GOVT 2305 - Exam 4 Flashcards
1) Redistricting
A) happens every 4 years.
B) is conducted by state legislatures.
C) must be approved by Congress.
D) must be approved by the highest court in each state.
E) has little appreciable effect on who wins or loses congressional races.
B
2) Modern bureaucracy in America is best characterized in terms of
A) inefficiency, inflexibility, and red tape. B) hierarchy, specialization, and rules. C) honesty, efficiency, and patronage. D) corruption, incompetence, and spoils. E) waste, red tape, and lack of rules.
B
3) During the era of objective journalism, the commitment of newspapers to two-sided news reporting
A) did not extend to their editorializing. B) was enshrined in the editorial section. C) was uniform throughout the sections of a newspaper. D) caused democracy in the United States to deteriorate. E) All these answers are correct.
A
4) In the late 1800s, rapid economic growth placed new demands on the federal government and led it to
A) create new federal departments built around economic interests. B) establish the Senior Executive Service. C) reorganize the cabinet in order to make it the center of economic policy making. D) both create new federal departments built around economic interests, and establish the Senior Executive Service. E) None of these answers are correct.
A
5) Bureaucracy is based on which of the following principles?
A) hierarchical authority B) job specialization C) formalized rules D) hierarchical authority, job specialization, and formalized rules E) None of these answers are correct.
D
6) The circulation battle of which two newspapers may have contributed to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War?
A) Chicago Tribune and Boston Herald B) Los Angeles Times and New York Times C) New York Journal and New York World D) Gazette of the United States and National Gazette E) San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Chronicle
C
7) Compared to the president and Congress, the bureaucracy
A) is held in higher esteem by the public. B) is authorized by a constitutional amendment rather than by the original Constitution. C) has a more direct impact on the daily lives of Americans. D) has changed very little during the nation's history. E) is more easily controlled by the voters.
C
8) Yellow journalism contributed most notably to public support for the
A) Spanish-American War. B) Civil War. C) War of 1812. D) Mexican War of 1848. E) American Revolution.
A
9) What responsibility did the federal government have in the crash of the Boeing 737 MAX equipped with MCAS?
A) Government programmers had developed the MCAS. B) Government bureaucrats had required the installation of the foreign-designed system on the Boeing. C) The FAA had thoroughly tested MCAS and not found any flaws with it. D) The FAA had given Boeing wide latitude in judging the safety of MCAS itself. E) The FAA had forged the documentation approving the MCAS system.
D
10) The FCC restriction requiring broadcasters to “afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views of public importance” was known as the
A) "Equal Time" rule. B) objective-reporting model. C) signaling function. D) common-carrier function. E) Fairness Doctrine.
E
11) In promoting their agency’s goals, bureaucrats rely on
A) their expert knowledge. B) the backing of the president and Congress. C) the support of clientele groups. D) all of these: their expert knowledge; the backing of the president and Congress; and the support of clientele groups. E) None of these answers are correct.
D
12) The Whig theory holds that the presidency
A) is a shared office, where the president and the cabinet are equally powerful. B) is a limited office whose occupant is an administrator who carries out the will of Congress. C) is the office most representative of the people. D) should provide strong leadership in the area of foreign policy but not in domestic policy. E) is subordinate to the Supreme Court.
B
13) The Department of ________ was founded in 1889.
A) Health and Human Services B) State C) Labor D) Homeland Security E) Agriculture
E
14) Who said the following: “Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us.”
A) Donald Trump's former Secretary of Defense James Mattis B) Donald Trump's own daughter Ivanka Trump C) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi D) Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez E) MSNBC host Rachel Maddow
A
15) What did the Supreme Court rule about executive agreements in 1937?
A) They are legally binding in the same way that treaties are. B) They can only be issued in matters of national security. C) They will only be binding if reviewed and approved by both houses of Congress. D) They can only be made with the approval of a president's entire cabinet. E) They were ruled unconstitutional and are no longer used by the executive.
A
16) What did Alexander Hamilton argue about war in Federalist No. 69?
A) Congress is the only body with enough deliberative powers to be able to justly declare war. B) War under any circumstances is unjust, even in self-defense. C) A president should be allowed to declare war, because only the executive can react quickly enough. D) A surprise attack on the United States is the only justification for war by presidential decree. E) Building a strong military for engagement in foreign wars would be a key ingredient in establishing executive authority.
D
17) Objective journalism is based on the idea that the reporter’s job is to
A) report the facts and present both sides of a partisan debate. B) report what political leaders want them to report. C) discover what other reporters are saying and provide a uniform interpretation of events. D) scrutinize the partisan debate, and inform the news audience about which party has the better argument. E) All these answers are correct.
A
18) The federal government’s licensing of broadcasting was based primarily on
A) the fact that broadcasting is a national medium. B) the scarcity of broadcasting frequencies. C) the fact that broadcasting was invented after the First Amendment was adopted. D) the desire of national officials to control the content of broadcast news and entertainment. E) a desire to censor reporters so that they would stop criticizing governmental officials.
B
19) The yellow journalism of the late 19th century was characterized by
A) its appearance solely in weekly and monthly magazines. B) the emphasis on sensationalism as a way of selling newspapers. C) prejudice against Asian people and countries. D) an unwillingness to take editorial positions because of a fear of losing circulation. E) the desire to present the news in an objective manner.
B
20) Which of the following did the framers want from a president?
A) national leadership B) administration of the laws C) direction in foreign affairs D) command of the military E) All these answers are correct.
E
