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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Harry Truman
B Warren Harding
C John F. Kennedy
D Franklin D. Roosevelt
Question #2
A Agents of socialization are overwhelmingly powerful and more or less fully explain how a person develops their own basic political beliefs.
B Agents of socialization are common and include a wide range of influences, from family to school; their impact on a person’s beliefs is important but not all-powerful.
C Agents of socialization are rare; they consist of only a handful of influential people a person might encounter throughout their life.
D Agents of socialization are mostly ineffective; individuals largely determine their basic political beliefs on their own, and these agents exert almost no influence on a person.
Question #3
A Social institutions, like family and school, that shape an individual’s basic political beliefs and values
B The public forums in which beliefs and ideas are exchanged and compete for influence
C An influencer or politician who seeks to promote a socialist ideology
D The general process of introducing a person into a political culture
Question #4
A agents of socialization
B group self-interest
C inability of groups to translate preferences into policy
D conservative ideology
Question #5
A the analysis of events broadcast by reporters during the evening news.
B the president’s collected speeches and writings during his or her term in office.
C the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions.
D beliefs and attitudes toward different issues, events, and people.
Question #6
A social desirability bias
B push polling
C the bandwagon effect
D data mining
Question #7
A A political campaign uses Google Search data to determine if the public supports repealing the death penalty.
B All of the answer choices are correct.
C A media organization asks respondents loaded questions to produce a particular response that best matches the organization’s political ideology.
D A corporation conducts a survey of 100,000 individuals using simple random sampling.
Question #8
A are paid for by large corporations.
B are so large and complex that they require advanced analytics, rather than traditional methods, to reveal insights on a massive scale.
C measure attributes of groups, organizations, or nations rather than attributes of single individuals.
D have a major impact on policy making.
Question #9
A saliency illusion.
B bandwagon poll.
C push poll.
D nonresponse bias.
Question #10
A Hawthorne
B social desirability
C bandwagon
D coattail
Question #11
A poorly worded questions.
B the increased use of cell phones.
C too large sample sizes.
D push polling.
Question #12
A asking loaded questions in order to subtly shape the respondent’s opinion.
B a poll to push politicians into adopting policy proposals they would not otherwise adopt.
C the system of repeatedly calling people in the sampling frame until they respond to the survey.
D polling services attempting to sell their polling data to major news media organizations at higher prices during election seasons.
Question #13
A 1,500
B 500
C 1,000
D 250
Question #14
A stratified
B quota
C equal opportunity
D simple random
Question #15
A the emoluments clause of the Constitution compels elected officials to give preferential treatment to citizens with a college degree.
B their opinions are of higher quality than those of less affluent and less educated citizens.
C they vote at higher rates, and they are more likely to contribute money to political campaigns.
D the majority of affluent and educated citizens personally know an elected official.
Question #16
A more affluent and more educated citizens have a disproportionate influence over politics and public policy decisions.
B every citizen has an equally strong influence over politics and public policy decisions.
C less affluent and less educated citizens have a disproportionate influence over politics and public policy decisions.
D nonvoters have a disproportionate influence over politics and public policy decisions.
Question #17
A deeply divided on the war, with 50% of Americans endorsing and 50% of Americans opposing the Bush administration’s policy.
B strongly supportive of the war, with 70% of Americans endorsing the Bush administration’s policy.
C overwhelmingly supportive of the war, with almost 100% of Americans endorsing the Bush administration’s policy.
D overwhelmingly opposed to the war, with only 5% of Americans endorsing the Bush administration’s policy.
Question #18
A Republicans, 72% of whom do not want stricter gun laws
B Independents, 57% of whom say gun laws should be more strict
C Democrats, 80% of whom want stricter gun laws
D Democrats, 80% of whom do not want strict gun laws
Question #19
A Government officials are legally prohibited from promoting ideas in the marketplace of ideas.
B Private groups and the news media play important roles in shaping opinions in the marketplace of ideas.
C The British created the marketplace of ideas in the seventeenth century.
D Exposure to the marketplace of ideas rarely leads people to change their minds about political issues.
Question #20
A Citizens with high levels of knowledge are generally better able to evaluate new information to determine its relevancy to their beliefs.
B Political knowledge is fairly high in America.
C Politically knowledgeable citizens are more likely to consider themselves independent and not have a liberal or conservative ideology.
D Citizens with low levels of knowledge are generally better able to evaluate new information and determine its relevancy to their beliefs.
Question #21
A they spend a great deal of time each day consuming nonpolitical content on the internet.
B their commitment to privacy makes them deeply unwilling to reveal to public opinion pollsters how much they actually know about politics.
C by the time they actually voice an opinion on an issue, they are likely to have forgotten much of the information that helped them arrive at their opinion.
D they spend a great deal of time each day consuming nonpolitical content on television.
Question #22
A reject, reconsider, and accept.
B develop, spread, and react.
C listen, consider, and adapt.
D receive, accept, and sample.
Question #23
A power of the bandwagon effect.
B negative consequences of the power of the mass media.
C fact that group memberships never fully explain all of an individual’s political views.
D fact that group memberships can fully explain all of an individual’s political views.
Question #24
A Republican; Democrats
B Democratic; Socialists
C Socialist; Democrats
D Democratic; Republicans
Question #25
A Democratic
B Republican
C Libertarian
D conservative
Question #26
A linked fate.
B symbolic racism.
C reverse racism.
D intergroup commonality.
Question #27
A anarchist.
B communist.
C libertarian.
D socialist.
Question #28
A conservatives; liberals
B liberals; conservatives
C libertarians; conservatives
D conservatives; libertarians
Question #29
A Liberty
B Justice
C Equality
D Family
Question #30
A democracy.
B anarchy.
