CPI Exam 1
Choose the normative statement. - Answer-Having a baby is too important to forgo for financial
reasons.
__________ is an element or factor that is liable to change, or vary, from case to case. - Answer-a
variable
Which of the following is not a good comparative politics question? - Answer-When did the Iranian
Revolution happen?
Which of the following is true about the cases Most-Similar-Systems designs? - Answer-the outcomes
should differ
To make a concept measureable, researchers would use __________. - Answer-Operationalization
Shannon O'Neil's article deals with the case of Mexico, a state that has both faced serious security
problems and made major social and economic advances in recent years. What does O'Neil think best
accounts for these developments? - Answer-Diversification of the economy beyond oil, Privatization of
many businesses, Opening of trade with other states
, According to the article by Natasha Bowler, the government of Bahrain has begun taking what action
against some Shia Muslims, who make up the majority of the country? - Answer-revoking their
citizenship
Which of the following is usually considered a definitive characteristic of a modern state? - Answer-
Monopoly on the legitimate use of force
Which of the following is often considered a failed or fragile state? - Answer-Haiti
What does it mean to say that a state is "sovereign"? - Answer-The state is recognized as the sole
political authority in some territory.
Who is a proponent of the bellicist theory of state formation? - Answer-Charles Tilly
What does it mean to say that the state "diffused" globally? - Answer-Over time, the organizational
form of the state spread around the world.
"A space in society outside of the organization of the state, in which citizens come together and organize
themselves" refers to what? - Answer-a civil society
Which of the following is not typically identified by political scientists as a major characteristic of most
modern states? - Answer-propinquity
Marx's view of the state as a representation of the interests of the bourgeoisie is an example of which of
the following types of theories of state emergence? - Answer-Economic
The ways politics and economics interrelate and affect one another is called __________. - Answer-
political economy
Choose the normative statement. - Answer-Having a baby is too important to forgo for financial
reasons.
__________ is an element or factor that is liable to change, or vary, from case to case. - Answer-a
variable
Which of the following is not a good comparative politics question? - Answer-When did the Iranian
Revolution happen?
Which of the following is true about the cases Most-Similar-Systems designs? - Answer-the outcomes
should differ
To make a concept measureable, researchers would use __________. - Answer-Operationalization
Shannon O'Neil's article deals with the case of Mexico, a state that has both faced serious security
problems and made major social and economic advances in recent years. What does O'Neil think best
accounts for these developments? - Answer-Diversification of the economy beyond oil, Privatization of
many businesses, Opening of trade with other states
, According to the article by Natasha Bowler, the government of Bahrain has begun taking what action
against some Shia Muslims, who make up the majority of the country? - Answer-revoking their
citizenship
Which of the following is usually considered a definitive characteristic of a modern state? - Answer-
Monopoly on the legitimate use of force
Which of the following is often considered a failed or fragile state? - Answer-Haiti
What does it mean to say that a state is "sovereign"? - Answer-The state is recognized as the sole
political authority in some territory.
Who is a proponent of the bellicist theory of state formation? - Answer-Charles Tilly
What does it mean to say that the state "diffused" globally? - Answer-Over time, the organizational
form of the state spread around the world.
"A space in society outside of the organization of the state, in which citizens come together and organize
themselves" refers to what? - Answer-a civil society
Which of the following is not typically identified by political scientists as a major characteristic of most
modern states? - Answer-propinquity
Marx's view of the state as a representation of the interests of the bourgeoisie is an example of which of
the following types of theories of state emergence? - Answer-Economic
The ways politics and economics interrelate and affect one another is called __________. - Answer-
political economy
