POLS 1101 Exam 1 |70 Questions and
Answers
Which of the following is a good formal definition of politics? - -The process through which
individuals and groups reach agreement on a course of common action even as they
continue to disagree on the goals of the action
-Which of the following is an example of collective action? - -A neighborhood watch group
deciding how to patrol the streets
-Bargaining and compromise... - -Is essential for producing successful political outcomes
-Political institutions include which of the following - -A set of rules prescribing a political
process for reaching and enforcing collective agreements
-Because of the large size of populations and the complexity of the issues to be resolved,
the degree of success populations in nations have in politics depends largely on which of
the following? - -Whether they have developed constitutions and governments that work
-The U.S. Constitution was intended to do which of the following? - -Reassure diverse
interests that they would be better off under a new system
-Which of the following is a formal definition of government? - -Those institutions created
by a constitution and the legally prescribed process for making and enforcing collective
agreements
-The difference between authority and power is which of the following? - -Authority is the
right to make a particular decision and power is the actual influence the institution has
over that action
-Institutions tend to be... - -Stable and resistant to change
-"Collective action" refers to which of the following? - -The efforts of a group to reach and
implement agreements
-Which barrier to collective action is generally considered the easiest to overcome? - -
Coordination
-A "prisoner's dilemma" arises in which of the following instances? - -Wherever
individuals who ultimately would benefit from cooperating with each other also have a
powerful and irresistible incentive to break the agreement and exploit the other side
-The free-rider problem describes... - -The decision of an individual to withhold his or her
contribution from collective group action
, -What are transaction costs? - -The time, effort, and resources required to make collective
decisions
-What was the name of the practice where Britain ceded control to the colonists to manage
their own domestic affairs including taxation? - -Home rule
-Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party with the Restraining Acts and Coercive Acts.
What did these acts do? - -In part closed the Boston Harbor to all commerce, dissolved the
Massachusetts Assembly, forced Americans to quarter or house British soldiers, and
ordered Americans charged with protest crimes be sent to England for trial
-Thomas Jefferson articulated the real rationale for throwing off British rule in the
Declaration of Independence as... - -The fundamental right of self-governance
-The first American Constitution created a confederation, which can best be described as
which of the following? - -A highly decentralized governmental system in which the
national government derives limited authority from the states rather than directly from the
citizens
-The "commerce clause" of the Constitution... - -Gave Congress the authority to regulate
commerce with foreign nations and among the several states
-The "necessary and proper clause" of the Constitution... - -Provides Congress with the
authority to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers
enumerated by the Constitution
-The supremacy clause contained in Article IV of the Constitution declares which of the
following? - -That national laws take precedence over state laws when both properly
discharge their government's respective responsibilities
-For the purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, slaves would be... - -
Counted as 3/5 a citizen
-A "logroll" refers to which of the following? - -A standard bargaining strategy in which
two sides swap support for dissimilar policies
-The most successful objection the Antifederalists raised against the proposed Constitution
was... - -The absence of a Bill of Rights that would protect individuals
-The Madisonian view of democracy often is referred to as which of the following? - -
Pluralism
-Who is the ultimate arbiter of controversies involving American federalism? - -The U.S.
Supreme Court
Answers
Which of the following is a good formal definition of politics? - -The process through which
individuals and groups reach agreement on a course of common action even as they
continue to disagree on the goals of the action
-Which of the following is an example of collective action? - -A neighborhood watch group
deciding how to patrol the streets
-Bargaining and compromise... - -Is essential for producing successful political outcomes
-Political institutions include which of the following - -A set of rules prescribing a political
process for reaching and enforcing collective agreements
-Because of the large size of populations and the complexity of the issues to be resolved,
the degree of success populations in nations have in politics depends largely on which of
the following? - -Whether they have developed constitutions and governments that work
-The U.S. Constitution was intended to do which of the following? - -Reassure diverse
interests that they would be better off under a new system
-Which of the following is a formal definition of government? - -Those institutions created
by a constitution and the legally prescribed process for making and enforcing collective
agreements
-The difference between authority and power is which of the following? - -Authority is the
right to make a particular decision and power is the actual influence the institution has
over that action
-Institutions tend to be... - -Stable and resistant to change
-"Collective action" refers to which of the following? - -The efforts of a group to reach and
implement agreements
-Which barrier to collective action is generally considered the easiest to overcome? - -
Coordination
-A "prisoner's dilemma" arises in which of the following instances? - -Wherever
individuals who ultimately would benefit from cooperating with each other also have a
powerful and irresistible incentive to break the agreement and exploit the other side
-The free-rider problem describes... - -The decision of an individual to withhold his or her
contribution from collective group action
, -What are transaction costs? - -The time, effort, and resources required to make collective
decisions
-What was the name of the practice where Britain ceded control to the colonists to manage
their own domestic affairs including taxation? - -Home rule
-Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party with the Restraining Acts and Coercive Acts.
What did these acts do? - -In part closed the Boston Harbor to all commerce, dissolved the
Massachusetts Assembly, forced Americans to quarter or house British soldiers, and
ordered Americans charged with protest crimes be sent to England for trial
-Thomas Jefferson articulated the real rationale for throwing off British rule in the
Declaration of Independence as... - -The fundamental right of self-governance
-The first American Constitution created a confederation, which can best be described as
which of the following? - -A highly decentralized governmental system in which the
national government derives limited authority from the states rather than directly from the
citizens
-The "commerce clause" of the Constitution... - -Gave Congress the authority to regulate
commerce with foreign nations and among the several states
-The "necessary and proper clause" of the Constitution... - -Provides Congress with the
authority to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers
enumerated by the Constitution
-The supremacy clause contained in Article IV of the Constitution declares which of the
following? - -That national laws take precedence over state laws when both properly
discharge their government's respective responsibilities
-For the purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, slaves would be... - -
Counted as 3/5 a citizen
-A "logroll" refers to which of the following? - -A standard bargaining strategy in which
two sides swap support for dissimilar policies
-The most successful objection the Antifederalists raised against the proposed Constitution
was... - -The absence of a Bill of Rights that would protect individuals
-The Madisonian view of democracy often is referred to as which of the following? - -
Pluralism
-Who is the ultimate arbiter of controversies involving American federalism? - -The U.S.
Supreme Court
