POLI 2051 Exam 1 Questions and
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A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency
are examples of which of the following? - ✔✔public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional
democratic theory? - ✔✔enlightened understanding
The U.S. preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain
why we have a smaller and more limited government than do most other
advanced industrialized countries. - ✔✔laissez-faire
The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political
__________. - ✔✔participation
What best describes a linkage institution? - ✔✔a channel through which
people's concerns become a political agenda
What condition occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong
enough to form a majority and establish policy, yet each may be strong
enough to thwart will of others? - ✔✔policy gridlock
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, What determines whom we select as our government leaders and what
policies these leaders pursue? - ✔✔politics
What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and
expenditures? - ✔✔budgetary choice
What makes up governments policy agenda? - ✔✔the issues that attract
the serious attention of public officials and other political actors
What most closely exemplifies equality in voting? - ✔✔one person, one
vote
Which theory argues that special interests groups have become sovereign,
and the government is merely their servant? - ✔✔hyperpluralism
Who is at the center of all theories of elitism? - ✔✔big business
In Federalist 10, who wrote, "The most common and durable source of
factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property"? -
✔✔James Madison
John Locke's belief that government derives its authority from the people
influenced the Declaration of Independence, which says "Governments are
instituted among men, deriving their just powers from ____." - ✔✔consent
of the governed
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A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency
are examples of which of the following? - ✔✔public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional
democratic theory? - ✔✔enlightened understanding
The U.S. preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain
why we have a smaller and more limited government than do most other
advanced industrialized countries. - ✔✔laissez-faire
The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political
__________. - ✔✔participation
What best describes a linkage institution? - ✔✔a channel through which
people's concerns become a political agenda
What condition occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong
enough to form a majority and establish policy, yet each may be strong
enough to thwart will of others? - ✔✔policy gridlock
1
©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, What determines whom we select as our government leaders and what
policies these leaders pursue? - ✔✔politics
What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and
expenditures? - ✔✔budgetary choice
What makes up governments policy agenda? - ✔✔the issues that attract
the serious attention of public officials and other political actors
What most closely exemplifies equality in voting? - ✔✔one person, one
vote
Which theory argues that special interests groups have become sovereign,
and the government is merely their servant? - ✔✔hyperpluralism
Who is at the center of all theories of elitism? - ✔✔big business
In Federalist 10, who wrote, "The most common and durable source of
factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property"? -
✔✔James Madison
John Locke's belief that government derives its authority from the people
influenced the Declaration of Independence, which says "Governments are
instituted among men, deriving their just powers from ____." - ✔✔consent
of the governed
2
©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
