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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN
SPRING, 2013
City
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Exam I
NOTE: Answer All questions. The questions in Section A (multiple choice questions) are worth 1 mark each:
the marks for each question in Section B are as shown. Section A is worth a total of 20 marks and
Section B is worth a total of 40 marks: you are advised to spend about one hour on Section A and
two hours on Section B. Answer Section A (multiple choice questions) on the coloured answer sheet
provided.
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Multiple Choice Section
Select the choice which best answers the question. Fill it in on your Scantron.
1. Which of the following best describes the chief difference between a presidential and parliamentary political
systems?
(a) In a Presidential System, the government’s chief executive come from the legislature
(b) In a Parliamentary System, the government’s chief executive come from the legislature
(c) In a Presidential System, free and fair are elections are held and in a Parliamentary System, free and
fair elections are not held.
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
2. Which of the following best describes politics?
(a) The process through which individuals and groups reach agreement on a course of common, or collective
action.
(b) A settlement in which each competing side concedes some of its preferences in order to secure its more
valuable preferences.
(c) A form of negotiation in which two or more people or groups of people who disagree propose exchanges
and concessions
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
3. Which of the following is the most likely outcome in a Prisoner’s Dilemma scenario without a third-party
enforcement mechanism?
(a) Both Players Defect
(b) Both Players Cooperate
(c) One Player Cooperates and One Defects
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
4. Which of the following is not a process involved in allocating resources in a zero-sum world?
(a) Bargaining
(b) Preferences
(c) Compromise
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
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5. Which of the following best describes conformity costs?
(a) The principle that decision should reflect the preferences of more than half of those voting.
(b) The time, effort, and resources required to make collective decisions.
(c) The extent to which collective decision-making obligates participants to do something they would rather
not do.
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
6. Which of the following best describes political institutions?
(a) The Mass Media
(b) Institutions are a set of ex-ante rules that manage potential conflict between political rivals
(c) Economic Conflict
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
7. Which of the following was not among the five important sectors of colonial society?
(a) Ohio Silk Farmers
(b) Shopkeepers and Artisans
(c) Southern Planters
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
8. Which of the following is not a function of a constitution?
(a) Establish Institutions of Government
(b) Distribute Powers
(c) Provide for Orderly Succession
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
9. Which of the following best describes the empirical trends regarding the success of constitutional amendment
proposals?
(a) Few are Passed and Many are Adopted
(b) Few are Introduced in Congress and Many are Adopted
(c) Many are Introduced and Few are Adopted
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
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10. Which of the following founding fathers can be best described as an Anti-Federalist?
(a) George Washington
(b) Alexander Hamilton
(c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
11. Which of the following best describes a Confederation?
(a) A highly decentralized governmental system in which the national govt derives unlimited authority
from the states rather than directly from citizens.
(b) A highly decentralized governmental system in which the national govt derives limited authority from
the states rather than directly from citizens.
(c) A political system where leaders are appointed by divine right
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
12. Which of the following best describes the vertical distribution of powers in the United States?
(a) The Necessary and Proper Clause
(b) Check and Balances
(c) Federalism
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
13. Where may the Supremacy Clause be found?
(a) Article I
(b) Article II
(c) Article III
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
14. Which of the following best describes a block grant?
(a) A constitutional provision, statute, administrative regulation, or a judicial ruling that places an expenditure requirement on a government.
(b) Grants earmarked for specific purposes only
(c) Grants used within a broad functional area largely at the discretion of the recipient
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
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15. Which of the following statements is not true regarding Dual-Federalism?
(a) State and the Federal Government work together implementing and enforcing laws as a partnership
(b) State and the Federal Governments operate under different spheres of influence
(c) The relationship between state and federal government is tense and adversarial
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
16. Where may the Necessary and Proper Clause be found?
(a) Article I
(b) Article II
(c) Article III
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
17. Which of the following powers are not specifically delegated to the federal government?
(a) Coin Money
(b) Set Time and Place of Elections
(c) Make and Declare War
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
18. Which of the following does not describe a mandate?
(a) All Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
(b) The Last Ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
(c) The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
19. Which of the following is not found in the Bill of Rights?
(a) Ban on Slavery
(b) Freedom of Speech
(c) Freedom of Association
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
20. Which of the following Constitutional protections have not been extended to states by the Incorporation
Doctrine?
