American Government (101-002)
Exam 3
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1. Presidents began addressing the public with much higher frequency, in an attempt to raise the power beginning with which president?
a.
Teddy Roosevelt
b. Woodrow
Wilson
c. Franklin
Roosevelt
d. John
F. Kennedy
2. Many
presidents delivered the State of the Union Address in writing, rather than as
a speech before Congress.
________________ was the first president in over 100 years to deliver
the speech before Congress.
a. Teddy
Roosevelt
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. Franklin
Roosevelt
d. John
F. Kennedy
3. Which
of the following was NOT an
important technological development for communicating with the public and
measuring public opinion?
a. Radio
b. Television
c. Scientific Polling
d.
All of the above were important
4. Scientific
public opinion polling was first used during his presidency.
a. Franklin Roosevelt
b. Dwight
Eisenhower
c. John
F. Kennedy
d. Lyndon
Johnson
5. Which
of the following best describes the “Rally ‘Round the Flag Effect”?
a.
When presidents receive a positive bump in their approval ratings
following a crisis
b. When
presidents receive a positive bump in their approval ratings following a policy
success for the president
c. When
Americans become more patriotic following a victory in war
d. None
of the above
6. Which
of the following best describes how presidential approval ratings impact the
president’s agenda?
a. Presidents
with high approval ratings are more successful at getting their agenda passed
in Congress
b. Presidents
with low approval ratings are less successful at getting their agenda passed in
Congress
c.
Both A and B
d. Approval
ratings have no effect on presidential success in Congress
7. Which
of the following best describes the trend in level of public trust in
government over the past 40 years?
a. The
public is much more trusting of government today than they were in the past
b. The public is much less trusting
of government today than they were in the past
c. The
public is just as trusting of government today as they were in the past
d. Levels
of public trust were very high in the early 1970s, decreased during the 1980s,
and are at an all-time high today
8. Which
of the following best describes the level of political knowledge that Americans
possess?
a. Most
Americans display very high levels of political knowledge, as they know very
specific political facts and understand complex political concepts
b.
Most Americans display very low levels of political knowledge, as they
are unable to answer relatively simple political questions and do not
understand political concepts
c. Most Americans can identify the name of the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Speaker of the House
d. Most Americans can identify the name of the
Speaker of the House, but not the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
9. A
group of people who pay very close attention to a particular issue and care a
great deal about it is called a(n):
a. Political
Party
b. Bureaucratic
Agency
c.
Issue Public
d. None
of the above
10. Recently, values have been put at the
forefront of the political landscape.
The first president to address values at the center of his presidential
campaign was:
a. Franklin
Roosevelt
b. John
F. Kennedy
c. Ronald Reagan
d. George
W. Bush
11. The process by which people acquire political
values and beliefs in society is known as:
a. Political
indoctrination
b.
Political socialization
c. Political
speculation
d. Political
participation
12. Americans get their political beliefs and
attitudes from a variety of sources.
Which of the following is NOT one
of these sources?
a. School
b. Friends
c. Family
d. The Media
e. All are sources of political
attitudes
13. The belief that government should play a
larger role, except with respect to issues of personal morality issues is most
closely associated with:
a.
Liberalism
b. Conservatism
c. Authoritarianism
d. Libertarianism
14. The belief that government should play a
smaller role, except with respect to issues of personal morality issues is most
closely associated with:
a. Liberalism
b. Conservatism
c. Authoritarianism
d. Libertarianism
15. The belief that government should not play a
role in either economic or personal morality issues is more closely associated
with:
a. Liberalism
b. Conservatism
c. Authoritarianism
d.
Libertarianism
16. Which of
the following is most correct with respect to political knowledge?
a. Most
Americans can correctly identify the percentage of the federal budget that
deals with programs like welfare
b. Most
Americans can identify the percentage of the federal budget that deals with
foreign aid
c. Most
Americans can identify the percentage of the federal budget that deals with
Medicare and other entitlement programs
d. Most Americans can identify the percentage of the federal budget that deals with defense
e.
None of the above
17. Which of the following is an example of
unconventional political participation?
a. Voting
b. Campaign
contributions
c. Letter writing
d.
Boycotts
e. None
of the above
18. Which of
the following best describes the level of voter turnout in the
a. Turnout
in the
b.
Turnout in the
c. Turnout
in the
d. We
do not have information about voter turnout in other nations
19. Which of the following is NOT an explanation for low voter
registration levels in the
a. Americans
are very mobile, as they move around fairly often
b. Americans
must take positive steps to register, as they are not automatically registered
to vote
c. Americans
must register to vote well in advance of the actual election, requiring a great
deal of foresight
d.
All of the above are explanations for low voter registration
20. Which of
the following is NOT an explanation
for low voter turnout in the
a. Election
Day is on a normal Tuesday, rather than a weekend or holiday
b. Many
Americans do not believe that their vote matters
c.
