Chapter One Quiz Rippee 4th
Answer the following:
- 1.The age group with the lowest voter turnout rate is
- A.
25 or younger
- B.
26-40
- C.
41-64
- D.
65 or older
- 2.Which of the following is NOT an example of a public good?
- A.
Welfare benefits
- B.
Parks
- C.
National defense
- D.
Clean air policies
- 3.Harold Lasswell's definition of politics is
- A.
"what gets done, then and now"
- B.
Voting in a duly constituted election
- C.
"who gets what, when, and how"
- D.
The authoritative allocation of the GNP
- 4.America has one of the highest voter turnout rates in the world
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Single-issue groups
- A.
Aid effective policymaking
- B.
Are concerned with a ride range of problems
- C.
Have little influence on voters
- D.
Have little taste for compromise
- 6.Political issues get government's attention through linkage institutions
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.One type of linkage institution is
- A.
A bureaucracy
- B.
A government
- C.
The media
- D.
A legislature
- 8.A policy agenda
- A.
Ignored by public officials
- B.
An electoral ballot
- C.
A list of problems to which serious attention is paid
- D.
A public opinion poll
- 9.Which of the following policymaking institutions was NOT established by the Constitution?
- A.
Congress
- B.
The bureaucracy
- C.
The presidency
- D.
The courts
- 10.Public policy
- A.
Consists of laws passed by Congress
- B.
Involves making decisions
- C.
Is what government chooses not to do
- D.
All of the above
- 11.Pluralists argue that
- A.
There are only a few influential groups that shape American policymaking
- B.
The American policymaking system is a competition among many groups
- C.
The public interest rarely prevails
- D.
Many access points diminish group influence
- 12.Hyperpluralism can lead to
- A.
Multi-issue groups and politics
- B.
Muddled and inconsistent policy
- C.
More effective and efficient government
- D.
Centralized power
- 13.A common consequence of the situation in which different parties control the presidency and Congress is
- A.
Policy compromise
- B.
Pluralism
- C.
Policy gridlock
- D.
Individualism
- 14.In democratic theory, the principle of minority rights accompanies the priniciple of
- A.
Majority rule
- B.
Representation
- C.
Pluralism
- D.
Equality
- 15.The writers of the US Constitution
- A.
Cherished the idea of democracy
- B.
Favored government by the people
- C.
Had no fondness for democracy
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