C socialism.
D liberty.
Question #31
A There is a division of opinion among conservatives, with pro-business conservatives opposing immigration and social conservatives strongly supporting immigration to the United States.
B There is no division of opinion among conservatives because almost all conservatives strongly oppose immigration.
C There is no division of opinion among conservatives because almost all conservatives accept immigration.
D There is a division of opinion among conservatives, with pro-business conservatives accepting immigration and social conservatives strongly opposing immigration to the United States.
Question #32
A is ideologically moderate.
B has both a liberal and conservative ideology.
C has a conservative ideology.
D has a liberal ideology.
Question #33
A argues a single ruler should have total control over every aspect of people’s lives.
B argues for the need to place strict limitations on voting rights and civil liberties.
C argues governments are inherently repressive and should be abolished entirely.
D emphasizes freedom and voluntary association with small government.
Question #34
A nearly nonexistent in the United States.
B lower in the United States than in most other countries in the world.
C roughly the same in the United States as most other countries in the world.
D higher in the United States than in most other countries in the world.
Question #35
A basic principles, while attitudes are specific preferences.
B conservative, while attitudes are liberal.
C held for a short term, while attitudes are held for a long term.
D liberal, while attitudes are conservative.
Question #36
A “bounce” effect.
B illusion of saliency.
C bandwagon effect.
D bellwether effect.
Question #37
A the impression conveyed by polls that something is important to the public when actually it is not
B the strong desire that people have to express their opinions to survey researchers
C the bias in surveys that comes from the failure of pollsters to interview respondents from lower socioeconomic backgrounds
D the fact that respondents report what they think the interviewer wishes to hear or whatever they think is socially acceptable rather than what they actually believe
Question #38
A declining steadily and now average less than 10%.
B increasing steadily and now average 95%.
C increasing steadily and now average 75%.
D declining steadily and now average only 67%.
Question #39
A quota.
B sample.
C reliability quotient.
D validity quotient.
Question #40
A Government policy never influences public opinion because most Americans pay very little attention to politics; this dynamic allows government policy to be more or less unresponsive to the public.
B Public opinion rarely influences government policy; because elections are spaced out far enough, the vast majority of lawmakers do not need to account for shifts in public opinion.
C The relationship between government policy and public opinion is dynamic, wherein government policy responds to public opinion but public opinion also shifts based on new government policies.
D Public opinion always influences government policy because lawmakers are legally bound to enact the majority’s preferences.
Question #41
A Cues are not really partisan; they tend to come from objective or non-partisan sources so are easier for more people to use.
B Cues are easy; cues from trusted officials are usually consistent with a person’s underlying preferences.
C Cues are free from bias; they are mostly fact-based and therefore let people make up their own minds more easily.
D Cues take a lot of effort; because they are more “hard-earned,” they are more valuable to individuals.
Question #42
A that media coverage of the president’s handling of the crisis is supportive of his efforts
B that the president is influencing media coverage to positively report on his efforts
C that media coverage of the president’s handling of the crises is not always favorable
D that the media went along with the president’s interests in reporting on the crisis
Question #43
A they can more directly control the content of their communication and speak to the public more directly
B social media is free, whereas the mainstream press often charges monetary fees for broadcasting messages.
C the traditional media almost never educate or persuade members of the public.
D federal law limits what they may say to journalists from the mainstream press but not what they may say on social media sites.
Question #44
A searching and sampling.
B skimming and scanning.
C browsing and breezing.
D receiving and accepting.
Question #45
A interest groups provide congressional testimony during the lawmaking process.
B members of the federal bureaucracy report to Congress about a law’s effectiveness.
C government policy shifts in response to changes in public opinion.
D public opinion shifts in response to changes in government policy.
Question #46
A online processing
B “receive,” “accept,” “sample”
C memory
D motivated reasoning
Question #47
A the competition between varying opinions and ideas that are aired in public forums.
B important changes in copyright and patent laws that have restricted Americans’ access to free information.
C the explosion of information brought on by the internet and other advances in electronic communication.
D the use of opinion pollsters who market a politician’s speeches, ideas, and votes.
Question #48
A differences between the rich and poor
B conflicts between central and local governments
C racial inequalities
D geographic differences
Question #49
A redlining.
B NIMBY-ism.
C political socialization.
D geographic sorting.
Question #50
A that women received the right to vote in the United States long after most men did
B that men are more supportive of Donald Trump’s presidency than women
C that women earn, on average, less than men
D that men and women have roughly the same overall levels of support for abortion
Question #51
A media.
B person’s family.
C region of the country the person inhabits.
D person’s education.
Question #52
A liberals, conservatives, or moderates.
B conservatives or libertarians.
C libertarians or socialists.
D liberals or socialists.
Question #53
A public opinions.
B political ideologies.
C political attitudes.
D political preferences.
Question #54
A Liberty
B Equality
C Democracy
D Justice
Question #55
A Internationalists
B Liberals
C Conservatives
D Socialists
Question #56
A liberty, equality of opportunity, and democracy
B liberal and conservative
C internationalist and isolationist
D independent and moderate
Question #57
A libertarian; democratic socialist
B conservative; libertarian
C libertarian; conservative
D democratic socialist; libertarian
Question #58
A opposition to the United States’ membership in the United Nations.
B opposition to the continued existence of the European Union.
C support for military intervention and the maintenance of American military power.
D opposition to military intervention and the ramping down of American military power.
Question #59
A ideology; attitude
B value; ideology
C ideology; value
D attitude; value
Question #60
A the concrete interests that people try to defend through public policy.
B the specific preferences individuals contemplate while discussing an issue.
C a cohesive set of beliefs that form a general philosophy about the government.
D the various attitudes that citizens possess toward political issues, events, and people.