Post on 27-Dec-2015
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Pluralists argue that
• There are only few influential groups that shape policymaking
• majority always rules• politics is shaped by
competition between groups
• many access points diminish group influence
• c
The idea of powerful groups and weak government is most closely
associated with• Democratic theory• elite theory• pluralism• interest group
liberalism
• d
The % of the federal budget devoted to national defense is
• One-tenth• one-sixth• one-fourth• one-third
• b
Regarding the issue of slavery, the delegates to the Constitution
Convention agreed
• To abolish slavery• not to count slaves in
determining representation to Congress
• to sanction slavery officially
• to limit future import of slaves
• d
A writ of habeas corpus
• Enables persons detained by authorities to secure an immediate inquiry into the causes of their detention
• allows for punishment of people without judicial trial
• Allows for people to be punished for acts that were not illegal when originally committed
• narrowly defines rules of evidence for treason
• a
In the Madisonian model of government, majority rule is
accomplished by the • Senate• House of
Representatives• President• Supreme Court
• b
Which of the following was not an Anti-Federalist argument?
• Constitution was a class based document
• Constitution was a conspiracy of the framers
• Constitution did not need a Bill of Rights
• Constitution would benefit creditors
• c
The power of the commerce clause was expanded through
• Marbury vs. Madison• Gibbons vs. Ogden• McCullogh vs.
Maryland• Miranda vs. Arizona
• b
The Constitution grants the national government exclusive
power to• Coin money• tax• establish courts• charter banks
• a
McCullogh vs. Maryland established
• National supremacy• National supremacy
and judicial review• National supremacy
and implied powers• Implied power
• c
In dual federalism the
• National government dominates in policymaking
• there are distinct powers and policies at the state and national levels
• policymaking is shared between levels
• states are supreme
• b
In Mapp vs. Ohio, the Supreme Court
• Extended the principle of unreasonable searches and seizures to the states
• established the exclusionary rule
• required probable cause• protected individuals
from self-incrimination
• a
In Miller vs. California, defining obscenity was left up to
• Private individuals• courts• Congress• state and local
officials
• d
The Supreme Court upheld segregation with
• Dred Scott vs. Sandford
• Plessey vs. Ferguson• Brown vs. Board of
Education of Topeka• Swann vs. Charlotte-
Mecklenberg SD
• b
Which of the following statements about Malcolm X is
the most accurate?• Campaigned primarily
against de jure segregation
• appeal largely in the South
• Campaigned primarily against de facto segregation
• advocated only civil disobedience
• c
Suffrage for women was achieved with the
• Fifteenth Amendment• Seventeenth
Amendment• Nineteenth
Amendment• Twenty-fourth
amendment
• c
Trial balloons are used by politicians to
• Put issues on the policy agenda
• see their constituents• test political reactions• take opinion poll data
• c
The news media tends to do all of the following except
• Mirror reality• show more bad news
than good news• focus on stories that
generate good pictures• overemphasize
dramatic events
• a
Throughout American history, third parties have
• Developed as offshoots of a a major party
• promoted specific causes
• developed as an extension of a popular presidential aspirant
• all of the above
• d
Which of the following statements about political parties
is false?• Rise in ticket-splitting• Rise in electoral
volativity• Rise in turnout• Rise in registered
independent voters
• c
Buckley vs Valeo
• Limited the amount individuals could contribute to their own campaigns
• extended right of free speech to PACs
• required PACs to register with FEC
• declared FEC unconstitutional
• b
Which statement about primaries is true
• Increase costs of campaigns
• Weaken party control over nominations
• allow for ‘outsiders’ to achieve nomination
• all of the above
• d
The belief that ordinary people can influence the government is
known as
• Rational behavior• civic duty• political efficacy• political socialization
• c
Which of the following statements about the Electoral
College is false?• Magnifies mandates• each state has as many
electors as Representatives
• in most states there is a winner take all system
• encourages two party system
• b
Which of the following is not true of single issue groups?
• Promote collective goods
• pursue narrow interests
• dislike compromise• suffer from free-rider
problems
• a
A written argument submitted by an interest group to a court is
• Writ of certiorari• Amicus curiae brief• Writ of appeal• Writ of habeas corpus
• b
Which committee does not exist in the Senate?
• Armed services• Rules and
administration• Foreign relations• Ways and means
• d
Richard Neustadt emphasized that presidential power is the
power to
• Command • lead• control• persuade
• d
After the vice president, the next person in order of succession is
• Speaker of the House• President pro tempore
of the Senate• Secretary of State• Senate majority leader
• a
If a bill sits on the president’s desk for 10 days it then
• Is vetoed• becomes a pocket veto• becomes law• goes back to Congress
• c
The idea of ‘capture’ refers to
• Regulatory reforms pushed by groups
• regulation of economic monopolies
• control of regulators by regulatees
• Congressional influence through budget
• c
In the ‘garbage can’ model of bureaucracy
• Organizations are governed by standard operating procedures
• organizations are shaped by role socialization
• outcomes are a result of bargaining
• outcomes are a result of trial and error
• d
Supreme Court decision making based upon the wording of the
Constitution is known as• Original intent• Literalism• Loose construction• Stare decisis
• b