POSC EXAM #2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
"Redlining" - Answers- is a policy that started by the federal government to rank the
desirability and creditworthiness of different neighborhoods that was primarily based on
race and ethnicity
According to your textbook as well as the This Week Tonight segment on school
segregation - Answers- Many public schools across the US are as segregated now as
they were in the early 1970s
According to your textbook, course lectures, and in-class videos, - Answers- Brown v.
Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (and Brown II) ended de juresegregation of
public schools, but achieving de facto segregation has remained a politicalchallenge as
evidenced by the large amount of minorities who continue to attendmajority-minority
schools
Agenda-setting refers to - Answers- the ability f the media to influence the importance
placed on the topics of the publicagenda. If a news is item is covered frequently and
prominently, the audience will regard that item as important
Assume that the election results from the question above apply to a single US Senate
seat. Which of the following correctly allocates the seat under a single member district
plurality (SMDP)election? - Answers- The Republican candidate would win the seat
Brown v. Board of Education - Answers- overturned the doctrine of "separate but equal"
of Plessy v. Ferguson(1896) and was a unanimous (9-0) decision
Civil rights are most closely associated with - Answers- equality
Factions are best described as - Answers- interest groups
Freedom of the press is protected by - Answers- The First Amendment
How do the actions of interest groups potentially benefit our political system? -
Answers- All of the above are potential contributions that interest groups can make to
our political system
If a country moves from an SMDP system to a PR system, what happens to the number
of parties in that country's legislature? - Answers- it moved from a two-party to a multi-
party system
In a democracy, political parties exist in order to - Answers- all of the above
In the US, the media are - Answers- usually owned by very large corporations
"Redlining" - Answers- is a policy that started by the federal government to rank the
desirability and creditworthiness of different neighborhoods that was primarily based on
race and ethnicity
According to your textbook as well as the This Week Tonight segment on school
segregation - Answers- Many public schools across the US are as segregated now as
they were in the early 1970s
According to your textbook, course lectures, and in-class videos, - Answers- Brown v.
Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (and Brown II) ended de juresegregation of
public schools, but achieving de facto segregation has remained a politicalchallenge as
evidenced by the large amount of minorities who continue to attendmajority-minority
schools
Agenda-setting refers to - Answers- the ability f the media to influence the importance
placed on the topics of the publicagenda. If a news is item is covered frequently and
prominently, the audience will regard that item as important
Assume that the election results from the question above apply to a single US Senate
seat. Which of the following correctly allocates the seat under a single member district
plurality (SMDP)election? - Answers- The Republican candidate would win the seat
Brown v. Board of Education - Answers- overturned the doctrine of "separate but equal"
of Plessy v. Ferguson(1896) and was a unanimous (9-0) decision
Civil rights are most closely associated with - Answers- equality
Factions are best described as - Answers- interest groups
Freedom of the press is protected by - Answers- The First Amendment
How do the actions of interest groups potentially benefit our political system? -
Answers- All of the above are potential contributions that interest groups can make to
our political system
If a country moves from an SMDP system to a PR system, what happens to the number
of parties in that country's legislature? - Answers- it moved from a two-party to a multi-
party system
In a democracy, political parties exist in order to - Answers- all of the above
In the US, the media are - Answers- usually owned by very large corporations
