POLI 2051 EXAM 1 – HOGAN
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(GRADED
A+)
A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are
examples of which of the following?
Select one:
a. interest groups
b. red tape
c. public policies
d. public opinion - ANSWERc. public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional
democratic theory?
Select one:
a. inclusion
b. effective participation
c. enlightened understanding
d. equality in voting - ANSWERc. enlightened understanding
The U.S. preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain why we
have a smaller and more limited government than do most other advanced
industrialized countries.
Select one:
a. laissez-faire
b. populist
c. pluralist
d. egalitarian - ANSWERa. laissez-faire
The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political __________.
Select one:
a. ideals
b. participation
c. party
d. opinions - ANSWERb. participation
What best describes a linkage institution?
Select one:
a. a location to express a political opinion
b. the formation of a special interest group
c. an environment where one learns about the political process
d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political agenda -
ANSWERd. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political
agenda
,What condition occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to
form a majority and establish policy, yet each may be strong enough to thwart the
will of the others?
Select one:
a. divided government
b. hyperpluralism
c. policy gridlock
d. separation of powers - ANSWERc. policy gridlock
What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what policies
these leaders pursue?
Select one:
a. the media
b. public opinion
c. politics
d. public policy - ANSWERc. politics
What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and
expenditures?
Select one:
a. budgetary choice
b. regulation
c. court decision
d. presidential action - ANSWERa. budgetary choice
What makes up the government's policy agenda?
Select one:
a. all of the issues that candidates talk about on the campaign trail
b. the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other political
actors
c. the issues that are asked about on public opinion polls
d. the issues that concern single-issue interest groups - ANSWERb. the issues that
attract the serious attention of public officials and other political actors
What most closely exemplifies equality in voting?
Select one:
a. adequate and equal resources for expressing preferences
b. freedom of speech and of the press
c. one person, one vote
d. universal citizenship - ANSWERc. one person, one vote
Which theory argues that special interest groups have essentially become sovereign,
and the government is merely their servant?
Select one:
a. pluralism
b. hyperpluralism
c. balance of power
d. bureaucratism - ANSWERb. hyperpluralism
Who is at the center of all theories of elitism?
,Select one:
a. big business
b. Congress
c. ordinary citizens
d. interest groups - ANSWERa. big business
In Federalist 10, who wrote, "The most common and durable source of factions has
been the various and unequal distribution of property"?
Select one:
a. Alexander Hamilton
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. John Jay
d. James Madison - ANSWERd. James Madison
John Locke's belief that government derives its authority from the people influenced
the Declaration of Independence, which says, "Governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from _______________.
Select one:
a. the consent of the governed
b. the right to revolt
c. government itself
d. the laws of Nature and Nature's God - ANSWERa. the consent of the governed
The Articles of Confederation required __________ consent from the states for
ratification.
Select one:
a. majority
b. three-fifths
c. two-thirds
d. unanimous - ANSWERd. unanimous
The meaning of the Constitution can change through __________.
Select one:
a. judicial interpretation
b. presidential decree
c. congressional inaction
d. natural law - ANSWERa. judicial interpretation
What did the Connecticut Compromise help to establish?
Select one:
a. the Senate and the House of Representatives
b. the federalist system
c. an independent judiciary
d. universal male suffrage - ANSWERa. the Senate and the House of
Representatives
What is the name given to the rights that are inherent in all human beings and not
dependent on government?
Select one:
a. inherent rights
, b. repatriations
c. natural rights
d. Constitutional law - ANSWERc. natural rights
What was a fear of the Anti-Federalists during the Constitutional Convention and
subsequent debate?
Select one:
a. that a weak national government would undermine the survival of the United
States
b. that a strong national government would infringe on the rights of the states
c. that a powerful judiciary would restrict freedom of religion
d. that powerful state governments would infringe on individual liberties - ANSWERb.
that a strong national government would infringe on the rights of the states
Which constitutional plan called for representation in Congress to be based on state
population?
Select one:
a. Republican Plan
b. Democratic Plan
c. Virginia Plan
d. New Jersey Plan - ANSWERc. Virginia Plan
Which of the following accurately describes the Constitutional Convention?
Select one:
a. The delegates spent more of their time trying to figure out how to revise the
Articles of Confederation.
b. A disproportionate number of delegates were economic elites.
c. The Convention was free of significant disagreement.
d. The Convention lasted only one week. - ANSWERb. A disproportionate number of
delegates were economic elites.
Which of the following most directly protects individuals' civil liberties?
Select one:
a. Second Treatise of Civil Government
b. The Federalist Papers
c. the Bill of Rights
d. the Declaration of Independence - ANSWERc. the Bill of Rights
Which of the following were most likely to oppose the proposed Constitution?
Select one:
a. lawyers
b. merchants
c. small farmers
d. large landowners - ANSWERc. small farmers
While working on the Constitution, what aspect of the new government most
concerned James Madison?
