PSC 101 EVALUATION EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The practice of training reporters to produce a standardized, seemingly neutral news
product was the result of - ✔✔the newspaper industry's realization that the best way to
make profit was to not alienate potential readers who held liberal or conservative
political views
✔✔Which of the following news sources reach the MOST Americans - ✔✔television
✔✔If public concern and interest in data security issues increased after a number of
television and newspaper stories about "hacking" it would be an example of the media's
____________ power - ✔✔agenda-setting
✔✔According to political scientist Amber Boydstun, the media has a(n) _________ for
breaking stories and a(n) ________ for covering them in greater depth - ✔✔alarm
mode; patrol mode
✔✔Edward Snowden is MOST known for - ✔✔leaking the material that revealed
widespread global surveillance programs by the U.S. government and major
telecommunication companies
✔✔The Federal Communications Commission - ✔✔bans explicit sexual and excretory
references on airwaves during certain hours of the day
✔✔If a radio station aired a personal attack against a candidate but refused to allow the
same candidate the opportunity to respond to that attack on its station, the station would
be violating the ________. - ✔✔right of rebuttal
✔✔The idea of "unequal democracy" refers to the fact that - ✔✔lower-income citizens
have little representation by either party, except when their opinions overlap with more-
affluent citizens.
✔✔The number of political parties there are in a country is determined primarily by -
✔✔the country's electoral system and rules
✔✔Which statement best characterizes the influence average citizens and party elites
have over the nomination process in the United States - ✔✔Although average citizens
have some influence in the nomination process, party elites play an outsized role in
selecting the candidates who will compete in the general election
✔✔All of the following are responsibilities of a party's national committee EXCEPT -
✔✔determining committee assignments for members of congress
, ✔✔There are very few party machines left today because - ✔✔civil service reform and
the institution of the merit system mean that party leaders can no longer control who is
appointed to government jobs
✔✔Which list of issue positions is MOST likely to be supported by the national
leadership of the republican party - ✔✔maintaining high levels of military spending,
instituting tax relief for upper-income voters, and reducing corporate taxes
✔✔Women in the United States are ________ the ________ Party. - ✔✔somewhat
more likely to support; Democratic
✔✔An individual's psychological attachment to one party or another is called party -
✔✔identification
✔✔The New Deal coalition was severely strained and ultimately broken apart by the -
✔✔Vietnam War and the issue of civil rights
✔✔The federalist party disappeared, in part, as a result of - ✔✔the War of 1812
✔✔Which of the following are not included in Nevada Supreme Court's original
jurisdiction? - ✔✔hearing questions of fact
hearing questions of law
✔✔One of the primary obstacles facing early judges in the Nevada territory was -
✔✔disputes over mining claims
✔✔Within the Nevada District Court system, there are _______ specialty courts - ✔✔43
✔✔Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, the Nevada Supreme Court can issue advisory
opinions - ✔✔false
✔✔Regulation of lobbyists in Nevada began in what year - ✔✔1973
✔✔Which one is a type of interest group - ✔✔non-economic
✔✔Because Nevada legislators are part-time workers, face term limits, and tend to be
inexperienced, lobbyists - ✔✔provide information to legislators
✔✔What is the name for those who benefit from the activity of an interest group without
actually aiding that interest group - ✔✔free-rider
✔✔Public interest groups differ from other types of interest groups in that - ✔✔they
claim to serve the common good, not just their own particular interests
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The practice of training reporters to produce a standardized, seemingly neutral news
product was the result of - ✔✔the newspaper industry's realization that the best way to
make profit was to not alienate potential readers who held liberal or conservative
political views
✔✔Which of the following news sources reach the MOST Americans - ✔✔television
✔✔If public concern and interest in data security issues increased after a number of
television and newspaper stories about "hacking" it would be an example of the media's
____________ power - ✔✔agenda-setting
✔✔According to political scientist Amber Boydstun, the media has a(n) _________ for
breaking stories and a(n) ________ for covering them in greater depth - ✔✔alarm
mode; patrol mode
✔✔Edward Snowden is MOST known for - ✔✔leaking the material that revealed
widespread global surveillance programs by the U.S. government and major
telecommunication companies
✔✔The Federal Communications Commission - ✔✔bans explicit sexual and excretory
references on airwaves during certain hours of the day
✔✔If a radio station aired a personal attack against a candidate but refused to allow the
same candidate the opportunity to respond to that attack on its station, the station would
be violating the ________. - ✔✔right of rebuttal
✔✔The idea of "unequal democracy" refers to the fact that - ✔✔lower-income citizens
have little representation by either party, except when their opinions overlap with more-
affluent citizens.
✔✔The number of political parties there are in a country is determined primarily by -
✔✔the country's electoral system and rules
✔✔Which statement best characterizes the influence average citizens and party elites
have over the nomination process in the United States - ✔✔Although average citizens
have some influence in the nomination process, party elites play an outsized role in
selecting the candidates who will compete in the general election
✔✔All of the following are responsibilities of a party's national committee EXCEPT -
✔✔determining committee assignments for members of congress
, ✔✔There are very few party machines left today because - ✔✔civil service reform and
the institution of the merit system mean that party leaders can no longer control who is
appointed to government jobs
✔✔Which list of issue positions is MOST likely to be supported by the national
leadership of the republican party - ✔✔maintaining high levels of military spending,
instituting tax relief for upper-income voters, and reducing corporate taxes
✔✔Women in the United States are ________ the ________ Party. - ✔✔somewhat
more likely to support; Democratic
✔✔An individual's psychological attachment to one party or another is called party -
✔✔identification
✔✔The New Deal coalition was severely strained and ultimately broken apart by the -
✔✔Vietnam War and the issue of civil rights
✔✔The federalist party disappeared, in part, as a result of - ✔✔the War of 1812
✔✔Which of the following are not included in Nevada Supreme Court's original
jurisdiction? - ✔✔hearing questions of fact
hearing questions of law
✔✔One of the primary obstacles facing early judges in the Nevada territory was -
✔✔disputes over mining claims
✔✔Within the Nevada District Court system, there are _______ specialty courts - ✔✔43
✔✔Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, the Nevada Supreme Court can issue advisory
opinions - ✔✔false
✔✔Regulation of lobbyists in Nevada began in what year - ✔✔1973
✔✔Which one is a type of interest group - ✔✔non-economic
✔✔Because Nevada legislators are part-time workers, face term limits, and tend to be
inexperienced, lobbyists - ✔✔provide information to legislators
✔✔What is the name for those who benefit from the activity of an interest group without
actually aiding that interest group - ✔✔free-rider
✔✔Public interest groups differ from other types of interest groups in that - ✔✔they
claim to serve the common good, not just their own particular interests
