59 Solved Questions on American Government - Exam 3 | POLS 1101, Exams of Local Government Studies

Download 59 Solved Questions on American Government - Exam 3 | POLS 1101 and more Exams Local Government Studies in PDF only on Docsity! POLS 1101 Exam #3 Fall 2013 1. The two levels on which one should understand public opinion are: a. Ideology and ethnicity b. Fantasy and reality Q Aggregate and individual |. State and local i) Citizens’ attitudes about political issues, leaders, institutions, and events, when aggregated together, are known as: a. Civic attention b, Popular culture Public opinion d, Collective soul What people know and how they understand the world and the consequences of their actions are known as: Belicfs Doctrines ¢. Abstractions d. Hallucinations 4, Preferences reflect: a, What people know. (5) What people want. €. What people read. d, What people cat 5. Today in America there is widespread agreement on fundamental political values such as a Equulity of gender, race, and lifestyle 8, Legalization of drugs, abortion rights, and gun control Tax reform und fiscal pélicy. Fguality of opportunity, liberty, and democracy 6. The induction of individuals into political culture and the process of learning the underlying beliefs and values on which the political system is based is called: a. Political communion b. Political juxtaposition s. Political synergy. Political socialization 7. Inthe US., a liberal today generally supports political and social reform; extensive government intervention in the ceonomy and the expansion of federal social services. True b. False  5 Which of the following is NOT an agent of socialization: a, School Video games ©, Social groups d. Family A distinctive pattem of voting behavior reflecting the differences in views belween women and men is called: The gender gap The gender difference ¢, The Dolan gap d. Lelierman gap The media’s power to bring attention to particular issues and problems is referred to as a Agenda-setling 0. Priming c. ‘The power of Greyskull d, Journalistic integrity Framing refers to: ia’s ability to protect sources of information from public scrutiny ia’s power to influence how events and Issues arc interpreted €. A process of preparing the public to take a particular view on an event or person. d. A difficult job in carpentry. A polling technique in which the questions are designed to shape the respondent’s opinion is called: a. Random digit dialing b. Probability sampling 2 Opt-in polling Push polling When a survey polls a sample that is not representative of the population being studied, it will likely suffer from: a. Sampling error Selection bias T. Lirror bias d. Talk radio bias Attitudes and views that are especially important to the individual holding them are considered to be: Salient &. Rigid c. Intrinsic d. Irrational  EAR 32. 34, 3 & oo Si 2 2 A primary election in which voters can choose on the day of the primary which party to cnroll in to select candidates for the general election is a(n): a. Party caucus >) Open primary ©. Closed primary 4. Optimized primary Which is not a primary function of political parties? a. Getting out the vote Financing campaigns c. Facilitating mass electoral choice d. Recruiting candidate for office . Which is nota reason why parties form? a. Facilitate collective action b. Resolve collective choice in policy making c. Deal with the problem of ambition @ Provide a loyal opposition to the governing party Who was generally NOT part of the New Deal coalition supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt? a. Unionized workers 6) Business owners Souther farmers d. Catholies Over the past several elections, Republicans a, Split the Latino vote evenly with Democrats b, Increased their appeal to Latino voters © Lost support among Latino voters @ Sofiened their stance on immigration Who serves as president of the Senate Who is speaker of the house cc, Who will be seated on which committees d._ The organization and day-to-day operation of Congress I oS parties play important roles in determining all of the following except: . Which of the following is NOT a reason why third parties tend to be short-lived? a, Electoral support for third parties is limited The use of multiple-member districts dampens their influence ¢. The tradition of two parties is strong in American political culture . Major parties often co-opt popular third-party positions on issues. Which of the following groups is least likely to identify with the Democratic Party? The poor Business cominunity c. Women d. Minorities  39. A partisan who contributes time, energy, and effort to support a party and its candidates is often called a(n): a. Ambitious politician (8) Party activist 3. Plutocrat d. Ambivalent partisan 40. Partisan attachment tends to change often over the course of an individual's life. a True (b) False 41, For a third party Presidential candidate to enjoy electoral success in the U.S, system, which of the following is neces: a. The party’s support must be spread out across many different states —b. The party must campaign on new issues that people haven’t thought about ©) The party’s support must be geographically concentrated The party’s support must come equally from Democrats and Republicans s 5 a) The Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans 6. The Whigs and the Tories ¢. The Democrats and the Republicans d. The Republican-Democrats and the Anli-Federalists . The ‘On system of the U.S. was characterized by which bo partic 5 & The South has transitioned from being a: Two-party region to being, a solidly Republican region Solidly Democratic region to being a solidly Republican region , Non-partisan region to a two-party region d. Solidly Republiean region to being a solidly Democratic region 44. A local party organization that controls local polities through patronage and the nomination process is known a: a) A party machine A political army c. A party monolith d. AP-Funk party An organized group of individuals ar organizations that makes policy-related appeals to government is called afn): a. Corporation b. Lobbying firm Interest group Super PAC 46. Which statement is incorrect? a. There are many thousands of interest groups (b People with low incomes often benefit the most from groups. © Groups primarily organize around economic interests d. Group membership usually has an upper-class bias  4 & 4s 6 3 53, Bribery Litigation Lobbying Campaign activism 7. Which ee following is not a strategy used by groups to influcnec outcomes? b ¢ d Which interest group famously used the courts to achieve its policy aims in the Brown v, Board of Hducation case? a, Sierra Club NAACP. SNCC d. AFL-CIO ‘The prisoners” dilemma provides the important insight that individually rational behavior does not always lead to: a. A dominant strategy b. Snilching The hest collective results d, Ice-T yelling at you. Which is NOT a primary way in which groups can use the courts to affect public polivy? a. Bringing suit directly on behalf of the group b, Financing suits by other individuals Piling and amicus curiae brief Granting a writ of certiorari . Which is not a tyne of selective henefit offered by groups to members? a. Informational Material Motivational d. Solidary . Federal regulations involving the electoral activities of interest groups a, Apply only to monctary contributions to candidates Place no limit on independent (or uncoordinated) expenditures Have never been challenged in federal court d._ Have greatly reduced the amount of money spend by lobbying firms This theory stales that all interests should be frec to compcte for influcnce in the government, yielding compromise and moderation. a. Socialism b, Elitism c. Capitalism Pluralism . Which of the following is not a required component of most interest groups? Financial structure Membership Leadership Party affiliation