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POLI 2051 Exam 1 Hogan EXAM ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE THIS
YEAR
QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what policies
these leaders pursue?
Select one:
a. the media
b. public opinion
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c. politics
d. public policy - ANSWER-c. politics
QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: 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
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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
QUESTION: 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
Q; 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
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d. public opinion - ANSWER-c. public policies
QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: 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
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POLI 2051 Exam 1 Hogan EXAM ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE THIS
YEAR
QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what policies
these leaders pursue?
Select one:
a. the media
b. public opinion
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c. politics
d. public policy - ANSWER-c. politics
QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: 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
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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
QUESTION: 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
Q; 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
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d. public opinion - ANSWER-c. public policies
QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: 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
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