CPO EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Central to nearly all debates in politics, power, and debates of justice
is the tension between
a. freedom and equality.
b. capitalism and communism.
c. taxation and spending.
d. right and wrong political institutions.
e. modern and postmodern values.
Answer freedom and equality.
2. The ability to influence others or impose one's will on them is called
a. politics.
b. power.
c. institutions.
d. legitimacy.
e. analytic reasoning.
Answer power.
3. This approach to political science assumes that individuals weigh the
costs and benefits of each choice in order to maximize their benefits.
a. modernization theory
b. traditional approach
c. behavioralism
,d. postbehavioralism
e. rational choice
Answer rational choice
4. Which of the following is necessary for becoming a successful
student of comparative politics?
a. having the ability to reconsider your own beliefs in the light of new
evidence
b. knowing a foreign language
c. being good at methodology
d. reading Aristotle and Machiavelli
e. memorizing the political institutions of
Answer having the ability to reconsider your own beliefs in the light of new evidence
5. Comparative politics is the study
a. of relations between countries.
b. of why nations go to war with each other.
c. and comparison of domestic politics across countries.
d. of American foreign policy.
Answer and comparison of domestic politics across countries.
6. A key characteristic that defines a state, this is the ability of the state
to carry out actions or policies within their territory independently from
external actors or internal rivals.
a. Sovereignty
, b. Coercion
c. Capacity
d. Autonomy
e. Militarism
Answer Sovereignty
7. According to Weber, a is an
organization that maintains a monopoly of violence over a territory.
a. State
b. Regime
c. Government
d. Nation
e. Country
Answer State
8. In the United States, presidents who leave office generally cease to
play any significant role in policy making. After all, it is not the individual
leaders who are important, but the office they hold. This would be an
example of what type of legitimacy in action?
a. Traditional
b. Charismatic
c. Rational-legal
d. Religious
e. Coercive
Answer Rational legal
1. Central to nearly all debates in politics, power, and debates of justice
is the tension between
a. freedom and equality.
b. capitalism and communism.
c. taxation and spending.
d. right and wrong political institutions.
e. modern and postmodern values.
Answer freedom and equality.
2. The ability to influence others or impose one's will on them is called
a. politics.
b. power.
c. institutions.
d. legitimacy.
e. analytic reasoning.
Answer power.
3. This approach to political science assumes that individuals weigh the
costs and benefits of each choice in order to maximize their benefits.
a. modernization theory
b. traditional approach
c. behavioralism
,d. postbehavioralism
e. rational choice
Answer rational choice
4. Which of the following is necessary for becoming a successful
student of comparative politics?
a. having the ability to reconsider your own beliefs in the light of new
evidence
b. knowing a foreign language
c. being good at methodology
d. reading Aristotle and Machiavelli
e. memorizing the political institutions of
Answer having the ability to reconsider your own beliefs in the light of new evidence
5. Comparative politics is the study
a. of relations between countries.
b. of why nations go to war with each other.
c. and comparison of domestic politics across countries.
d. of American foreign policy.
Answer and comparison of domestic politics across countries.
6. A key characteristic that defines a state, this is the ability of the state
to carry out actions or policies within their territory independently from
external actors or internal rivals.
a. Sovereignty
, b. Coercion
c. Capacity
d. Autonomy
e. Militarism
Answer Sovereignty
7. According to Weber, a is an
organization that maintains a monopoly of violence over a territory.
a. State
b. Regime
c. Government
d. Nation
e. Country
Answer State
8. In the United States, presidents who leave office generally cease to
play any significant role in policy making. After all, it is not the individual
leaders who are important, but the office they hold. This would be an
example of what type of legitimacy in action?
a. Traditional
b. Charismatic
c. Rational-legal
d. Religious
e. Coercive
Answer Rational legal
