POLS 2302 PRACTICE TEST EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔According to your text, which of the following is an example of the use of "soft
power" in the U.S. in foreign relations? - ✔✔Economic sanctions
✔✔Your course video states that the power of veto is "perhaps the most powerful
weapon the president has in affecting domestic policy." Which of the following
statements lends support to this assertion? - ✔✔It is extremely difficult to obtain 2/3
majority vote of both chambers of congress that is required to override a presidential
veto
✔✔Using only the definitions and terms outlined in the textbook, which of the following
approaches to foreign policy stands in direct contrast to the foreign policy of "liberal
internationalism"? - ✔✔isolationism
✔✔According to turn video lecture and textbook, the addition of the Department of
Homeland Security increased the total number - ✔✔15
✔✔The United States considers which of the following to be a "rouge nation"? -
✔✔North Korea
✔✔NATO and former Warsaw Pact are examples of: - ✔✔a collective security.
✔✔Medicare is a(n) _____________ program; Medicaid is a(n) ___________ program.
- ✔✔contributory; noncontributory
✔✔"Negotiated rulemaking" is described in your text as: - ✔✔attempts by federal
bureaucrats to interpret how new federal policies, regulations and programs will be
implemented by bureaucratic agencies.
✔✔According to your text, which of the following is a direct result of a treaty entered into
by the United States? - ✔✔Either the Camp David Peace Accords or None of the above
were the result of an official treaty
✔✔The president has ten days to act on a bill after it passes both chambers of
Congress. If the president takes no action on the bill (and is not submitted during the
last ten days of the congressional session), what happens to the bill? - ✔✔The bill
becomes a law
✔✔Your textbook describes the "special-purchase" vehicle as a tool used in: -
✔✔privatization of goods and services
, ✔✔The classic model of bureaucracy which holds that agencies are apolitical,
hierarchically organized, and governed by formal procedures is referred to as the: -
✔✔A Weberian Model
✔✔Which constitutional amendment states that the Vice-President shall become the
acting President should the President become unable to serve? - ✔✔25th
✔✔Which of the following social programs is most costly to the government? -
✔✔Social Security
✔✔Which of the following is the guiding policy of international relations embraced by the
Bush Doctrine? - ✔✔preemption
✔✔Who is the Attorney General of the United States? - ✔✔William Barr
✔✔The ________ consists of six members, one from each of the Army, Navy, Air
Force, Marines, plus a chair and vice chair. - ✔✔Joint Chief of Staff
✔✔Which constitutional amendment limits the number of terms a president can serve? -
✔✔22nd
✔✔what is the primary distinction between a "regulatory" agency and an "independent
regulatory" agency? - ✔✔A regulatory agency is located within the cabinet structure; an
independent regulatory agency is located outside the cabinet structure.
✔✔What is the importance of U.S. v. Curtis-Wright Export Corporation? - ✔✔It
established the doctrine of inherent powers
✔✔Through which of the following does the president exert his/her most major influence
over federal spending, the flow of money, and the shape and content of national
legislation? - ✔✔the Office of Management and Budget
✔✔The current chair of the federal reserve is: - ✔✔Jerome Powell
none of the above
(if not Jerome)
✔✔Which of the following foreign policy strategies is consistent with
neoconservativism? - ✔✔"hard power"
All of the above
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔According to your text, which of the following is an example of the use of "soft
power" in the U.S. in foreign relations? - ✔✔Economic sanctions
✔✔Your course video states that the power of veto is "perhaps the most powerful
weapon the president has in affecting domestic policy." Which of the following
statements lends support to this assertion? - ✔✔It is extremely difficult to obtain 2/3
majority vote of both chambers of congress that is required to override a presidential
veto
✔✔Using only the definitions and terms outlined in the textbook, which of the following
approaches to foreign policy stands in direct contrast to the foreign policy of "liberal
internationalism"? - ✔✔isolationism
✔✔According to turn video lecture and textbook, the addition of the Department of
Homeland Security increased the total number - ✔✔15
✔✔The United States considers which of the following to be a "rouge nation"? -
✔✔North Korea
✔✔NATO and former Warsaw Pact are examples of: - ✔✔a collective security.
✔✔Medicare is a(n) _____________ program; Medicaid is a(n) ___________ program.
- ✔✔contributory; noncontributory
✔✔"Negotiated rulemaking" is described in your text as: - ✔✔attempts by federal
bureaucrats to interpret how new federal policies, regulations and programs will be
implemented by bureaucratic agencies.
✔✔According to your text, which of the following is a direct result of a treaty entered into
by the United States? - ✔✔Either the Camp David Peace Accords or None of the above
were the result of an official treaty
✔✔The president has ten days to act on a bill after it passes both chambers of
Congress. If the president takes no action on the bill (and is not submitted during the
last ten days of the congressional session), what happens to the bill? - ✔✔The bill
becomes a law
✔✔Your textbook describes the "special-purchase" vehicle as a tool used in: -
✔✔privatization of goods and services
, ✔✔The classic model of bureaucracy which holds that agencies are apolitical,
hierarchically organized, and governed by formal procedures is referred to as the: -
✔✔A Weberian Model
✔✔Which constitutional amendment states that the Vice-President shall become the
acting President should the President become unable to serve? - ✔✔25th
✔✔Which of the following social programs is most costly to the government? -
✔✔Social Security
✔✔Which of the following is the guiding policy of international relations embraced by the
Bush Doctrine? - ✔✔preemption
✔✔Who is the Attorney General of the United States? - ✔✔William Barr
✔✔The ________ consists of six members, one from each of the Army, Navy, Air
Force, Marines, plus a chair and vice chair. - ✔✔Joint Chief of Staff
✔✔Which constitutional amendment limits the number of terms a president can serve? -
✔✔22nd
✔✔what is the primary distinction between a "regulatory" agency and an "independent
regulatory" agency? - ✔✔A regulatory agency is located within the cabinet structure; an
independent regulatory agency is located outside the cabinet structure.
✔✔What is the importance of U.S. v. Curtis-Wright Export Corporation? - ✔✔It
established the doctrine of inherent powers
✔✔Through which of the following does the president exert his/her most major influence
over federal spending, the flow of money, and the shape and content of national
legislation? - ✔✔the Office of Management and Budget
✔✔The current chair of the federal reserve is: - ✔✔Jerome Powell
none of the above
(if not Jerome)
✔✔Which of the following foreign policy strategies is consistent with
neoconservativism? - ✔✔"hard power"
All of the above
