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Question #1
LECTURE: Which of the following theoretical constructs do political scientists exhibit the most bias?
A.
Pluralism
B.
Realism
C.
elitism
D.
Idealism
E.
Positivism
Question #2
LECTURE - Rational Choice Theory stresses that individuals primarily:
A.
base their decisions on their own emotional needs.
B.
base their decisions according to societal trends of emotional influence.
C.
base their decisions according to societal trends of behavior
D.
base their decisions according to the best interest of another party.
E.
base their decisions according to self-interest…as one defines that self-interest to be.
Question #3
LECTURE - Which of the following theories best describes how competing spheres of influence protect minority rights against majority factions?
A.
Idealism.
B.
Pluralism
C.
Elitism.
D.
Realism.
E.
Positivism.
Question #4
LECTURE - Which of the following is a good description of interdependency theory?
A.
The success of one party does not depend on the success of another.
B.
None of these answers are correct
C.
Success is not determined according to one’s ability to achieve set goals.
D.
The success of one party is determined according to the success of its related peer.
E.
Success is determined according only to one’s ability to achieve set goals.
Question #5
LECTURE - Manipulation is an effective means of influencing societal norms of behavior. Which theory argues that leaders will engage in policies that seek to maintain and/or enhance their positions of power?
A.
Idealism.
B.
Elitism.
C.
Culturalism.
D.
Pluralism.
E.
Realism.
Question #6
LECTURE - What is the primary motivation for one to pursue power?
A.
Individuals pursue power in order to acquire additional resources that enable one to encourage further compliance among peers. Securing compliance adds to one’s overall capacity of power.
B.
Individuals pursue power in order to acquire additional resources. This is primarily instinctual. After securing enough resources, individuals willingly give away their power reserves to society.
C.
Individuals pursue power in order to acquire additional resources. The accruement of power is the net result of using force to secure a greater “capacity of power.”
D.
Individuals pursue power in order to acquire additional resources. Compliance is not a viable route to the accruement of resources. Using force never decreases one’s overall “capacity of resources.”
E.
None of these answers are correct.
Question #7
LECTURE - Alexander Hamilton was America’s first Secretary of the Treasury. He laid the foundation for “Transparency” What does this policy entail?
A.
Disclosing all routes the nation-state will undertake regarding all forms of public policy pertaining to its political, economic, and military strategies.
B.
None of these answers are correct.
C.
Disclosing only all economic routes the nation-state will undertake.
D.
Disclosing only the military routes a nation-state will undertake.
E.
Hiding all routes the nation-state will undertake regarding all forms of public policy pertaining to its political, economic, and military strategies.
Question #8
LECTURE - Elite theorists contend that:
A.
all societies are governed by elites.
B.
few societies are divided into elites and masses
C.
None of these answers are correct.
D.
elites do not protect government by the people.
E.
average citizens are well informed and politically active.
Question #9
CHAPTER 1 - The oldest purpose of government is to provide:
A.
education for children.
B.
security for society and protection of private property.
C.
insurance for the unemployed.
D.
None of these answers are correct.
E.
freedom of the press.
Question #10
CHAPTER 1 - "Authority" refers to:
A.
a major government office.
B.
the right of citizens to demand liberty.
C.
the right of citizens to demand equality.
D.
None of these answers are correct.
E.
the right of government to enforce its decisions
Question #11
CHAPTER 1 - The political theory of majoritarianism states that
A.
None of these answers are correct.
B.
government should do what is best for the majority of people
C.
government should do what the majority of the people want it to.
D.
a small group of elites should control government power and act in the interests of the majority.
E.
government should be controlled at all levels by an elected majority political party
Question #12
CHAPTER 2 - The first draft of the Declaration of Independence was written by:
A.
George Washington.
B.
John Locke.
C.
Benjamin Franklin.
D.
Thomas Jefferson.
E.
John Adams.
Question #13
CHAPTER 2 - Which best describes the country created by the Articles of Confederation?
A.
It was federal state.
B.
None of these answers are correct.
C.
It was a constitutional monarchy
D.
It was an association of largely independent states.
E.
It had a strong central government that managed weaker states.
Question #14
CHAPTER 2 - Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
A.
Congress lacked the power to collect taxes directly from the people, Congress lacked the power to demand funds for the militia , each state had the ability to print its own currency and each state had one vote regardless of size.
B.
Congress lacked the power to collect taxes directly from the people
C.
Each state had the ability to print its own currency.
D.
Each state had one vote regardless of size.
E.
Congress lacked the power to demand funds for the militia.
Question #15
CHAPTER 2 - The Constitutional Convention in 1787 was brought on by the:
A.
failure of the Articles of Confederation.
B.
request of President Washington
C.
end of the Revolutionary War.
D.
publication of the Declaration of Independence.
E.
publication of the Treaty of Paris.
Question #16
CHAPTER 2 - The Bill of Rights provided for:
A.
the protection of individual liberties from state governments.
B.
the protection of individual liberties from the national government.
C.
protection against state infringements on the freedoms of conscience, the press, and jury trial.
D.
equal protection under the law.
Question #17
CHAPTER 2 - The Constitution embodies which fundamental principle?
A.
limited presidentialism.
B.
direct democracy.
C.
None of these answers are correct.
D.
limited government.
E.
confederal democracy.
Question #18
CHAPTER 2 - Powers specifically granted to the national government by the Constitution are called:
A.
enumerated powers.
B.
concurrent powers.
C.
None of these answers are correct.
D.
delegated powers.
E.
expressed powers.
Question #19
CHAPTER 3 - The Necessary And Proper Clause – Article I, Section 8:
A.
has increased the powers of the state governments at the expense of Congress’s powers.
