Quiz 1 Retake, 2020

Posljednje ažuriranje over 5 years ago

Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following political cartoon.

Questions 17-19 refer to the graphic above.

Quiz 1 Retake, 2020

Posljednje ažuriranje over 5 years ago

Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following political cartoon.

Which of the following best describes the message of the political cartoon?

To the peoples’ detriment, the goal of the media has been to sell ad space to target specific audiences.

The liberal media avoided stating anything negative about Clinton during the 2016 campaign.

Public broadcasting has become increasingly Republican.

The media cannot avoid important stories in our digital age.

Which of the following concepts does this cartoon best illustrate?

Questions 3-4 refer to the passage below.

“Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves. These are the just and reasonable demands of a righteous public. But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of knowledge; and the crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.” -Donald Trump Inaugural Speech Jan 2017

Which of the following statements best describes the overall purpose of the passage above?

To convince Congress to increase the scope of unemployment benefits.

To convince the people that they elected a leader that will bring needed change.

To convince Congress to take federal funding out of education.

To make the people of the United States feel in control.

Which of the following statements communicates the most conservative message?

“an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of knowledge”

“This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.”

“But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation;”

“crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential”

A nonprofit advocacy group (interest group) seeks to block the government from giving money to what it believes is an environmentally destructive project. Which of the following accurately describes the free-rider problem in this scenario?

The public will recognize that the cost of the project greatly outweighs the benefit, so they can expect their legislators to vote against the government funding

The public can expect to reap the benefits of blocking the funding without making any contribution to the nonprofit group.

A company can purchase support from certain members of the public who will persuade their legislators to vote in favor of the funding

The advocacy group will be able to carry out activities at an unusually low cost because of discounts and tax breaks afforded to nonprofit organization

The Fairness Doctrine was abolished because of interpretation of the 1st Amendment but also because of which of the following…

The rise of narrowcasting

The inefficiency of public broadcasting

The invention of Social Media

Increasing party polarization

Interest groups use political action committees (PACs) to…

Provide expertise to Congress when they are writing legislation

Generate research that can be used to influence public opinion

Raise and spend money on election campaigns

Lobby the executive bureaucracy when they are considering new rules and regulations

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Which of the following is the best definition for political culture.

How people feel about government at any given moment

The Party identification of the electorate (the people)

A set of underlying political values that most citizens share

The language and traditions used by those in politics

The Supreme Court’s power of judicial review permits the Court to overrule all of the following EXCEPT

The compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan was considered such because of which of the following?

It resulted in a bicameral legislature where both small and large states had a chance to be “equally” represented

It gave the legislative branch more power, therefore avoiding tyranny.

It was proposed by Connecticut

It satisfied a disagreement between two groups of people

Which of the following US Supreme Court cases established the principle of judicial review?

McCulloch v Maryland

Gibbons v Ogden

Marbury v Madison

Roe v Wade

Questions 13 refers to the following passage….

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.” -Declaration of Independence, 1776

Which of the following best summarizes the message of the passage

Loss of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are most indicative of a corrupt government.

People may only abolish their government after a long train of abuses.

Because the power of government comes from the people, the people may take that power back if they feel their rights have been infringed upon.

All men are created equal, therefore the government should not be more powerful than any individual.

Which of the following statements from the Declaration of Independence best shows that the founding fathers were influenced by the 17th century political philosopher John Locke?

“Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes ... But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”

“He [the King] has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.”

“When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them ... a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”

“He [the King] has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.”

Which of the following structures of government do we have in the United States?

Which of the following is the best example of a President using their informal/implied powers.

The President pardons a government official.

The President writes an executive order to make December 26 a holiday for all federal employees

The President sends troops to North Korea

The President vetos a controversial piece of legislation (law)

Questions 17-19 refer to the graphic above.

According to the graph, which of the following statements is true?

Democrat Presidents have signed more executive orders than Republicans

The number of executive orders is impacted strongly by party polarization.

The number of executive orders more than doubles in times of war.

FDR issued executive orders at the highest rate compared to other presidents.

Which of the following is the reason for the gray bars at the beginning of our nation's timeline?

Political parties were not always Democrat and Republican

Democrat and Republican platforms have changed since Filllmore's presidency.

Those Presidents with gray bars issued no executive orders.

Historians are unsure of the early presidents' political affiliations.

Which of the following is most important to consider when looking at this graph?

William Henry Harrison issued no executive orders

Democrat and Republican platforms are different today than they were during the early 1900s.

Theodore Roosevelt had a different political party affiliation than Franklin D. Roosevelt

Trump is not included

When party members meet to nominate a candidate for office, they participate in which of the following?

A major difference between political parties and interest groups is that

interest groups typically shift their positions on issues over time, while political parties tend to keep the same position on issues over time

interest groups usually recruit candidates for office, while political parties usually limit themselves to making campaign contributions to candidates

political parties seek to gain control of government, while interest groups seek to influence public policy

political parties tend to have narrow coalitions of support, and interest groups tend to have broad coalitions of support

political parties usually focus on one issue, while interest groups focus mainly on many issues

Interest groups and political parties both promote United States democracy by

expressing detailed, ideologically distinct programs

centralizing public authority

linking citizens to the political process

increasing domination of the political process by elites

lobbying members of Congress

Which of the following theories states that many viewpoints and the formation of interest groups provides healthy competition for political impact in our democracy.

Which of the following may cause the most sampling error today?

Which of the following refers to the medias focus on comparing candidates in the polls?

Media priming

Investigative journalism

gatekeeping

Horserace journalism