Government and Public Administration Exam Bank
Course Introduction
The Government and Public Administration course provides an in-depth exploration of how governmental systems operate and the roles they play in shaping public policy and administration. Students examine the structures, functions, and processes of government at local, state, and national levels, as well as the principles of public administration and ethical decision-making. Through analysis of political institutions, legal frameworks, and administrative practices, learners gain the skills necessary to understand and participate meaningfully in public service. The course also highlights career pathways in public administration and encourages civic responsibility and leadership.
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Government in America People Politics and Policy Brief Edition 11th Edition by George C. Edwards
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Chapter 1: Introducing Government in America
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a contemporary theory of democracy?
A)Hyperpluralism
B)Class theory
C)Democratic centralism
D)Pluralism
E)Elite theory
Answer: C
Q2) Pluralist theory holds that because so many groups compete for power in the United States,none has a majority say and,therefore,public policy roughly approximates the public interest.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) A recent study of college freshmen found that fewer than one-half said that "keeping up with politics" was an important priority for them.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Constitution
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Q1) As of January 2011,how many amendments have been added to the Constitution?
A)Ten
B)Twelve
C)Fifteen
D)Twenty
E)Twenty-seven
Answer: E
Q2) Which of the following is NOT true of the Articles of Confederation?
A)They vested all meaningful power in the states.
B)They represented a "league of friendship" among the states.
C)They provided for no judiciary.
D)They gave the president too much power.
E)They provided for a unicameral national legislature.
Answer: D
Q3) According to your textbook,the Constitution both reinforces individualism and encourages stalemate.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Federalism
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Q1) Which of the following is one way that federalism may have a negative effect on democracy?
A)Federalism may increase inequities between and among states.
B)Federalism tends to increase conflict at the national level.
C)Federalism tends to decrease opportunities for citizens to participate in government.
D)Federalism may encourage electoral dissent.
E)None of these is an example of how federalism may have a negative effect on democracy.
Answer: A
Q2) The government's failed response to Hurricane Katrina illustrates the problems that can arise when unfunded mandates are paired with insufficient funds for states.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Most nations of the world have federal systems.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Civil Liberties and Public Policy
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Q1) In Planned Parenthood v.Casey (1992)the Supreme Court loosened its standard for evaluating restrictions on abortion.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The rights of protestors demonstrating outside abortion clinics concern which of the following freedoms?
A)Religious expression
B)Assembly
C)Marriage
D)Abortion
E)Gun ownership
Q3) In the 1963 case of ________,the Supreme Court ruled that defendants in all felony cases had a right to counsel,and if they could not afford to hire a lawyer,one must be provided.
A)Mapp v. Ohio
B)Engel v. Vitale
C)Gideon v. Wainwright
D)Miranda v. Arizona
E)National Bar Association v. United States
Q4) What is the exclusionary rule and how has it been used by the Supreme Court?
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Chapter 5: Civil Rights and Public Policy
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Q1) What constitutes sexual harassment? How has understanding about sexual harassment changed over the last several decades?
Q2) Compare and contrast the Supreme Court's reasoning in Plessy v.Ferguson (1896)and Brown v.Board of Education (1954).
Q3) The ________ Amendment outlawed slavery in the United States.
A)Tenth
B)Eleventh
C)Twelfth
D)Thirteenth
E)Fourteenth
Q4) Classifications based on gender have been ruled to be ________ by the decisions of the Court in the past several years.
A)reasonable
B)strictly unconstitutional
C)sexist
D)inherently suspect
E)somewhere between inherently suspect and reasonable
Q5) Should women be required to register for the draft,as is the case with men? Is this an instance of gender discrimination?
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Chapter 6: Public Opinion and Political Action
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Q1) The process of relocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the census is called reapportionment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The 1936 Literary Digest poll underestimated the vote for President Franklin Roosevelt by 19 percent because
A)the sample was drawn from telephone books and motor vehicle records.
B)the literary intelligentsia as a group never did like Roosevelt.
