POLI 2051 Exam 1 – Hogan questions with verified detailed
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solutions
A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are examples
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of which of the following?
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Select one: ||
a. interest groups
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b. red tape
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c. public policies
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d. public opinion - ✔✔c. public policies
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Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional democratic
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theory?
Select one: ||
a. inclusion
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b. effective participation
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c. enlightened understanding
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d. equality in voting - ✔✔c. enlightened understanding
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The U.S. preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain why we have
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a smaller and more limited government than do most other advanced industrialized
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countries.
Select one: ||
a. laissez-faire
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b. populist
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c. pluralist
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,d. egalitarian - ✔✔a. laissez-faire
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The ways in which people get involved in politics make up their political
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__________.
Select one: ||
a. ideals
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b. participation
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c. party
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d. opinions - ✔✔b. participation
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What best describes a linkage institution?
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Select one: ||
a. a location to express a political opinion
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b. the formation of a special interest group
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c. an environment where one learns about the political process
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d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political agenda -
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✔✔d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political agenda
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What condition occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to
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form a majority and establish policy, yet each may be strong enough to thwart the will
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of the others?
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Select one: ||
a. divided government
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b. hyperpluralism
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c. policy gridlock
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d. separation of powers - ✔✔c. policy gridlock
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,What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what policies these
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leaders pursue?
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Select one: ||
a. the media
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b. public opinion
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c. politics
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d. public policy - ✔✔c. politics
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What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and
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expenditures?
Select one: ||
a. budgetary choice
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b. regulation
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c. court decision
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d. presidential action - ✔✔a. budgetary choice
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What makes up the government's policy agenda?
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Select one: ||
a. all of the issues that candidates talk about on the campaign trail
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b. the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other political
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actors
c. the issues that are asked about on public opinion polls
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d. the issues that concern single-issue interest groups - ✔✔b. the issues that attract
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the serious attention of public officials and other political actors
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What most closely exemplifies equality in voting?
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Select one: ||
, a. adequate and equal resources for expressing preferences
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b. freedom of speech and of the press
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c. one person, one vote
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d. universal citizenship - ✔✔c. one person, one vote
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Which theory argues that special interest groups have essentially become sovereign,
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and the government is merely their servant?
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Select one: ||
a. pluralism
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b. hyperpluralism
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c. balance of power
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d. bureaucratism - ✔✔b. hyperpluralism
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Who is at the center of all theories of elitism?
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Select one: ||
a. big business
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b. Congress
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c. ordinary citizens
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d. interest groups - ✔✔a. big business
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In Federalist 10, who wrote, "The most common and durable source of factions has
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been the various and unequal distribution of property"?
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Select one: ||
a. Alexander Hamilton
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b. Thomas Jefferson
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c. John Jay
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solutions
A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are examples
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
of which of the following?
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Select one: ||
a. interest groups
|| ||
b. red tape
|| ||
c. public policies
|| ||
d. public opinion - ✔✔c. public policies
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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 - ✔✔c. enlightened understanding
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The U.S. preference for __________ economic policies helps to explain why we have
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a smaller and more limited government than do most other advanced industrialized
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
countries.
Select one: ||
a. laissez-faire
||
b. populist
||
c. pluralist
||
,d. egalitarian - ✔✔a. 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 - ✔✔b. participation
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What best describes a linkage institution?
|| || || || ||
Select one: ||
a. a location to express a political opinion
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b. the formation of a special interest group
|| || || || || || ||
c. an environment where one learns about the political process
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d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political agenda -
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✔✔d. a channel through which people's concerns become part of the political agenda
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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 - ✔✔c. 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 - ✔✔c. 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 - ✔✔a. 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 - ✔✔b. the issues that attract
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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 - ✔✔c. one person, one vote
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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 - ✔✔b. hyperpluralism
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Who is at the center of all theories of elitism?
|| || || || || || || || ||
Select one: ||
a. big business
|| ||
b. Congress
||
c. ordinary citizens
|| ||
d. interest groups - ✔✔a. big business
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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
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b. Thomas Jefferson
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c. John Jay
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