Question 1

What kind of public policy involves the legislative enactment of taxes and expenditures?

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A)   budgetary choice
B)   regulation
C)   court decision
D)   presidential actionE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Those who are inclined to support a(n)__________ role for government argue that government intervention is sometimes the only means of achieving important goals in American society.

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active

Question 3

What is an example of a collective good?

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A)   clean air
B)   medical care
C)   a college education
D)   food stampsE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 4

Elections investigate social problems and inform people about them.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is the theory that argues that group competition results in a rough approximation of the public interest in public policy?

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A)   pluralism
B)   hyperpluralism
C)   balance-of-power theory
D)   elite-and-class theoryE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Some are concerned that the United States has become too __________,which means that our political divisions have intensified in recent years.

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Question 7

What are the five major functions provided by all governments? Give one example each of how these functions are performed in the United States.

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1. Identify maintaining a national defen...

Question 8

Congress,the presidency,and the courts are all policymaking institutions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which theory contends that American society is divided along class lines?

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A)   pluralism
B)   hyperpluralism
C)   balance of power
D)   elitismE) A) and D)
F) C) and D) D

Question 10

What is democracy?

Accepted Answer

A)   a system that ensures freedom, justice, and peace to all citizens
B)   a system that perpetuates the status quo and upholds the values of the party in power
C)   a system that selects policymakers and organizes government so that policy represents and responds to the public's preferences
D)   a system that grants a status of privilege to the most active and informed votersE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 11

Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional democratic theory?

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A)   inclusion
B)   effective participation
C)   enlightened understanding
D)   equality in votingE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

It is a physical impossibility for government to be "by the people" in a nation of over 300 million people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Those who are inclined to support an active role for government argue that its intervention is sometimes the only means of achieving important goals in American society; others argue that such increases in the scope of the federal government result in less freedom and prosperity. In the case of the 2009 economic stimulus package,which argument do you agree with? Why?

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1. Provide the basic arguments for and a...

Question 14

What is a single-issue group? Give an example of a single-issue group.

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1. Define single-issue groups as having ...

Question 15

Who is at the center of all theories of elitism?

Accepted Answer

A)   big business
B)   Congress
C)   ordinary citizens
D)   interest groupsE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 16

What are policy impacts?

Accepted Answer

A)   issues that attract serious attention of public officials
B)   government institutions that are charged with taking action on political issues
C)   the effects that a policy has on people and on society's problems
D)   systems of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public's preferencesE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Which principle of traditional democracy theory is violated in circumstances in which the wealthy have influence over the government's policy agenda that far exceeds what would be expected based on their numbers?

Accepted Answer

A)   citizen control of the agenda
B)   effective participation
C)   enlightened understanding
D)   equality in votingE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

What is political culture? Is America experiencing a "culture war"? How do you know?

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1. Define political culture as the set o...

Question 19

Hyperpluralism maintains that who holds office in Washington is of marginal consequence; the corporate giants always have the power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Compare and contrast majority rule and minority rights. How does democracy provide for both?

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1. Indicate that majority rule means that policies should reflect the will of more than half the people.
2. Explain that minority rights protect the minority from having their rights deprived by the majority. Restraints are placed on the majority to prevent them from limiting the rights of the minority.
3. Provide examples of democratic governments emphasizing both majority rule and minority rights.

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Elections investigate social problems and inform people about them.

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Hyperpluralism maintains that who holds office in Washington is of marginal consequence; the corporate giants always have the power.

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