Politics exists whenever there is disagreement within society over -- A. who should hold public office;  B. what decisions should be made and carried out by government officeholders;  C. how the decisions of government should be carried out; D. any or all of the above;  E. none of the above.
[Correct Response: D]

A government makes and carries decisions which -- A. have the force of law;  B. are made and carried out for and in the name of the entire society;  C. are binding on all members of the community;  D. are characterized by all of the above;  E. are characterized by none of the above.
[Correct Response: D]

In a stable society, with a government characterized by legitimacy, the people believe that the government has the legal and moral right to -- A. control the instruments of legitimate force;  B. make and carry out decisions binding on all members of the society; C. employ physical force and coercion, if necessary, to compel citizens' compliance with its decisions;  D. do all of the above;   E. do none of the above.
[Correct Response: D]

In a constitutional democracy, "domestic order" means the government's -- A. following a laissez-faire policy;  B. establishing and enforcing the rule of law;  C. ensuring an equal distribution of income among the members of the society;  D. imposing longterm military rule over the society;  E. mandating insurance programs to protect the citizens from economic misfortune.
[Correct Response: B]

In American society, widespread perceptions that the private sector of the economy cannot be relied upon to satisfactorily meet certain very important societal needs constitute the basis for the government's -- A. construction and maintenance of roads and highways;  B. manufacture and sale of automobiles;  C. construction and maintenance of churches, synagogues, and mosques;  D. guarantee of gainful employment to every adult citizen;  E. establishment and operation of safehouses for nerds.
[Correct Response: A]

The terms "ordered liberty" and "liberty under law" refer to the government's -- A. ensuring arbitrary rule by a single faction;  B. guarantee of equality of economic condition for all citizens;  C. preserving and protecting, under orderly conditions, the citizen's right to life, liberty, and honestly acquired property;  D. establishment and operation of public elementary and secondary schools;  E. operation of special prisons for political and religious dissenters.
[Correct Response: C]

In the United States of America, public goods and services provided by government include -- A. parks, dams, and canals;  B. airports and rapid mass transit systems;  C. sewers and waste disposal plants;  D. water purification and distribution systems;  E. all of the above.
[Correct Response: E]

When the central government of a modern society seeks to facilitate and foster the growth and development of the nation's overall economiy, its objectives include -- A. strengthening and unifying the society through promotion of widespread economic prosperity among the members of the society;  B. securing a broad tax base that will enable the government to fund its activities and programs;  C. enhancing the popularity and political support enjoyed by incumbent officeholders in the government;  D. all of the above;  E. none of the above.
[Correct Response: D]

Among the major functions of a modern national government, one of the most recent is -- A. military defense;  B. social welfare; C. promotion of economic growth and development;  D. provision of public and services;  E. domestic order.
[Correct Response: B]

Social insurance programs in the U.S.A. include -- A. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families;  B. Food Stamps;  C. Social Security;  D. Medicaid;  E. Supplemental Security Income.
[Correct Response: C]

In theory at least, the money to pay benefits under a social insurance program comes from -- A. a trust fund to which the beneficiaries have made contributions;  B. private charities;  C. the general public treasury;  D. all of the above;  E. none of the above.
[Correct Response: D]

Persons, groups, and institutions possessing political power exercise it primarily to -- A. shape and control human behavior in the marketplace;  B. rip off the taxpayers;  C. shape and control public policy;  D. handle matters of personal concern to private individuals;  E. fund government programs designed to promote wholesome social disintegration.
[Correct Response: C]

Political influence is -- A. the primary goal of competing political parties;  B. the legitimate right to govern society;  C. formal-legal power to make and carry out decisions which are binding on the entire society and all its members;  D. the ability of private groups and individuals to shape and control the official decisions and actions of government officeholders and institutions;  E. the main objective of candidates for public office.
[Correct Response: D]

Political authority is -- A. the ability of a political interest group to promote its members' common interests in a particular area of public policy;  B. the form of political power exercised by a legislature when passing laws;  C. the main objective of lobbyists;  D. the form of political power exercised by private groups and individuals when they successdully shape and control the official decisions of government officeholders;  E. none of the foregoing.
[Correct Response: B]