Lesson 22: Math and Society Quiz

In the Philippine Congress, how is the number of seats for a given region determined?

• By a strategic voting method

• By a fair voting method

• By a ranked voting method

• By a plurality voting method

Who controls power among shareholders in a company?

• The majority shareholder

• The board of directors

• The minority shareholder

• The CEO

How is the US President elected?

• By a direct popular vote

• By a plurality voting method

• By an electoral college system

• By a ranked voting method

Are voting systems fair?

• No, never

• Yes, always

• It depends on the method used

• Fairness is irrelevant in voting systems

What is the underlying mathematical concept in the study of voting systems?

• Order

• Subtraction

• Addition

• Multiplication

What is the fairness principle called that states if there is a candidate who wins in a one-to-one comparison with any other alternative, then that candidate should be the winner of the election?

• Plurality Method

• Gibbard-Satterthwaite Theorem

• Arrow's Theorem

• Condorcet's Criterion

What is the most popular method of voting?

• Ranked voting method

• Plurality voting method

• Strategic voting method

• Fair voting method

What is the problem with strategic voting in a voting system?

• It has no impact on the voting system

• It reduces the effectiveness of the voting system

• It makes the voting system completely resistant to manipulation

• It increases the effectiveness of the voting system

What is the Borda count method?

• A weighted voting method

• A method of pairwise comparison

• A non-preferential voting method

• A plurality with elimination method

Which fairness criterion does the Borda count method violate?

• Independence of irrelevant alternatives

• Transitivity

• Majority Criterion

• Monotonicity