C)the sample was too small.
D)not enough women were interviewed.
E)people did not tell the truth.
Q3) African Americans comprise what percentage of the American population,approximately?
A)5 percent
B)7 percent
C)13 percent
D)17 percent
E)27 percent
Q4) What have been the main consequences of the "graying of America"?
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Chapter 7: The Mass Media and the Political Agenda
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Q1) For the past several decades,research has consistently found that a majority of the public believes press criticism of political leaders
A)does more harm than good.
B)does more good than harm.
C)reflects a liberal bias.
D)reflects a conservative bias.
E)is corrosive to the American political process.
Q2) Media events are carefully scripted to maximize politicians' ability to control the political agenda.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Increasing public attention to specific problems is a core feature of the media's ______ power.
A)watchdog
B)investigative
C)agenda-setting
D)gate-keeping
E)scorekeeping
Q4) In what ways do the media habits of young Americans differ from older Americans?
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Chapter 8: Political Parties
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Q1) What two major effects do weak political parties in the United States have on the scope of government?
Q2) Without party competition,there would be no choice,and without choice,there can be no democracy.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In 2008,according to the National Election Studies,a large majority of Americans identified as Democrats,while only a small minority identified as Republicans.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _____ was once the main political party organization in America.
A)The urban political party
B)Patronage
C)The national convention
D)The coalition
E)The critical election
Q5) What are the main components of the responsible party model? How does the U.S.fail or meet the requirements of responsible party government?
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Chapter 9: Campaigns and Voting Behavior
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Q1) Superdelegates are the supreme power within each of the parties.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Women are more likely to vote than are men.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the electoral paradox of more suffrage and less participation.Why would we expect people to vote more today,and why do they fail to do so? How does voter registration affect the decision to vote? Based on your analysis,what further steps could we take to increase voter participation?
Q4) The intention of the McGovern-Fraser Commission reforms of the Democratic Party was to
A)close delegate selection processes to the public.
B)make national conventions more democratic.
C)provide party leaders with more influence in national conventions.
D)construct rules for media coverage of national conventions.
E)grant the national convention the power to select party delegates.
Q5) Describe and evaluate the factors that influence a voter's decision to choose a particular candidate.
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Chapter 10: Interest Groups
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Q1) What is the importance of amicus curiae briefs and class action lawsuits to the efforts of interest groups to influence policy?
Q2) The first ________ in April 1970 helped to spur on a number of environmental groups.
A)Earth Day
B)smog alert
C)serious oil spill
D)nuclear power plant accident
E)nuclear plant explosion
Q3) In "going public," interest groups
A)extend membership to a broader range of people.
B)use advertising and public relations to enhance their image.
C)bring class action suits against their opponents.
D)issue stock.
E)open their decision-making meetings to the general public.
Q4) Compare and contrast the different types of economic interest groups in the United States.What type of economic interest group has been most successful and why?
Q5) What is meant by a collective good,and how does this concept suggest a problem for interest groups?
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Chapter 11: Congress
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Q1) Are congressional elections broken? Do we need major reform of congressional elections including,for example,term limits and/or campaign finance reform?
Q2) Legislative ________ is the process of monitoring the bureaucracy and its administration of policy.
A)franking
B)stonewalling
C)overview
D)oversight
E)supremacy
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a role or responsibility of the Speaker of the House?
A)Making committee assignments
B)Presiding over the House when it is in session
C)Recommending which members should be expelled from the House for failure to support the party's positions on bills
D)Assigning most bills to committees
E)Appointing the party's legislative leaders
Q4) In what ways is incumbency the single most important factor in elections?
Q5) Describe the process through which a bill becomes a law.
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Chapter 12: The Presidency
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Q1) How important is public support for the president in achieving legislative priorities? How does the president go about soliciting public support? Do you think the president should avoid such solicitations or not? Explain.
Q2) The War Powers Resolution was passed as a reaction to
A)America's fighting in Vietnam and Cambodia.