Many Americans participate in other ways at high levels, instead of
voting
d. Many
Americans do not have a sense of civic duty, as they did in the past
21. This kind
of polling occurs as people leave the polling place after voting.
a. Opinion
polling
b. Entrance
polling
c. Random
polling
d.
Exit polling
22. Approximately, what percentage of the public
voted in the 2000 presidential election?
a. 80
%
b. 60
%
c.
50 %
d. 30
%
23. Approximately,
what percentage of the public voted in the 2000 presidential election?
a. 80
%
b. 60
%
c. 50
%
d.
30 %
24. Most of our information on who votes and how
individuals vote comes from:
a. Registration
information
b. Demographic
data
c. Actual
voting records
d. Exit polling
25. Which of the following education groups turn
out at lowest rate?
a. No high school degree
b. Some
college
c. College
degree
d. Advanced
degree
26. Which of the following age groups turn out at
lowest rate?
a.
18-25
b. 26-35
c. 35-55
d. 56+
e. All
of the above turn out at roughly the same rates
27. Which of the following racial groups turn out
at lowest rate?
a. Whites
b. African-Americans
c. Hispanics
d. All
of the above turn out to vote at roughly the same rates
28. For which party do individuals with low
levels of education traditionally vote?
a. Republican Party
b.
Democratic Party
c. Libertarian Party
d. Green
Party
29. Which of the following income groups tend to
vote “Republican”?
a. Lower
class
b. Middle
class
c.
Upper class
d. All
of the above tend to vote Republican at roughly the same rates
30. What is the gender gap?
a. Women
tend to vote at much higher rates than men
b. Women
tend to vote at much lower rates than men
c. Women tend to vote Democratic at
much higher rates than men
d. Women
tend to vote Democratic at much lower rates than men
31. Which of the following best describes the
trends in the crime rate, and the media’s coverage of crime?
a. The
crime rate has increased since 1990, and the media has devoted more coverage to
crime
b. The crime rate has decreased
since 1990, and the media has devoted more coverage to crime
c. The
crime rate has increased since 1990, and the media has devoted less coverage to
crime
d. The
crime rate has decreased since 1990, and the media has devoted less coverage to
crime
32. Which of the following best describes the
relationship between media viewership and
misperceptions about the Iraq War?
a. Viewers
who get their news from the print media are most likely to have misperceptions
about the war
b. Viewers
who get their news from CNN are most likely to have misperceptions about the
war
c. Viewers who get their news from
FOX news are most likely to have misperceptions about the war
d. Viewers who get their news from NPR are most likely to have misperceptions about the war
e. There
is no relationship between media viewership and
misperceptions
33. Which of the following best describes the corporate
bias in the media?
a. News
content is biased in favor of the interests of the companies that advertise on
the networks
b.
News content is biased in favor of the interests of the companies that
own the media outlets
c. News
content is biased based on the interests of the journalists
d. None
of the above
34. According to Patterson (Out of Order), what has been the consequence of an increase in
negative coverage of campaigns?
a. Voters
are more informed than they were in the past
b. Voters are less trusting of
government than they were in the past
c. Voters
pay more attention to politics than they did in the past
d. All of the above
e. None
of the above
35. Presidential
approval generally:
a. Increases
over a president’s term of office
b. Decreases over a president’s
term of office
c. Stays about the same over a president’s term of office
d. All of the above
36. Presidents
of the nineteenth century:
a. Spoke
often in public
b.
Spoke seldom in public
c. Spoke only to Congress at the State of the Union Address
d. Spoke
only when Congress requested them to
37. This
president used the radio to deliver “Fireside Chats” to the nation:
a. Theodore
Roosevelt
b. Woodrow
Wilson
c.
Franklin Roosevelt
d. John Kennedy
38. According
to Sabato (Feeding
Frenzy), how has the media treated the president and other politicians
since the mid 1970s?
a. Lapdog
b. Watchdog
c. Guard dog
d.
Junkyard dog
39. Which of the following is most correct with
respect to negative advertisements?
a. Candidates
are less likely today to use negative ads than they were in the past, because
voters remember positive ads more
b. Candidates
are less likely today to use negative ads than they were in the past, because
voters remember negative ads more
c. Candidates
are more likely today to use negative ads than they were in the past, because
voters remember positive ads more
d.
Candidates are more likely today to use negative ads than they were in
the past, because voters remember negative ads more
40. The ‘Daisy Ad’ is one of the most famous
examples of the power of negative advertisements. In this ad, Lyndon Johnson suggested that if
his opponent Barry Goldwater were elected:
a. The
environment would be ruined, and there would be no more daisies left to pick.
b. Education
would become worse, and children would suffer.
c. He would lead to the
a. None
of the above