A government that has the power to make and enforce law but which lacks the
acceptance of the people is said to have
a. authority but not legitimacy.
b. legitimacy but not authority.
c. both authority and legitimacy.
d. a democratic form of government.
e. an authoritarian form of government.
A brief, memorable comment that can easily fit into news broadcasts is known as
a. a media bite.
b. a sound bite.
c. a quick quote.
d. a sound frame.
e. a media frame.
The Office of Management and Budget
a. is a non-partisan department.
b. clearly affects the greater scope of the federal budget.
c. publishes the budgets prepared by Congress.
d. helps the president prepare the annual budget.
e. is currently in the Department of the Treasury.
A political culture is a
a. written set of codes that dictate political action.
b. process that transmits value to immigrants and children.
c. major problem for rulers of stable forms of government.
d. patterned set of ideas, values, and ways of thinking about government and politics.
e. manifestation of pluralism.
Regarding modest increases in the minimum wage
a. they have a major negative effect on employment.
b. they have no effect on employment.
c. it is unclear whether they have a measurable effect on employment.
d. they boost employment significantly, by motivating the unemployed to seek work.
e. None of the above.
Someone who emphasizes the importance of a free market with fewer government-run
social programs is likely to be a
a. Democrat.
b. Republican.
c. progressive.
d. Jeffersonian Republican.
e. None of the above.
After a bureaucratic regulation is proposed
a. it is published in the Federal Register.
b. a sixty-day waiting period occurs to allow Congress to overturn the regulation.
c. the regulation can be challenged in court by directly interested parties.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
Government is necessary because
a. groups compete for power in society.
b. there needs to be a means to maintain order in society.
c. a central authority is necessary to provide for the common defense.
d. a central authority is necessary to promote economic development.
e. All of the above are true.
One major difference between the House and Senate is the total number of members. As
a result
a. the House will spend much more time on a bill on the floor as opposed to the Senate.
b. the Senate is able to decide on the proper action on a bill quicker than the House.
c. a greater number of formal rules are needed to govern activity in the House.
d. House members must sit on more committees than Senators.
e. a constitutional amendment has been proposed to increase the size of the House and
to reduce the numbers in the Senate.
Court decisions about prayer in public schools have struck down ___________ but
permitted ____________.
a. official prayers composed by school officials; moments of silence with a secular
purpose
b. moments of silence with a secular purpose; official prayers composed by school
officials
c. any and all efforts by school officials to pray; any and all efforts by students to pray
d. any and all efforts by students to pray; moments of silence with a secular purpose
e. any and all efforts by students to pray; religiously based student organizations
The right to own property is all of the following except
a. a widespread desire in America.
b. likely to provide power and liberty to those who own it.
c. a source of economic instability.
d. fundamental to the capitalist system.
e. the promotion of economic equality.
Presidents have been largely successful in getting treaties
a. approved by the World Court.
b. through both the House and the Senate.
c. approved by the Supreme Court.
d. through the Senate.
e. approved by the State Department.
Since the early 1990s, the American people have consistently shown more confidence
in _________ than any other institution.
a. public schools
b. organized labor
c. big business
d. the military
e. television news
Tension over the size of government dates back to
a. before the American Revolution.
b. the Civil War.
c. the Reagan administration.
d. the Bush administration.
e. the Great Depression.
A lobbyist is
a. any association of individuals.
b. inevitably affiliated with one of the two major political parties.
c. an individual or organization that attempts to influence legislation and the
administrative decisions of government.
d. a member of Congress who challenges the majority position.
e. a member of the congressional leadership who is in a position to shape the legislative
agenda in a way that benefits powerful interest groups.
The person who directs the White House Office and advises the president is
a. the vice president.
b. the head of office.
c. the chief of staff.
d. the senior member of Congress form the president’s party.
e. the Secretary of the Interior.
The necessary and proper clause
a. has expanded the role of the national government relative to the states.
b. has increased the powers of the state governments at the expense of Congress’s
powers.
c. was in the original Constitution, but was eliminated as a consequence of the
Twenty-Seventh Amendment.
d. has served to limit the expansion of national authority.
e. is located in the Constitution in the text of the Tenth Amendment.
