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POLI 105 MIDTERM REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE GRADED A++
Terms in this set (118)
All political behavior is based on _. a) individual behavior
a) individual behavior
b) national behavior
c) party behavior
d) group behavior
Empirical political science seeks to _. a) explain and predict
a) explain and predict
b) analyze and postulate
c) experiment and inoculate
d) hypothesize and extrapolate
Facts are _. b) exist but may be disputed
a) tell us what is right and wrong
b) exist but may be disputed
c) are determined by those in power
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d) are based on political ideology
Generalizations are _. c) can be useful if frequently
a) are always true true
b) are never right
c) can be useful if frequently true
d) are always harmful
Hypotheses are _. c) tentative statements about
a) statements of research methods reality
b) principles that guide research
c) tentative statements about reality
d) statements that are proven to be true
Normative a) "meanings, purposes, and goals "
political science
seeks to
understand
political______.
a) "meanings, purposes,
and goals "
b) "attributes,
inferences,
and
consequence
s"
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c) "beliefs, attitudes, and
preferences"
d) "heroes, villains, and
enablers"
One of the main b) scarce resources
sources of
political conflict
is_______.
a) plentiful
opportunities
b) scarce resources
c) complex systems
d) multiple groups
Perhaps the most b) its constitution
important set of
rules for any
institution is _.
a) its code of conduct
b) its constitution
c) its judicial guide
d) Robert's Rules of
Order
Political events involve c) "rules, reality, and choices"
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______________.
a) "guidelines, reality,
and prerogatives "
b) "procedures,
educated guesses,
and rules "
c) "rules, reality, and
choices "
d) "directions,
procedures, and
choices"
Politics can be defined b) "who gets what, when, and how"
as______________.
a) how things happen
now
b) "who gets what,
when, and how "
c) "when what
happens, and
why"
d) what should be
Political science is d) probabilistic
usually_________.
a) statistical
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POLI 105 MIDTERM REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE GRADED A++
Terms in this set (118)
All political behavior is based on _. a) individual behavior
a) individual behavior
b) national behavior
c) party behavior
d) group behavior
Empirical political science seeks to _. a) explain and predict
a) explain and predict
b) analyze and postulate
c) experiment and inoculate
d) hypothesize and extrapolate
Facts are _. b) exist but may be disputed
a) tell us what is right and wrong
b) exist but may be disputed
c) are determined by those in power
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d) are based on political ideology
Generalizations are _. c) can be useful if frequently
a) are always true true
b) are never right
c) can be useful if frequently true
d) are always harmful
Hypotheses are _. c) tentative statements about
a) statements of research methods reality
b) principles that guide research
c) tentative statements about reality
d) statements that are proven to be true
Normative a) "meanings, purposes, and goals "
political science
seeks to
understand
political______.
a) "meanings, purposes,
and goals "
b) "attributes,
inferences,
and
consequence
s"
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c) "beliefs, attitudes, and
preferences"
d) "heroes, villains, and
enablers"
One of the main b) scarce resources
sources of
political conflict
is_______.
a) plentiful
opportunities
b) scarce resources
c) complex systems
d) multiple groups
Perhaps the most b) its constitution
important set of
rules for any
institution is _.
a) its code of conduct
b) its constitution
c) its judicial guide
d) Robert's Rules of
Order
Political events involve c) "rules, reality, and choices"
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______________.
a) "guidelines, reality,
and prerogatives "
b) "procedures,
educated guesses,
and rules "
c) "rules, reality, and
choices "
d) "directions,
procedures, and
choices"
Politics can be defined b) "who gets what, when, and how"
as______________.
a) how things happen
now
b) "who gets what,
when, and how "
c) "when what
happens, and
why"
d) what should be
Political science is d) probabilistic
usually_________.
a) statistical
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