Chapter 4 Quiz Questions

Question 1

Collective action can work in all situations, EXCEPT:

Answer 1

When we establish strict punishments.

Question 2

An institutionalist would most likely suggest privatization as a solution to the “Tragedy of the Commons”

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What is the theoretical metaphor for a situation in which a particular action would result in an optimal solution for all, but individual incentive to act selfishly will result in a worse situation for everyone?

Answer 3

Prisoner’s dilemma

Question 4

The statement, “Nobody washes a rental car” reflects which idea for protecting common property resources?

Answer 4

Privatization

Question 5

The National Park (NPS) system in the U.S. would be an example of which method to protect common property resources?

Answer 5

Government Control

Question 6

What is NOT a problem with government control of common property resources?

Answer 6

If the government “owns” a resource, it can regulate it.

Question 7

What is NOT an example of successful collective action to protect common property resources?

Answer 7

All of the choices are correct
The Montreal Protocol
Irrigation systems
Maine lobster fishery management

Question 8

The concept of Social Darwinism argues that human societies advance primarily through cooperation.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

What IS a problem with privatization of common property resources?

Answer 9

Private owners could still exploit resources if the profit motive was large enough

Question 10

What statement is NOT true regarding the atmosphere as a global commons?

Answer 10

Negotiating and enforcing collective rules is an easy solution to implement.

Question 11

Why is open access to a common property resource a problem?

Answer 11

Hard to fence it or lock it off.

Question 12

Uneven power relationships make it impossible for some commoners to do all of the following, EXCEPT:

Answer 12

Share the property.

Question 13

What is NOT a common resource property problem?

Answer 13

Affluence

Question 14

What does NOT represent successful commons management?

Answer 14

No sanctions to punish violators.

Question 15

Environmental commons are quite often managed collectively.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

The “commons” is any area or a resource that is what?

Answer 16

Shared

Question 17

Official laws are a type of institution, but social norms are not.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Hardin argues that in order to prevent the “Tragedy of the Commons”, the commons must be enclosed.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What is an example of a stationary common property resource?

Answer 19

public forest

Question 20

What is NOT a true statement regarding the “Tragedy of the Commons”?

Answer 20

Many rules ensure sustainability.

Question 21

What has NOT been proposed as a way to avoid the “Tragedy of the Commons”?

Answer 21

Successful lobbying

Question 22

What is NOT an example of a “free-rider”?

Answer 22

People who contribute to the Red Cross.

Question 23

Hardin preferred ____ as a method to avoid the “Tragedy of the Commons”?

Answer 23

Privatization

Question 24

Collective action would not include government intervention as a means to protect common property resources.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Failures in protecting a common property resource can result when established rules do not command respect.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Hardin theorized that the “Tragedy of the Commons” as a particular type of what?

Answer 26

Prisoner’s dilemma

Question 27

Institutions are formal laws and social norms.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Who would agree with this statement: “Governments, international organizations and even some charities unintentionally have caused the destruction of international diversity”?

Answer 28

Ostrom

Question 29

Mobile common property resources are much harder to manage overall.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Ostrom believed strongly in the following method to protect common property resources

Answer 30

Collective Action