U.S. Government Exam 3

Which of the following is NOT part of scientific poll design?

• Representative sample

• A leading question

• A low margin of error

• A random sample

Individuals with higher education and income tend to favor________________ over

• government guarantees of employment; a more limited government role

• Order; freedom

• freedom; order or equality

• equality; freedom

• conservatives; libertarians

Through the transmission model of partisanship, party identification is passed on to

• children

• politicians

• co-workers

• voters

• peers

___________ wants the government to not interfere in the free market, to provide for law and order, and to protect civil liberties

• Modern liberalism

• Traditional conservatism

• socialism

• modern conservatism

Since surveying the American public about ideology began, the ideological distribution of the public has become

• skewed toward liberalism

• skewed toward conservatism

• overwhelmingly bimodal

• significantly more liberal

• bimodal

Which of the following is NOT part of scientific poll design?

• Leading question

• A representative sample

• A low margin of error

• a random sample

The political knowledge of many young adults changes from high school to college especially if professors encourage students to

• Train in traditional values

• Question Authority

• Respect Authority

• Criticize the Constitution

• Organize third parties

A January 2014 poll showed that______ percent of Americans knew that Affordable Care Act Prohibits companies from denying health insurance to people because of any illness that they may have

• 54

• 34

• 14

• 69

• 69

The extent of the influence of any socializing agent depends on

• Whether or not a person is familiar with the concept before hearing it

• The economic influence of the agent

• merit-related considerations

• the extent of our exposure to it, our communication with it, and our receptivity to it.

Why are social policies controversial?

• They require the government to increase spending

• They require the government to balance the rights and liberties of different groups

• They require people to accept the authority of the government

• The require a decrease in regulations and laws