POLI 330N Week 8 FINAL EXAM
(4 VERSIONS)
VERSION 1
(TCO 1) Which best explains the differences between historians and political scientists?
Historians look for generalizations, and political scientists are reluctant to generalize.
Question 12reluctant
Historians are Pointss 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 22 Pointss
(TCO 1) Which are both true for most political scientists?
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 32 Pointss
(TCO 1) Voting for someone who is charismatic but whose policies might not benefit you would
be considered behavior.
irrational
rational
legitimate
selfish
Question 42 Pointss
(TCO 1) Which of the following best exemplifies sovereignty?
The United States negotiating a trade agreement with Canada
The people of France acknowledging the authority of their president
Israel asserting jurisdiction over the Gaza Strip
President Obama having the support of the people who elected him
Question 52 Pointss
(TCO 1) The notion that you respect the U.S. Congress, even though it is controlled by a party with
which you do not agree, pertains to .
sovereignty
authority
, legitimacy
monarchy
Question 62 Pointss
(TCO 1) Descriptions of political phenomena often lack .
rationality
reasoning
theory
balance
Question 72 Pointss
(TCO 1) The term for measuring with numbers is .
quantifying
hypothesis
qualifying
empirical
Question 82 Pointss
(TCO 4) The English common law stressed the rights of free and equal men and was developed on
the basis of precedent set by earlier judges, known today as .
judge-made law
judicial precedent
example by trial
court generated
Question 92 Pointss
(TCO 4) Under which of the following circumstances might a case be pursued as both a criminal and a
civil case?
A state accuses banks of mortgage fraud, sold to investors elsewhere in the nation.
Drug traffickers violate property and federal law by moving drugs across state borders.
Burglars violate federal property and the state sues them for damages.
The federal government accuses a food manufacture of unsafe food practices and consumers injured by
their product sue them.
Question 102 Pointss
(TCO 4) The concept of judicial review falls under which article of the U.S. Constitution?
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 112 Pointss
(TCO 4) Who nominates and approves federal judges in the U.S. court system?
The president and the Senate
The Senate and the House
The president and Speaker of the House
The Senate and the Secretary of State
Question 122 Pointss
(TCO 4) When was judicial review granted to the Supreme Court within the United States?
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 132 Pointss
(TCO 4) Examine the ideal role of American judges.
Judges should intervene frequently, interpreting the law according to their expertise and ensuring a fair trial.
Judges should act as umpires, passively watching the legal drama and ruling only on disputed points of
procedure.
Judges should not intervene unless attorneys object, at which point they may either overrule or sustain the
objection.
Judges should take an active role, questioning witnesses, eliciting evidence, and commenting on procedure.
Question 142 Pointss
(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.
boycotts
sit-ins
picket lines
protests
Question 152 Pointss
(TCO 5) Countries with limits on government have usually had feudal pasts, which suggests what about
the dispersion of power?
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 162 Pointss
(TCO 5) How often does the cabinet change in a parliamentary system?
(4 VERSIONS)
VERSION 1
(TCO 1) Which best explains the differences between historians and political scientists?
Historians look for generalizations, and political scientists are reluctant to generalize.
Question 12reluctant
Historians are Pointss 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 22 Pointss
(TCO 1) Which are both true for most political scientists?
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 32 Pointss
(TCO 1) Voting for someone who is charismatic but whose policies might not benefit you would
be considered behavior.
irrational
rational
legitimate
selfish
Question 42 Pointss
(TCO 1) Which of the following best exemplifies sovereignty?
The United States negotiating a trade agreement with Canada
The people of France acknowledging the authority of their president
Israel asserting jurisdiction over the Gaza Strip
President Obama having the support of the people who elected him
Question 52 Pointss
(TCO 1) The notion that you respect the U.S. Congress, even though it is controlled by a party with
which you do not agree, pertains to .
sovereignty
authority
, legitimacy
monarchy
Question 62 Pointss
(TCO 1) Descriptions of political phenomena often lack .
rationality
reasoning
theory
balance
Question 72 Pointss
(TCO 1) The term for measuring with numbers is .
quantifying
hypothesis
qualifying
empirical
Question 82 Pointss
(TCO 4) The English common law stressed the rights of free and equal men and was developed on
the basis of precedent set by earlier judges, known today as .
judge-made law
judicial precedent
example by trial
court generated
Question 92 Pointss
(TCO 4) Under which of the following circumstances might a case be pursued as both a criminal and a
civil case?
A state accuses banks of mortgage fraud, sold to investors elsewhere in the nation.
Drug traffickers violate property and federal law by moving drugs across state borders.
Burglars violate federal property and the state sues them for damages.
The federal government accuses a food manufacture of unsafe food practices and consumers injured by
their product sue them.
Question 102 Pointss
(TCO 4) The concept of judicial review falls under which article of the U.S. Constitution?
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 112 Pointss
(TCO 4) Who nominates and approves federal judges in the U.S. court system?
The president and the Senate
The Senate and the House
The president and Speaker of the House
The Senate and the Secretary of State
Question 122 Pointss
(TCO 4) When was judicial review granted to the Supreme Court within the United States?
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 132 Pointss
(TCO 4) Examine the ideal role of American judges.
Judges should intervene frequently, interpreting the law according to their expertise and ensuring a fair trial.
Judges should act as umpires, passively watching the legal drama and ruling only on disputed points of
procedure.
Judges should not intervene unless attorneys object, at which point they may either overrule or sustain the
objection.
Judges should take an active role, questioning witnesses, eliciting evidence, and commenting on procedure.
Question 142 Pointss
(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.
boycotts
sit-ins
picket lines
protests
Question 152 Pointss
(TCO 5) Countries with limits on government have usually had feudal pasts, which suggests what about
the dispersion of power?
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 162 Pointss
(TCO 5) How often does the cabinet change in a parliamentary system?
