GOVT 2305 EXAM 2 FINAL PAPER SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
STUDY PACK
●● The accuracy of a poll is usually expressed in terms of
Answer: sampling error
●● Americans who attend religious services at least once a week are
most likely to vote for which political party?
Answer: republican
●● According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, young adults are
substantially more likely than senior citizens to support
Answer: stronger environmental regulations
●● Party Identification refers to
Answer: a person's sense of loyalty to a political party
●● Which of the following states is Democratic; Georgia, Texas,
Washington, Idaho, or Utah
Answer: Washington
,●● Journalist Walter Lippmann suggested that
Answer: effective government cannot be run by politicians that base
their public opinions on poll results.
●● A general belief of about the role and purpose of government is
called
Answer: an ideology
●● A member of Congress who wants to act on what the majority of his
or her constituency thinks on a particular issue would be advised to
respond to which of the following indicators
Answer: a poll based on a random selection sample of constituents
●● The process of which individuals acquire their political opinions is
called
Answer: political socialization
●● As an agent of political socialization, the American family will likely
have its greatest effect on an individual's
Answer: party identification
●● Historically, dramatic change in party identification is uncommon
and is almost always a consequence of
Answer: major upheaval
, ●● Public Opinion Polling
Answer: polls can be erroneous at times
sampling error decreases as the size of sample increases
opinion polls are the most relied upon method of measuring public
opinion
polling accuracy diminishes when respondents are unfamiliar with the
issues in question
●● What are the two distinguishing characteristics of political
socialization
Answer: political socialization is cumulative and is most heavily
developed during childhood
●● The key factors in determining the accuracy of an opinion poll are
Answer: the size of the sample and whether the sample was selected
from the population by a random method
●● Which of the following would not be considered a secondary
socializing agent? Peers, church, leaders, and the media
Answer: church
●● In terms of party identification, slightly more than half of adults call
themselves
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
STUDY PACK
●● The accuracy of a poll is usually expressed in terms of
Answer: sampling error
●● Americans who attend religious services at least once a week are
most likely to vote for which political party?
Answer: republican
●● According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, young adults are
substantially more likely than senior citizens to support
Answer: stronger environmental regulations
●● Party Identification refers to
Answer: a person's sense of loyalty to a political party
●● Which of the following states is Democratic; Georgia, Texas,
Washington, Idaho, or Utah
Answer: Washington
,●● Journalist Walter Lippmann suggested that
Answer: effective government cannot be run by politicians that base
their public opinions on poll results.
●● A general belief of about the role and purpose of government is
called
Answer: an ideology
●● A member of Congress who wants to act on what the majority of his
or her constituency thinks on a particular issue would be advised to
respond to which of the following indicators
Answer: a poll based on a random selection sample of constituents
●● The process of which individuals acquire their political opinions is
called
Answer: political socialization
●● As an agent of political socialization, the American family will likely
have its greatest effect on an individual's
Answer: party identification
●● Historically, dramatic change in party identification is uncommon
and is almost always a consequence of
Answer: major upheaval
, ●● Public Opinion Polling
Answer: polls can be erroneous at times
sampling error decreases as the size of sample increases
opinion polls are the most relied upon method of measuring public
opinion
polling accuracy diminishes when respondents are unfamiliar with the
issues in question
●● What are the two distinguishing characteristics of political
socialization
Answer: political socialization is cumulative and is most heavily
developed during childhood
●● The key factors in determining the accuracy of an opinion poll are
Answer: the size of the sample and whether the sample was selected
from the population by a random method
●● Which of the following would not be considered a secondary
socializing agent? Peers, church, leaders, and the media
Answer: church
●● In terms of party identification, slightly more than half of adults call
themselves
