POL 110 FINAL EXAM (PART 4)
POL 110 Final Exam (Part 4)
This exam consist of 25 multiple choice questions and covers the material
in Chapters 6 through 9.
1.
After the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, well over ____ percent of the public
approved of the job President Bush was doing.
2.
Most national
surveys draw a sample of around _____ people.
3.
Public trust in
government has declined steadily since the
4.
The authors
suggest an increase in media competition in recent years has had the effect of
making reporters and producers
5.
In 2008, Barack
Obama carried the vote of __________ Southern states.
6.
James Madison
looked to the _______ to protect the people from “their own temporary errors
and delusions.”
7.
The political
machine is a party organization that recruits its members through the use of
8. Increasingly, American
identify themselves as
9.
Madison and
other Founders believed factions were
10.
Thousands of
organized interests are located on and around __________ Street in Washington,
D.C.
11.
The problem with
“soft money” is that, although it is given to the parties, it can easily be
used to
12.
When machine
parties were at their height, voter turnout was
13.
Studies suggest
which of the following would be an effective way to increase vote turnout?
14.
The legal limit
on what a congressional candidate may spend is
15.
When registered
nonvoters in the United States were asked why they did not vote, what was the
most common explanation?
16.
Which of the
following candidates did the textbook use as an example of the importance of
media in the development of name recognition?
17.
Which
constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote?
18.
The 2008
election was somewhat significant because it featured
19.
U. S. Senators
serve for a ____ year term.
20.
Although party
voting and polarization appear to be the trend in recent Congressional history,
it is also true that
21.
To obtain a
party’s nomination for a seat in Congress, a candidate typically must
22.
In the Senate, a
filibuster can be ended by invoking
23.
A president’s
veto can be overridden by
24. The Speaker of the
House
25.
A bill that can
have amendments from the floor is operating under __________ rule.
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