GENERAL

Question 1

The top uniformed military officer in the United States is the Chairman of the:

Answer 1

Joint chiefs of Staff

Question 2

The U.S senate is composed of:

Answer 2

100 members, with two senators from each state.

Question 3

Which of the following officials in the departments of Justice represents the U.S federal government before the Supreme Court ?

Answer 3

Solicitor General

Question 4

The War powers Act passed by the U.S congress in 1973, which tried to reassert congressional authority regarding the use of military intervention abroad, arose in response to American involvement in:

Answer 4

Vietnam

Question 5

The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation is called:

Answer 5

Markup

Question 6

The Bill of Rights is comprised of how many amendments of the U.S Constitution:

Answer 6

Ten

Question 7

Since the early 1980s, which policy area has often been referred to as the third rail of the U.S politics because those who try to alter it or decrease its funding face significant opposition:

Answer 7

Social Security

Question 8

James Madison’s argument for the creation of three branches of government to serve citizens of the new American republic was that separation of power ensures:

Answer 8

Less concentration of power in one branch.

Question 9

What was the most recent cabinet-level agency added to the executive branch?

Answer 9

Department of Homeland Security

Question 10

Article II, Section 2, of the U.S Constitution enumerates the powers of the president, including the right to make treaties with foreign governments with the advice and consent of the U.S:

Answer 10

Senate

Question 11

Which of the following nations holds a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council?

Answer 11

France

Question 12

The United States has advocated which of the following solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East?

Answer 12

Separate Israeli and Palestinian States

Question 13

The Camp David Accords of 1978 were signed between Israel and:

Answer 13

Egypt

Question 14

Which of the following best describes the way in which the U.S Congress responded to the Great Depression in the late 1920s and early 1930s?

Answer 14

Increased trade Barries, via the Smoot- Hawley Tariff, allowing for the protection of various U.S industries.

Question 15

What post-World War II legislation did the most to revolutionize both the U.S system of higher education and the U.S workforce?

Answer 15

G.I Bill (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act)

Question 16

The cooperative effort of the United States and the European Union to extend NATO membership to a large range of Eastern European countries has faced its most direct opposition from the government of which country?

Answer 16

Russia

Question 17

What American playwright’s works include Death of a Salesman, The Crucible and the Misfits?

Answer 17

Arthur Miller

Question 18

Books like Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Ira Levin’s The Stepford Wives are examples of:

Answer 18

Dystopian fiction

Question 19

Some troops from India willing to fight with the Allied Powers on the Western Front in World War I began to mutiny when Turkey entered the war because:

Answer 19

Turkey was a Muslim nation.

Question 20

Which of the following pressure groups opposed granting President Bill Clinton the ability to negotiate fast track agreements with Latin American counties?

Answer 20

Labor union such as AFL-CIO

Question 21

Which of the following authors published The Satanic Verses, a novel that prompted Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa against the author and that sparked protests by Muslims Worldwide?

Answer 21

Salman Rushdie

Question 22

In the 1990s, Muslim refugees in large numbers fled militias, police, and military in:

Answer 22

Kosovo and Bosnia

Question 23

The capital of Colombia is:

Answer 23

Bogota

Question 24

Which Cold War U.S geopolitical rival is now the world’s third leading producer of oil?

Answer 24

Russia

Question 25

Commercial mining in Antarctica is:

Answer 25

not Allowed

Question 26

If real gross domestic product (GDP) rises, it can be assumed that:

Answer 26

The quantity of goods and services produced is rising.

Question 27

Which type of investment vehicle is best positioned to profit from market turmoil?

Answer 27

Hedge fund

Question 28

In the United States, interest rates are determined by which of the following entities?

Answer 28

Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Question 29

Only occasionally does the U.S government produce an annual budget surplus. Under whose administration did this last occur?

Answer 29

Bill Clinton

Question 30

If the annual nominal interest rate is 10%, a government bond that promises to pay 100$ in one year without default risk will sell for approximately:

Answer 30

90

Question 31

A teacher is analyzing the following student grades on a final exam: 88,73,91,68,85,90,88,63,80,97. Which of the following statical measures of this set of grades is likely to be the smallest in value?

Answer 31

Standard deviation

Question 32

What is the best strategy for helping an irate person solve a problem?

Answer 32

Focus on the problem, not the person.

Question 33

A negative behavior that has been reinforced previously may be eliminated by:

Answer 33

Ceasing to reinforce the behavior

Question 34

For Feedback to be an effective in an organization, there must be a focus on:

Answer 34

Two-way communication

Question 35

A manager is facing excessive employee conflict and wants to reduce it. To find an integrative solution with the objective of merging employee insights, the manager should apply which of the following techniques?

Answer 35

Collaboration

Question 36

Managers who create goals and standards for employees should understand that, unlike performance goals, performance standards are:

Answer 36

Applied to every employee who holds the same position.

Question 37

The Pendleton Act, or Civil Service Act of 1883, made merit and fitness the only criteria for gaining U.S federal employment and job advancement primarily to:

Answer 37

end the spoils system

Question 38

For a manager to serve as learning model for employees, it is most important for the manager to be viewed by employees as:

Answer 38

credible

Question 39

The biggest risk in sandwiching negative feedback between positive opening and ending comments is that employees will tend to:

Answer 39

Take the negative comments less seriously than the supervisor intends.

Question 40

Which of the following features of vocal communication refers to the crispness and precision with which a speaker forms words and the clear and distinct utterance of syllables and words?

Answer 40

Enunciation

Question 41

One technique for making a speech interesting is to establish a rhythm by repeating the initial sound of closely placed words. This is called:

Answer 41

Alliteration

Question 42

Which term refers to the study of observable characteristics in groups of people?

Answer 42

Demographic analysis

Question 43

An effective strategy for tailoring public diplomacy programs to a specific audience is to partner with:

Answer 43

Opinion leaders respected by that specific audience.

Question 44

Which type of peer review source typically provides expert analysis of a subject designed for an insider audience?

Answer 44

Journal articles

Question 45

A computer software program that adds itself to another program or document and continues to copy itself on a system is known as:

Answer 45

Virus

Question 46

In a spreadsheet, the intersection of a row and a column where either data or formulas can be entered is called a:

Answer 46

Cell

Question 47

A small amount of data specific to a user’s particular web browser that connects to a specific Web site for purposes of personalization and ease of use is known as a:

Answer 47

Cookie

Question 48

Which of the following terms refers to the act of sending a deliberately insulting e-mail with the intention of starting a heated exchange?

Answer 48

Flaming

Question 49

Which of the following terms refers to the linking of small personal Web sites within a larger Web site such as Facebook or Myspace?

Answer 49

Social network

Question 50

A hyperlink is a web page feature that allows a user to:

Answer 50

Go to a completely different web page.