POLI 2051 Exam 1 Questions and
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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? - ✔✔public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional democratic
theory? - ✔✔enlightened understanding
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. - ✔✔laissez-faire
The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political __________. -
✔✔participation
What best describes a linkage institution? - ✔✔a channel through which people's
concerns become a 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 will of others?
- ✔✔policy gridlock
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, What determines whom we select as our government leaders and what policies these
leaders pursue? - ✔✔politics
What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and
expenditures? - ✔✔budgetary choice
What makes up governments policy agenda? - ✔✔the issues that attract the serious
attention of public officials and other political actors
What most closely exemplifies equality in voting? - ✔✔one person, one vote
Which theory argues that special interests groups have become sovereign, and the
government is merely their servant? - ✔✔hyperpluralism
Who is at the center of all theories of elitism? - ✔✔big business
In Federalist 10, who wrote, "The most common and durable source of factions has been
the various and unequal distribution of property"? - ✔✔James Madison
John Locke's belief that government derives its authority from the people influenced the
Declaration of Independence, which says "Governments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from ____." - ✔✔consent of the governed
The Articles of Confederation required ______ consent from the states for ratification. -
✔✔unanimous
The meaning of the constitution can change through _______ - ✔✔judicial interpretation
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Answers 100% Pass
A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are examples
of which of the following? - ✔✔public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional democratic
theory? - ✔✔enlightened understanding
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. - ✔✔laissez-faire
The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political __________. -
✔✔participation
What best describes a linkage institution? - ✔✔a channel through which people's
concerns become a 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 will of others?
- ✔✔policy gridlock
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, What determines whom we select as our government leaders and what policies these
leaders pursue? - ✔✔politics
What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and
expenditures? - ✔✔budgetary choice
What makes up governments policy agenda? - ✔✔the issues that attract the serious
attention of public officials and other political actors
What most closely exemplifies equality in voting? - ✔✔one person, one vote
Which theory argues that special interests groups have become sovereign, and the
government is merely their servant? - ✔✔hyperpluralism
Who is at the center of all theories of elitism? - ✔✔big business
In Federalist 10, who wrote, "The most common and durable source of factions has been
the various and unequal distribution of property"? - ✔✔James Madison
John Locke's belief that government derives its authority from the people influenced the
Declaration of Independence, which says "Governments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from ____." - ✔✔consent of the governed
The Articles of Confederation required ______ consent from the states for ratification. -
✔✔unanimous
The meaning of the constitution can change through _______ - ✔✔judicial interpretation
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