This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Comparative > Politics > Comparative Politics – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comparative Politics Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A type of nation-state in which the communist party attempts to exercise a complete monopoly on political power ..... A) Nation-State. B) State. C) Country. D) Communist party-state. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Communist party-state. 2. Define RATIONAL-LEGAL LEGITIMACY 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: B) Legitimacy based on a system of laws and procedures that are highly institutionalized. 3. Your income level, worldviews, aspirations, etc, place you into one of these, perhaps ..... A) Interest Group. B) Comparative Politics. C) Social Class. D) Social Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social Class. 4. A form of government in which power and political control are concentrated in one or few rulers ..... A) Democracy. B) Dictatorship. C) Theocracy. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dictatorship. 5. President Buhari is of this Nigerian ethnic group A) Hausa. B) Yoruba. C) Igbo. D) Fulani. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fulani. 6. ..... places a high priority on individual rights and freedoms, and favors a limited state role in society and the economy. A) Social democracy. B) Communism. C) Liberalism. D) Anarchism. E) Fascism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liberalism. 7. A method of classifying by using criteria that divide a group of cases into smaller cases with common characteristics A) Distributional Politics. B) Typology. C) Analysis. D) Comparative Politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Typology. 8. A system of rule in which power depends not on popular legitimacy, but on the coercive force of the political authorities A) Authoritarian Regime. B) Consolidated Democracy. C) Democracy. D) Socialist Democratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Authoritarian Regime. 9. One approach to compare countries is to emphasize ..... based on factual statements and statistics A) Hypohesis. B) Normative statements. C) Variables. D) Empirical data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Empirical data. 10. A societal explanation for why conflicts occur would argue that conflict emerges A) Due to the number of ethnic groups in the society and their degree of integration or polarization. B) Due to the struggles over resources between groups. C) Due to levels of poverty and inequality. D) Due to a weak state with little capacity or autonomy. E) In nondemocratic states that repress their population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Due to the number of ethnic groups in the society and their degree of integration or polarization. 11. The belief that political power ties directly to economic strength A) Mercantilism. B) Imperialism. C) Colonialism. D) Nationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercantilism. 12. What are the 4 Pillars of Free Enterprise A) Private Property, The Price System, Market Competition, Entrepreneurship. B) Strategy, Execution, People, and Cash. C) Capitalism, Socialism, Free Market. D) Dictatorship, President, Parliamentary, Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Private Property, The Price System, Market Competition, Entrepreneurship. 13. This refer to structures and processes that are designed to ensure accountability, transparency, responsiveness, rule of law, stability, equity and inclusiveness, empowerment, and broad-based participation. A) Politics. B) Democratic Government. C) Governance. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Governance. 14. Which type of democracy allows the people to make the laws themselves? A) Representative democracy. B) Direct democracy. C) Dictatorship. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct democracy. 15. Which military Head of State overthrew President Shehu Shadari's government? (Hint, he is the current president ..... c.2021) A) General Ibrahim Babangida. B) General Muhammadu Buhari. C) General Sunny Bachcha. D) General Murtala Muhammed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) General Muhammadu Buhari. 16. A political theory holding all forms of governmental authority to be unnecessary and undesirable and advocating a society based on voluntary cooperation and free association of individuals and groups A) Anarchism. B) Conservatism. C) Cartel. D) Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anarchism. 17. A society's position on gender roles A) Gender position. B) Gender cleavage. C) Gender politics. D) Gender participation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gender politics. 18. Define WEAK STATE A) A state that has difficulty fulfilling basic tasks, such as defending territory, making and enforcing rules, collecting taxes, and managing the economy. B) A state in which most political power exists at the national level, with limited local authority. C) Lenin's argument that an elite communist party would have to carry out revolution, because as a result of false consciousness, historical conditions would not automatically lead to capitalism's demise. D) Vote taken by a legislature as to whether its members continue to support the current prime minister; depending on the country, a vote of no confidence can force the resignation of the prime minister and/or lead to new parliamentary elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A state that has difficulty fulfilling basic tasks, such as defending territory, making and enforcing rules, collecting taxes, and managing the economy. 19. The process by which political power is decentralized and "sent down" to lower levels of government. A) Devolution. B) Sovereignty. C) Equality. D) Freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devolution. 20. An organization that includes the US and 29 other member countries that have agreed to be allies. Article 5 includes the mutual defense clause A) United Nations. B) European Union. C) G20. D) Nato. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nato. 21. In a Presidential Government, the legislative and executive branches are independent and coequal. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 22. CAUSATION. 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: 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). 23. From point 1, which one should be considered the most? In comparing politics and government A) Own country's culture. B) The progress of the country that we want. C) Context of own country. D) Popularity of the world community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Context of own country. 24. The Prime Minister is called the ..... A) Nominal Head. B) Executive Head. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Executive Head. 25. Define OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING 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: 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. 26. True or False:The government makes economic decisions in a command economy A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 27. Which of the following is found in illiberal democracies? A) Legitimate competition between political parties. B) Local government transparency. C) Elections. D) Guaranteed civil liberties. E) Strong civil society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elections. 28. The idea that one (or more) variable influences another A) Independent variable. B) Causation. C) Correlation. D) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Causation. 29. Where an entity or person becomes the physical embodiment of the government eg:Lenin and Mao A) Head of State. B) Head of Government. C) Cult of Personality. D) Authoritarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cult of Personality. 30. A conflict within a nation A) International conflict. B) Multinational conflict. C) National conflict. D) Global conflict. 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