POS 486 UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Who is most closely associated with the concept of the levels of
analysis?
Answer: Kenneth Waltz
●● Which of the following is mismatched when it comes to the levels of
analysis?
Answer: President Trump's outlook on climate change: the state-society
level
●● Which of the following is not a factor that would be considered at the
state/societal level of analysis?
Answer: The worldview of Donald Trump
●● A scholar is studying how climate change, free trade, and changes in
technology constrain the choices of political elites is focusing on which
level of analysis?
Answer: The System/global level/"ThirdImage"(international)
●● Which of the following is not usually regarded as typical of a
populist-authoritarian political leader?
, Answer: Support for globalization
●● U.S. president Donald Trump has promoted all of the following
policies except
Answer: strengthening relations with traditional U.S. allies in Europe.
●● Why do Balaam and Dillman think that the international order
established after World War II is threatened? What trends do they point
to suggesting that this order is weakening?
Answer: A gradual redistribution of wealth and power within the
postwar order shifted the values and goals of different actors within it
●● How do liberals such as David Ricardo view international trade?
Why do they hold this opinion? Explain how the Corn Laws debate in
nineteenth-century Britain illustrates the conflict between mercantilist
and economic liberal views of international trade.
Answer: industry specialization combined with free international trade
always produces a positive sum game and potentially prosperous for
heated countries. The corn laws were in the economic interests of
parliament and monopolistic trading corporations; aligning with the
mercantilist view that international trade should be strictly regulated.
●● Which level of analysis would focus on the actions of different
national legislatures when it comes to dealing with the global financial
crisis?
Answer: The System/global level /"Third Image" (international)
CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Who is most closely associated with the concept of the levels of
analysis?
Answer: Kenneth Waltz
●● Which of the following is mismatched when it comes to the levels of
analysis?
Answer: President Trump's outlook on climate change: the state-society
level
●● Which of the following is not a factor that would be considered at the
state/societal level of analysis?
Answer: The worldview of Donald Trump
●● A scholar is studying how climate change, free trade, and changes in
technology constrain the choices of political elites is focusing on which
level of analysis?
Answer: The System/global level/"ThirdImage"(international)
●● Which of the following is not usually regarded as typical of a
populist-authoritarian political leader?
, Answer: Support for globalization
●● U.S. president Donald Trump has promoted all of the following
policies except
Answer: strengthening relations with traditional U.S. allies in Europe.
●● Why do Balaam and Dillman think that the international order
established after World War II is threatened? What trends do they point
to suggesting that this order is weakening?
Answer: A gradual redistribution of wealth and power within the
postwar order shifted the values and goals of different actors within it
●● How do liberals such as David Ricardo view international trade?
Why do they hold this opinion? Explain how the Corn Laws debate in
nineteenth-century Britain illustrates the conflict between mercantilist
and economic liberal views of international trade.
Answer: industry specialization combined with free international trade
always produces a positive sum game and potentially prosperous for
heated countries. The corn laws were in the economic interests of
parliament and monopolistic trading corporations; aligning with the
mercantilist view that international trade should be strictly regulated.
●● Which level of analysis would focus on the actions of different
national legislatures when it comes to dealing with the global financial
crisis?
Answer: The System/global level /"Third Image" (international)
