miscellaneous MCQs – Page 57

Practise focused miscellaneous questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

miscellaneous Mcqs
1121. An ideology or doctrine spread through persuasion is______________?
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A. propaganda

B. foreign policy

C. journalism

D. diplomacy

1122. During and after a depression the government can use fiscal policy through its powers of_____________?
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A. wage regulation

B. spending and taxation

C. income ceilings

D. bank regulation

1123. The largest group of people inhabiting a specific territory and sharing a common cultureis a definition of a_____________?
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A. state

B. government

C. nation

D. society
1124. The term Neo-Freudian refers to__________________?
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A. thinkers influenced by Freud who have modified his ideas

B. behavior based on sexual drives

C. thinkers opposed to psychoanalysis

D. thinkers prior to Freud who anticipated his ideas

1125. The high cost of fighting crime is due in large part to_______________?
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A. an increase in prison inmates

B. tax cuts instituted by the present administration

C. the increase in organized crime

D. high unemployment rates

1126. The production possibilities frontier refers to_______________?
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A. limitless output of commodities

B. the amount of each commodity that can be produced given available resources

C. none of the above

D. unlimited production of one commodity

1127. It is the function of Congress to_______________?
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A. decide the constitutionality of specific laws

B. vote funds for conducting foreign affairs

C. unanimously approve treaties

D. conduct foreign affairs

1128. The process of circulating petitions in order to place specific issues before the legislators is called____________?
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A. innuendo

B. impressment

C. initiative

D. appeasement

1129. Consumer sovereignty means that________________?
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A. producers supply what is demanded

B. all of the above

C. production depends on supply and demand

D. consumers create demand

1130. Most autocratic regimes have constitutions based on the principle of the_________?
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A. rule of law

B. rule of public authority

C. rule of men

D. rule of the majority

1131. Inflation results when_________________?
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A. there is control of purchasing power

B. supply exceed demand

C. consumers have no purchasing power

D. demand exceeds supply
1132. Americans who join voluntary associations are generally ?
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A. black

B. Catholic

C. poor

D. urban
1133. The type of foreign policy decisions made by the governmental bureaucracy fall into the category of_______________?
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A. crisis decisions

B. legislative decisions

C. constructive foreign policy

D. administrative foreign policy
1134. The leaders of interest groups tend to be_________________?
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A. more conservative than the rank and file

B. in accord with the agenda of the rank and file

C. more liberal than the rank and file

D. unaware of the concerns of the rank and file

1135. The factors influencing the political behavior of American voters include ?
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A. social class

B. all of the above

C. mass media

D. socialization

1136. A child shows her parents how to operate a computer This situation reflects_____________?
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A. secondary socialization

B. primary socialization

C. reverse socialization

D. tertiary socialization

1137. The public sector_________________?
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A. is bloated with a large bureaucracy

B. employs one of every four workers

C. all of the above

D. is less efficient and effective than the private sector

1138. The nation with the longest political campaign period is_______________?
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A. Italy

B. all nations take the same time to campaign

C. England

D. the United States
1139. An example of a permanent or enduring subculture would be_______________?
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A. the military establishment

B. a group of guerrillas

C. a doomsday cult

D. life in a survivalist enclave

1140. A demand-side theory that focuses on the role of money to finance aggregate demand is termed__________?
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A. Reaganism

B. the gold standard

C. cash and carry

D. monetarism