POS 2041 GOVERNMENT - MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Government consists of:
The elected and appointed officials who make and enforce the laws
The leaders of corporations
The political party officials who run campaigns for office
The interest groups who participate in the political proces - Answers - The elected and
appointed officials who make and enforce the laws
Politics can be defined as:
Government and its constituent institutions.
Disagreement about the people in office at a particular time.
Identification with a particular party.
The authoritative allocation of resources - Answers - The authoritative allocation of
resources
Life before or without government is known as:
Chaos.
Primitive Government.
State of Nature.
Communism. - Answers - State of Nature
Social Contract theory says that:
The origin of governments is in written and unwritten agreements to live under a
particular form of government
Individuals are born into a state of nature with inherent freedoms and natural rights
which can only be regulated by the laws of nature.
Individuals living together in a state of nature must agree not to interfere in each other's
affairs
A monarch or ruler must have an agreement with his subjects not to deny them certain
rights and freedoms. - Answers - The origin of governments is in written and unwritten
agreements to live under a particular form of government
In social contract theory, the source of government power comes from:
God.
The rulers.
The people.
The founders of that particular government. - Answers - The people
The right to make others do what one wants is known as:
Power
Authority
,Politics
Legitimacy - Answers - Authority
The U.S. is which type of government?
Direct Democracy
Aristocracy
Monarchy
Republic - Answers - Republic
The appropriate use of authority over others is
Power
Legitimacy
Authority
Politics - Answers - Legitimacy
Which of the following government functions is the most likely to be controversial?
Fighting Crime
Providing National Security
Taxation
Policies that regulated moral, ethical, or religious behavior - Answers - Policies that
regulated moral, ethical, or religious behavior
A public good is defined as a good or service:
is provided by the private sector but benefits everyone
is needed by everyone
whose benefits cannot be limited to those who have paid for it
is provided by charity rather than the ability to pay. - Answers - whose benefits cannot
be limited to those who have paid for it
Justice can be defined as
the proper ordering of things, values, and individuals within a society
the idea that individuals are treated fairly
the belief in just deserts—rewarding good behavior and punishing bad behavior -
Answers - All of the above
The power problem refers to
the problems caused by a government that is too powerful.
the problems caused by a government that is too weak
the need to grant government enough power to address problems, while limiting it
enough to be held accountable.
The need to limit government power - Answers - the need to grant government enough
power to address problems, while limiting it enough to be held accountable.
The two basic kinds of legal systems in the U.S. are the
due process model of justice and the crime control model of justice. the civil justice
system and the criminal justice system
, rehabilitation and retribution
natural law and positive law. - Answers - the civil justice system and the criminal justice
system
The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) defined life in the state
of nature as solitary, nasty, brutish and short.
True
False - Answers - True
Rights that individuals have because they are human beings are best defined as
positive or statutory rights
True
False - Answers - False
Citizens of a society have obligations and duties in addition to rights.
True
False - Answers - True
Subjects do not have rights; citizens have rights
True
False - Answers - True
Government institutions are best defined as the government bodies that make and
enforce laws, regulations, or other public policies that individuals and organizations are
legally obligated to obey.
True
False - Answers - True
The idea that people are the ultimate source of power is known as popular sovereignty
True
False - Answers - True
The modern study of political science is more normative (or value-based) and less
scientific than in the past.
True
False - Answers - False
The term Triangle Trade refers to the colonial era's
flow of slaves from Africa to America; raw materials from America to Europe; and
finished products to Africa to pay for slaves
trade with the American colonies and other Caribbean colonies along the Bermuda
triangle
economic hierarchy where the British were at the top and the colonies at the bottom
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Government consists of:
The elected and appointed officials who make and enforce the laws
The leaders of corporations
The political party officials who run campaigns for office
The interest groups who participate in the political proces - Answers - The elected and
appointed officials who make and enforce the laws
Politics can be defined as:
Government and its constituent institutions.
Disagreement about the people in office at a particular time.
Identification with a particular party.
The authoritative allocation of resources - Answers - The authoritative allocation of
resources
Life before or without government is known as:
Chaos.
Primitive Government.
State of Nature.
Communism. - Answers - State of Nature
Social Contract theory says that:
The origin of governments is in written and unwritten agreements to live under a
particular form of government
Individuals are born into a state of nature with inherent freedoms and natural rights
which can only be regulated by the laws of nature.
Individuals living together in a state of nature must agree not to interfere in each other's
affairs
A monarch or ruler must have an agreement with his subjects not to deny them certain
rights and freedoms. - Answers - The origin of governments is in written and unwritten
agreements to live under a particular form of government
In social contract theory, the source of government power comes from:
God.
The rulers.
The people.
The founders of that particular government. - Answers - The people
The right to make others do what one wants is known as:
Power
Authority
,Politics
Legitimacy - Answers - Authority
The U.S. is which type of government?
Direct Democracy
Aristocracy
Monarchy
Republic - Answers - Republic
The appropriate use of authority over others is
Power
Legitimacy
Authority
Politics - Answers - Legitimacy
Which of the following government functions is the most likely to be controversial?
Fighting Crime
Providing National Security
Taxation
Policies that regulated moral, ethical, or religious behavior - Answers - Policies that
regulated moral, ethical, or religious behavior
A public good is defined as a good or service:
is provided by the private sector but benefits everyone
is needed by everyone
whose benefits cannot be limited to those who have paid for it
is provided by charity rather than the ability to pay. - Answers - whose benefits cannot
be limited to those who have paid for it
Justice can be defined as
the proper ordering of things, values, and individuals within a society
the idea that individuals are treated fairly
the belief in just deserts—rewarding good behavior and punishing bad behavior -
Answers - All of the above
The power problem refers to
the problems caused by a government that is too powerful.
the problems caused by a government that is too weak
the need to grant government enough power to address problems, while limiting it
enough to be held accountable.
The need to limit government power - Answers - the need to grant government enough
power to address problems, while limiting it enough to be held accountable.
The two basic kinds of legal systems in the U.S. are the
due process model of justice and the crime control model of justice. the civil justice
system and the criminal justice system
, rehabilitation and retribution
natural law and positive law. - Answers - the civil justice system and the criminal justice
system
The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) defined life in the state
of nature as solitary, nasty, brutish and short.
True
False - Answers - True
Rights that individuals have because they are human beings are best defined as
positive or statutory rights
True
False - Answers - False
Citizens of a society have obligations and duties in addition to rights.
True
False - Answers - True
Subjects do not have rights; citizens have rights
True
False - Answers - True
Government institutions are best defined as the government bodies that make and
enforce laws, regulations, or other public policies that individuals and organizations are
legally obligated to obey.
True
False - Answers - True
The idea that people are the ultimate source of power is known as popular sovereignty
True
False - Answers - True
The modern study of political science is more normative (or value-based) and less
scientific than in the past.
True
False - Answers - False
The term Triangle Trade refers to the colonial era's
flow of slaves from Africa to America; raw materials from America to Europe; and
finished products to Africa to pay for slaves
trade with the American colonies and other Caribbean colonies along the Bermuda
triangle
economic hierarchy where the British were at the top and the colonies at the bottom
