CPS FINAL EXAM MULTIPLE CHOICE
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Fukuyama believes that the victory of liberalism is essentially a victory of:
A. ideas
B. economics
C. military strength
D. culture - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A
For Sen, freedom is . . .
A. a goal over and above development
B. constitutive of the process of development
C. necessary but not sufficient for wealth
D. an indicator of human capital - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B
Florida argues that three types of geographic areas exist in today's spiky world. Which is not
ONE of them?
A. Cities of innovation
B. Valleys with little connection to the economy
C. Rivers of communication
D. Hills of manufacturing and production - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
Naim believes that transnational problems-such as drugs, arms and human trafficking,
intellectual property, and
money laundering require:
A. Looking beyond nation states' sovereignty
B. A global police force
C. Stronger multilateral organizations
D. A and B
,E. A and C - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔E
For Sen, the decisive change in focus of women's movements in recent years is:
A. from agency to well-being
B. from well-being to agency
C. from familial to individual
D. from educational to occupational
E. B and C - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B
According to Htun, women are different from ethnic groups
because they are a _______ group.
A. Coinciding
B. Cross-cutting
C. Contingent
D. Corporatist
E. Coterminous - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B
Yashar's view of identity is basically:
A. Constructivist
B. Essentialist - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A
According to Yashar, what was the historical shock or trend that enabled organizing around
indigenous identities?
A. Decline of state corporatism
B. Improving democracy
C. Improving economic growth
D. A and C
E. A and B - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔E
On which of these dimensions do the Zapatistas most closely align with Yashar's model?
, A. sense of indigenous identity
B. sense of losing out in decline of corporatist state
C. focus on land
D. focus against neoliberalism - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B
Van Cott argues that all of the following can foster successful ethnic party development
EXCEPT:
A. Party system fragmentation
B. Reserved seats for ethnic groups
C. Centralized, unitary government
D. Participation in a constitutional reform
E. Dense networks of affiliates - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
Walter argues that bargaining failures may contribute to civil wars for all the following
reasons EXCEPT:
A. Information asymmetries
B. Inability of actors to credibly commit
C. Insurmountable discontent
D. Indivisible stakes - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
According to Humphreys and Weinstein, all of the following might explain why individuals
choose to fight in civil wars EXCEPT:
A. A feeling of safety outside the fighting group
B. Economic deprivation
C. Political marginalization
D. Selective material incentives
E. Strong social structures in their community - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A
WDYT: How might collective action problems be overcome?
A. Offer benefits that can exclude some people
B. Target a large group for recruitment
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Fukuyama believes that the victory of liberalism is essentially a victory of:
A. ideas
B. economics
C. military strength
D. culture - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A
For Sen, freedom is . . .
A. a goal over and above development
B. constitutive of the process of development
C. necessary but not sufficient for wealth
D. an indicator of human capital - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B
Florida argues that three types of geographic areas exist in today's spiky world. Which is not
ONE of them?
A. Cities of innovation
B. Valleys with little connection to the economy
C. Rivers of communication
D. Hills of manufacturing and production - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
Naim believes that transnational problems-such as drugs, arms and human trafficking,
intellectual property, and
money laundering require:
A. Looking beyond nation states' sovereignty
B. A global police force
C. Stronger multilateral organizations
D. A and B
,E. A and C - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔E
For Sen, the decisive change in focus of women's movements in recent years is:
A. from agency to well-being
B. from well-being to agency
C. from familial to individual
D. from educational to occupational
E. B and C - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B
According to Htun, women are different from ethnic groups
because they are a _______ group.
A. Coinciding
B. Cross-cutting
C. Contingent
D. Corporatist
E. Coterminous - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B
Yashar's view of identity is basically:
A. Constructivist
B. Essentialist - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A
According to Yashar, what was the historical shock or trend that enabled organizing around
indigenous identities?
A. Decline of state corporatism
B. Improving democracy
C. Improving economic growth
D. A and C
E. A and B - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔E
On which of these dimensions do the Zapatistas most closely align with Yashar's model?
, A. sense of indigenous identity
B. sense of losing out in decline of corporatist state
C. focus on land
D. focus against neoliberalism - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔B
Van Cott argues that all of the following can foster successful ethnic party development
EXCEPT:
A. Party system fragmentation
B. Reserved seats for ethnic groups
C. Centralized, unitary government
D. Participation in a constitutional reform
E. Dense networks of affiliates - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
Walter argues that bargaining failures may contribute to civil wars for all the following
reasons EXCEPT:
A. Information asymmetries
B. Inability of actors to credibly commit
C. Insurmountable discontent
D. Indivisible stakes - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔C
According to Humphreys and Weinstein, all of the following might explain why individuals
choose to fight in civil wars EXCEPT:
A. A feeling of safety outside the fighting group
B. Economic deprivation
C. Political marginalization
D. Selective material incentives
E. Strong social structures in their community - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A
WDYT: How might collective action problems be overcome?
A. Offer benefits that can exclude some people
B. Target a large group for recruitment