(a) The First Amendment
(b) The Fifth Amendment
(c) The Eighteenth Amendment
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
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21. What was the holding in Texas v. Johnson (1984)?
(a) Government Funds Cannot be Used to Pay for Teachers at Religious Schools
(b) Flag Burning is Protected Symbolic Speech
(c) The Right to Privacy Extends to Homosexual Activities
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
22. Which of the following was not a part of the three pronged test for determining whether materials are legally
classified as obscene?
(a) The work, as a whole, is deemed obscene by the average person according to community standards.
(b) It depicts sexual conduct in a “patently offensive” way.
(c) It lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
23. Which of the following cases best describes the Belief/Action Dichotomy under protection by the First
Amendment?
(a) Reynolds v. United States (1874)
(b) Marbury v. Madison (1803)
(c) Gibbons v. Ogden (1817)
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
24. What was the holding in Goldman v. Weinberger (1986)?
(a) Freedom of Speech can be regulated if it results in a clear and present danger
(b) The Military has the right to curb some religious freedom of its members
(c) All Individuals have a constitutional right to carry concealed weapons
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
25. Which of the following is classified as symbolic speech?
(a) Wearing Armbands to Protest the Vietnam War
(b) Wearing Klu Klux Klan Hoods
(c) Flag Burning
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
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26. Which of the following cases pertain to the doctrine of No Prior Restraint?
(a) Marbury v. Madison (1803)
(b) McCulloch v. Maryland (1817)
(c) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
27. Which of the following Amendments ratified in the early 20th century increased federal power over state
governments?
(a) 12th Amendment
(b) 11th Amendment
(c) 14th Amendment
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
28. What was the most significant result of the Supreme Court’s ruling in United States v. Lopez (1995)?
(a) It granted the federal government more power over state governments
(b) It returned some federal power back to state governments
(c) It resulted in a government shutdown in 1995
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
29. What are categorical grants?
(a) A constitutional provision, statute, administrative regulation, or a judicial ruling that places an expenditure requirement on a government.
(b) Grants earmarked for specific purposes only
(c) Grants used within a broad functional area largely at the discretion of the recipient
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
30. Which of the following best describes the legal doctrine established in the aftermath of McCulloch v. Maryland (1818)?
(a) The Clear and Present Danger Test
(b) The Lemon Test
(c) The Power to Tax is the Power to Destroy
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the Above
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31. Shay’s Rebellion was a series of attacks on courthouses by a small band of farmers led by Revolutionary War
Captain Daniel Shays to advocate for additional federal government powers to foreclose on debtors.
(a) True
(b) False
32. A writ of Mandamus is a court order requiring jailers to explain to a judge why they are holding a person
in custody.
(a) True
(b) False
33. The Necessary and Proper Clause in Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution requiring each state to recognize
the official documents and civil judgments rendered by the courts of other states.
(a) True
(b) False
34. Devolution is the transferring of responsibility for policies from the state and local governments to the federal
government.
(a) True
(b) False
35. In Roth v. United States, The Supreme Court ruled that obscenity is not subject to free speech or press
protections.
(a) True
(b) False
36. In McClesky v. Kemp (1987), the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty violated the 14th amendment
on the grounds that racial minorities are more likely to receive the death penalty than their Caucasian
counterparts.
(a) True
(b) False
37. The concept of natural rights was central to English philosopher John Locke’s theories about government
and was widely accepted among America’s Founders.
(a) True
(b) False
38. In Zurcher v. Stanford Daily (1978), the Supreme Court ruled that with a valid search warrant, newspaper
offices can be searched without abridging free speech and press protections.
(a) True
(b) False
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39. The exclusionary rule holds that evidence found via unconstitutional means cannot and should not be
admissible in a court of law.
(a) True
(b) False
40. In Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), The Supreme Court held that the federal government had expansive powers
as it pertains to the Right to Privacy.
(a) True
(b) False
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Extra Credit
1. Describe and show a situation in which a Prisoner’s Dilemma in which it is impossible to imply an outcome
from a player’s preferences and payoffs. Show all your work.