POLI 2051 EXAM 1 - HOGAN | 294 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are
examples of which of the following?
Select one:
a. interest groups
b. red tape
c. public policies
d. public opinion Answer - c. public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional
democratic theory?
Select one:
a. inclusion
b. effective participation
c. enlightened understanding
d. equality in voting Answer - c. 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.
Select one:
a. laissez-faire
,b. populist
c. pluralist
d. egalitarian Answer - a. laissez-faire
The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political
__________.
Select one:
a. ideals
b. participation
c. party
d. opinions Answer - b. participation
What best describes a linkage institution?
Select one:
a. a location to express a political opinion
b. the formation of a special interest group
c. an environment where one learns about the political process
d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political
agenda Answer - d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of
the 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 the will of the others?
Select one:
a. divided government
b. hyperpluralism
c. policy gridlock
,d. separation of powers Answer - c. policy gridlock
What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what
policies these leaders pursue?
Select one:
a. the media
b. public opinion
c. politics
d. public policy Answer - c. politics
What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and
expenditures?
Select one:
a. budgetary choice
b. regulation
c. court decision
d. presidential action Answer - a. budgetary choice
What makes up the government's policy agenda?
Select one:
a. all of the issues that candidates talk about on the campaign trail
b. the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other
political actors
c. the issues that are asked about on public opinion polls
d. the issues that concern single-issue interest groups Answer - b. the issues
that attract the serious attention of public officials and other political actors
, What most closely exemplifies equality in voting?
Select one:
a. adequate and equal resources for expressing preferences
b. freedom of speech and of the press
c. one person, one vote
d. universal citizenship Answer - c. one person, one vote
Which theory argues that special interest groups have essentially become
sovereign, and the government is merely their servant?
Select one:
a. pluralism
b. hyperpluralism
c. balance of power
d. bureaucratism Answer - b. hyperpluralism
Who is at the center of all theories of elitism?
Select one:
a. big business
b. Congress
c. ordinary citizens
d. interest groups Answer - a. big business
In Federalist 10, who wrote, "The most common and durable source of factions
has been the various and unequal distribution of property"?
Select one:
a. Alexander Hamilton
b. Thomas Jefferson
ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are
examples of which of the following?
Select one:
a. interest groups
b. red tape
c. public policies
d. public opinion Answer - c. public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional
democratic theory?
Select one:
a. inclusion
b. effective participation
c. enlightened understanding
d. equality in voting Answer - c. 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.
Select one:
a. laissez-faire
,b. populist
c. pluralist
d. egalitarian Answer - a. laissez-faire
The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political
__________.
Select one:
a. ideals
b. participation
c. party
d. opinions Answer - b. participation
What best describes a linkage institution?
Select one:
a. a location to express a political opinion
b. the formation of a special interest group
c. an environment where one learns about the political process
d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political
agenda Answer - d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of
the 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 the will of the others?
Select one:
a. divided government
b. hyperpluralism
c. policy gridlock
,d. separation of powers Answer - c. policy gridlock
What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what
policies these leaders pursue?
Select one:
a. the media
b. public opinion
c. politics
d. public policy Answer - c. politics
What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and
expenditures?
Select one:
a. budgetary choice
b. regulation
c. court decision
d. presidential action Answer - a. budgetary choice
What makes up the government's policy agenda?
Select one:
a. all of the issues that candidates talk about on the campaign trail
b. the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other
political actors
c. the issues that are asked about on public opinion polls
d. the issues that concern single-issue interest groups Answer - b. the issues
that attract the serious attention of public officials and other political actors
, What most closely exemplifies equality in voting?
Select one:
a. adequate and equal resources for expressing preferences
b. freedom of speech and of the press
c. one person, one vote
d. universal citizenship Answer - c. one person, one vote
Which theory argues that special interest groups have essentially become
sovereign, and the government is merely their servant?
Select one:
a. pluralism
b. hyperpluralism
c. balance of power
d. bureaucratism Answer - b. hyperpluralism
Who is at the center of all theories of elitism?
Select one:
a. big business
b. Congress
c. ordinary citizens
d. interest groups Answer - a. big business
In Federalist 10, who wrote, "The most common and durable source of factions
has been the various and unequal distribution of property"?
Select one:
a. Alexander Hamilton
b. Thomas Jefferson
