MN 553 FINAL PURDUE GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
COMPETENCY REVIEW 2026 MOCK TEST
COMPLETE KEY INSIGHTS
◉ Those embracing the "hypodermic model" of media effects took
the position that the media had a minimal effect on those listening to
it or watching it.
Answer: False
◉ During class discussion, we watched a short clip from the White
House Correspondents' Dinner in 2009 which featured comments
from President Obama about the voting habits of journalists. His
comments were meant to illustrate (humorously, of course) political
bias among journalists.
Answer: True
◉ According to a recent Pew Research Poll shown in class, the
percentage of Americans who often get their news from television is
higher than the percentage who often get their news online.
Answer: True
◉ The same poll reported that the gap between the percentage of
Americans who often get their news from television, and those who
get it online, declined between 2016 and 2017.
, Answer: True
◉ According to a Gallup Poll viewed in class.
Answer: more Americans identify as Independents, ignoring
whether they lean toward the Democratic party, than as Democrats
◉ In recent elections, women in general have tended to vote
Democratic more than Republican.
Answer: True
◉ Another group, identified in lecture, that now reliably votes
Republican is black Americans.
Answer: False
◉ When a voter looks back at past government performance and
asks whether she/he is better off today than four years ago, that
individual engages in.
Answer: retrospective voting
◉ Political Scientists tend to argue that campaigns alone determine
how an individual decides to vote in an election campaign.
Answer: False
COMPETENCY REVIEW 2026 MOCK TEST
COMPLETE KEY INSIGHTS
◉ Those embracing the "hypodermic model" of media effects took
the position that the media had a minimal effect on those listening to
it or watching it.
Answer: False
◉ During class discussion, we watched a short clip from the White
House Correspondents' Dinner in 2009 which featured comments
from President Obama about the voting habits of journalists. His
comments were meant to illustrate (humorously, of course) political
bias among journalists.
Answer: True
◉ According to a recent Pew Research Poll shown in class, the
percentage of Americans who often get their news from television is
higher than the percentage who often get their news online.
Answer: True
◉ The same poll reported that the gap between the percentage of
Americans who often get their news from television, and those who
get it online, declined between 2016 and 2017.
, Answer: True
◉ According to a Gallup Poll viewed in class.
Answer: more Americans identify as Independents, ignoring
whether they lean toward the Democratic party, than as Democrats
◉ In recent elections, women in general have tended to vote
Democratic more than Republican.
Answer: True
◉ Another group, identified in lecture, that now reliably votes
Republican is black Americans.
Answer: False
◉ When a voter looks back at past government performance and
asks whether she/he is better off today than four years ago, that
individual engages in.
Answer: retrospective voting
◉ Political Scientists tend to argue that campaigns alone determine
how an individual decides to vote in an election campaign.
Answer: False
