POLI 2051 TEST BANK UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
EXAM SUCCESS GUIDE
●● d. political culture
Answer: A set of values widely shared within a society is referred to as
which of the following?
Select one:
a. government
b. politics
c. public policy
d. political culture
●● d. property
Answer: In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court declared that
African Americans were __________.
Select one:
a. separate but equal
b. citizens
c. eligible to vote
d. property
,●● c. loses seats
Answer: In mid-term elections, the president's party typically
___________ in the House of Representatives.
Select one:
a. reapportions seats
b. helps independent candidates
c. loses seats
d. gains seats
●● c. Many groups vie for power with no one group dominating politics.
Answer: In the United States, pluralism suggests which of the
following?
Select one:
a. Because most citizens fail to pay attention to serious issues,
government has become an elite institution.
b. Congress is stronger and more influential than the presidency.
c. Many groups vie for power with no one group dominating politics.
d. Too many influential groups cripple government's ability to govern
●● c. elites
Answer: The Founders created the Electoral College because they
wanted the president to be selected by __________.
Select one:
,a. members of the Supreme Court
b. ordinary Americans
c. elites
d. Senators
●● b. political socialization
Answer: The process through which an individual acquires his or her
knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding his or her political world
is known as
Select one:
a. public opinion
b. political socialization
c. reapportionment
d. sampling error
●● religion
Answer: The free exercise clause states that the national government will
not interfere with which of the following?
Select one:
a. education
b. business
c. speech
d. religion
, ●● a. free-rider
Answer: The __________ problem occurs when people fail to join a
group because they can get the benefits the group offers without
contributing to the group's efforts.
Select one:
a. free-rider
b. pluralist
c. collective goods
d. group coordination
●● deregulation
Answer: Those who believe that regulations on business and industry are
too numerous and too complex are most likely to favor the policy of
__________.
Select one:
a. incentive systems
b. deregulation
c. executive orders
d. command-and-control systems
●● The agreement of neither Congress nor other officials
Answer: What do executive agreements require?
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
EXAM SUCCESS GUIDE
●● d. political culture
Answer: A set of values widely shared within a society is referred to as
which of the following?
Select one:
a. government
b. politics
c. public policy
d. political culture
●● d. property
Answer: In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court declared that
African Americans were __________.
Select one:
a. separate but equal
b. citizens
c. eligible to vote
d. property
,●● c. loses seats
Answer: In mid-term elections, the president's party typically
___________ in the House of Representatives.
Select one:
a. reapportions seats
b. helps independent candidates
c. loses seats
d. gains seats
●● c. Many groups vie for power with no one group dominating politics.
Answer: In the United States, pluralism suggests which of the
following?
Select one:
a. Because most citizens fail to pay attention to serious issues,
government has become an elite institution.
b. Congress is stronger and more influential than the presidency.
c. Many groups vie for power with no one group dominating politics.
d. Too many influential groups cripple government's ability to govern
●● c. elites
Answer: The Founders created the Electoral College because they
wanted the president to be selected by __________.
Select one:
,a. members of the Supreme Court
b. ordinary Americans
c. elites
d. Senators
●● b. political socialization
Answer: The process through which an individual acquires his or her
knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding his or her political world
is known as
Select one:
a. public opinion
b. political socialization
c. reapportionment
d. sampling error
●● religion
Answer: The free exercise clause states that the national government will
not interfere with which of the following?
Select one:
a. education
b. business
c. speech
d. religion
, ●● a. free-rider
Answer: The __________ problem occurs when people fail to join a
group because they can get the benefits the group offers without
contributing to the group's efforts.
Select one:
a. free-rider
b. pluralist
c. collective goods
d. group coordination
●● deregulation
Answer: Those who believe that regulations on business and industry are
too numerous and too complex are most likely to favor the policy of
__________.
Select one:
a. incentive systems
b. deregulation
c. executive orders
d. command-and-control systems
●● The agreement of neither Congress nor other officials
Answer: What do executive agreements require?
