This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Comparative > Politics > Comparative Politics – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comparative Politics Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In a Unitary Government, political authority rests in the hands of both central and local governments. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. CORRELATION. which is the best definition? A) The absense of any relationship amongst factors/variables. B) The existence of randomness amongst two or more factors/variables. C) The existence of a relationship between two or more factors/variables. D) A relationship between two or more factors/variable in which one (or more) of those factors/variable leads to the outcome of the other(s). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The existence of a relationship between two or more factors/variables. 3. Type of government controlled by one person or a small group of people: A) Presidential. B) Democracy. C) Unitary. D) Dictatorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dictatorship. 4. Who was the president in 2010 A) Anthony Eremosele Enahoro. B) Goodluck Jonathan. C) Muhammadu Buhari. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goodluck Jonathan. 5. Removing Property from governmental control and opening it to private citizen control A) Nationalization. B) Privatization. C) Marketization. D) Institution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Privatization. 6. A person who wishes to enact rapid political change to revert to a value system from the past would be considered a A) Radical. B) Liberal. C) Conservative. D) Reactionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reactionary. 7. Attempting to explain all social phenomenon in terms of how self-interested individuals make choices under the influence of their preferences. A) Game Theory. B) Aggregation Theory. C) Rational Choice Theory. D) Comparative Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rational Choice Theory. 8. Which of the following is NOT a basic concept of democracy? A) Rights of the minority are not respected. B) Equality of all persons before the law. C) Individual freedom. D) Necessity of compromise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rights of the minority are not respected. 9. Boko Haram is a terrorist group that has taken over which part of Nigeria? A) SW. B) SE. C) NO. D) NW. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO. 10. This Soviet leader allowed more social and political freedoms. A) Mikhail Gorbachev. B) Catherine the Great. C) Nikita Khrushchev. D) Josef Stalin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mikhail Gorbachev. 11. Define reference A) Approach that assumes that individuals weigh the costs and benefits and make choices to maximize their benefits. B) Legitimacy based on a system of laws and procedures that are highly institutionalized. C) Those who seek to restore the institutions of a real or an imagined earlier order. D) A national vote called by a government to address a specific proposal, often a change to the constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A national vote called by a government to address a specific proposal, often a change to the constitution. 12. With no clear majority in Parliament (House of Commons), the past PM's have had to rely on a ..... government ..... Consisting of the Conservative and Liberal Democratic parties A) Coalition. B) NeoLiberal. C) Democratic. D) Pluralist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coalition. 13. Define RADICALS A) Study through an in-depth investigation of a limited number of cases. B) Study through statistical data from many cases. C) A nontariff barrier that limits the quantity of a good that may be imported into a country. D) Those with a political attitude that favors dramatic, often revolutionary change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Those with a political attitude that favors dramatic, often revolutionary change. 14. Define PARTY-STATE A) A process by which a firm moves some of its work to a secondary business outside the home country that can do the work more efficiently or cheaply. B) Industry partially owned by the state. C) A political system in which the roles of head of state and head of government are assigned to separate executive offices. D) A political system in which power flows directly from the ruling political party (usually a communist party) to the state, bypassing government structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A political system in which power flows directly from the ruling political party (usually a communist party) to the state, bypassing government structures. 15. ....., one measure of economic wealth, compares the different costs of living across countries. A) The Gini index. B) Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). C) Gross Domestic Product (GDP). D) GDP per capita. E) Human Development Index (HDI). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). 16. An approach to economic policy that assumes a natural rate of unemployment determined by the labor market ..... rejects the instruments of govt. spending / run deficits to stimulate the economy or create jobs A) Neoliberalism. B) Keynesianism. C) Monetarism. D) Macroeconomic policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monetarism. 17. The inherent right of a government to rule over and act on behalf of those it governs A) Power. B) Ability. C) Authority. D) Legitimacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legitimacy. 18. Unlike a President. The prime minister is a part of which branch of government? A) Executive. B) Judicial. C) Legislative. D) Prime Branch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legislative. 19. Where the legislative and executive branches are fused. The PM is born out of the legislative A) Hybrid System. B) Presidential System. C) Parliamentary System. D) Authoritarian System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parliamentary System. 20. This appointed body, has the power to approve candidates to run for office, along with the Supreme Leader ..... A) Majiles. B) Assembly of Experts. C) Guardian Council. D) Expediency Council. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guardian Council. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesComparative QuizzesComparative Politics Quiz 1Comparative Politics Quiz 2Comparative Politics Quiz 3Comparative Politics Quiz 4Comparative Politics Quiz 5Comparative Politics Quiz 6Comparative Politics Quiz 7Comparative Politics Quiz 8Comparative Politics Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books