Which of the following are true of superdelegates?
a. A superdelegate is a party leader or elected official who is given the right to vote at
the national convention.
b. Their votes are ceremonial and do not count in the delegate total.
c. They are members of the media who cover the national convention.
d. They are elected at the state level.
e. They participate as delegates to the state convention.
At the national convention
a. upon arrival most delegates are undecided as to whom they would like to see as the
party’s candidate.
b. the delegates from those states that had early primaries and caucuses are seated
closest to the front of the convention center.
c. the presidential candidate is chosen by the party delegates.
d. elites within the political parties are entrusted with making the determination of an
appropriate candidate based upon electability.
e. it usually take three ballots for the party to choose the presidential candidate.
The lowest layer of official party machinery is
a. the local organization supported by district leaders, precinct or ward captains, and
partyworkers.
b. the state party chairperson and committees.
c. the national campaign chairperson’s volunteers.
d. the White House interns.
e. the national convention delegates.
When a vice president exercises a large degree of power, it is because
a. he or she is taking advantage of the power given to him or her by the Constitution.
b. he or she has been temporarily granted additional powers by the Congress.
c. the Supreme Court has expanded vice presidential power in recent decades.
d. he or she has the support of the president in doing so.
e. None of the above.
An executive elected by Congress, as proposed in the Virginia Plan, would have likely
led to more periods of
a. unified and effective government.
b. divided government.
c. limited government.
d. gridlock.
e. None of the above.
After World War I, the United States returned to a state of “normalcy” in foreign policy,
which meant
a. a continued commitment to international peacekeeping.
b. reassuring the public that the United States would act in the role of world policeman.
c. a sharp increase in military spending in order to honor commitments made to the
alliedpowers.
d. a reduction in military forces and defense spending and a return to isolationism.
e. the annexation of additional territory in the western hemisphere.
The use of __________ was instrumental in bringing about the integration of lunch
counters, buses, and trains.
a. sit-ins
b. roadblocks at night in rural areas
c. court injunctions that prohibited interstate travel in areas threatened by violence
d. the threat of armed force
e. public demonstrations featuring violence against whites
Someone who emphasizes the need for social welfare and protection of senior citizens
is most likely to be a
a. Democrat.
b. Republican.
c. part of the Religious right.
d. social conservative.
e. libertarian.
The riot at Stonewall Inn that began the modern movement for equality for gay males
and lesbians was sparked by
a. a raid by police on a bar popular with gay men and lesbians.
b. a feeling in the gay and lesbian community that the police were targeting them for
harassment.
c. anti-gay protestors who showed up at the bar.
d. an attempt by a gay couple to hold a marriage ceremony at the bar.
e. Options A and B are true.
Fears about the control of the Internet include the fear that
a. the United States will give up the control that it has.
b. authoritarian countries will be able to undermine Internet access in other countries.
c. the United Nations will take control, giving authoritarian states more power.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
One of the problems with polls is
a. they may fail to measure the impact of undecided voters.
b. because they are a snapshot in time, polls may fail to detect last-minute shifts in
theelectorate.
c. they are based on a random sample.
d. the results are affected by the news media.
e. Options A and B are true.
Political realism is a philosophy that
a. sees nations as normally willing to cooperate and agree on moral standards for
conduct.
b. mandates non-interference with the internal policies of sovereign nations.
c. supports steps to establish a single world government.
d. sees each nation as acting in its own interest regardless of moral considerations.
e. contends that spreading Christianity ought to be a major goal of U.S. foreign policy.
The Constitutional Convention in 1787 was brought on by the
a. publication of the Treaty of Paris.
b. request of President Washington.
c. failure of the Articles of Confederation.
d. publication of the Declaration of Independence.
e. end of the Revolutionary War.
The party-in-government
a. is made up of the members of the general public who identify with a political party.
b. is made up of the formal structure and leadership of a political party.
c. is made up of all of the elected and appointed officials who identify with a political
party.
d. has pledged to support all of the party’s political positions.
e. is no longer significant due to candidate-centered elections.