B.
has served to limit the expansion of national authority.
C.
is located in the Constitution in the text of the Tenth Amendment.
D.
has expanded the role of the national government relative to the states.
E.
was in the original Constitution, but was eliminated as a consequence of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment.
Question #20
A.
None of these answers are correct
B.
non-slave states over slave states.
C.
natural law over man-made law.
D.
federal / national law over state law.
E.
large states over small states.
Question #21
CHAPTER 3 - One of the potential benefits of federalism is that:
A.
it keeps some distance between the federal government and state government.
B.
it reduces inequalities among the states.
C.
states can serve as laboratories for novel economic or social experiments
D.
None of these answers are correct.
E.
states can farm out responsibility to the national government
Question #22
Chapter 3 - One of the potential disadvantageous results of federalism is:
A.
oo much reliance on communication and transportation.
B.
inequalities among states' educational spending and achievement.
C.
oo much reliance on communication and transportation.
D.
unequal protection of states from foreign invasion.
E.
None of these answers are correct.
Question #23
CHAPTER 3 - Interstate Compacts are:
A.
agreements on minor matters.
B.
agreements that do not increase the power of a state relative to another state.
C.
agreements that require congressional consent.
D.
agreements that do not increase the power of a state relative to the national government.
E.
None of these answers are correct.
Question #24
CHAPTER 3 - In McCulloch v. Maryland, one of the issues before the Court was:
A.
whether the national government could abolish slavery in the Southern states.
B.
to decide how to apply the commerce clause to the individual states.
C.
to rule on how the necessary and proper clause should be implemented between states that already had existing contracts.
D.
None of these answers are correct.
E.
whether the national government had the implied power to charter a bank and contribute capital to it.
Question #25
CHAPTER 3 - In the case of Gibbons v. Ogden:
A.
the national government lost the power to regulate intrastate commerce.
B.
the Supreme Court found that commerce was defined as the exchange of goods and not navigation or transport of people.
C.
the ruling provided the national government with decreasing power over economic affairs throughout the land.
D.
the power to regulate interstate commerce was determined to be an exclusive national power of the federal government.
E.
state governments won the right to control navigation in interstate waters.
Question #26
CHAPTER 3 - While John Marshall was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he did much to:
A.
decrease the power of the national government and to increase that of the states.
B.
create a balance of power between the national government and that of the states.
C.
increase the power of the national government and to reduce that of the states.
D.
None of these answers are correct.
E.
favor states' rights over the rights of the national government in cases of commerce.
Question #27
CHAPTER 3 - Which of the following is a proper definition of dual federalism?
A.
Efforts to return power and responsibility to states and communities. Led to reducing state and local dependency on federal revenues and return powers to states and communities through the consolidation of categorical grants into block grants.
B.
By the time of President Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society in 1964, virtually all problems confronting America were declared to be national problems. The Supreme Court no longer concerned itself with the reserved powers of the states and the 10th Amendment lost most of its meaning.
C.
The states and the national government each remain supreme within their own spheres. The national government concentrated its attention on the delegated powers while the states decided the important domestic policy issues.
D.
Supreme Court ended all pretense of constitutional protection of state power in its 1985 Garcia decision. The court declared that there were no constitutionally protected state powers and that the only protection given the states is in congressional and presidential elections.
E.
The development of a national economy, the income tax, two world wars and the Great Depression all combined to end the strict distinction between national and state concerns.
Question #28
CHAPTER 3 - Which of the following is a proper definition of Cooperative Federalism?
A.
By the time of President Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society in 1964, virtually all problems confronting America were declared to be national problems. The Supreme Court no longer concerned itself with the reserved powers of the states and the 10th Amendment lost most of its meaning.
B.
The development of a national economy, the income tax, two world wars and the Great Depression all combined to end the strict distinction between national and state concerns.
C.
Supreme Court ended all pretense of constitutional protection of state power in its 1985 Garcia decision. The court declared that there were no constitutionally protected state powers and that the only protection given the states is in congressional and presidential elections.
D.
Efforts to return power and responsibility to states and communities. Led to reducing state and local dependency on federal revenues and return powers to states and communities through the consolidation of categorical grants into block grants.
E.
The states and the national government each remain supreme within their own spheres. The national government concentrated its attention on the delegated powers while the states decided the important domestic policy issues.
Question #29
CHAPTER 3 - Which of the following more accurately describes Cooperative Federalism?
A.
A federally funded government program run and managed by state governments.
B.
A federally funded government program run and managed by a nonprofit organization.
C.
A federally funded government program run and managed by a federal agency.
D.
None of these answers are correct.
E.
A federally funded government program run and managed by a local government.
Question #30
CHAPTER 3 - Which of the following is a proper definition of New Federalism?
A.
Efforts to return power and responsibility to states and communities. Led to reducing state and local dependency on federal revenues and return powers to states and communities through the consolidation of categorical grants into block grants.
B.
The development of a national economy, the income tax, two world wars and the Great Depression all combined to end the strict distinction between national and state concerns.
C.
Supreme Court ended all pretense of constitutional protection of state power in its 1985 Garcia decision. The court declared that there were no constitutionally protected state powers and that the only protection given the states is in congressional and presidential elections.
D.
By the time of President Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society in 1964, virtually all problems confronting America were declared to be national problems. The Supreme Court no longer concerned itself with the reserved powers of the states and the 10th Amendment lost most of its meaning.
E.
The states and the national government each remain supreme within their own spheres. The national government concentrated its attention on the delegated powers while the states decided the important domestic policy issues.
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