This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Process > Governance > Political Process – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Process Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does the media play a role in the political process? A) Evaluating sources. B) Identifying propaganda. C) Broadcasting different points of view. D) Detecting bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broadcasting different points of view. 2. The significant difference between political parties and interest groups is that A) Political parties focus on a single issue. B) Political parties pressure government from outside. C) Political parties goal is to elect their members to office. D) Interest groups operate in all areas of the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political parties goal is to elect their members to office. 3. What is the popular vote? A) The votes cast by eligible voters. B) The votes cast by the Electoral Collage. C) The only votes that count in a presidential election. D) The vote that counts the most in a presidential election. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The votes cast by eligible voters. 4. The percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election A) Electors. B) Voter-Turnout. C) Finance. D) Editorial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voter-Turnout. 5. Which political party tends to believe in strong business? A) Democrats. B) Communists. C) Liberals. D) Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Republicans. 6. The series of statements expressing a party's principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues is called a ..... A) Plank. B) Platform. C) Floor. D) Soap box. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Platform. 7. True or False:It is the media's job to broadcast different points of view and to identify the candidates in an election. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. People with a shared culture and spread over several states, may need or want a nation at some point.Examples:The Jewish peopleKoreansGermans (as a people) A) Multistate nation. B) Nation-state. C) Autonomous region. D) Self determination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multistate nation. 9. Who succeeds the president? A) Nobody. The country revotes. B) The chief commander. C) Congress takes over until the term has ended. D) The vice president. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The vice president. 10. What is the name for the policy making process? A) Policy Sphere. B) Iron Triangle. C) Political Diagram. D) Public Policy Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron Triangle. 11. What is the definition of a multination state? A) People who think of themselves as one based on a shared sense of culture and history and who desire political autonomy. B) A state with a single nation. C) A group of people (a nation) with a common culture occupying a particular territory, but they do not have their own independent state. D) A state with two or more nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A state with two or more nations. 12. What is the minimum number of electoral votes a state can have? A) 3. B) 8. C) 39. D) 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 13. The difference between the beliefs of political parties ..... A) Can be found by reading each party's platform. B) Is that only one party reflects both liberal and conservative views. C) Is not important in an election. D) Is not available to the public. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be found by reading each party's platform. 14. Surveys a randomly selected fraction of voters after they have voted and tells pollsters how people voted before the official vote count A) Exit polls. B) Sample police. C) Voting rights review committee. D) Special interest groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exit polls. 15. How can a state's # of electoral votes change? A) If population changes. B) If the number of senators goes up. C) It can't change. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If population changes. 16. This word means "other countries" A) Foreign. B) Attract. C) Name. D) Recruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreign. 17. Reflect liberal and conservative views A) Similarity of political parties. B) Function of political parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similarity of political parties. 18. Why do some countries not allow opinion polls to be published in the final period before voting starts? A) To reduce the economic and organisational pressures. B) To prevent the influence of opinion polls on voter turnout. C) To avoid the cost of conducting opinion polls. D) To maintain the secrecy of the election process. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To prevent the influence of opinion polls on voter turnout. 19. Republican Donald Trump was encouraged to develop an organization to raise money for his campaign because of the high cost of elections. What is the name of this type of organization? A) Third Party. B) Political Party. C) Electoral College. D) Political Action Committee (PAC). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political Action Committee (PAC). 20. Scenario:Sarah reads an article on a political candidate. She notices it seems to speak very poorly about the candidate. As she finishes the article, Sarah sees that it was written by the opposing party! In seeing this, Sarah detects the ..... in the article. A) Bias. B) Facts. C) Grammar. D) Source. 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