POLI 2051 Exam 1 – Hogan Questions
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A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency
are examples of which of the following?
Select one:
a. interest groups
b. red tape
c. public policies
d. public opinion - ✔✔c. public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional
democratic theory?
Select one:
a. inclusion
b. effective participation
c. enlightened understanding
d. equality in voting - ✔✔c. enlightened understanding
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,The U.S. preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain
why we have a smaller and more limited government than do most other
advanced industrialized countries.
Select one:
a. laissez-faire
b. populist
c. pluralist
d. egalitarian - ✔✔a. laissez-faire
The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political
__________.
Select one:
a. ideals
b. participation
c. party
d. opinions - ✔✔b. participation
What best describes a linkage institution?
Select one:
a. a location to express a political opinion
b. the formation of a special interest group
c. an environment where one learns about the political process
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,d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political
agenda - ✔✔d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of
the political agenda
What condition occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong
enough to form a majority and establish policy, yet each may be strong
enough to thwart the will of the others?
Select one:
a. divided government
b. hyperpluralism
c. policy gridlock
d. separation of powers - ✔✔c. policy gridlock
What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what
policies these leaders pursue?
Select one:
a. the media
b. public opinion
c. politics
d. public policy - ✔✔c. politics
What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and
expenditures?
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, Select one:
a. budgetary choice
b. regulation
c. court decision
d. presidential action - ✔✔a. budgetary choice
What makes up the government's policy agenda?
Select one:
a. all of the issues that candidates talk about on the campaign trail
b. the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other
political actors
c. the issues that are asked about on public opinion polls
d. the issues that concern single-issue interest groups - ✔✔b. the issues
that attract the serious attention of public officials and other political actors
What most closely exemplifies equality in voting?
Select one:
a. adequate and equal resources for expressing preferences
b. freedom of speech and of the press
c. one person, one vote
d. universal citizenship - ✔✔c. one person, one vote
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A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency
are examples of which of the following?
Select one:
a. interest groups
b. red tape
c. public policies
d. public opinion - ✔✔c. public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional
democratic theory?
Select one:
a. inclusion
b. effective participation
c. enlightened understanding
d. equality in voting - ✔✔c. enlightened understanding
1
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,The U.S. preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain
why we have a smaller and more limited government than do most other
advanced industrialized countries.
Select one:
a. laissez-faire
b. populist
c. pluralist
d. egalitarian - ✔✔a. laissez-faire
The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political
__________.
Select one:
a. ideals
b. participation
c. party
d. opinions - ✔✔b. participation
What best describes a linkage institution?
Select one:
a. a location to express a political opinion
b. the formation of a special interest group
c. an environment where one learns about the political process
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,d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political
agenda - ✔✔d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of
the political agenda
What condition occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong
enough to form a majority and establish policy, yet each may be strong
enough to thwart the will of the others?
Select one:
a. divided government
b. hyperpluralism
c. policy gridlock
d. separation of powers - ✔✔c. policy gridlock
What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what
policies these leaders pursue?
Select one:
a. the media
b. public opinion
c. politics
d. public policy - ✔✔c. politics
What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and
expenditures?
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©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, Select one:
a. budgetary choice
b. regulation
c. court decision
d. presidential action - ✔✔a. budgetary choice
What makes up the government's policy agenda?
Select one:
a. all of the issues that candidates talk about on the campaign trail
b. the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other
political actors
c. the issues that are asked about on public opinion polls
d. the issues that concern single-issue interest groups - ✔✔b. the issues
that attract the serious attention of public officials and other political actors
What most closely exemplifies equality in voting?
Select one:
a. adequate and equal resources for expressing preferences
b. freedom of speech and of the press
c. one person, one vote
d. universal citizenship - ✔✔c. one person, one vote
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