Test Bank for International Politics: Power and Purpose in Global Affairs, 5th Edition by Paul D'Anieri. ISBN: 9780357136171.
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TEST BANK International Politics, Power and Purpose in Global Affairs 5/E Paul D'Anieri
Chap 01: Introduction: Problems and Questions in International Politics.
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. What is the right number of levels when categorizing theories by their level of analysis?
a. Three
b. Four
c. Five
d. The "right" number of levels is up for debate
2. Which of the following best describes the problem that confronts scholars in the study of international politics?
a. Most questions in international politics have no answer
b. Politicians require scholars to give concrete solutions to the questions they pose
c. For most important questions, we have two or more good answers
d. Most puzzles in international politics today have little consequence for us
3. If a political scientist finds a war in which there was not an imbalance of power, should that political scientist
rejects the balance of power hypothesis?
a. Yes, automatically reject the hypothesis.
b. Only if in a dispute with the author of the hypothesis
c. Not if it fits with the data better than any other hypothesis
d. No, we never reject hypotheses
4. Which of the following refers to the goals that actors pursue?
a. Power
b. Purpose
c. Statecraft
d. Contingency plans
5. Which of the following is a main goal of this textbook?
a. To help readers evaluate arguments in international politics by connecting them to scholarly research
b. To tell readers what to think
c. To help readers remember the history of world so that they can better understand world politics
d. To assert which solutions to international crises should be adopted
6. Which of the following best defines the "domino theory?"
a. The idea that policymakers recognize their generalizations can be called "theories"
b. The notion that acquiring new generalizations leads to additional ones
c. The idea that one state cannot democratize if it has autocratic neighbors
d. The idea that if one state in a region becomes communist, others will follow
7. Structural power is best described as which of the following?
a. Power based on coercion
b. Power based in rules
c. The ability to persuade
d. Unquestioned 'rules of the game' that benefit certain actors
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8. Prestige and the ability to persuade are both key elements of which type of power?
a. Coercion
b. Institutional power
c. Collaborative power
d. Soft power
9. Which of the following is true about methodology in political science?
a. There is clear agreement among political scientists about which methodological approaches are best.
b. Methodology is not one of the branches of political science.
c. There is profound disagreement among political scientists about which methodological approaches are
best.
d. There is clear agreement among politicians about which methodological approaches are best.
10. What does it mean that a theory is generalized?
a. That it seeks to explain a single event
b. That it seeks to label any conjecture about an event
c. That it seeks to explain a series of comparable events
d. That it seeks to make a guess about the way the world works
11. Besides the individual, state, and system levels of analysis, what other level of analysis do researchers study?
a. Sub-atomic
b. Analytical
c. Substate
d. Supra-systemic
12. International politics can be thought of as which of the following?
a. A set of puzzles
b. A game of chicken
c. A play
d. A rational self-interest set
13. In political science, theories have three purposes. Which of the following is not a purpose of theory?
a. Explanation
b. Experiment
c. Prescription
d. Prediction
14. Every argument about politics and policies includes which of the following?
a. Random guesses about political events
b. Some hypothesis about cause and effect
c. One of four theoretical perspectives
d. A well-researched timeline of events
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15. What is the question posed by explanatory theory?
a. What are the underlying ethical concerns of a given action?
b. How will this action improve security?
c. How can the U.S. defeat terrorism?
d. How does the world work?
16. Which famous political scientist argued that one can explain war at any of the three levels of analysis?
a. Walter Cronkite
b. Kenneth Waltz
c. Paul D’Anieri
d. Anthony Downs
17. To whom does international politics matter?
a. Only to foreign policy elites
b. Only to national politicians
c. To everyone
d. To intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
18. Which of the following best describes theories in political science?
a. General explanations of how politics works
b. Hypothetical assumptions
c. So, abstract that political scientists believe that they have little connection to the real world
d. Not particularly useful in understanding international politics
19. What is the essential question stemming from normative theory?
a. How does the world work?
b. What is the reality of international politics?
c. What goals should we pursue?
d. How can we describe a particular war?
20. Which of the following are themes that scholars in the field of international relations seek to understand?
a. War and peace
b. Justice and injustice
c. Power and purpose
d. Morality and immorality
21. Institutional power is best described as which of the following?
a. Prestige and the ability to use it persuasively
b. Values and norms that shape behavior
c. The rules of organizations that convey power
d. Having one's interests accepted uncritically as natural
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22. In order to achieve their purposes, what must actors have?
a. Power
b. Moral guidance
c. Conflict
d. Competing goals
23. In terms of explaining the causes of war, Waltz prefers a system level of analysis, which focuses on which of the
following?
a. How individuals come together to start a conflict
b. The distribution of power in the international system
c. The nature of the states themselves
d. The interaction of state bureaucracies
24. What is one way to categorize theories?
a. According to their levels of analysis
b. According to their quality
c. According to their detail
d. According to their degree of predictability
25. Deciding whether to accept or reject an assertion made about international politics is considered to be which of
the following?
a. The goal of analysis in international politics
b. The first step to formulating a hypothesis
c. The first step required to carry out an experiment
d. The goal of historians
26. Military might and a strong economy are both elements of which of the following?
a. Capitalism
b. Politics
c. Socialism
d. Power
27. Whereas policymakers and journalists concentrate on specific problems and look for specific answers, what type
of questions do political scientists ask?
a. Specific questions about specific problems, with no real interest in looking for specific solutions
b. Abstract questions that can be used to write dissertations
c. General questions about how international politics work
d. Questions that help politicians being elected.
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