Pluralists argue that

• There are only few influential groups that shape policymaking

• majority always rules• politics is shaped by

competition between groups

• many access points diminish group influence

• c

The idea of powerful groups and weak government is most closely

associated with• Democratic theory• elite theory• pluralism• interest group

liberalism

• d

The % of the federal budget devoted to national defense is

• One-tenth• one-sixth• one-fourth• one-third

• b

Regarding the issue of slavery, the delegates to the Constitution

Convention agreed

• To abolish slavery• not to count slaves in

determining representation to Congress

• to sanction slavery officially

• to limit future import of slaves

• d

A writ of habeas corpus

• Enables persons detained by authorities to secure an immediate inquiry into the causes of their detention

• allows for punishment of people without judicial trial

• Allows for people to be punished for acts that were not illegal when originally committed

• narrowly defines rules of evidence for treason

• a

In the Madisonian model of government, majority rule is

accomplished by the • Senate• House of

Representatives• President• Supreme Court

• b

Which of the following was not an Anti-Federalist argument?

• Constitution was a class based document

• Constitution was a conspiracy of the framers

• Constitution did not need a Bill of Rights

• Constitution would benefit creditors

• c

The power of the commerce clause was expanded through

• Marbury vs. Madison• Gibbons vs. Ogden• McCullogh vs.

Maryland• Miranda vs. Arizona

• b

The Constitution grants the national government exclusive

power to• Coin money• tax• establish courts• charter banks

• a

McCullogh vs. Maryland established

• National supremacy• National supremacy

and judicial review• National supremacy

and implied powers• Implied power

• c

In dual federalism the

• National government dominates in policymaking

• there are distinct powers and policies at the state and national levels

• policymaking is shared between levels

• states are supreme

• b

In Mapp vs. Ohio, the Supreme Court

• Extended the principle of unreasonable searches and seizures to the states

• established the exclusionary rule

• required probable cause• protected individuals

from self-incrimination

• a

In Miller vs. California, defining obscenity was left up to

• Private individuals• courts• Congress• state and local

officials

• d

The Supreme Court upheld segregation with

• Dred Scott vs. Sandford

• Plessey vs. Ferguson• Brown vs. Board of

Education of Topeka• Swann vs. Charlotte-

Mecklenberg SD

• b

Which of the following statements about Malcolm X is

the most accurate?• Campaigned primarily

against de jure segregation

• appeal largely in the South

• Campaigned primarily against de facto segregation

• advocated only civil disobedience

• c

Suffrage for women was achieved with the

• Fifteenth Amendment• Seventeenth

Amendment• Nineteenth

Amendment• Twenty-fourth

amendment

• c

Trial balloons are used by politicians to

• Put issues on the policy agenda

• see their constituents• test political reactions• take opinion poll data

• c

The news media tends to do all of the following except

• Mirror reality• show more bad news

than good news• focus on stories that

generate good pictures• overemphasize

dramatic events

• a

Throughout American history, third parties have

• Developed as offshoots of a a major party

• promoted specific causes

• developed as an extension of a popular presidential aspirant

• all of the above

• d

Which of the following statements about political parties

is false?• Rise in ticket-splitting• Rise in electoral

volativity• Rise in turnout• Rise in registered

independent voters

• c

Buckley vs Valeo

• Limited the amount individuals could contribute to their own campaigns

• extended right of free speech to PACs

• required PACs to register with FEC

• declared FEC unconstitutional

• b

Which statement about primaries is true

• Increase costs of campaigns

• Weaken party control over nominations

• allow for ‘outsiders’ to achieve nomination

• all of the above

• d

The belief that ordinary people can influence the government is

known as

• Rational behavior• civic duty• political efficacy• political socialization

• c

Which of the following statements about the Electoral

College is false?• Magnifies mandates• each state has as many

electors as Representatives

• in most states there is a winner take all system

• encourages two party system

• b

Which of the following is not true of single issue groups?

• Promote collective goods

• pursue narrow interests

• dislike compromise• suffer from free-rider

problems

• a

A written argument submitted by an interest group to a court is

• Writ of certiorari• Amicus curiae brief• Writ of appeal• Writ of habeas corpus

• b

Congressional trading of votes is known as

• Pork barreling• Logrolling• Blackmail• Lobbying

• b

Which committee does not exist in the Senate?

• Armed services• Rules and

administration• Foreign relations• Ways and means

• d

Richard Neustadt emphasized that presidential power is the

power to

• Command • lead• control• persuade

• d

After the vice president, the next person in order of succession is

• Speaker of the House• President pro tempore

of the Senate• Secretary of State• Senate majority leader

• a

If a bill sits on the president’s desk for 10 days it then

• Is vetoed• becomes a pocket veto• becomes law• goes back to Congress

• c

The idea of ‘capture’ refers to

• Regulatory reforms pushed by groups

• regulation of economic monopolies

• control of regulators by regulatees

• Congressional influence through budget

• c

In the ‘garbage can’ model of bureaucracy

• Organizations are governed by standard operating procedures

• organizations are shaped by role socialization

• outcomes are a result of bargaining

• outcomes are a result of trial and error

• d

Supreme Court decision making based upon the wording of the

Constitution is known as• Original intent• Literalism• Loose construction• Stare decisis

• b

Opinions written to support a majority decision and stress a

different constitutional basis are

• Majority opinions• dissenting opinions• concurring opinions• opposing opinions

• c