POLI 2051 ROBERT HOGAN FINAL
EXAM QUESTONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
b. Command-and-control policy - Answer-_________ is the approach to regulation in
which the government tells business how to meet certain goals, makes sure these
directions are followed, and punishes those who do not follow the orders.
a. The spoils system
b. Command-and-control policy
c. The shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later system
d. The incentive system
d. An incentive system - Answer-______ regulates industries using market-like
strategies such as rewards.
Select one:
a. A patronage system
b. An iron triangle
c. An executive order
d. An incentive system
a. The Court believed that federal intervention in the economy was unconstitutional. -
Answer-At President Roosevelt's urging, Congress passed dozens of laws designed to
end the Depression. Why did the Supreme Court initially overturn these New Deal
policies?
Select one:
a. The Court believed that federal intervention in the economy was unconstitutional.
b. The Court typically gave deference to the decisions enacted by the elected branches
of government.
c. Federal intervention in the economy was perceived as being the best way to end the
Great Depression.
d. The Court believed that Roosevelt was meddling in the Court's jurisdiction.
d. judicial restraint - Answer-If a judge believes that she should defer to the decisions
made by elected representatives whenever possible, she likely believes in which of the
following?
Select one:
a. judicial activism
b. the attitudinal model of decision making
c. originalism
, d. judicial restraint
b. stare decisis - Answer-In court rulings, reliance on past decisions to formulate
decisions in new cases is known as which of the following?
Select one:
a. per curiam
b. stare decisis
c. coram nobis
d. amicus curiae
c. state - Answer-In which courts are the vast majority of all cases tried?
Select one:
a. federal
b. district
c. state
d. appellate
d. Marbury v. Madison - Answer-In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court
first claim the right of judicial review?
Select one:
a. Chisholm v. Georgia
b. Brown v. Board of Education
c. Dred Scott v. Sandford
d. Marbury v. Madison
b. an appellate - Answer-Only __________ court can review the decisions of a lower
court.
Select one:
a. a trial
b. an appellate
c. an administrative
d. an original
c. judicial activism - Answer-Proponents of which of the following believe that it is
appropriate for judges to make bold policy decisions when doing so is necessary to
address pressing societal needs?
Select one:
a. judicial restraint
b. strict constructionism
c. judicial activism
d. originalism
EXAM QUESTONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
b. Command-and-control policy - Answer-_________ is the approach to regulation in
which the government tells business how to meet certain goals, makes sure these
directions are followed, and punishes those who do not follow the orders.
a. The spoils system
b. Command-and-control policy
c. The shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later system
d. The incentive system
d. An incentive system - Answer-______ regulates industries using market-like
strategies such as rewards.
Select one:
a. A patronage system
b. An iron triangle
c. An executive order
d. An incentive system
a. The Court believed that federal intervention in the economy was unconstitutional. -
Answer-At President Roosevelt's urging, Congress passed dozens of laws designed to
end the Depression. Why did the Supreme Court initially overturn these New Deal
policies?
Select one:
a. The Court believed that federal intervention in the economy was unconstitutional.
b. The Court typically gave deference to the decisions enacted by the elected branches
of government.
c. Federal intervention in the economy was perceived as being the best way to end the
Great Depression.
d. The Court believed that Roosevelt was meddling in the Court's jurisdiction.
d. judicial restraint - Answer-If a judge believes that she should defer to the decisions
made by elected representatives whenever possible, she likely believes in which of the
following?
Select one:
a. judicial activism
b. the attitudinal model of decision making
c. originalism
, d. judicial restraint
b. stare decisis - Answer-In court rulings, reliance on past decisions to formulate
decisions in new cases is known as which of the following?
Select one:
a. per curiam
b. stare decisis
c. coram nobis
d. amicus curiae
c. state - Answer-In which courts are the vast majority of all cases tried?
Select one:
a. federal
b. district
c. state
d. appellate
d. Marbury v. Madison - Answer-In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court
first claim the right of judicial review?
Select one:
a. Chisholm v. Georgia
b. Brown v. Board of Education
c. Dred Scott v. Sandford
d. Marbury v. Madison
b. an appellate - Answer-Only __________ court can review the decisions of a lower
court.
Select one:
a. a trial
b. an appellate
c. an administrative
d. an original
c. judicial activism - Answer-Proponents of which of the following believe that it is
appropriate for judges to make bold policy decisions when doing so is necessary to
address pressing societal needs?
Select one:
a. judicial restraint
b. strict constructionism
c. judicial activism
d. originalism
