POLI330 2019 January Final Exam Latest SET 2

Question 1
(TCO 1) What is the first exercise in democracy for students in the U.S.?
                Playing sports
                Studying the nation’s history
                Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance
                Electing or becoming class officers
                Speaking out against school policies that seem unfair
 
 
Question 2
(TCO 1) Which of the following would be considered a totalitarian political system?
                Capitalism
                Fascism
                Anarchism
                Communism
                Socialism
 
 
Question 3
(TCO 1) During the consolidation stage of totalitarian development, what do revolutionary leaders attempt to do?
                Reach a consensus with rival factions and form a broad-based coalition.
                Begin the immediate transformation of society.
                Eliminate real or imagined rivals for power and place loyal associates in key posts.
                Calm the public by ending the violence that marked the revolutionary stage.
                Reinterpret the past and attribute any failures to a clearly identifiable enemy.
 
 
Question 4
(TCO 1) Which form totalitarian system currently features a hybrid known as “state capitalism”?
                Iraq
                Iran
                Soviet Union
                North Korea
                China
 
 
Question 5
(TCO 1) Which term is used to describe the ability to get others to want what you want?
                Political power
                Authority
                Hard power
                Soft power
                Legitimacy
 
 
Question 6
(TCO 1) What government agency promotes and preserves media competition in the United States?
                Federal Communication Commission
                Department of Commerce
                Federal Bureau of Inventions
                Federal Television Commission
                Justice Department 
 
 
Question 7
(TCO 5) To join the European Union, what must a country prove?
                That it is financially solvent
                That it disavows terrorism
                That it will contribute to a common defense
                That it rejects communism
                That it supports free elections 
 
 
Question 8
(TCO 2) Least developed countries have all of the following problems in common EXCEPT
                illiteracy.
                political instability.
                ethnic conflict.
                anarchy.
                inequality. 
 
 
Question 9
(TCO 2) Where are most of the least developed countries located?
                East Asia
                Sub-Saharan Africa
                Central Europe
                The Pacific Islands
                South America and the Caribbean
 
 
Question 10
(TCO 5) Who serves as Britain’s Head of State?
                The Prime Minister
                The President
                The Queen
                The House of Lords
                The House of Commons
 
 
Question 11
(TCO 5) What makes Britain a model of what Aristotle called a mixed regime?
                It combines a queen and a prime minister.
                It is based on a constitution.
                It places legislative power in the hands of the House of Lords.
                It includes different branches of government that represent different classes.
                It gives parliament the power to oust the prime minister.
 
 
Question 12
(TCO 3) What is the most important tool for interest groups seeking to change or influence public policy?
                An educated public
                A large membership
                A strong sense of how the political process works
                Money
                An elected official as an advocate
 
 
Question 13
(TCO 3) What event ended — albeit briefly — the long-term trend of political apathy in the U.S.?
                The 2008-2009 recession
                The terrorist attacks of 9/11
                The war in Iraq
                The invasion of Afghanistan
                The 2012 reelection of Barack Obama
 
 
Question 14
(TCO 4) Which statement about health care in the United States is FALSE?
                Health care facilities in the U.S. are among the best in the world.
                U.S. citizens spend more on medical expenses than people in other countries.
                The federal government spends less on medical research than other modern nations.
                The Affordable Care Act was upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
                Federal government expenses for Medicare and Medicaid exceed those related to defense.
 
 
Question 15
(TCO 3) What is a major criticism of the winner-take-all electoral system?
                It emphasizes political parties at the expense of individual candidates.
                It limits voter choice and makes it impossible for minor parties to compete in elections.
                It causes a pronounced tendency toward party decentralization.
                It makes forming a national consensus more difficult.
                It encourages the emergence of single-issue splinter parties.
 
 
Question 16
(TCO 3) According to the delegate theory of representation,
                officials should act according to the views of the electorate.
                focus groups are of little use.
                politicians should let their conscience guide them in making decisions.
                only the most intelligent members of society should serve in leadership roles.
                opinion is only a barometer, to be used as the legislator sees fit.
 
 
Question 17
(TCO 4) What protects citizens in the U.S. against the abuse of police power?
                The First Amendment
                The Second Amendment
                The Fifth Amendment
                The Fourth Amendment
                The Sixth Amendment
 
 
 
Question 18
(TCO 6) In the Western tradition, what does the broad meaning of “justice” involve?
                Questions of proper punishment for violations of the law
                Questions of who should be elected
                Questions of distribution
                Questions of power
                Questions of protection
 
 
Question 19
(TCO 6) What did Marx believe would happen once private property was eliminated?
                Proletariat upheaval
                The beginning of revolution in the form of armed conflict
                The emergence of a technologically-driven society
                The end of social inequality
                New models for human behavior
 
 
Question 20
(TCO 9) Hobbes linked the cause of war to all of these aspects of human nature EXCEPT
                self-preservation.
                greed.
                competition.
                glory.
                safety.
 
 
Question 21
(TCO 9) What form of government is most vulnerable to terrorism?
                Totalitarianism
                Theocracy
                Authoritarian
                Monarchy
                Democracy
 
 
Question 22
(TCO 9) Revolutionaries differ from terrorists in that
                revolutionaries never resort to violence.
                terrorists seek to overthrow the government in existing circumstances.
                terrorists show concern for the innocent.
                revolutionaries see terror as a tactic, not a strategy.
                revolutionaries seek to change the circumstances.
 
 
Question 23
(TCO 8) Who argued that “a prudent ruler recognizes what must be done to protect and enlarge his dominions and does not allow moral qualms to cloud his judgment?”
                Rousseau
                Morganthau
                Aristotle
                Machiavelli
                Robert Kaplan
 
 
Question 24
(TCO 9) According to Lenin, why are capitalist countries imperialistic?
                Capitalists want to conquer and subdue all workers.
                They fear popular uprisings at home and want to maintain the status quo.
                Colonial territories provide raw materials and foreign markets for produce.
                Monopoly capitalists push their countries into war for the good of their inhabitants.
                They worry that rebellions in smaller countries will reach their own shores.
 
 
Question 25
(TCO 8) According to theory, states acquire nuclear weapons to not to use them, but to prevent other states from using theirs.
                rational actor
                containment
                zero-sum game
                keeper of the balance
                deterrence
 
 
Question 26
(TCO 9) Which of the following played only a minor role in the major wars of the twentieth century?
                Nationalism
                Arms races
                Nationalistic universalism
                Religion
                Reasons of state
 
 
Question 27
(TCO 9) What did Rousseau believe was the cause of war?
                Religion and intolerance
                Society and private property
                Psychology and survival instincts
                Nationalism and hatred
                Moral relativism
28
Compare and contrast the US and UK systems of representing their people
 
Explain the root cause of war from Hobbes and Rousseau by explaining each philosopher’s thesis.