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POLS 1101 Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update
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POLS 1101 Final Exam Questions and Answers
Latest Update 2024-2025
A system of checks and balances:
A. gives each branch of the national government some power over the
others
B. ensures that majority rule prevails in all instances against a vocal
minority or faction
C. provides limits on what government can do to individual citizens
D. divides the national government into separate branches, each with
different responsibilities
E. creates a faster and more efficient policy-making process ANS✔✔ A. gives
each branch of the national government some power over the others
For James Madison, the notion that government is necessary depended
strongly on:
A. his belief that people are self-interested and could not be trusted to rule
themselves
B. his belief that direct democracy was the only legitimate way to make
collective decisions
C. his view that people were willing to sacrifice freedoms to make
democracy work
D. his belief that factions could only be eliminated through force ANS✔✔ A.
his belief that people are self-interested and could not be trusted to rule
themselves
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America predominately uses which form of democracy?
A. representative
B. direct
C. totalitarian
D. libertarian
E. multicultural ANS✔✔ A. representative
When group interests conflict with an individual's interests, a(n)
__________________________ occurs?
A. Collective Action Problem
B. Institution
C. Dry Well Problem
D. Bureaucratic Problem ANS✔✔ A. Collective Action Problem
One of the most important public goods is:
A. federal jobs
B. license plates
C. welfare benefits
D. national defense ANS✔✔ D. national defense
Free riding tends to compromise:
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A. political will
B. legal authority
C. collective action
D. policy acquiescence ANS✔✔ C. collective action
A cohesive set of ideas and beliefs used for organizing the political world is
a(n):
A. partisan identity
B. cultural identity
C. conservative viewpoint
D. progressive worldview
E. ideology ANS✔✔ E. ideology
In November of 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the United States'
first written constitution known as:
A. Virginia plan
B. Annapolis Convention
C. Declaration of Independence
D. United States Constitution
E. Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union ANS✔✔ E. Articles of
Confederation and Perpetual Union
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Which part of the national government was formed under the Articles of
Confederation?
A. the power to regulate commerce between states
B. the power of the people to elect their representatives directly
C. an independent executive branch
D. special panels of judges to resolve disputes between states
E. a bicameral congress ANS✔✔ D. special panels of judges to resolve
disputes between states
A faction is a group of _____________________ that seek to control government
power to __________________.
A. minority interests; protect themselves from everyone else
B. majority interests; promote the public good
C. minority interests; promote the public good
D. minority or majority interests; pursue their own interests
E. minority or majority interests; promote the public good ANS✔✔ D.
minority or majority interests; pursue their own interests
The Federalists generally:
A. supported making both national and state governments much stronger
than they were under the Articles of Confederation
B. supported increasing the authority of the national government
C. were suspicious of a strong national government
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