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Semester 1 Final Exam Review Part 3
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Question 1 - 10
• The most expensive item in a typical campaign
budget is
a.
travel.
c.
b.
print advertisements.
d.
television
advertisements.
professional campaign
managers.
Answer 1 – 10
c.
television advertisements.
Question 1 - 20
• Which of the following statements about
voting machines is TRUE?
a.
They do away with the need for manual vote
counting.
b. They increase the number of people needed to
administer elections.
c. They slow down the voting process.
d. They increase the risk of counting errors.
Answer 1 – 20
a. They do away with the need for manual
vote counting.
Question 1 - 30
• Polls are taken to
a.
b.
c.
d.
guarantee the constitutional rights of all
people.
determine people's attitudes and viewpoints.
further the political socialization of
individuals.
provide a system of checks and balances.
Answer 1 – 30
b. determine people's attitudes and
viewpoints.
Question 1 - 40
• Which of the following does NOT limit the
influence of the mass media on public
opinion?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Only a small part of the public pays attention to
politics.
Voters tend to pay attention to sources with
which they disagree.
Most television programs have little to do with
public affairs.
Voters tend to pay attention to sources with
which they agree.
Answer 1 – 40
d. Voters tend to pay attention to sources
with which they agree.
Question 1 - 40
• Public opinion is made known through all of
the following EXCEPT
a.
interest groups.
c.
the media.
b.
personal contacts.
d.
peer groups.
Answer 1 – 40
d. peer groups.
Question 1 - 50
• What would be your BEST advice to a person
who wants to learn more about political
issues?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Watch only television news and commentary
shows daily.
Pay attention only to newspaper stories.
Explore a variety of sources of political
information.
Regularly read the major newspapers and
news magazines.
Answer 1 – 50
c.
Explore a variety of sources of
political information.
Question 2 - 10
• In the family, young children are likely to
acquire
a.
b.
c.
d.
specific viewpoints on public policy issues.
little or no knowledge of public policy
issues.
some basic attitudes that will most likely
affect their future opinions.
attitudes that will definitely change as they
begin forming their own opinions.
Answer 2 – 10
c. some basic attitudes that will most
likely affect their future opinions.
Question 2 - 20
• The most reliable measure of public opinion is
a. straw votes.
c. scientific polls.
b. quota samples.
d. pressure groups.
Answer 2 – 20
c.
scientific polls.
Question 2 - 30
• The best example of the use of random
sampling to determine who will be elected as
your school president would involve
a.
b.
c.
d.
asking each student in your class whom he or she would
vote for.
asking one student in each classroom whom he or she
would vote for.
picking out a specific number of students as they leave
the school, and asking whom they would vote for.
asking every seventh student on an alphabetized list of
all students whom they would vote for.
Answer 2 – 30
d.
asking every seventh student on an
alphabetized list of all students whom they
would vote for.
Question 2 - 40
• Politicians want to have accurate information
about public opinion because they can
a.
plan better campaigns if they know what is
important to the people.
b.
work to discredit public opinion that differs from
the views of their political party.
c.
evaluate whether public opinion on an issue is
right or wrong.
withdraw from a race rather than face defeat for
holding an unpopular opinion.
d.
Answer 2 – 40
a. plan better campaigns if they know what
is important to the people.
Question 2 - 50
• A positive aspect of interest groups is that they
a.
help stimulate interest in public affairs.
b.
eliminate the need for factions in government.
c.
use propaganda to influence public policy.
d.
have a strong influence on political parties.
Answer 2 – 50
a. help stimulate interest in public affairs.
Question 3 - 10
• All of the following are propaganda techniques
EXCEPT
a.
presenting only one side of an issue.
b.
c.
d.
using glittering generalities.
supporting a government policy change.
the bandwagon approach.
Answer 3 – 10
c.
supporting a government policy change.
Question 3 - 20
• One way interest groups become involved in
the election process is by
a.
b.
providing campaign funds.
changing into a labor union.
c.
having members secretly join political parties.
d.
nominating candidates for office.
Answer 3 – 20
a.
providing campaign funds.
Question 3 - 30
• Common Cause and the League of Women
Voters are examples of
a. private pressure groups. c. economic groups.
b. business groups.
d. public-interest groups.
Answer 3 – 30
d.
public-interest groups.
Question 3 - 40
• Most interest groups are formed on the basis of
a.
b.
religious interests.
economic interests.
c.
d.
geographic interests.
the interests of all citizens.
Answer 3 – 40
b. economic interests.
Question 3 - 50
• Lobbyists today are people who generally
a.
b.
work within the governmental process to affect policies.
work illegally to get their group's needs met.
c.
use unfair propaganda to get a group's point across.
d.
are hired by the government to support certain policies.
Answer 3 – 50
a. work within the governmental process to affect policies.
Question 4 - 10
• A public-interest group is different from any
other interest group because it
a. hides its activities and beliefs from the public.
b. works to benefit many or all people, regardless of their
affiliations.
c. focuses on the roles that make Americans different from
one another.
d. chooses to work for more specific goals rather than broader
goals.
Answer 4 – 10
b. works to benefit many or all people, regardless of their
affiliations.
Question 4 - 20
• Interest groups are MOST interested in
a.
nominating specific candidates for office.
b.
winning a broad range of elections.
c.
influencing specific public policies.
d.
affecting a broad range of public policy issues.
Answer 4 – 20
c. influencing specific public policies.
Question 4 - 30
• Unlike the major political parties, interest
groups
a. do not nominate candidates for office.
b. do not attempt to influence the policies of government.
c. try to influence public opinion.
d. are accountable to the public as a whole.
Answer 4 – 30
a. do not nominate candidates for office.
Question 4 - 40
• Which one of the following is a criticism of
interest groups?
a. It is hard to tell how many people they represent.
b. They may have an influence far greater than their size.
c. They keep a close watch on public officials.
d. They do not necessarily represent the people for whom
they claim to speak.
Answer 4 – 40
c. They keep a close watch on public officials.
Question 4 - 50
•
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which form of
government does
Cuba, Costa Rica, and
France have in
common?
Parliamentary
democratic
unitary
dictatorial
Answer 4 – 50
c. unitary
Question 5 - 10
Which characteristic do the
United States and Botswana
have in common?
a
.
b
.
c
.
d
.
Both countries are
democratic.
Both countries have a
presidential form of
government.
Both countries have a
unitary form of
government.
Both countries have
parliamentary
governments.
Answer 5 – 10
a. Both countries are democratic.
Question 5 - 20
• All of the following
countries are
democracies EXCEPT
a. France.
c. Syria.
b. India.
d. Brazil.
Answer 5 – 20
c.
Syria.
Question 5 - 30
• In which two countries
do dictatorships exist?
a. Cuba,
France
c. Cuba,
Syria
b. Brazil,
India
d. Botswana,
Costa Rica
Answer 5 – 30
c. Cuba, Syria
Question 5 - 40
Which statement about the
countries of Brazil and Syria is
TRUE?
a Both countries are
controlled by dictatorships.
b Both countries have a
presidential form of
government.
c Both countries are
democratic.
d Both countries have a
unitary or centralized
government.
Answer 5 – 40
b. Both countries have a presidential form of government.
Question 5 - 50
• All of the following
have unitary forms of
government EXCEPT
a Botswana c France
b the United d Cuba
States
Answer 5 – 50
d. all of the above.