POLS 207 JASON SMITH ACTUAL EXAM PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
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◉ State Government Responsibilities for Policies. Answer: education
police citizens
administer money provided by feds
administer law and domestic programs
◉ Policy Conservatism. Answer: A political philosophy favoring limited
government intervention, free markets, and traditional values.
◉ Policy Liberalism. Answer: A philosophy advocating for more
government intervention in the economic and in providing social
services.
◉ Where do state and local governments derive their revenue? Answer:
Primarily from taxes (sales, property, income), federal grants, and fees.
◉ Federalism. Answer: A system in which power is divided between the
national and state governments.
, ◉ Unitary Government. Answer: A centralized government in which all
government powers belong to a single, central agency.
◉ Confederation. Answer: Power is distributed among sovereign states
with a weak central government.
◉ Why are states called "laboratories of democracy". Answer: States can
implement with policies, which can then be adopted at the national level
if successful.
◉ What is nullification? Answer: concept in which states could nullify,
or void, any federal law they deemed unconstitutional.
◉ What are enumerated powers? Answer: Powers of the federal
government that are specifically stated in the constitution.
◉ What are implied powers? Answer: powers that are not directly stated
in the Constitution but inferred through the necessary and proper clause.
◉ 10th Amendment. Answer: The powers not delegated to the United
States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States respectively, or to the people.
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ State Government Responsibilities for Policies. Answer: education
police citizens
administer money provided by feds
administer law and domestic programs
◉ Policy Conservatism. Answer: A political philosophy favoring limited
government intervention, free markets, and traditional values.
◉ Policy Liberalism. Answer: A philosophy advocating for more
government intervention in the economic and in providing social
services.
◉ Where do state and local governments derive their revenue? Answer:
Primarily from taxes (sales, property, income), federal grants, and fees.
◉ Federalism. Answer: A system in which power is divided between the
national and state governments.
, ◉ Unitary Government. Answer: A centralized government in which all
government powers belong to a single, central agency.
◉ Confederation. Answer: Power is distributed among sovereign states
with a weak central government.
◉ Why are states called "laboratories of democracy". Answer: States can
implement with policies, which can then be adopted at the national level
if successful.
◉ What is nullification? Answer: concept in which states could nullify,
or void, any federal law they deemed unconstitutional.
◉ What are enumerated powers? Answer: Powers of the federal
government that are specifically stated in the constitution.
◉ What are implied powers? Answer: powers that are not directly stated
in the Constitution but inferred through the necessary and proper clause.
◉ 10th Amendment. Answer: The powers not delegated to the United
States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States respectively, or to the people.
