POS 486 CERTIFICATION PRACTICE PAPER
2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS ACCURATE KEY
● globalization. Answer:
● Foreign Direct Investment. Answer: foreign country or individual
invests in another country, sometimes by buying or building a new plant
or factory
● international migration. Answer:
● public opinion on trade (US). Answer:
● welfare consequences. Answer: determine the level of societal well-
being
● distributional consequences. Answer: influence how income is
distributed between groups within countries and between nations in the
international system
● measures of welfare + distributional consequences. Answer:
● liberal order in int'l pol economy. Answer:
, ● realist order in int'l pol economy. Answer:
● liberal sources of order. Answer:
● realist sources of order. Answer:
● public goods (give ex). Answer: Goods that are neither excludable nor
rival in consumption
● hegemon. Answer: A country that produces a disproportionately large
share of the world's total output and that leads in the development of
new technologies.
● Hegemonic Stability Theory. Answer: This theory holds that
hegemony provides some order similar to a central government in the
international system: reducing anarchy, deterring aggression, promoting
free trade, and providing a hard currency that can be used as a world
standard.
● trade barrier (2 ex). Answer:
● 3 Eras of Globalization (time periods + pol thought). Answer:
2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS ACCURATE KEY
● globalization. Answer:
● Foreign Direct Investment. Answer: foreign country or individual
invests in another country, sometimes by buying or building a new plant
or factory
● international migration. Answer:
● public opinion on trade (US). Answer:
● welfare consequences. Answer: determine the level of societal well-
being
● distributional consequences. Answer: influence how income is
distributed between groups within countries and between nations in the
international system
● measures of welfare + distributional consequences. Answer:
● liberal order in int'l pol economy. Answer:
, ● realist order in int'l pol economy. Answer:
● liberal sources of order. Answer:
● realist sources of order. Answer:
● public goods (give ex). Answer: Goods that are neither excludable nor
rival in consumption
● hegemon. Answer: A country that produces a disproportionately large
share of the world's total output and that leads in the development of
new technologies.
● Hegemonic Stability Theory. Answer: This theory holds that
hegemony provides some order similar to a central government in the
international system: reducing anarchy, deterring aggression, promoting
free trade, and providing a hard currency that can be used as a world
standard.
● trade barrier (2 ex). Answer:
● 3 Eras of Globalization (time periods + pol thought). Answer:
