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PSCI 1101 Chapter 3 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers.
Block Grant - answer✔✔A broad grant of money given by the federal government to a state
government. The grant specifies the general area (such as education or health services) in which
the funds may be spent but leaves it to the state to determine the specific allocations
Common Core - answer✔✔A national set of education standards in mathematics and English
language arts/literacy that outline what students should know and be able to do at the end of each
grade (K-12)
Cutthroat Competition - answer✔✔Competition among states that involves adopting policies that
each state would prefer to avoid. For example, states engage in cutthroat competition when they
underbid one another on tax breaks to attract businesses relocating their facilities
Dual Federalism - answer✔✔A system of government in which the federal government and state
governments each have mutually exclusive spheres of action
Elastic Clause - answer✔✔Allows Congress to "make all Laws which shall be necessary and
proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers."
Enumerated Powers - answer✔✔The explicit powers given to Congress by the Constitution in
Article I, Section 8. These include the powers of taxation, coinage of money, regulation of
commerce, and provision for the national defense
Externality - answer✔✔Public goods or bads generated as by-products of private activity. For
example, air pollution is an externality (public bad) because it is, in part, the by-product of the
private activity of driving a car
Federalism - answer✔✔A system of government in which power is divided between a central
government and several regional governments. In the United States the division is between the
national government and the states
Grants-in-Aid - answer✔✔Funds given by Congress to state or local governments for a specific
purpose
PSCI 1101 Chapter 3 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers.
Block Grant - answer✔✔A broad grant of money given by the federal government to a state
government. The grant specifies the general area (such as education or health services) in which
the funds may be spent but leaves it to the state to determine the specific allocations
Common Core - answer✔✔A national set of education standards in mathematics and English
language arts/literacy that outline what students should know and be able to do at the end of each
grade (K-12)
Cutthroat Competition - answer✔✔Competition among states that involves adopting policies that
each state would prefer to avoid. For example, states engage in cutthroat competition when they
underbid one another on tax breaks to attract businesses relocating their facilities
Dual Federalism - answer✔✔A system of government in which the federal government and state
governments each have mutually exclusive spheres of action
Elastic Clause - answer✔✔Allows Congress to "make all Laws which shall be necessary and
proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers."
Enumerated Powers - answer✔✔The explicit powers given to Congress by the Constitution in
Article I, Section 8. These include the powers of taxation, coinage of money, regulation of
commerce, and provision for the national defense
Externality - answer✔✔Public goods or bads generated as by-products of private activity. For
example, air pollution is an externality (public bad) because it is, in part, the by-product of the
private activity of driving a car
Federalism - answer✔✔A system of government in which power is divided between a central
government and several regional governments. In the United States the division is between the
national government and the states
Grants-in-Aid - answer✔✔Funds given by Congress to state or local governments for a specific
purpose
