CPO2001 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025
McFaul identifies six factors for successful democratic breakthrough in post-
communist countries.
A. True
B. False
FALSE
7 factors
McFaul argues that a united opposition is an important factor for successful
democratic breakthrough but does not believe that the quality of opposition is an
essential factor.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Which of the following combination of countries were able to achieve democratic
breakthrough according to McFaul?
A. Serbia, Georgia, Ukraine
B. Belarus, Ukraine, Poland
C. Slovenia, Eastern Germany, Central Asia
D. Czechoslovakia, Georgia, Serbia
A. Serbia, Georgia, Ukraine
,The term nomenklatura refers to the staffing of politically sensitive or influential
jobs by people approved by the Communist party.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Russia has a presidential legislative-executive system and unitary division of
power.
A. True
B. False
FALSE
semi-presidential & federal
Russia has a unicameral legislature.
A. True
B. False
FALSE
bicameral
According to Marxism, the two main classes in the capitalist society are the
bourgeoisie and proletariat.
A. True
B. False
A. True
In the base-superstructure model, Marxists believe that the base affects the
superstructure, rather than the other way round.
, A. True
B. False
A. True
The two major reforms carried out in the Soviet Union which unintended
consequences were Perestroika and Glasnot.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Dialectical materialism refers to the struggle between the existing order (thesis)
and revolution (anti-thesis) to produce a new order (synthesis)
A. True
B. False
A. True
The Soviet Union, established in 1917, was the world's first Communist state.
A. True
B. False
A. True
The actions of which of the following general secretaries of Soviet Union's
Communist Party resulted in the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the
formation of 15 independent countries?
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Mikhail Gorbachev
ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025
McFaul identifies six factors for successful democratic breakthrough in post-
communist countries.
A. True
B. False
FALSE
7 factors
McFaul argues that a united opposition is an important factor for successful
democratic breakthrough but does not believe that the quality of opposition is an
essential factor.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Which of the following combination of countries were able to achieve democratic
breakthrough according to McFaul?
A. Serbia, Georgia, Ukraine
B. Belarus, Ukraine, Poland
C. Slovenia, Eastern Germany, Central Asia
D. Czechoslovakia, Georgia, Serbia
A. Serbia, Georgia, Ukraine
,The term nomenklatura refers to the staffing of politically sensitive or influential
jobs by people approved by the Communist party.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Russia has a presidential legislative-executive system and unitary division of
power.
A. True
B. False
FALSE
semi-presidential & federal
Russia has a unicameral legislature.
A. True
B. False
FALSE
bicameral
According to Marxism, the two main classes in the capitalist society are the
bourgeoisie and proletariat.
A. True
B. False
A. True
In the base-superstructure model, Marxists believe that the base affects the
superstructure, rather than the other way round.
, A. True
B. False
A. True
The two major reforms carried out in the Soviet Union which unintended
consequences were Perestroika and Glasnot.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Dialectical materialism refers to the struggle between the existing order (thesis)
and revolution (anti-thesis) to produce a new order (synthesis)
A. True
B. False
A. True
The Soviet Union, established in 1917, was the world's first Communist state.
A. True
B. False
A. True
The actions of which of the following general secretaries of Soviet Union's
Communist Party resulted in the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the
formation of 15 independent countries?
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Mikhail Gorbachev
