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The College at Brockport BUS 345 Quiz 2: 1)Which of the following influence a country's political system? a)current population b)            age and race composition   c)            per capita income d)            all of the above   2)            Which of the following includes the structures, processes, and activities by which a nation governs itself? a)            Political system b)            Legal system c)            Cultural system d)            Judicial system     3)            Political systems can be characterized by             

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Quiz 2:

1)Which of the following influence a country's political system?

a)current population

b)            age and race composition

 

c)            per capita income

d)            all of the above

 

2)            Which of the following includes the structures, processes, and activities by which a nation governs itself?

a)            Political system

b)            Legal system

c)            Cultural system

d)            Judicial system

 

 

3)            Political systems can be characterized by              .

a)            Why people participate in them

b)            The number of corruption charges brought forward by the judicial system

c)            The geography and the environmental sciences of the country

d)            Who participates in them and to what extent participate

 

4)            Totalitarian political systems include authoritarian regimes such as           .

a)            Democracy and theocracy

b)            Anarchism and pluralism

c)            Communism and fascism

d)            Capitalism and secularism

 

5)                           political systems include democracies, constitutional monarchies, and some aristocracies.

a)            Totalitarianism

b)            Anarchism

c)            Fascism

d)            Pluralistic

 

6)            Totalitarian governments tend to share all of these features EXCEPT       .

a)            Imposed authority

b)            Lack of constitutional guarantees

c)            Minority rights

d)            Restricted participation

 

7)            Secular totalitarianism can take all the following forms EXCEPT   .

a)            Communist totalitarianism

b)            Tribal totalitarianism

c)            Right-wing totalitarianism

d)            Republican totalitarianism

 

8)            A political system in which political leaders rely on military and bureaucratic power is called

                .

 

a)            Secular totalitarianism

b)            Secular totalitarianism

c)            Theocratic totalitarianism

d)            Communism

 

9)            The belief that social and economic equality can be obtained only by establishing an all- powerful Communist Party and by granting the government ownership and control over all types of economic activity is called              .

a)            Socialism

b)            Left-wing totalitarianism

c)            Political bureaucracy

d)            Communism

 

10)          An economic system in which the government owns and controls all types of economic activity is called .

a)            Socialism

b)            Left-wing totalitarianism

c)            Political bureaucracy

d)            Communism

 

11)          Representative democracies strive to provide all of the following freedoms EXCEPT

                .

a)            Periodic elections

b)            Politicized bureaucracies

c)            Freedom of expression

d)            Full civil and property rights

e)            Minority rights

 

12)          Which of the following include freedom of speech, freedom to organize political parties, and the right to a fair trial?

a)            Minority rights

b)            Political rights

c)            Property rights

d)            Civil rights

 

13)          What is it called when bureaucrats implement decisions according to their own political views rather than those of the people's representatives?

a)            Public referendums

b)            Parliamentary democracies

c)            Politicized bureaucracies

d)            Pure democracy

 

14)          Which of the following is the forced transfer of assets from a company to the government without compensation?

 

a)            Expropriation

b)            Nationalism

c)            Nationalization

d)            Confiscation

 

15)                         is the forced transfer of assets from a company to the government with compensation.

a)            Expropriation

b)            Nationalization

c)            Confiscation

d)            Localization

 

16)          The devotion of a people to their nation's interest and advancement is referred to as

                .

a)            Communism

b)            Nationalism

c)            Capitalism

d)            Egalitarianism

 

17)          The U.S. legal system is based largely on               .

a)            Common law

b)            Political law

c)            Civil law

d)            Theocratic law

 

18)          A common law system is based on three factors: tradition, precedent, and          .

a)            Culture

b)            History

c)            Usage

d)            Religion

 

19)          Which of the following legal systems is based on a detailed set of written rules and statutes that constitute a legal code?

a)            International law

b)            Civil law

c)            Tribal law

d)            Common law

 

20)          Which of the following was initially a code governing moral and ethical behavior and was later extended to commercial transactions?

a)            Civil law

b)            Hindu law

c)            Common law

d)            Islamic law

 

 

21)          A             is a right granted to the inventor of a product or process that excludes others from making, using, or selling the invention.

a)            Patent

b)            Trademark

c)            Civil right

d)            Copyright

 

22)          In which of the following systems is a nation's land, factories, and other economic resources owned by the government?

a)            Mixed economy

b)            Public economy

c)            Market economy

d)            Centrally planned economy

 

23)          Who makes nearly all economy-related decisions in a centrally planned economy?

a)            Consumers

b)            Entrepreneurs

c)            Government

d)            Employees

 

24)          In most failed centrally planned economies,        .

a)            Market conditions helped determine who produced what goods

b)            Prices of products were a function of supply and demand

c)            Central planning agencies specified production goals and decided prices

d)            Central planners paid a great deal of attention to efficiency

 

25)          A by-product of the centrally planned economy was the emergence of .

a)            Black markets

b)            Public markets

c)            Mixed economy

d)            Market economy

 

26)          When the government controls the economic sectors it considers important to national security and long-term stability, it is said to have a(n)          economic system.

a)            Market

b)            Mixed

c)            Centrally planned

d)            Open

 

27)          France, Germany, and Sweden are examples of                .

a)            Centrally planned economies

b)            Market economies

c)            Closed economies

 

d)            Mixed economies

 

28)          Extensive government ownership of assets in centrally planned and mixed economies tends to result in                .

a)            A lack of responsibility and accountability

b)            Defective products

c)            Rising costs

d)            Slow economic growth

e)            All of the above

 

29)          The sale of government-owned economic resources to private operators is called            .

a)            The price mechanism

b)            Laissez-faire economies

c)            Privatization

d)            Guanxi

 

30)          The main goal of privatization is to           .

a)            Lower responsibility and accountability

b)            Increase economic efficiency

c)            Increase subsides to companies

d)            Slow economic growth

 

31)          In a         , the majority of a nation's land, factories, and other economic resources are privately owned by individuals or businesses.

a)            Market economy

b)            Centrally planned economy

c)            Communist system

d)            Mixed economy

 

32)          In a market economy, nearly all economy-related decisions are determined by the interplay of .

a)            Government and individuals

b)            Supply and demand

c)            Customers and employees

d)            Large and small businesses

 

33)          Supply and demand in a market economy are dictated by what is called .

a)            Privatization

b)            The black market

c)            The price mechanism

d)            Government intervention

 

34)          Laissez-faire economics refers to              .

a)            Less government interference in commerce and greater individual economic freedom

 

b)            A centrally planned economic system

c)            Government-controlled commerce and individual control effort

d)            Creating monopolies through government partnership

 

35)          To function smoothly and properly, a market economy requires all of the following EXCEPT

                .

a)            Free enterprise

b)            Free monopoly

c)            Price flexibility

d)            Free choise

 

36)          In a market economy, access to alternative purchase options is known as             .

a)            Free choice

b)            Free enterprise

c)            Purchase flexibility

d)            Laissez-faire

 

37)          The ability of a company to decide which goods and services to produce and which markets to compete in is known as             .

a)            Free choice

b)            Free enterprise

c)            Purchase flexibility

d)            Laissez-faire

 

38)          Fiscal policies deal directly with  .

a)            Taxing imports and exports

b)            Monitoring consumer spending

c)            Taxation and government spending

d)            Controlling the money supply and interest rates

 

39)                         policies are used to control the money supply and interest rates.

a)            Fiscal

b)            Monetary

c)            Bureaucratic

d)            Development

 

40)          Government can help control inflation through which of these?

a)            Effectively raising prices

b)            Increasing consumer spending

c)            Effective monetary policies

d)            Both C and D