Government 2305 New TEST EXAM WITH 100%
CORRECT SOLUTIONS (A+)
According to Benjamin Franklin, popular governments are extremely difficult to "keep"
because - ANSWER d. people have to be vigilant and active if they are to maintain
control.
Where does America rank compared to other countries when paying taxes? - ANSWER
a. 27th.
What is the fifth largest spending category for the US government? - ANSWER b.
Interest on national debt.
Pluralism, elite theory, and social movement theory essentially answer the question of -
ANSWER a. where power really lies in American politics.
According to elite theory, from what does influence stem? - ANSWER b. status based on
leading positions in society.
Under pluralism, from what does influence stem? - ANSWER a. interest groups.
Social movement theory places emphasis on the power of - ANSWER c. popular
uprisings/movements.
The text characterizes all of the following as potent ideas that have shaped American
politics EXCEPT - ANSWER d. Catholicism.
The struggle for power between the elite few and the democratic many goes back
ultimately to which of our questions? - ANSWER a. Who governs?.
,Which of the following institutions are institutions that shape - ANSWER d. all of the
above.
In the story of Marla Ruzicka, one of the first American civilians to arrive in Iraq after the
United States toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, we learned that - ANSWER d. both a and
c are true.
The website credited in your text with creating a more transparent government is -
ANSWER c. fedspending.org.
Mastery of how the four I's-ideas, institutions, interests, and individuals-shape politics
requires an understanding of - ANSWER b. history.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four central questions the authors use
throughout this book to help make sense of American politics and government? -
ANSWER d. What controls the society?
- The principle that each branch of government can thwart the actions of the others so
as to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful is called - ANSWER b. checks
and balances.
The Constitutional framers established the ________ as an intermediary body through
which the president would be elected. - ANSWER c. Electoral College.
d. institutions.
These are the organizations, norms, and rules that structure political action.
b. elite
The theory which presumes that power lies in the hands of a few rich and powerful
individuals is the _____ theory of democracy.
c. groups.
, The central concept of the pluralism is _______.
What is the term for a network of influence and money flowing between defense
contractors, military figures in the Pentagon, and defense policy officials in Congress
and the White House? - ANSWER a. military-industrial complex.
Which of the following could be considered a definition of politics, according to the text?
- ANSWER d. Who gets what, when, and how.
What is the informal name for president-appointed positions, usually to lead a special
project like the White House "war on drugs"? - ANSWER c. presidential czars.
What is the name for a corrupt party that often ran a city or state government in the
nineteenth-century United States? - ANSWER a. political machine.
What is the term for an approach to political behavior that regards individuals as
rational, calculative actors who possess well-defined political preferences and attempt
to act on them? - ANSWER b. rational-choice theory.
Public-private partnerships have - ANSWER d. all of the above.
The system of government that rests ultimate governing power in its people, who may
rule directly or via representatives, is termed - ANSWER b. a republic.
The theory that emphasizes citizen power when citizens organize and take to the streets
is called - ANSWER b. social movement theory.
What name was given to the national social movement, mainly attracting fiscal and
social conservatives, that aimed to restrain government spending and to cut taxes? -
ANSWER c. Tea Party.
CORRECT SOLUTIONS (A+)
According to Benjamin Franklin, popular governments are extremely difficult to "keep"
because - ANSWER d. people have to be vigilant and active if they are to maintain
control.
Where does America rank compared to other countries when paying taxes? - ANSWER
a. 27th.
What is the fifth largest spending category for the US government? - ANSWER b.
Interest on national debt.
Pluralism, elite theory, and social movement theory essentially answer the question of -
ANSWER a. where power really lies in American politics.
According to elite theory, from what does influence stem? - ANSWER b. status based on
leading positions in society.
Under pluralism, from what does influence stem? - ANSWER a. interest groups.
Social movement theory places emphasis on the power of - ANSWER c. popular
uprisings/movements.
The text characterizes all of the following as potent ideas that have shaped American
politics EXCEPT - ANSWER d. Catholicism.
The struggle for power between the elite few and the democratic many goes back
ultimately to which of our questions? - ANSWER a. Who governs?.
,Which of the following institutions are institutions that shape - ANSWER d. all of the
above.
In the story of Marla Ruzicka, one of the first American civilians to arrive in Iraq after the
United States toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, we learned that - ANSWER d. both a and
c are true.
The website credited in your text with creating a more transparent government is -
ANSWER c. fedspending.org.
Mastery of how the four I's-ideas, institutions, interests, and individuals-shape politics
requires an understanding of - ANSWER b. history.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four central questions the authors use
throughout this book to help make sense of American politics and government? -
ANSWER d. What controls the society?
- The principle that each branch of government can thwart the actions of the others so
as to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful is called - ANSWER b. checks
and balances.
The Constitutional framers established the ________ as an intermediary body through
which the president would be elected. - ANSWER c. Electoral College.
d. institutions.
These are the organizations, norms, and rules that structure political action.
b. elite
The theory which presumes that power lies in the hands of a few rich and powerful
individuals is the _____ theory of democracy.
c. groups.
, The central concept of the pluralism is _______.
What is the term for a network of influence and money flowing between defense
contractors, military figures in the Pentagon, and defense policy officials in Congress
and the White House? - ANSWER a. military-industrial complex.
Which of the following could be considered a definition of politics, according to the text?
- ANSWER d. Who gets what, when, and how.
What is the informal name for president-appointed positions, usually to lead a special
project like the White House "war on drugs"? - ANSWER c. presidential czars.
What is the name for a corrupt party that often ran a city or state government in the
nineteenth-century United States? - ANSWER a. political machine.
What is the term for an approach to political behavior that regards individuals as
rational, calculative actors who possess well-defined political preferences and attempt
to act on them? - ANSWER b. rational-choice theory.
Public-private partnerships have - ANSWER d. all of the above.
The system of government that rests ultimate governing power in its people, who may
rule directly or via representatives, is termed - ANSWER b. a republic.
The theory that emphasizes citizen power when citizens organize and take to the streets
is called - ANSWER b. social movement theory.
What name was given to the national social movement, mainly attracting fiscal and
social conservatives, that aimed to restrain government spending and to cut taxes? -
ANSWER c. Tea Party.
