QUESTION 1
What do authoritarian monarchies and authoritarian oligarchies have in common?
Both exercise a broad degree of power, but are constrained by a constitution.
Both have symbolic power
Nothing, they both refer to rule by a single demagogue.
Both are mostly unconstrained in their exercise of power.
QUESTION 2
The authors refer to how precedents for certain ways of doing things, or certain characteristics of leadership get established on Deadliest Catch. In addition to helping a bunch of tweekers catch crabs, this process is given as an example of ________, and it also reflects the way in which primitive executive roles developed.
Codification
Institutionalization
Executive tradition
Parsimony
QUESTION 3
The Prevalence of what kind of executive throughout history and across cultures reinforce the family business analogy?
Hereditary monarchies
Oligarchies
Democratic executives
Warrior kings
QUESTION 4
In most democracies, the head of government
is the manager who handles all the day-to-day “stuff”
is responsible for overseeing the bureaucracy
is the civilian head of the military
all of the above
QUESTION 5
Regarding Executives
authoritarian monarchies are executives elected separately from the legislature
authoritarian oligarchies are executive leadership groups that are mostly unconstrained by other institutions of government
democratic presidencies come directly from the legislature and are dependant on it for support
parliamentary prime ministers are single dominant leaders who are mostly unconstrained
QUESTION 6
Gridlock is usually associated with which of the following?
policy instability
votes of no confidence
divided government
dictatorship
QUESTION 7
Machiavelli describes the ideal qualities and actions of an executive in:
The Three Musketeers
The Prince
On the Divine Right of Kings
His Majesties Instructions to His Dearest Son
QUESTION 8
The head of government may do all of the following, except:
oversee the bureaucracy.
work to get laws passed.
serve as the national symbol.
head the military.
QUESTION 9
We can see the fundamental difference between a presidential system and a parliamentary system by examining:
whether representation is proportional or direct
whether the executive is elected or hereditary
to whom the executive is directly responsible
whether an electoral college exists
QUESTION 10
Which of the following is given as an example of a single-party oligarchy as described in the text:
China
Utah
Mexico
All of the above
QUESTION 11
The institutional theories of politics before World War II focused on __________________.
power relationships between politicians
the behavior of the voting public
the formal structures of government
the role of political parties and interest groups
QUESTION 12
Which of the following countries does not use a federal system?
France
the United States
Germany
Canada
QUESTION 13
Which of the following does NOT happen when the Queen of England opens Parliament by announcing what her Parliament will do?
She adds legitimacy to the institution.
She informs the public what is happening.
She draws attention to the Parliament.
She challenges Parliament s authority because she wields true political power.
QUESTION 14
A country that does not have a monarch is, according to one simple definition, which of the following?
a republic
a democracy
a theocracy
an oligarchy
QUESTION 15
According to Aristotle, which of the following is a government ruled by the many that works for the benefit of the ruling class?
democracy
aristocracy
dictatorship
polity
QUESTION 16
Who said, But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
Bob Vila
George Washington
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
QUESTION 17
In which of the following systems do local government units have the real power?
federal
unitary
confederal
democratic
QUESTION 18
Which of the following is a political structure?
the British House of Commons
the United States Senate
a judicial system
the presidency
QUESTION 19
Although used by the United Nations and European Union, there are no countries that use which of the following?
a federal system
a unitary system
a confederal system
a federal, unitary, or confederal system
QUESTION 20
Which of the following forms of government did Aristotle consider to be a good form?
democracy
aristocracy
dictatorship
oligarchy