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