POS Government 2041- Multiple Choice Questions ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Government consists of: The elected and appointed officials who make and enforce the laws
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
Politics can be defined as: The authoritative allocation of resources
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
Life before or without government is known as: State of Nature
Chaos.
Primitive Government.
State of Nature.
Communism.
,Social Contract theory says that: The origin of governments is in written and unwritten agreements to live under a
The origin of governments is in written and unwritten particular form of government
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.
In social contract theory, the source of government The people
power comes from:
God.
The rulers.
The people.
The founders of that particular government.
The right to make others do what one wants is known as: Authority
Power
Authority
Politics
Legitimacy
The U.S. is which type of government? Republic
Direct Democracy
Aristocracy
Monarchy
Republic
The appropriate use of authority over others is Legitimacy
Power
Legitimacy
Authority
Politics
Which of the following government functions is the most Policies that regulated moral, ethical, or religious behavior
likely to be controversial?
Fighting Crime
Providing National Security
Taxation
Policies that regulated moral, ethical, or religious
behavior
A public good is defined as a good or service: whose benefits cannot be limited to those who have paid for it
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.
, Justice can be defined as All of the above
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
The power problem refers to the need to grant government enough power to address problems, while limiting
the problems caused by a government that is too it enough to be held accountable.
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
The two basic kinds of legal systems in the U.S. are the the civil justice system and the criminal justice system
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.
The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588- True
1679) defined life in the state of nature as solitary, nasty,
brutish and short.
True
False
Rights that individuals have because they are human False
beings are best defined as positive or statutory rights
True
False
Citizens of a society have obligations and duties in True
addition to rights.
True
False
Subjects do not have rights; citizens have rights True
True
False
Government institutions are best defined as the True
government bodies that make and enforce laws,
regulations, or other public policies that individuals and
organizations are legally obligated to obey.
True
False
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Government consists of: The elected and appointed officials who make and enforce the laws
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
Politics can be defined as: The authoritative allocation of resources
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
Life before or without government is known as: State of Nature
Chaos.
Primitive Government.
State of Nature.
Communism.
,Social Contract theory says that: The origin of governments is in written and unwritten agreements to live under a
The origin of governments is in written and unwritten particular form of government
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.
In social contract theory, the source of government The people
power comes from:
God.
The rulers.
The people.
The founders of that particular government.
The right to make others do what one wants is known as: Authority
Power
Authority
Politics
Legitimacy
The U.S. is which type of government? Republic
Direct Democracy
Aristocracy
Monarchy
Republic
The appropriate use of authority over others is Legitimacy
Power
Legitimacy
Authority
Politics
Which of the following government functions is the most Policies that regulated moral, ethical, or religious behavior
likely to be controversial?
Fighting Crime
Providing National Security
Taxation
Policies that regulated moral, ethical, or religious
behavior
A public good is defined as a good or service: whose benefits cannot be limited to those who have paid for it
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.
, Justice can be defined as All of the above
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
The power problem refers to the need to grant government enough power to address problems, while limiting
the problems caused by a government that is too it enough to be held accountable.
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
The two basic kinds of legal systems in the U.S. are the the civil justice system and the criminal justice system
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.
The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588- True
1679) defined life in the state of nature as solitary, nasty,
brutish and short.
True
False
Rights that individuals have because they are human False
beings are best defined as positive or statutory rights
True
False
Citizens of a society have obligations and duties in True
addition to rights.
True
False
Subjects do not have rights; citizens have rights True
True
False
Government institutions are best defined as the True
government bodies that make and enforce laws,
regulations, or other public policies that individuals and
organizations are legally obligated to obey.
True
False
