American Gov Pols 1101 Final exam |140
Questions and Answers
How do polls affect presidential elections?
Question options:
a. Polls explain which candidates should win the election.
b. Polls tell voters the issues that candidates support.
c. Polls help voters research information about each of the candidates.
d. Polls identify the top candidates and the media interview those candidates. - -d. Polls
identify the top candidates and the media interview those candidates.
-When a person is asked a question about a
political issue that he or she has little interest in
and has not thought much about, that person's
answer will likely reflect ________.
a. ideology
b. partisanship
c. intense preferences
d. latent preferences - -D. Latent Preferences
-The elite theory of government maintains that
________.
a. special interest groups make government
policy
b. politicians who have held office for a long
time are favored by voters
c. poor people and people of color should not
be allowed to vote
d. wealthy, politically powerful people control
government, and government has no
interest in meeting the needs of ordinary
people - -D. wealthy, politically powerful people control
government, and government has no
interest in meeting the needs of ordinary
people
-What goods are available to all without direct
payment?
,a. private goods
b. public goods
c. common goods
d. toll goods - -B. Public goods
-Which of the following is a good example of a
tradeoff?
a. The government pleases environmental
activists by preserving public lands but also
pleases ranchers by allowing them to rent
public lands for grazing purposes.
b. The government pleases environmental
activists by reintroducing wolves to
Yellowstone National Park but angers
ranchers by placing their cattle in danger.
c. The government pleases oil companies by
allowing them to drill on lands set aside for
conservation but allows environmental
activist groups to protest the drilling
operations.
d. Groups that represent a variety of
conflicting interests are all allowed to
protest outside Congress and the White
House. - -A. The government pleases environmental
activists by preserving public lands but also
pleases ranchers by allowing them to rent
public lands for grazing purposes.
-In which form of government does a small
group of elite people hold political power?
a. direct democracy
b. monarchy
c. oligarchy
d. totalitarian - -C. Oligarchy
-According to the pluralist theory of
government, ________.
, a. government does what the majority of
voters want it to do
b. government policy is formed as a result of
the competition between groups with
different goals and interests
c. ordinary people acting on their own have a
significant influence on government
d. wealthy people decide what government
policy will be, and politicians have no
interest in pleasing anyone else - -B. government policy is formed as a result of
the competition between groups with
different goals and interests
-Supporting the actions of the Democratic Party
simply because one identifies oneself as a member
of that party is an example of ________.
a. partisanship
b. ideology
c. latent preference
d. social capital - -A. partisanship
-Forming connections with other people and showing a willingness to interact with and
support them is a good definition of______.
a. latent prefrences
b. idealogy
c. social capital
d. partisanship - -C. Social Capital
-Which of the following is an example of a public good?
a. highways
b. public parks
c. public schools
Questions and Answers
How do polls affect presidential elections?
Question options:
a. Polls explain which candidates should win the election.
b. Polls tell voters the issues that candidates support.
c. Polls help voters research information about each of the candidates.
d. Polls identify the top candidates and the media interview those candidates. - -d. Polls
identify the top candidates and the media interview those candidates.
-When a person is asked a question about a
political issue that he or she has little interest in
and has not thought much about, that person's
answer will likely reflect ________.
a. ideology
b. partisanship
c. intense preferences
d. latent preferences - -D. Latent Preferences
-The elite theory of government maintains that
________.
a. special interest groups make government
policy
b. politicians who have held office for a long
time are favored by voters
c. poor people and people of color should not
be allowed to vote
d. wealthy, politically powerful people control
government, and government has no
interest in meeting the needs of ordinary
people - -D. wealthy, politically powerful people control
government, and government has no
interest in meeting the needs of ordinary
people
-What goods are available to all without direct
payment?
,a. private goods
b. public goods
c. common goods
d. toll goods - -B. Public goods
-Which of the following is a good example of a
tradeoff?
a. The government pleases environmental
activists by preserving public lands but also
pleases ranchers by allowing them to rent
public lands for grazing purposes.
b. The government pleases environmental
activists by reintroducing wolves to
Yellowstone National Park but angers
ranchers by placing their cattle in danger.
c. The government pleases oil companies by
allowing them to drill on lands set aside for
conservation but allows environmental
activist groups to protest the drilling
operations.
d. Groups that represent a variety of
conflicting interests are all allowed to
protest outside Congress and the White
House. - -A. The government pleases environmental
activists by preserving public lands but also
pleases ranchers by allowing them to rent
public lands for grazing purposes.
-In which form of government does a small
group of elite people hold political power?
a. direct democracy
b. monarchy
c. oligarchy
d. totalitarian - -C. Oligarchy
-According to the pluralist theory of
government, ________.
, a. government does what the majority of
voters want it to do
b. government policy is formed as a result of
the competition between groups with
different goals and interests
c. ordinary people acting on their own have a
significant influence on government
d. wealthy people decide what government
policy will be, and politicians have no
interest in pleasing anyone else - -B. government policy is formed as a result of
the competition between groups with
different goals and interests
-Supporting the actions of the Democratic Party
simply because one identifies oneself as a member
of that party is an example of ________.
a. partisanship
b. ideology
c. latent preference
d. social capital - -A. partisanship
-Forming connections with other people and showing a willingness to interact with and
support them is a good definition of______.
a. latent prefrences
b. idealogy
c. social capital
d. partisanship - -C. Social Capital
-Which of the following is an example of a public good?
a. highways
b. public parks
c. public schools