B)America's fighting in Iraq.
C)America's inability to keep the peace in Somalia.
D)America's fighting in Korea.
E)General MacArthur's dismissal by Harry Truman.
Q3) The pocket veto can only be used
A)when a new president is about to take office.
B)during a presidential election year.
C)when Congress is in session.
D)on appropriations bills.
E)when Congress is adjourned.
Q4) What patterns are evident in public approval of presidents throughout the 20th century?
Q5) Describe the impeachment process.
Q6) Describe what is meant by the president as the "chief legislator."
Q7) Compare and contrast the veto,pocket veto,and the line-item veto.
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Chapter 13: The Federal Bureaucracy
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Q1) According to Max Weber,bureaucracy has a hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization and operates on the merit principle.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Most Americans
A)are generally satisfied with the help they receive from bureaucrats.
B)dislike bureaucrats.
C)actually like bureaucracies.
D)would like to work for a bureaucracy.
E)describe most bureaucrats as unwilling to serve their clients' interests.
Q3) The Weberian model views bureaucracies as A)promoting good monopolies.
B)loosely organized and loosely run.
C)largely self-serving.
D)efficient and necessary.
E)hindering democracy.
Q4) Given frequent complaints about red tape and the seemingly burdensome size of the federal bureaucracy,what are some good reasons that we might want to defend it? What good is the federal bureaucracy to American democracy?
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Chapter 14: The Federal Courts
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Q1) Which case articulated the Supreme Court's power of judicial review?
A)Marbury v. Madison
B)McCulloch v. Maryland
C)Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States
D)Brown v. Board of Education
E)Plessy v. Ferguson
Q2) The Court of Claims is a
A)district court.
B)state court.
C)legislative court.
D)constitutional court.
E)presidential court.
Q3) Standing to sue refers to
A)the requirement that plaintiffs have a serious interest in a case.
B)demonstrated financial harm or injury.
C)habeas corpus.
D)the principle of precedent.
E)legal prerogative.
Q4) What is a justiciable dispute?
Q5) Explain the process of senatorial courtesy.
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Politics of Taxing and Spending
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Q1) National government expenditures represent approximately one-half of the nation's GDP.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Approximately what percentage of the annual federal budget pays interest on the national debt?
A)2 percent
B)7 percent
C)9 percent
D)15 percent
E)25 percent
Q3) What are "uncontrollable expenditures," and how do they affect the federal budget? Provide an example of an uncontrollable expenditure.
Q4) Describe the role of incrementalism and uncontrollable expenditures in the budget process.Is incrementalism necessary for an efficient bureaucracy? In what sense are uncontrollable expenditures really uncontrollable? Why,or why not?
Q5) How is tax policy and spending in the United States different from other Western nations?
Q6) What expenditures make up the bulk of federal spending?
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Chapter 16: Social Welfare Policymaking
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Q1) If you work,you contribute ____ percent of your wages up to $102,000 to Social Security and your employer matches it.
A)3
B)6.2
C)10
D)15
E)20
Q2) What was the median American household income in 2009,according to the U.S.Census Bureau?
A)$39,777
B)$49,777
C)$59,777
D)$69,777
E)$79,777
Q3) Compare the extent of social policies in the United States with those of other Western democracies.
Q4) Social welfare policies have fueled the growth of government since the 1930s.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What,according to Martin Giles,explains Americans' dislike of welfare policies?
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Chapter 17: National Security Policymaking
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Q1) The realm of policy decisions concerned primarily with relations between the United States and the rest of the world is known as
A)domestic policy.
B)economic policy.
C)terrorism policy.
D)foreign policy.
E)international policy.
Q2) Which American president warned,"We've got to stop the Russians now" prior to committing American troops to Korea?
A)Ronald Reagan
B)Dwight Eisenhower
C)Richard Nixon
D)Harry Truman
E)Franklin Roosevelt
Q3) The president is the chief initiator of U.S.foreign policy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In what ways have oil and other energy resources become an element of foreign policy?
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