates for “cutthroat” capitalism, and Keynesian policies seek to spread
wealth equally among a nation’s citizens.
Keynesian
economics advocate for increased government control of economics, and
traditional laissez-faire argues for a hands-free approach.
Smithian
policies advocate for increased spending and stimuli for government-run
businesses, and Keynesian economics argues for a hands-free approach.
The more
liberal Smithian economies distribute wealth more evenly among society, and
Keynesian economics tends to distribute wealth among the top 1%.
Question 6.6. (TCO 7) Conservatives hold that Johnson’s Great
Society was a waste of money, locking recipients into _____ and encouraging a
subculture of drugs and crime. (Points : 2)
entitlement
benefits
perpetual
subsidies
social safety
nets
welfare
dependency
Question 7.7. (TCO 7) Differentiate between the rising costs
of Medicare and Medicaid. (Points : 2)
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 8.8. (TCO 7) According to political scientist Ira
Sharkansky, “All modern states are welfare states, and all welfare states are
_____.” (Points : 2)
democratic
compassionate
bureaucratic
incoherent
Question 9.9. (TCO 7) How does the American welfare state
compare to those of other industrialized nations? (Points : 2)
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 10.10. (TCO 7) Investigate what historically
happens to conservatives when firms are supposedly “too big to fail.” (Points :
2)
Conservatives
argue for expensive bail-out packages.
Most
conservatives suggest letting the free market run its course.
Most argue
against expensive stimulus packages.
They switch
parties.
Question 11.11. (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. (Points : 2)
the erosion of
legitimacy
acts of
genocide
dictatorships
coups d’état
Question 12.12. (TCO 9) Riots triggered by police beating
youths, protests against globalization, and labor strikes against austerity are
all examples of _____. (Points : 2)
purely
traditional violence
issue-oriented
violence
violence carried
out by civilian institutions of government
coups
Question 13.13. (TCO 9) What is likely to happen if the
people are unhappy and there is no organization to focus their discontent?
(Points : 2)
They will
almost surely turn to violence.
Not much will
happen.
The people will
organize themselves, regardless.
They will
eventually find other means of achieving contentedness.
Question 14.14. (TCO 9) What are the aims of terrorists via
their calculated acts of terrorism? (Points : 2)
To panic their
enemies, to gain publicity and recruits, and to get the foe to overreact and
drive more people to side with the terrorists
To destroy as
much of the economic strength of a nation as possible
To kill national
leaders
To kill their
enemies, to gain recruits, and to get the UN to overreact and cause more people
to side with the terrorists
Question 15.15. (TCO 9) What is the crux of radical
revolutionary thinking? (Points : 2)
An economic plan
to back up political ideas
Belief that it
is possible to remake society
Belief that
violence is the key to change
A purely
ideological motive
Question 16.16. (TCO 9) Why is the Middle East currently the
breeding ground for considerable terrorist activity? (Points : 2)
High birth
rates produce many unemployed youth who are attracted to the simplistic lessons
of Islamism, which has made the United States an object of hate.
Low birth rates
produce too few citizens to keep the economy growing, and poverty breeds
unrest.
High birth
rates produce many unemployed youth who are attracted to the complex lessons of
Islamism, which has made other Middle Eastern nations an object of hate.
Low birth rates
produce too few citizens to keep the economy growing, and the poor are
attracted to the simplistic lessons of Islamism, which has made the United
States an object of hate.
Question 17.17. (TCO 9) Hannah Arendt pointed out that rage
is the fuel of revolution, but what is now the greatest cause of rage? (Points
: 2)
The low level
of education in developing nations
The enormous
economic mismanagement in industrialized nations
The extreme
violence utilized by industrialized nations against developing nations
The massive
corruption now found in developing lands
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Question 1. 1. (TCO 2) What types of states are most likely
to become authoritarian? Why? Along the same lines, what authoritarian states
have been most likely to democratize? Under what circumstances does this
democratization occur and why? Based on previous findings, describe one country
you think is likely to democratize in the near future. (Points : 40)
Question 2. 2. (TCO 3) Compare and contrast interest groups
and political parties. In your response, be sure to provide examples their
similarities and differences. In addition, please assess what advantages
interest groups offer that political parties don’t and then what advantages d
political parties offer that interest groups don’t. (Points : 40)
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Question 3. 3. (TCO 6) Socialism has evolved over the
centuries from Karl Marx’s original purposed theories. The first change took
place with Leninism, and now many liberal societies incorporate a mild form of
socialism referred to as social democracy. Your analysis should include a
comparison of these forms of government and explain how and why socialism split
into these several varieties. (Points : 40)
Question 4. 4. (TCO 8) Today’s world seems to be moving
beyond sovereignty and toward supranational leadership to cooperate on issues
of global importance. What are some of these issues? How might they be solved
through supranational cooperation? Does such cooperation impede the sovereignty
of independent nations? Please sure to include specific examples in supporting
your points. (Points : 40)
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