Select one:
a. democratic institutions
b. political parties
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(GRADED
A+)
A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are
examples of which of the following?
Select one:
a. interest groups
b. red tape
c. public policies
d. public opinion - ANSWERc. public policies
Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional
democratic theory?
Select one:
a. inclusion
b. effective participation
c. enlightened understanding
d. equality in voting - ANSWERc. enlightened understanding
The U.S. preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain why we
have a smaller and more limited government than do most other advanced
industrialized countries.
Select one:
a. laissez-faire
b. populist
c. pluralist
d. egalitarian - ANSWERa. laissez-faire
The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political __________.
Select one:
a. ideals
b. participation
c. party
d. opinions - ANSWERb. participation
What best describes a linkage institution?
Select one:
a. a location to express a political opinion
b. the formation of a special interest group
c. an environment where one learns about the political process
d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political agenda -
ANSWERd. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political
agenda
,What condition occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to
form a majority and establish policy, yet each may be strong enough to thwart the
will of the others?
Select one:
a. divided government
b. hyperpluralism
c. policy gridlock
d. separation of powers - ANSWERc. policy gridlock
What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what policies
these leaders pursue?
Select one:
a. the media
b. public opinion
c. politics
d. public policy - ANSWERc. politics
What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and
expenditures?
Select one:
a. budgetary choice
b. regulation
c. court decision
d. presidential action - ANSWERa. budgetary choice
What makes up the government's policy agenda?
Select one:
a. all of the issues that candidates talk about on the campaign trail
b. the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other political
actors
c. the issues that are asked about on public opinion polls
d. the issues that concern single-issue interest groups - ANSWERb. the issues that
attract the serious attention of public officials and other political actors
What most closely exemplifies equality in voting?
Select one:
a. adequate and equal resources for expressing preferences
b. freedom of speech and of the press
c. one person, one vote
d. universal citizenship - ANSWERc. one person, one vote
Which theory argues that special interest groups have essentially become sovereign,
and the government is merely their servant?
Select one:
a. pluralism
b. hyperpluralism
c. balance of power
d. bureaucratism - ANSWERb. hyperpluralism
Who is at the center of all theories of elitism?
,Select one:
a. big business
b. Congress
c. ordinary citizens
d. interest groups - ANSWERa. big business
In Federalist 10, who wrote, "The most common and durable source of factions has
been the various and unequal distribution of property"?
Select one:
a. Alexander Hamilton
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. John Jay
d. James Madison - ANSWERd. James Madison
John Locke's belief that government derives its authority from the people influenced
the Declaration of Independence, which says, "Governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from _______________.
Select one:
a. the consent of the governed
b. the right to revolt
c. government itself
d. the laws of Nature and Nature's God - ANSWERa. the consent of the governed
The Articles of Confederation required __________ consent from the states for
ratification.
Select one:
a. majority
b. three-fifths
c. two-thirds
d. unanimous - ANSWERd. unanimous
The meaning of the Constitution can change through __________.
Select one:
a. judicial interpretation
b. presidential decree
c. congressional inaction
d. natural law - ANSWERa. judicial interpretation
What did the Connecticut Compromise help to establish?
Select one:
a. the Senate and the House of Representatives
b. the federalist system
c. an independent judiciary
d. universal male suffrage - ANSWERa. the Senate and the House of
Representatives
What is the name given to the rights that are inherent in all human beings and not
dependent on government?
Select one:
a. inherent rights
, b. repatriations
c. natural rights
d. Constitutional law - ANSWERc. natural rights
What was a fear of the Anti-Federalists during the Constitutional Convention and
subsequent debate?
Select one:
a. that a weak national government would undermine the survival of the United
States
b. that a strong national government would infringe on the rights of the states
c. that a powerful judiciary would restrict freedom of religion
d. that powerful state governments would infringe on individual liberties - ANSWERb.
that a strong national government would infringe on the rights of the states
Which constitutional plan called for representation in Congress to be based on state
population?
Select one:
a. Republican Plan
b. Democratic Plan
c. Virginia Plan
d. New Jersey Plan - ANSWERc. Virginia Plan
Which of the following accurately describes the Constitutional Convention?
Select one:
a. The delegates spent more of their time trying to figure out how to revise the
Articles of Confederation.
b. A disproportionate number of delegates were economic elites.
c. The Convention was free of significant disagreement.
d. The Convention lasted only one week. - ANSWERb. A disproportionate number of
delegates were economic elites.
Which of the following most directly protects individuals' civil liberties?
Select one:
a. Second Treatise of Civil Government
b. The Federalist Papers
c. the Bill of Rights
d. the Declaration of Independence - ANSWERc. the Bill of Rights
Which of the following were most likely to oppose the proposed Constitution?
Select one:
a. lawyers
b. merchants
c. small farmers
d. large landowners - ANSWERc. small farmers
While working on the Constitution, what aspect of the new government most
concerned James Madison?
Select one:
a. democratic institutions
b. political parties
