PSCI FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL
DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
A tax in which everyone pays the same rate is called a - ANSWERS-flat tax
Federal spending on programs such as Social Security and Medicare is
referred to as - ANSWERS-mandatory spending
In Texas, the sunset review process does what? - ANSWERS-Evaluates the
performance of government entities to determine whether they continue to
serve the purposes for which they were created.
The Executive branch office created to assist the president of the annual
budget proposal is the - ANSWERS-Office of Management & Budget
When yearly government spending exceeds tax revenue we have - ANSWERS-
a budget deficit.
,The doctrine of ________ holds that government involvement in the
economy is wrong and should be avoided as much as possible. - ANSWERS-
laissez-faire
A tax intended to discourage unwanted behavior is known as a - ANSWERS-
sin tax
A recession is - ANSWERS-a short-term decline in the economy that occurs as
investment sags, production falls off, and unemployment increases.
The power of the president to communicate directly to the American people
by virtue of his position as the only elected official with a national
constituency is known as - ANSWERS-The bully pulpit
The primary purpose of a push poll is to - ANSWERS-Influence the views of a
respondent to the poll.
The FCC's equal time requirement - ANSWERS-prohibits broadcasters from
selling or giving time to political candidates and denying it to their
opponents.
The Watergate scandal illustrates the - ANSWERS-power of the media to
serve as watchdog to safeguard against abuses of power.
The key factors in determining the accuracy of an opinion poll are the -
ANSWERS-size of the sample and whether the sample was selected from the
population by a random method
, Sources of polling error can include - ANSWERS-unrepresentative samples,
respondents' lack of knowledge or interest in the issue, and question
wording.
How individuals self-identify their views along a spectrum that ranges from
liberal to conservative is known as ______________ - ANSWERS-political
ideology
Which of the following ideological types favor government activism in the
economic realm? - ANSWERS-liberals and populists
Which of the following is true about public opinion polling? - ANSWERS-most
relied-upon method of measuring public opinion, erroneous at times, Most
large news organizations have their own in-house polls, and The Gallup
pollsters have correctly predicted the winner of presidential elections most of
the time since 1936.
Which of the following is NOT one of the primary socializing agents we
discussed in class? - ANSWERS-church
Libertarians tend to be opposed to governmental intervention - ANSWERS-in
both the economic and social spheres
A conservative tends to be opposed to government intervention - ANSWERS-
in the economic but not the social sphere
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL
DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY
GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
A tax in which everyone pays the same rate is called a - ANSWERS-flat tax
Federal spending on programs such as Social Security and Medicare is
referred to as - ANSWERS-mandatory spending
In Texas, the sunset review process does what? - ANSWERS-Evaluates the
performance of government entities to determine whether they continue to
serve the purposes for which they were created.
The Executive branch office created to assist the president of the annual
budget proposal is the - ANSWERS-Office of Management & Budget
When yearly government spending exceeds tax revenue we have - ANSWERS-
a budget deficit.
,The doctrine of ________ holds that government involvement in the
economy is wrong and should be avoided as much as possible. - ANSWERS-
laissez-faire
A tax intended to discourage unwanted behavior is known as a - ANSWERS-
sin tax
A recession is - ANSWERS-a short-term decline in the economy that occurs as
investment sags, production falls off, and unemployment increases.
The power of the president to communicate directly to the American people
by virtue of his position as the only elected official with a national
constituency is known as - ANSWERS-The bully pulpit
The primary purpose of a push poll is to - ANSWERS-Influence the views of a
respondent to the poll.
The FCC's equal time requirement - ANSWERS-prohibits broadcasters from
selling or giving time to political candidates and denying it to their
opponents.
The Watergate scandal illustrates the - ANSWERS-power of the media to
serve as watchdog to safeguard against abuses of power.
The key factors in determining the accuracy of an opinion poll are the -
ANSWERS-size of the sample and whether the sample was selected from the
population by a random method
, Sources of polling error can include - ANSWERS-unrepresentative samples,
respondents' lack of knowledge or interest in the issue, and question
wording.
How individuals self-identify their views along a spectrum that ranges from
liberal to conservative is known as ______________ - ANSWERS-political
ideology
Which of the following ideological types favor government activism in the
economic realm? - ANSWERS-liberals and populists
Which of the following is true about public opinion polling? - ANSWERS-most
relied-upon method of measuring public opinion, erroneous at times, Most
large news organizations have their own in-house polls, and The Gallup
pollsters have correctly predicted the winner of presidential elections most of
the time since 1936.
Which of the following is NOT one of the primary socializing agents we
discussed in class? - ANSWERS-church
Libertarians tend to be opposed to governmental intervention - ANSWERS-in
both the economic and social spheres
A conservative tends to be opposed to government intervention - ANSWERS-
in the economic but not the social sphere
